Elder Sam Shumway

Im gonna be really honest when i say i didnt have high expectations for home MTC but im actually having a lot of fun. My companion is cool and so is my district. Can't wait to meet them on Wednesday. I Apologize to anyone who didnt get my last email. i hadn't set up an email list in time for P day.  I'm convinced that because of the missionary calling I'm finding real joy in the scriptures. If you don't read your scriptures every day i invite you to do so cause it can really bless your life. If you haven't been reading scriptures this week YOU CAN START TODAY! i heard a quote this week that says "God never intended for your to be the same person you were yesterday". change can come on a daily basis if we let it. If you need some direction in the scripture i actually have a verse i would like to share. It's Matthew 25:21, "His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make t...

First off, thank you to everyone who sent me emails this week. It was such a blessing. I leave the MTC on Wednesday at 3:37 AM! My districts been awesome and im really gonna miss them. When you aren't by any of your friends and family the people around almost become like family. Thank you to my district I'm gonna miss you guys  .  On Tuesday we had a devotional. And guess who casually walks in as the main speaker? ELDER DAVID A BEDNAR!!!! I'm literally thinking this'll be the most spiritual experience I'll ever have so I'm writing down so much. When he gets up to talk he says something like "please don't take a lot notes because you probably won't go back and read them". He compares our notes to the Book of Mormon in a way that there's the small plates and big plates and how our notes should be the small plates in the way that we should write our spiritual impressions down. It was an amazing experience that night!  We also got to go to the ...

MTC is such a BLAST! its so spiritual here! i think ive had the most spiritual week ever in my life. I got to be apart of many priesthood blessings this week which helped a lot of people. The way the spirit heals and comforts is indescribable. I pray that you guys allow the spirit into your lives.  Something i can say off the bat is waking up at 2:45 to catch a plane is NOT FUN. especially when that plane is taking you away from your friends and family for 2 years... anyway MTC is super great. had to try the world famous chocolate milk that is supposedly milked from celestial cows. it was honestly pretty good... but it was pretty much just normal good chocolate milk. I got to go to the temple this week with my district and that was super fun. i printed out a bunch of family names and was able to go and make covenants they can accept or reject.  about 4 days ago our district had a meeting with Brother Averrett (one of our branch counselors and super nice man). the next day...