tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77072899560534089962024-03-13T20:18:54.211-07:00Called To ServeFebruary 2008-February 2010<p>
Elder LeGrand Jared Shumway<br>
Korea Busan Mission<br>
Dongnae PO Box 73<br>
Busan-si<br>
Busan-gwangyeoski 607-600<br>
South Korealegrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-69242595712689730852009-02-22T20:22:00.000-08:002009-03-29T20:22:59.093-07:00Hey family. I am doing ok. Pray for me and my companion. And Pray for me to be moreChristlike. I love you all.Thank you for all the pictures! I love the pictures. Anneliese looks reallybeautiful as snow White. I wish I could've seen it! :-)Love you,Elder Shumwaylegrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-54043448013860006242009-02-08T20:01:00.000-08:002009-03-29T20:10:44.006-07:00Iceskating Photohi family,<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SdA2gjwxaHI/AAAAAAAAAIw/r8SAtwI7eO8/s1600-h/Iceskating.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318811092908075122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SdA2gjwxaHI/AAAAAAAAAIw/r8SAtwI7eO8/s200/Iceskating.JPG" border="0" /></a>Well it was a pretty productive week and we actually had someone out to church. Pray for one more guy. Kim-sung-shiek. Just pray that he will continue in his desire to learn about the gospel. He is a pretty cool guy and really nice and excepting... He actually came to church which was pretty good and I think the ward is starting to consider us as hard working. which is good because we need that trust. Other than that we are just meeting a lot of cool people and talking to a lot of people on the street. We had a really productive week and really felt like we were guided to some really cool people.<br /><br />Yes. time is flying by fast. I had like a midlife crisis at the beginning of this transfer. I realize that I dont have a lot of time to live as a missionary or amoung the people of Korea. Time goes by really fast and you start to really realize that your days are numbered...As far as my year mark, today I am meeting another missionary that has been out the same amount of time. I've known him since the MTC. We are just having lunch and going to a bookstore. nothing terribly exciting. Just missionary work! :-)Transfer calls are also on the 13 (my mark) I hope me and my companion stay together for a couple more. We are working really well together.I gotta go. I will write next week.<br /><br />Elder shumway<br /><br />Oh I still need a calender... If you can get a small one with some kind of church theme (like at Deseret Bookstore or something) I would be very grateful. Thank you!legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-7275390489028255702009-02-01T19:40:00.000-08:002009-03-29T19:44:38.068-07:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB!!!Hi family And HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB !!!(...oh I wish you had a nickname...)Well thank you family for all of your support and your advice on working with the members. I think missionary work, like big families, has a lot of inertia ;-) Especially in member work. The Korea Busan mission has had a lot of things happen in the past that was exciting but definately not longterm. There are a lot of inactives and I think the members have kindof felt a little dissappointment in that. I think some feel that they as a ward and church in Korea are not capable of some real steady and permanant growth. If that makes any sense... They have seen most of the converts brought in by missionaries turn inactive. There were a lot of people who joined because of the wrong reasons. I dont mean to speak badly of the past, but there were some things that needed to be changed. An the mission president now is trying to change some of them. I think it is helping... a lot... Anyway, the point is I think a lot of the members and their view of the work has lost a lot of that energy. We need to get it rolling again. And it will happen slowly, over time. we're working on it.THank you for the advice. It really helped! :-) I've been thinking a lot on the work and especially about how to do it better. I think a lot and I think I get a little stressed out. I got a twitch in my eye from stress ever since I turned senior. Haha. Funny huh? Like I think its good that I keep thinking about how to do better, but sometimes I think it gets in the way and becomes a problem. If you have any advice...So how's football? I am actually a little eager to know how they do...Jordan's on tennis!? That's really sweet! I wanted to do tennis when I was a lad, but my knees were too thick and my bum waddled when I ran. Haha. That made no sense. yeah, I wanted to do it but never tried. That sounds like fun. I am actually going ice skating today. It is still cold. The rivers are thawing nicely though and it is starting to warm up. Sounds like You are all doing good down there. Even Caleb ;-) Haha Dont sweat it Bro! I wrote a letter to you and one to Tayva. I will try to send it off soon. Well thanks for your love and support. Never forget the golden rule. :-)Haha Love you all! I will probably send you some pictures soon. The work is good . We are talking to a lot of cool people. Oh... Jackie!!! One more ting!... Do you think you can pray for a member in our ward? Cheong-meen- Cheol. He is like 29, real cool guy but is getting a little disappointed because he is still single. Getting married within the church is really important but in Korea it is a lot more difficult. So just keep him in your prayers. He asked us to pray for him...Thank you! love you! And In case I dont see you, "Good Afternoon, Good Evening, and Goodnight"-Elder Shumwaylegrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-6035994569456634372009-01-28T20:34:00.000-08:002009-02-01T15:44:30.250-08:00Chinese New YearWell, I dont have a lot of time. I didn't read any of your emails yet. I just saved them to my elecronic dictionary to read later ( kinda nice huh? ;-) ) <br />So This week has gone by really great. Pray for Shim-Kyoo-Up so that he will have some greater desire and pray. Pray for also Kim-Dong-June so that he will have the courage to accept the gospel dispite his family. Yes, we found a couple new people. We met them both yesterday and are going to continue meeting them. We have really seen some blessings. <br /> We worked really hard even though it would have been easy to slack off (chinese new year is really big here and it is normally less effective to do missionary work then.) But we did our best anyway and the Lord blessed us with a couple more people to teach! <br /> Well I gotta go! My companion needs a turn. I will email on Monday. Pray for us to have more charity. <br />Thank you, Love you,<br />Bye! Elder LeGrand Shumwaylegrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-90675369847712547362009-01-22T18:00:00.000-08:002009-02-01T18:05:37.842-08:00Some Good Hard Missionary WorkSo Family,<br />Well so far this week is pretty cool and good. I have a question for caleb and Dad. I came out really hard in Yeoung-Cheon and we started the tranfer off really great. You work hard every day and go home exhausted. Its great. But after a while you kindof reach a point where you are really tired and it is hard to put in the same effort. Do you have any tips? Well thank you for the tips on how to establish good relationships with the members. I like them. We are planning on doing one nice thing for all the active members each week and then focusing on the inactives one at a time. <br />This week got off to a good start. We talked to a few really cool people and have stayed pretty busy. We had some really good meetings with people. Can you pray for Park- Jay-Whan so that he will gain the testimony that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that he will have the desire to act. Right now he is between catholic and Our Church and LOVES the Book of Mormon. He reads it and really feels that it is making him a better person. Now he just needs to act. And also Kang-Sook-Jeen. She is a member. Just pray that she might open up to us and that we can be able to really help her.Well thank you. I love Korea and the people. The language is hard, but I am getting through it. Keep praying for us and the people of Korea especially Yeoung-Cheon and the people here.<br />Oh, you can stop praying for the people we had in Yeoung-Do. Well, that sounds bad. Pray for them if you desire.<br />Love you very much,Elder Shumway<br />Ps- can you send some more Got 2B Glued and Pomade. thanks!legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-32482538744254493022009-01-19T22:15:00.000-08:002009-02-01T18:08:52.634-08:00Miracles and Blessings<div>Well family,<br />I am doing really well up here. I think this whole experience is turning out to be a real blessing and being a senior defenately feels different. We are working really hard out here and I have seen so many small miracles and blessings in these last two weeks. It has only been two weeks but we have collected a lot of things to talk about. Well the ward is very small. I really feel like we need to push towards building them up and gaining their trust. I get the feeling that the missionaries before didn't hit it off too well with them. I think there is alot of improvement there. If you have any good ideas of building the relationships with members, lay 'em on me! Its a small branch with about 10 people that come out every week. So there is a lot of room to work on a more personal level...<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SYZVfh7KI3I/AAAAAAAAAIg/XUNXF1rywvU/s1600-h/CIMG1589.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298016011818771314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SYZVfh7KI3I/AAAAAAAAAIg/XUNXF1rywvU/s200/CIMG1589.JPG" border="0" /></a> So anyway, it snowed here. We took pictures. My companion is a pretty big Elder as far as height goes. We have fun. We are working like mad though and it feels good to be working so hard. Tiring, but definitly rewarding in every sense of the word. So I have a cool experience that really lifted my spirits and was really a witness to me that The Lord does have a hand in this work. So we did zone procelyting on the street on wednesday. We started talking to people and by the end of the activity, I got contact information from 5 people. Since they weren't from our little city of Yeoung-Cheon, I refferred them over to the missionaries in Deagu (the city where we were procelyting). I just heard yesterday that two of those five have already met the missionaries and comitted to attend church this week. One in particular told the missionaries that he wanted to know the truth and if he gained a testimony that it is true, he said he will be baptized. Although it wasn't a direct blessing for our area, it was a strength to me to know that through some of my finding efforts, some really prepared people were able to find what I know. We're all on the same team. There are not a lot of people on the streets in Yeoung-Cheon. That is a little unfortunate. But we are working hard and are meeting some really cool people from our efforts.<br />Today we went hiking. I am a bit tired.<br />Love you all. Elder shumway</div>legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-27302271002170517272009-01-11T20:03:00.000-08:002009-01-11T20:05:57.970-08:00Senior CompanionYes I got your package! Thank you very much! I am actually wearing the long sleeve shirt right now. Yes, it's cold. I have been putting on double layers of long johns and had to bring out the big jacket. no snow though. the river is freezing pretty good though and we somethimes get a good breeze going.