Hi mom. Armondos baptism did go very well. We had quite a number of
people attend his baptism. He does have the support of his family. He
lives with his mom and sister and they are both members and are
returning back to the church. It has been pretty nice weather. Neither
of us performed the baptism. A member performed it. Ishmael is doing
well, he can to church again yesterday. Robert is MIA. He hasn't
responded to a lot of our stuff. He had a fight with his girlfriend
and it did not go well. So we aren't sure where he is right now.

Thanks for answering my questions from last email. I'm glad you were
able to meet Lori. I'm excited that Lori can go back with Jon too. I'm
sure he's lonely. Did she say when she is going back? Haha sunscreen
is for whimps huh? I think I remember saying that once upon a time.
I'm sure he's a little sunburned though. I remember the seals very
well. They stunk super bad.

So I have gotten the videos of Carson playing volleyball. Their team
looks like it can be pretty good. Speaking of long clips I was able
get Teryn's mission call video which was like a minute long. The video
was pretty bad quality though.

That must have been super hard and frustrating about the milk. Hope
everything turns out ok. That must have been super hard for you guys
to put down daisy. It makes me super sad. But I know that she is
better now. Glad puggles is doing ok. She is a really good dog.

Women's conference sounded like it was really nice. I was able to
watch president Eyrings talk the next day. I liked that one.

I was super excited to hear about Jed. He'll get to experience the
east coast as well! And teryn is going to chihuahua! That's really
exciting! Great to hear that Garrett is doing good. I think about a
lot of those boys sometimes and wonder what they are up to.

The new TV looks really nice. I'm sure everything will work out fine
with General Conference and Mother's Day. Easter is around the corner.
I honestly would like some money. I am collecting too many things
already on my mission. Probably in the next couple of months I am
going to be sending more things home. My new suit is working out
great. I want to buy one more sometime.

Yeah I talked to Paul this week. It was good to talk to him for a bit.
I was in Atlantic City for exchanges with some elders. I miss him a
lot too. He said he got the gift and he really likes it. I'm excited
for this weekend too! Really excited for General Conference!

Love you too mom

I'll be sure and say hello to Carson



Hello. Happy Monday. That's really awesome that teryn is going to
Mexico. It should be great for him. I'm really excited for him. One of
the missionaries that we are with a lot has family from chihuahua.

Mom did tell me about the kitchen floor. That does sound like a lot of
fun to me. Mom told me too that you had gotten a new TV. It looks like
a nice one. Sorry about your frustrations about the vehicles. I am
grateful for all the work you do on them. Very sad news about daisy. I
am pretty sad about it. That's good that puggles is ok for now.

Mom told me a lot about volleyball too. She also sent me a video of
him playing. He seems to do very well on the court. That basha game
seemed like a close one. Too bad they lost at the end.

Things here in New Jersey is ok. My companion is being a pretty big
jerk. The baptism did happen as planned and went smoothly. The next
transfers are  April 18.

 I did enjoy the package that Cindy sent me.

Wow Sam is getting pretty big. I'm excited for him to be in the
priesthood. He is growing up pretty fast it seems and so does all my
other siblings.

Love Elder Shumway

Hi everybody. Hope everybody is doing well. Elder Shumway here in
Vineland, New Jersey. This week has been pretty good. The weather has
been pretty nice to us. Spring should be coming up soon. This week was
really awesome! We had a baptism on Saturday! Armondo got baptized! I
will send a picture. It was a really good baptismal service. Lots of
people from the ward showed up to support him. The ordinance went
really well. After Armondo was baptized he gave everybody a thumbs up.
He is a really good kid. This Wednesday he will be receiving he
priesthood and also a temple recommend. As well as his mom and sister.
We are really excited for all of them.

Ishmael is doing really well. We have him on the stop smoking program
right now and he is doing really well. He came to church yesterday for
the 3rd time! He is doing really well. Robert is doing ok. We haven't
had a lot of contact with him recently but we will try our best to get
back in contact.

Hope everybody is doing well back home. I know that this gospel is
true and that the church has been restored. I know that when we go
through trials and hard times it is because we need to grow and can
grow. I'm grateful to be on a mission.

Love Elder Shumway