Happy May everybody. This past week has been pretty good. We have been
walking quite a bit this past week because of lack of miles. It has
been pretty warm and lots of pollen in the air. But it has been great
to be outside more. We met a man who was very friendly to us as we
were walking around. His name is Jay and he owns a tshirt printing
place. He said he's somebody who love to help out the community and
almost every  Saturday he puts on a service project in the city of
Millville. We told him we would love it if we could be involved in
that too. He said that would be sweet. We also talked to him about the
church and invited him to come but he said he couldn't this week but
maybe next week. He's a really awesome guy. Hopefully some good comes
from it.

We also met this woman as we were about to visit a recent convert.
Before we knocked on his apartment door a woman next door was sitting
outside and she talked to us and she has talked with missionaries
before. She shared with us that she has had some recent deaths in the
family. We asked her if she had any idea where those family members
went after they died. She frankly told us that she had no idea. We
said that we have those answers. We gave her a plan of salvation
pamphlet and she was really interested and we have an appointment with
her this Thursday

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Our most progressing investigators name is Sammy. He is the grandson
of a member. He is 15 and is a great young man. We had two lesson with
him this past week. We taught the restoration and the plan of
salvation. He is keeping all of his commitments and is reading ahead
in the Book of Mormon. He has a Baptismal date for May 27.

One of our investigators who's name is Annaka isn't doing the best.
She told us that she no longer wants to be baptized and just wants to
learn about the church. We told her that we are more than willing to
teach her but our purpose and goal is to help her eventually enter the
waters of baptism. We will keep working with her. Hopefully she will
have a change of heart. We are praying for one.

Anyways hope everybody is doing well. Mother's Day is two weeks
Super excited! Have a great week!

Love Elder Shumway


Hey dad. Nice subject. That's Elder Buchegers birthday too. Sounds
like the Blackhawks didn't do so hot against the knights. They ended
up with a pretty good record though. Carson will probably be a really
good volleyball player his senior year.

Wow Nate Fenn is going Colorado Springs. That's where Elder Bucheger
is from. It is interesting to see where everybody is assigned to serve
missions. Dawson is going to Arkansas! He will do good there. I'm
anticipating Mother's Day as well. We have decided to do it at 5pm
our time. So it would be about 2:00 your time. Teryn is invited to
come. Thanks for the sports updates. Have a great week!

Love Elder Shumway

Yep Mother's Day is getting very close. I'm really excited! Christmas does seem like it was yesterday though. Don't know what time I'll call yet. I'm debating whether or not to do it in the apartment or the church building. Probably the church building, cause elder Bucheger doesn't have wifi in the apartment. I'm sure this next one will work out just fine as well. You guys get out of church around 11:00 right? I'll probably let you know what time next week.

Spring has been beautiful here too. There is a layer of pollen on everything though. Wow 100! That's hot. It's been pretty hot here, has been getting up to 85 degrees here. I'm glad you liked the package. Yeah I don't really need that coat anymore. I don't remember where I got the copper. I did it when I was in Cambridge. Elder Fifita was my companion. 

I have joined the iCloud. I can see a lot of what you send. If you could just send all pictures and videos through that that would be awesome. Cause the videos through email are still very blurry. 

Yay a new package! She is very nice. Haha I actually am not a huge coconut fan. But Elder Bucheger is so he can eat it. He will also like the blueberries. 

Things are still good with Elder Bucheger and myself. It might be my last area. I'm not sure yet. I guess we will know in the next few months. I'll try and get some people to send you some pictures. Yep we have new miles today! I'm really glad. This past week has been pretty good. We unfortunately had to drive some but we did walk a lot. I'm not sure how many miles but it was a lot. I am glad it wasn't freezing cold. But it has been pretty warm.

So you are gonna have to stay in the Queen Creek school huh? Sorry you didn't get the job. At least you have a job. Now you can improve more on your nice skills.

Thank you for transferring the money. Sometime soon I'm probably going to buy another suit. 

Annaka is doing ok. She doesn't want to be baptized anymore unfortunately. She just wants to learn more. She says that she prayed about being baptized and feels like she doesn't need to. We aren't too happy about it but we will continue to teach her. That lady who flagged us down set up an appointment with us and then she stood us up. Happens all the time unfortunately. I thought to just send the names with a letter. I hope you guys can get those names done asap. I'd like to continue to do family names in the philly temple. I'll have to send Carson a note. Seems like he had fun doing his hair with his friends.

Andrew is a funny guy. Why not get a job at frys? I think I would be good at that job! It seems unreal to talk about school. I remember dreaming about it saying that it will never come and now it's here. I need to talk to Paul sometime and see how he's doing. Sorry that he's sick. 

Harris pizza that sounds good. Glad to hear Tate is doing well. James should be coming home soon. Any other missionaries coming home soon? Dawson is going to Arkansas! Good for him. Sorry to hear about Sister Whis. I pray for her that she will be ok. Do you know where Katie and Grant are going in Colorado? I would love to see the dance video.

Love Elder Shumway