<br />I love my companion. This was my first week as senior and man was it ...humbling. I realized I dont really know korean, finding people can getfrustrating, and the Lord gives us the blessings all in one week. A good week! Right now we dont have any real good investigators and it looks like the lastfew missionaries lost some of the trust and love of some of the members here soI will try to work on that dispite my limitations in the language...Thank you for the chocolate moose recipe. we'll give it a try.<br />We've seen some miracles happen. One, when I left Yeoung-Do. I'll tell you some later. time is almost up.We are going to Costco today :-) I promise I'll tell you of them in the next one...<br /><br />Love you all,<br />Elder Shumwaylegrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-79794896038637415802009-01-04T22:00:00.000-08:002009-01-11T20:08:48.220-08:00Transfer to Yeong-Cheonhi family.<br />I dont have a lot of time. But thank you so much for the package! I am on a train right now for a place called yeoung- cheon. Guess what?! I'm a "senior" now. Scary huh? yeah me too. my comp is elder Ballam. He is really cool And I think we will get along great! Well, I gotta go. I have some amazing stuff that happened this last week. <br />I will talk to you later! <br />next week!<br />Love you all!<br />byelegrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-78151632636157273932008-12-28T22:15:00.000-08:002008-12-28T22:19:26.530-08:00Merry Christmas!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SVhrtDZJiRI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/FB1srgX8dCM/s1600-h/LeGrand.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285092584468351250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SVhrtDZJiRI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/FB1srgX8dCM/s200/LeGrand.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hi family.</div><br /><div>It was really good to talk to you too on christmas. I think the postal service might be running a bit slow. We haven't recieved the package yet. And transfer calls are this week. so I will let you know next week how they go. </div><br /><div>Well, I feel about the same way that you do. I talked to you all a few days ago and nothing has really happened since then. we did some knocking on doors the other day and the security gaurd made us leave. It was... interesting...</div><br /><div>We also met with this family that wee met two weeks ago. The wife is vietnamise and we gave her a vietnamise Book of Mormon. I think she will read it. She seemed really cool. She was like "let's go to church" and "make an appointment to meet again". The dad is less interested but he likes meeting us at least. Unfortunately the woman isn't the best at korean and when we teach she doesn't really have the patience to be a part of it. she instead takes care of their son. but we will keep at it and see if anything will become of it.maybe keep em in your prayers kim-nam-joe is the name.</div><br /><div>Also, this week the mongolian that came to church about a month ago came back and I had the privlage and task of translating during church on sunday. It was a task. but I got through it alive. It was fun. </div><br /><div>well have a happy new year and keep us in your prayers.</div><br /><div>Bye bye</div><br /><div>Love you all!</div><br /><div>Elder Shumway</div>legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-49277960817731616302008-12-21T20:00:00.000-08:002008-12-28T22:23:55.832-08:00Korean Christmashi Family!<br /> I would first like to give a shout out to Daddy-o and commend him on his 51st birthday! wow, you're still ahead of all of us. I get one year closer to you every October and just when I think I might have a chance to pick up the pace and catch up to you, you always seem to pull ahead... well maybe things will be different next year...<br /> I am sorry I didnt write anything in a letter yet. To tell you the truth, I wrote a handwritten letter two weeks ago and just barely a few days ago, sent it off. sorry I have not mentioned anything in the actual e mail. It has been a pretty good christmas season so far. we went caroling to some members and made christmas cards for them. It was pretty good. We are doing an actual Christmas party for our ward tonight and I am doing a dance to jingle bells with some other missionaries. and me and my companion are singing "silent night" with a some single adults in our ward. I, of course, am tenor. But I have to say, it doesnt quite sound as fluid as our family's rendition of "Silent night". It'll be fun though. I'm excited.Christmas is actually pretty widely celebrated here. There are a lot of Christians here. In fact, last night we were knockin on some doors and saying Merry Christmas as our introduction. It was really cool because we started and the first door we knocked on a lady came out, talked to us for a bit, was really nice, but then left us and went back inside. But the second door we knocked on was a family that was just like "yeah, yeah, come on in!" And they proceded to give us some bread and juice. We talked with them for a good amount of time. We shared the 1st vision and the spirit could be felt. it was a good lesson and we gave them a book of mormon.But yeah, christmas is here too and it can lighten people up just like in America if you smile and wish them a merry Christmas.<br /> No package yet. thanks for it in advance though...