Thanksgiving Dinner!

Hi family
How are you? I am good. we actually had a thanksgiving dinner as a district. It was really good. I sent you some pictures of a "squatter" as us missionaries call them. It was actually my first time using one. And will probably be my last. Almost all the bathrooms in Korea have become a little more westernized. So they all put in the regular ones. It reminded me of camping... I'll just leave it at that. :-)
I dont really have any super news. The Asian Studies professor from BYU came and talked to us as missionaries. He is a friend of the mission president (they served together in Korea a while back) And also a former mission president of Our mission. He talked about the different religions of korea and how we can connect with them and use them as a springboard to the gospel. It was really good. He is a really intelligent guy. he was using a white board and started writing some chinese characters and all the Koreans in the room just gasped.
Do you think you can send some UNO cards? Its a good way to build some friendships with some of the kids here. But neither me or my companion have some. And as for Christmas, maybe send a gift or something for my companion. He is american and his family normally does pretty well with packages. So maybe just a small gift or something. That would be great.
Love you all! I gotta go! Elder Shumway

BYU, Christmas, Exchange Rate, Investigators, Oh Yeah, and a Baptism!

Hi family.
Well that is sad news to hear that BYU lost. good thing I did remember the kleenex! :-) That was a close one! So I actually didn't get transfered! I am kinda excited. It shouldd be fun. As for us and investigators, we only have a couple. It can get frustrating but we're keepin' the peace. :-) Just pray really hard for the people of Korea to open up to the gospel.
As for Christmas, I really dont care. It would be nice to withdraw some money out while the exchange rate is really good right now. like 1 USD for 1.8 Korean Won. so it would be nice to spend some while the money is cheap. I might take a little today out. I hope that is OK. The only other thing I think would be nice is a copy of the new EFY CD. As far as thanksgiving. I dont even know if they grow turkeys in Korea. The word on the street is you have to get them for like $70. So I dont think turkey is really in season right now. maybe in a couple years. But there aren't really any plans at all. just missionary work. We might eat lunch with our district or something. Yeah but just praY for the people here to recieve the gospel. We have a couple investigators here but they are really slow on progressing. It would be nice to teach someone who is just really prepared. So keep it in your prayers and we'll keep workin' out here! :-)
Oh! So yesterday the sister missionaries had a baptism. (a 9 year old niece of a member) And I was actually given the opportunity to preform the baptism! It was nice. Well, I love you all. I dont have much time.
keep praying hard!- Elder Shumway

Splits

Hi family.
Well sounds like you have some good news over in Arizona. Wow, a dog! We've never had one of those! Sounds great! Well this week was really good. I went on splits with our zone leader and I really learned a lot. This Elder is a great missionary and works really hard. He taught me a lot about making every moment count and how there are people all around you that you can talk to. It was really fun, and I think it lit a little more fire in my to do the work. We split back on Sunday morning and had an amazing day putting what we (me and my companion) learned during splits. It was a good Sunday.We also did some group proselyting that was a lot of fun earlier on in the week.Well, you bought a puppy, and I bought a hard drive. It was at a really good deal. And with the exchange rate right now it is even cheaper over here.
So we were riding the bus one day and I sat strategically beside a university student and started talking about the book he was reading. We started talking about the gospel. He said he was going to Go Sheen University (which is a religious university that is known among missionaries as one that really doesn't really like us). This young lad was actually studying to be a pastor or minister. He was really cool and We talked about the Book of Mormon. Surprisingly, he was really nice and open. I offered him the Mook of Mormon and he was like "wow! really?! Thank you!" He said we couldn't meet because of the hatred toward the church in his school, but he said he would read it and was really enthusiastic about it.
I love the gospel!
I love you!
-Elder Shumway

New Investigator!

Hi ya family!
Well, I dont have much time. (again). Well I am good. And alive. (alive is good)
It is a bit sad because I have one of my best friends in the mission going home in a couple weeks. (right now he's our Distric leader). But I am doing well. We've had a bit of rain here which is always good. But over here the rain is COLD. So it isn't nearly as pleasant as Arizona rain. I never thought I'd ever use an umbrella, but I've started carrying one around.
The other day we ran into this drunk guy that wanted us to teach him english. We told him to give us his address and we would come by and talk sometime. He said to come later because he "ate a lot of alchohol" and we were more than fine with that. We came by his house a few days ago and told him that we wouldn't teach him english one on one, but he could come to our English Class. He agreed and then said "so how is your church different?" One thing led to another and now we are teaching him the gospel and he is a new investigator... Well, The Lord works in mysterious ways! Can't wait till we get to the Word of Wisdom~! That should be fun. :-)
Gotta go. Love you all lots.
Keep prayin' Elder Shumway

Shortest Letter Yet

Sorry.
The internet glitched on me as I sent the email and it deleted it.
I am out of time now. :-(
I got the package.
Thanks!
I'm alive.
Sorry I cant write the letter again.
Love you.
Bye, Elder Shumway