Hello. My day is going pretty good. Right now I'm sitting in a barber
shop in Vineland watching my companion get a haircut. Sounds like
wonderful weather over there. Here it's a little chilly. Tomorrow
there's supposed to be some snow. Mom sent me a few videos of tanner
and cooper. It was the first time I've ever heard tanner talk.

I'm sure Courtney is very glad to be home. In America we definitely
take for granted the luxuries that we have. Sounds like she had a
great time on her mission.

Mom has told me that you guys are going to California and gonna have a
lot of fun. So I actually met Vai Sikahema yesterday. He gave me his
football card and signed it. He is the stake president of the cherry
hill, New Jersey stake. Things are going smooth here in the area. We
will be having a baptism in about 2 weeks. Hope you have a great week.

Love Elder Shumway

Hello. Thanks for getting me an awesome email so early in the day.
Spring break! How long is spring break? 1 week? 2 weeks? When are you
heading to California? You guys are gonna have a lot of fun. I'm sure
it will be a little weird just having 4 people around. Man Lila and
Sam sure are good readers. The TV went out? Do you know why?
Telestrations  is a really fun game.

Thanks for the update on the Corbitt family. They all seem to be
growing up. Nick and Luke are getting married! Wow. I wish them luck
and hope they will be happy together.

Last week was super hectic. It was very hard to leave Cambridge.
Doesn't look like I'm going to go back. I was hoping that I might. I'm
most likely going to be staying here in Vineland. I am glad I got to
say goodbye to Paul though. He is one of my favorites. I wrote him a
letter last week to see how he is doing and I haven't gotten a
response back yet. I know one of the Elders that's there and he's
really awesome. I don't know his companion very well. Thanks for
sending off the package to Paul. I'm sure he will love it. I did get
the picture of the package items. The thank you notes for the other
people will be great. Thank you for doing that. We do live in a pretty
nice place. We will be moving in with the Spanish elders at the end of
the month and their apartment is in Vineland. I couldn't tell you the
exact address right now.

Yes it has been very cold. We are supposed to get a lot of snow tomorrow
 too. Not looking forward to that. I've been staying pretty
warm. The snow doesn't really stick to the roads very well here.
Hopefully that stays the same tomorrow.

Thanks for the awesome videos. I think that was the first time ever
that I heard tanner talk. Yeah I'm not sure why you can't send longer
videos. I can send pretty long ones to you. You might want to try and
sending it through the computer.

My new area is pretty good. Lot going on. I usually like it. Yeah we
were having a lot of fun last week. We went to the zoo. We are
teaching a young man who's name is Armando. He is the son of a member
who is returning to church. He's a sweet kid. He will be baptized once
25th. We also have two others on date for April 15. A man named
Ishmael and a man named Robert. Robert is awesome he is very prepared
and we did some family history work with him this last week. He knows
a lot about his family which is good. Ishmael is a referral we got
from the Spanish elders. He's a nice man. He's going through a lot
right now cause his brother is in the hospital and is expected to die
anytime soon.

What did you and Sister Beaudette talk about? That's great about
Spencer and James. I'm sure their moms are counting down.

Have a fun time in California. Drive safe. Thanks for the updates on
Sister Whis and the dogs. Live you.

Love Elder Shumway