<br /> I know how it feels to have those sprained ankles. Looks like Kendric got a better story to tell though. I bet it got some high fives and pats on the bum from teammates. :-) Hey maybe even coach Soto gave you a pat on the bum too. If not, pat yourself on the bum for doing a good job. And give yourself a wet-willie for me, would ya. :-) I only have potholes and dodgeball to blame for some of my bad sprains.<br /> OK I will call the day after Christmas here and that will be christmas night in America. I will call sometime between 7-9AM (Korean time) I think that puts you at what... 3-5PM on christmas (Arizona time). is that ok? <br />Keep praying for pak- gun. he's a good guy.<br />Love you, <br />Talk to you on Christmas!<br />Elder Shumwaylegrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-10235908358734560492008-12-14T19:31:00.000-08:002008-12-28T22:33:51.326-08:00Scrooge<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SVhtto2p9hI/AAAAAAAAAIY/U14i_gc5F4g/s1600-h/PC150017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285094793547478546" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SVhtto2p9hI/AAAAAAAAAIY/U14i_gc5F4g/s200/PC150017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>well family, </div><div>This week was a bit better than last week.It started off with a really good zone conference. Our president wanted to do something special for the christmas season so we went to a really good resturaunt, had some really great talks prepared by other missionaries, and watched a movie. We actually watched Scrooge! It brought back a lot of memories. Singing "hark the Herald" in English accents, calling people "crums of musterd" and "old potatoes", and of course, the ending where he has that change of heart and blesses all those around him. It was really good to see and it calmed a lot of stress and brightened my day.</div><div>This last week we set up the christmas tree at the church. It needed some repairing as well (just like when we used to have our "annual repairing of the tree" festivities back in Arizona) People were complimenting me on how well I did in repairing the tree and making it look nice. I have to thank you guys for all the years of practice in refining this talent. It's nice to know "christmas tree repairing" is a valued talent to the people of korea. :-)</div><div>so as for calling on christmas, would it be better to call on christmas night arizona time? We are told to call at the convinience of the family, and I know our family is always really busy on Christmas Eve. Or have you already made arrangements for that since I last emailed. let me know. Yes, I baught a phone card. no worries there.</div><div>Also, some new news... if or when I go to a biking area, I will need to buy an actual bike. So is that bike fund still there? They were having a problem with expenses, people not treating the bikes well, and whatnot...</div><div>We are still trying to meet with "pak- gun" (he's kindof a mix between 2-PAK and tommy-GUN) :-o he is a college kid that is pretty busy and pretty cool. We have really seen the hand of the Lord in meeting him and how his Buddist kindof antichurch parents have opened up to us. Now we need to start focusing on the message. We have become pretty good friends and want to help him. And knowing that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the most beneficial and happiness- instilling thing in the universe, It appears to us that that would be the next step.</div><div>Well I love you all, I gotta run</div><div>Pray for Pak-Gun</div><div>Love you, Elder Shumway</div>legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-26211521372133711412008-12-07T19:15:00.000-08:002008-12-28T22:46:06.396-08:00Snow in Busan!Hi family.<br />Well there is one picture of the baptism. but I am not in white like the pictures you normally see from baptisms. Probably cause it actually wasn't our investigator and there wasn't a lot of priority. sorry. but I can get you the picture of the group later. At least the one being baptised is in white.<br />well there is news about christmas. It looks like we will call on christmas here meaning it will be christmas eve there. so... yeah. that's what's going down. I want to see if I can get a card here first cause that will be easier. they aren't giving us cards this year. anyway. I will keep you posted on that.<br />Things are good here! Im holding up pretty well. On saturday we got a phone call from a girl speaking English and she said she wanted to come to church. She is from mongolia, only 10 days younger than me, and doesn't speak Korean at all. But luckily she was pretty good at English! She is the only member of her family and has been living on Yeoung-Do for a couple months already. She aparently has been trying to find the church for a while now and through a lot of phone calling, finally got our phone number. She came to church and it was really cool. It totally made our week. We had to translate. That was fun! And really hard! I tell you what... Nothing really lets you see how much you dont know than when you have to try and translate. I started, but gave up. And my companion took over. But he had a really hard time with it too. We ended up just giving up on the "direct translating" and doing more of a "So this is what they basically said.."-type of aproach. Yeah it was hard. But I think if I start translating to myself, I can use it in a good way to improve my Korean. I learned a lot just by trying to translate. But it was really cool to have her there. She even bore her testimony and my companion went up to translate for her. It was really good. she sat down and my companion bore a short testimony. And I translated back to English what he bore in Korean. Missionary Korean is a lot easier to translate that Korean Korean. Sadly, she is heading up to Gumi to see some relatives on Friday so I dont know if we will ever see her again. But we already gave her the number of the missionaries there, so it should be a smooth transition.