Aug 19,2019

Yeah so this week something big happened!

so on thursday this week i was doing divisions with elder carroll, this really cool guy from salt lake, this is his first transfer so it was really cool to see how far ive gone from being where he is now, not speaking very much, always confused, and just kinda lost. to where i am now, being able to talk to random people in the street, really feeling like this is where i belong hahaha. but the next day we were supposed to have interviews with president. so we wokeup early and got ready and went to the mission office. we got there and elder lima got there with elder carrolls companion and the assistents came up to me and elder lima and told us we needed to return to our house and lima needed to pack his bags cause he was getting emergency transferred! it was quite a shock but we got his stuff and came back. i got called into presidents and we had a good talk about some rules that werent being followed and asked me if i had anything to do with it. Which i didnt. after i got my new companion and elder lima is now staying with our zone leaders until the transfer ends sunday. 

MY NEW COMPANION IS ELDER SOUTO! hes from brasil and hes super cool and he only have 7 months on the mission! he was also with a difficult companion so now we are both in a really good spot to work super hard!

this week we ha the oppertunity to mark a baptism date with a kid whos been coming to church activities for 7 years but his mom never let him go to church or be baptised. we decided to pass by his house to see how he was and found the family fighting like crazy! turns out this kid had been disrespecting his family a lot and sneaking out and doing all sorts off stuff. but he told me all about this stuff before and how he wanted to change. and it felt really good to help this family out by calming everyone down and setting some goals with them to really change the life of this young man! 

The church is true everyone. and families are the most important part of it! love you family! they are the greatest blessing besides The Atonement that we have on this earth!

stay happy,

Elder Shumway

PICS

1. bridge sittin

2,3. dead friends

4. last pic of me and lima

5. master rice and hotdog cheff