<br />Well, I gotta go. Have a merry Christmas!<br />Love, Elder shumway<br />Oh, We also saw a little snow this week. not enough to stick to the ground but it was cool to see. It almost never snows in Busan area (so I hear)legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-79954954634702355622008-11-30T19:00:00.000-08:002008-12-07T10:53:54.559-08:00Thanksgiving Dinner!Hi family<br />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. :-)<br />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.<br />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.<br />Love you all! I gotta go! Elder Shumway<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwUpi5BrN9UD0yqkC_H8EiUB40o5QXxCXWhe4CCycDICH_tg-pRashd86yGtJ1oPkh1vhi37RePejI-Wc9_5g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-70455877818008958282008-11-23T10:29:00.000-08:002009-02-01T18:14:50.888-08:00BYU, Christmas, Exchange Rate, Investigators, Oh Yeah, and a Baptism!<div>Hi family.<br />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.<br />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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SYZWjYqF3nI/AAAAAAAAAIo/bW4tcRLVpyk/s1600-h/Baptism.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298017177562373746" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SYZWjYqF3nI/AAAAAAAAAIo/bW4tcRLVpyk/s200/Baptism.JPG" border="0" /></a> $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! :-)<br />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.<br />keep praying hard!- Elder Shumway</div>legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-50892710125291001122008-11-16T19:29:00.000-08:002008-11-23T20:36:38.003-08:00Splits<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SSovQkoYd9I/AAAAAAAAAH4/dsRGfxMvrMI/s1600-h/PB160325.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272078275548051410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SSovQkoYd9I/AAAAAAAAAH4/dsRGfxMvrMI/s200/PB160325.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hi family.<br />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 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">proselyting</span> that was a lot of fun earlier on in the week.Well, you <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bought</span> 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.<br />So we were riding the bus one day and I sat <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">strategically</span> 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 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mormon</span>. Surprisingly, he was really nice and open. I offered him the Mook of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mormon</span> 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.<br />I love the gospel!<br />I love you!<br />-Elder <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Shumway</span></div>legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-15873750893018252792008-11-09T20:05:00.000-08:002008-11-23T20:41:28.886-08:00New Investigator!Hi ya family!<br /> Well, I dont have much time. (again). Well I am good. And alive. (alive is good) <br /> 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. <br /> 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. :-)<br />Gotta go. Love you all lots. <br />Keep prayin' Elder Shumwaylegrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-75395767658336188522008-11-02T18:45:00.000-08:002008-11-23T20:43:58.373-08:00Shortest Letter YetSorry. <br />The internet glitched on me as I sent the email and it deleted it. <br />I am out of time now. :-(<br />I got the package. <br />Thanks! <br />I'm alive. <br />Sorry I cant write the letter again. <br />Love you.<br />Bye, Elder Shumwaylegrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-50059800549260453192008-10-26T20:44:00.000-07:002008-11-23T20:59:18.611-08:00No Longer a Teenager<div>Hi.<br />Well this was a pretty good week. I am hearing a lot about the economy kinda taking a downslope. like some banks and states going bankrupt or something. I dont know.<br />So this week was pretty good. We did a good amount of knockin on doors and we think we might have found a new investigator. I went on splits with my District Leader and that was a lot of fun. We met with his investigator in his area and had probably the most spiritual lesson of my whole mission. This investigator is thinkin' about baptism. It went really well! Well, I gotta run. I am alive. Thats all that really matters, eh? HaHa, no I am doing fine.<br />To tell you the truth, my birthday came and left and I still dont feel any different, but I guess that's kinda how birthday's come. It was good though, we worked extra hard that day. And it rained. (My favorite weather) A member had us over for dinner and she bought a cake that was pretty good. I am sending you a picture.<br />I love you all. Thanks for your support<br />Elder Shumway<br />Ps- I guess technically I'm not a teenager anymore<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272083929813692210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SSo0ZsaXLzI/AAAAAAAAAIA/qK6nHs1bFj0/s200/PA220251.JPG" border="0" /></div>legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-48224989660288601562008-10-19T19:00:00.000-07:002008-11-23T21:00:50.605-08:00Happy 20th Birthday LeGrand!!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SSo08azJACI/AAAAAAAAAII/K_m-UvwwN90/s1600-h/PA140138(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272084526381203490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SSo08azJACI/AAAAAAAAAII/K_m-UvwwN90/s200/PA140138(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hi family!<br />Thanks for wishing me a Happy birthday! So I am sending a package but it is by slowboat. I hope to send it in the next couple days. There is a gift in there for Jordan. Sorry I didn't get it to him in time for his birthday but oh well, he'll gat it when you get it. So today guess what I got in the mail? my votin' ballot. So that was pretty exciting. Well my companion is really cool. He is a kid from Utah in some small town. he's a pretty smart kid. he knows korean really well and koreans like him pretty well. This last week I think I've progressed a lot in the language. So my new companion (Elder Sprosty) is a new senior. He is 3 months older than me as a missionary. And because he is a new senior, coming into a new area, I've had to pick up a lot of slack and kinda fake senior up until now. Yes, he's senior. But there are some things that I have just needed to do (mostly just communication) and it has really helped me grow in the language.<br />Well we went to a wedding ceremony yesterday. it had a lot more traditional things in it than American weddings.<br />Well, I will talk to you later, Thank you!<br />Tootle- lue (in a darth vader voice)<br />Elder Shumway</div>legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-68725550920204756492008-10-12T21:08:00.000-07:002008-11-23T21:16:22.906-08:00Hey Hey<br />Thanks for the letters. Last week I tried to something a little tricky. I tried typing two letters. one to Caleb and one to the Family. But I realized that took a little too much time. So even though I would like to write on a more individual basis, I am sorry to say that time does not permit it. Thanks for sending me the package. The way they do it is the post office recieves the mail, they then deliver the mail to the mission office daily, and from there the office forwards it to the missionary. And if it is close to transfers, they hold all the mail and forward them after all the tranfers are done. I'll have to ask the mission president about his son. That seems really exciting though! <span style="color:#ff0000;">(His son, Ken Jennings was the smartest one on Jeopardy for a long time, and he recently participated on "are you smarter than a 5th Grader?" and earned 1/2 million dollars) </span><br />So if you want the news, tranfers are in and I am still staying in yeoung-Do. Elder Heubsch is leaving to another area. I have a new companion, Elder Sprosty. He seems really cool. He is a new senior so his experience in Yeoung-Do should be really good. This transfer looks really promising though. As for investigators, just keep praying for the ones you have. And pray for us as missionaries to find some really prepared people to teach. <br />I am sorry to hear all these deaths and bad health problems in the family. But I am happy for Neal (Stanfield) and whoever he's marrying.<br />Oh man! General Conference was awesome! I think you enjoy it more as a missionary. I think you are just more spiritual minded during this time. But it was really good. I felt, for lack of a better word, filled. I missed the Sunday afternoon session though. We watched it in English and after the morning session we booked it down to our little island, expecting to see it in Korean with our members, but they ended up not showing it there. I was a bit dissappointed. But was I saw was really uplifting. <br />The other day, we met this guy on the street that just started talking to us in pretty good English. We stopped and he bought us ice cream. He was really cool and was really into Boy Scouts. He got the Tiger (the equivilant of The Eagle) and told us to come by and have lunch with him sometime. On Saturday, just before conference, we went early to a hospital with the branch president, his councelor, and an inactive. We went to see the inactive's friend and her severly handicapped teenager. He looked like he was in really critical condition. Both of them were crying, but we gave a bleesing. I anointed and My companion blessed. He blessed him that he would fully recover. <br />Anyway we gotta go. <br />There are other people 3that nee2d the 8compu9t62er. <br />I will talk to\ you later.<br />*L*o*ve* you*!****/*-+Elder -*S/humway<br />PS- I wan/t* /t*o/ */*t/a*/k*e /*o/u*t/ */*so/m*e /m*o/r*e /*mo/*/n*e/y* /*f/r*o/m */*m/y* /*ca/*r/*d/*./ */*/I* /*/*/*/h*op/*e that's alright. Maybe like 100 do/l*a/r*/s*. Love Ruddy. Sorry that was another Elder with all the numbers and the dashes. They are getting pretty anxious. :-) <br />Love you all! <br />Respond back to the money question ASAP! <br />Thanks!legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-47970290902016871592008-10-05T17:37:00.000-07:002008-11-23T21:07:32.747-08:00General ConferenceHi Family,<br /> Well, if I do say so myself, Jordan's spained pinky was a bit funny, especially the way Jordan told it. Thanks for the letter Bro! I got to go so I'll make this fast! So down in Yeoung Do, it is going pretty good. we had a big stake activity. It was a lot of fun. I realized that there are a lot more members in the Busan area than I thought. I played soccer for the first time in a long long time. Yep, I still stink. But this time it was worse. I ran a lot, that was refreshing. <br />We came home, my companion did 2 baptismal interviews ( there were 2 kids baptized on Sunday (not our investigators)). So this week was pretty good. We had a great lesson with one of our investigators. He knows what he needs to do, it is just a matter of time until he gets the courage to be baptized (for him, it would mean turning away from a lot of things). So pray for him. Kim-Teh-Won. Other than that, We have met a few really cool people and they might turn into investigators. It is pretty exciting. My companion is really awesome. I have been with him for two transfers so far, but transfer calls are Friday, And we think one of us will go. But we'll find out then... I hope you had a really good conference! We see it this week, it needs to be translated first. I am pretty excited. As far as my birthday, whatever. The EFY CD would be nice. And maybe another block of that Cedder and Pepperjack cheese. That was really good. Love you lots Elder Shumway<br />PS- Dad had that really awesome book about... the doctrine and covenents?... I am not sure. its the one that talks about the second coming and how everything plays out... do you know what I'm talking about? Well, If you could somehow get a copy and send it really slow, cheaply to korea (like by boat or something) that would be really cool.<br /><br />Thanks!legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-30240710130164011652008-09-28T18:00:00.000-07:002008-09-30T20:34:29.142-07:00"I Love the Gospel! I know it's true."Hi.<br /><br />Well thank you for the package! It was a really nice surprise! So far I have really anticipated the packages, and so far you are doing a really good job. Thanks again for this last one! So I finally got my dictionary. And if you look at the account, I made the withdrawal. I took out 200000 won. which is about $200. but let me know what the account says. when you take into account the exchange rate and fees and the price of the dollar, it changes. Let me know what it Actually took out in american Dollars. As far as the dictionary, it is really cool! It has a really nice setup and is pretty "top-of the line" when it comes to dictionaries. And I bought it off of another missionary for a really good deal. Thanks.<br /><br />So, this week went really well. we met a few new people and we think they are ready for the restored gospel. We are still trying to do a lot of this inactive work. Our mission President pretty much told us that he really wants us to focus on raising the wards up. There are a lot of details about how and why. But the long end of the short of it is that there are so many inactives and so many people that embrace the gospel and fall away. His goal is to raise the wards, to build them up and get them to trust the missionaries a lot so that they get excited about missionary work, about this church, and about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We want to build that atmosphere where those who are new converts, can find so much strength and really feel the friendship of the ward; this is something that has been desperately needed in the wards of the Busan Mission. It is a little different and we are still a little unsure of the best way to approach this phase of missionary work...I love the gospel! I know its true.<br />The atonement is real!<br />Always share it!<br />Love you.Elder Shumway<br /><br />(I am happy that Greg and Michelle got married. That must have been really cool! I know they are both really happy! But the news of Scott Fleming's death is really sad... And Grandma in the hospital isn't good either.)legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-88416313521410594502008-09-21T20:18:00.000-07:002008-09-30T20:27:35.494-07:00"Passed Off"Hi!<br />Thanks for the Email. Kedric sounds like he's doing pretty good on the football team. I wish he would have played a little before I left so I could've had a reason to go to the games more. way ta go!<br /><br />well, we did go to a Puma store and they informed us that Pumas run anywhere from $70-120. I dont know how much the package was, but they cost a lot here. Thank you for sending them! I bought a dictionary (well, sort of). I bought it from another elder and he is sending it in the mail. It should get to me today or tomarrow. I am pretty excited. It should be really good.<br /><br />Well, yes. It was a good Choo-Suk. Even though It got in the way of proselyting, we built some good relationships with the members. This week I finally "passed off". We have a Pass-off Program here. You have to memorize a bunch of vocabulary and get to a certain level in teaching the lessons. There are 3 passoffs: 1st, midway, and Final. And just this week I did final. It doesn't really mean much other than now I can technically go Senior. Woah! Yeah, I little scary! I think I'm more scared about it than you might be though. I still dont feel like I would be ready... I dont think it will happen quite yet though. In my opinion I have at least a couple transfers until I have to really worry. But, there are a lot of new missionaries coming in this next transfer and quite a few ending their missions. Which means they will be needing quite a few seniors to take their places. We'll see... I think I'll go when I'm good and ready...<br /><br />So the other day we were traveling and this guy coming off the bus stops us and starts talking to us in English. "Hey are you two Mormon?" We started talking to him. He was this old chinese man. He was a citizen of the US but he had to renew his visa to China in Korea. He didn't speak any Korean and was really confused about how to get to his hotel. We pointed him in the right direction, showed him how to use the subway system, gave him our number in case he got confused again, and after thanking us, he left. We didn't expect to see him again. But a few days later, he gave us a call and said he wanted to meet treat us to coffee. Not really caring too much for the coffee, we met and had a really good talk over some orange juice. To make a long story short, we shared some stuff out of an English Book of Mormon and gave him a copy. He really liked it. He had some great values and some longing questions he wanted answered. He expressed his desire to read and study the book. He gave us his address in China (he plans to live there) and we separated.<br />All of this from just telling him how to use the subway. There are a lot of opportunities out there.<br /><br />Love you a lot! Elder Shumwaylegrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-30460276619678100182008-09-16T16:05:00.000-07:002008-09-16T16:11:08.233-07:00Choo-Suk!!!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SNA8-V5NG5I/AAAAAAAAAHw/0_kVRc9YYP0/s1600-h/S73F0187.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246760607613262738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SNA8-V5NG5I/AAAAAAAAAHw/0_kVRc9YYP0/s200/S73F0187.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hi family.</div><br /><div>So there is a holiday in Korea called (choo-suk). Anyway as far as holidays, this is the big one in Korea. It's pretty big. It started on Saturday and Ended on Monday night. But it was fun. As far as missionary work though, it really cuts into it. You cant really go procelyting because everyone is inside celebrating with their families. And if you do, they would just come to the door and be like " hey, what are you doing? it's (choo-suk). go away." They suggested that we use this time with the members and try and build our relationships with them. So on Saturday, we went over to this member's house that is really lonely ( her husband abandoned her, she has 1 daughter, and no real relatives.) And we spent Saturday just preparing traditional Korean Food with her. It was a good experience. </div><br /><div>On sunday, we tried to find where some less actives live through a map at the church. We had a really short meeting and spent the rest of the day with members. It was good. But here's the killer... We got a full P-Day on Monday. Nothing was open, so we didn't have the chance to E mail then (hence the Email now). So we played football on the Beach, played basketball, and I had my 1st encounter with Ultimate Frisbee since I was in Arizona! It felt so good! After, we went to a Bath house and then watched "Robots" and had pizza. It was a lot of fun, but I am feeling pretty sore from all that activity. </div><br /><div>So so so, this holiday season kinda destroyed the typical weekend, and our procelyting time was really minimized. :-( Thanks for all the updates! Well as far as the language goes, I am still not very comfortable. But I am still trying. It really helps when I shut out English and only speak Korean. But sometimes it's hard. But I need it. Pray for me to be better at the language and to keep studying hard. </div><br /><div>Sounds like BYU will do pretty well in football this year! Thank you Caleb for the updates and pictures! Looks like you're having a lot of fun at BYU! Love you all! Sorry I can't respond back to everything as in depth as I want to. </div><br /><div>Till next week! Elder Shumway</div>legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707289956053408996.post-22872027923948177692008-09-07T15:00:00.000-07:002008-09-14T23:07:27.872-07:00A New Investigator!Hey<br /><br />Well It seems as though you do have some big news in Arizona.<br /><br />to answer the questions- yeah weather is changing a little bit. but I dont need anything. I brought warm stuff with me. Thanks though. Maybe send me a lot of those listrine packets or something. If it is too much dont worry about it. As missionaries, they dont like us chewing gum in public. But in Korea, that's kinda the only way to freshen breath. they dont offer much alternative. they do sell altoids, but thay are really expensive and they make your backpack all "powdery". Anyway, Thank you.<br /><br />so right now I am at a place called sfun z ("spoungie" as Koreans pronounce it) its just a place with a bunch of games (ping pong, bowling, etc). it should be pretty fun. I am emailing on a computer here. so as for myself, I am fine as always.<br /><br />Today I cut my own hair for the 4th time in Korea. And I accidently cut the bangs way too short! Haha. But it is alright. Everyone says it looks fine. I think I just look at it with a more critical eye...<br /><br />As far as news... These inactives are proving really hard to find. Korean addresses are really confusing. they give houses numbers in the order that they are built. So in an area, all the numbers are jumbled up together. so it can be difficult. and the area book is 5 years old...<br /><br />But one interesting thing that happened this week. We were finding an inactive and all of a sudden, we ran into a guy from our english service project. We talked a little. At first, we were just trying to get out of there but we started talking a little bit and it started from trying to leave to giving him a pass along card to giving him the first discussion at the church! And the first went really well. We had another and that went well too! So it turns out that we found this investigator from one of the people we see every week. The circumstances were just right. But the Lord prepares those kinds of people all the time. We always just need to take advantage of those oportunities!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SM35_WypItI/AAAAAAAAAHo/3wG9dSWLyMY/s1600-h/with++other+Elders.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246124007801561810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GtawY0MXDGU/SM35_WypItI/AAAAAAAAAHo/3wG9dSWLyMY/s200/with++other+Elders.JPG" border="0" /></a>Gotta go!<br />Love you all!<br />Peace,<br />Elder shumway<br /><br />Here is a photo of me and a member of my district.legrizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104158580055045190noreply@blogger.com0