Elder U, Oct 17 2011

Yes I am aware of the small amount of Indian in me, we won't talk about that. I got the money! and I got a haircut with it, and I asked for the same length I have gotten for years 3 on the top and 2 on the sides, and its way short... i think she just gave me a 2 everywhere. But its already grown a bit so its not that bad. Send them some really nice pens!(We asked what a missionary in the MTC would like in a care package) AND SOME SUPER GLUE! Super glue has come to my aid countless times, and it will countless more. And some Beef Jerky, and I just asked the other 3 elders in the room what they would have wanted and they said letters from all the young single women in the ward. I GOT THIS AWESOME MISSIONARY DOLL! A lady in Sidney who does amazing crochet stuff made it for me and sent it by way of her mom who lives in Corvallis! It's fantastic, I might send it home cause it wont last here on the field, but I don't want to give it up. The Blog and FB are doing pretty good, I'm supposed to write a blog every week or so which is a pain, but it's fun coming up with gospel applications for obscure stuff that I like. I already came up with an idea about Back To The Future and repentance. Things are going pretty well, and Halloween is on a P-day! So we might do something awesome for it. AND I GOT TO WORK OUT AT A MUAY THAI GYM TODAY! It's owned by a less active in the ward next to ours and the Elders there invited us along to work out there, and I miss punching so much... It felt so good to wail on a bag for an hour again. The less active guy there was a pro boxer for 14 years and he said I had amazing footwork! He also complimented my punches and taught me some good combos. But we couldn't spar cause I'm a missionary... I was so bummed. Hugs and Hyperbeams, Elder Uppenaround

Elder U, Oct 10 2011

Fruits and vegetables are for pansies.(We recommended that Andrew eat veggies and fruit to get over his cold) If I ate that stuff all the natives would laugh. And I'm feeling tons better! The weather down here is nuts too. It poured rain on thursday, but it was warm in the morning so I didn't have my suit coat or my raincoat, so I was just soaked. then the next day it was sunny and awesome but I had my raincoat so I was too hot. I need some good winter boots and some beanies and stuff, so that money will be wonderful! THANKS! What are Adnoids?(Jake is getting his adenoids out on Oct. 18) It sounds like androids. Why does Jacob have Androids in his nose? We saw a herd of 100 head of Elk! I tried to get some pics but I think they all ended up blurry. Then we went looking for some elk with the guy we live with in Darby, and we went looking ON THE RANCH THAT CHRISTOPHER LOYD USED TO LIVE ON! and on the way back we drove past the summer home of the guy who directed National Treasure! I'm almost done with my blog, but i'm having some technical difficulties, so it will be done... eventually... Transfers came and went and I'm staying with Elder Owens in Corvallis and Darby, which is awesome! I love it here. Things go well. thinking in the 4th dimension, Elder Mcfly

Elder U, Oct 3 2011

Yeah, I don't really need the belt buckle. I need boots a lot more than that, but I had to ask! Conference was amazing! AND I'M PUMPED ABOUT THE TABERNACLE! That's the bomb! The Japanese guys' talk yesterday was one that stuck out to me, and not just cause he had an awesome accent. But all of it was fantastic, I don't really have a favorite. As for facebook, you could probly just send me the pics if you already took them all off the memory card. I get 1 hour for online proselyting a day, and it's for teaching and finding people who are interested. So if you guys have anyone who needs a missionary but are intimidated or whatever then send em my way. Facebook proselyting is for providing a formal setting where we can answer questions and not have to be in the home and looking at them with our accusing eyes, so its actually helping a lot of people. we are still in Pappas's house, but he is sick so we don't see him much. He said that he hadn't eaten anything for like 2 days so he knew what it was like for the jews during the holocaust. We are trying to leave as quickly as possible. And I think he got me sick too, I have been running around with a cold for the past week. But it hasn't slowed me down! SEND ME BACK MY MEMORY CARD! Sincerely yours, Elder get UP c'mon get DOWN with the sickness

Elder U, Sept 26, 2011

I got the package and it is so nice to have a scripture case! And thanks for the money! I used some of it to buy some boots to do service in, they just happen to be some dope cowboy boots I found in a thrift store in Darby. And I'll send my memory card home when I get my other one back. I've heard all about the BYU game now, there are a bunch of BYU graduates up here, and even more people with kids going there. It's good that they did well in their last game, why did they have to wait until they played U of U to suck? GET RONAN THE 8 TRACK PLAYER! And give him the Silmirillion to give to the Heims too. Thats fantastic about the Rhodes! Brother Rhodes is gonna be the best dad ever! Thats so awesome. They should name him Ananias, or Gideon. Conference is gonna be the bomb, I am so pumped for it. I got this sweet note taking packet from the primary in Darby, its got a word search and everything, I am totally using it. Its gonna be so much fun. We had the primary program here too, and it was awesome! They kids were all over the place, and half of them weren't singing, and a couple kept jumping around and pushing each other. It made me a little homesick. And they had Linger Longer which is the greatest thing since sliced bread, Its a pot luck after church on every 4th sunday. HEY! I might need $100 for a sweet hand made elk antler belt buckle. Its for a less-active who needs the money, it gives us a reason to go see him again, and he does amazing work! So it's not for me, its to save the soul of a talented artist. And we could call it an early Christmas present! Pretty Please, Elder Moosencamp

Elder U, Sept. 19

We had a great week! We have some amazing people that we are working with. Daniel... why.(Daniel is working at Rocky Mountain Drive Inn) He can do TONS better than that. Punch Brian for me. Send the package to: 1490 Meridian Rd. Vistor, MT 59875 And send it quick! I don't need new scrips yet, but I will if I don't get a case as soon as possible. My pants are getting a little loose actually, I haven't been on a scale lately but I have definatly lost a little weight. We used the mile counter in the odometer and we drove the way we usually bike and it turned out to be a 20 mile round trip back to our house, and we usually go more than twice that far. We thought it was only 10 or so miles, so we have gone twice as far as we thought we did. It is getting a little chilly, it gets around 40 degrees at night but it gets up in the 70's during the day. I bought some sweet winter gloves, i just need some long johns and a few more things and i'm set. I have been advised against thermal garments by a couple different missionaries, so I'll just stick to normal garments and get thermals to go over. I hadn't heard the score,(the infamous BYU loss) but the McCreedy's were watching the beginning of the game when we left Darby. It sucks that we lost! Was it really that bad? Spencer hasn't written yet, I need to beat him up. Sincerely Yours, Elder Raphael (The Coolest Ninja Turtle)

Elder U, Sept 12, 2011

This week was good! We serve in a place called Darby too and the members we live with there are fantastic, their name is McCreedy and they have a cute little Pomeranian puppy named Griz. The McCreedy's let us use the whole upstairs of a really nice house, and it's fantastic! The elders here used to spend 1 day a week in Darby and every other sunday, but we have a lot of work there so we are spending every weekend down there. We still spend every other sunday in corvallis. Any size scripture case is fine as long as it can withstand a bear mauling, so I'm not gonna be choosy. And the Quad I've got is hanging in there, but by the skin of its teeth. We use bikes provided by the members, the one i'm riding belongs to the ward mission leader who grew up in Pinesdale ( the polygamist colony) and is a really nice guy. The hills here are nuts! we are in a valley so everything is at odd angles and some of these go up to bloody 85 degrees! And you could totally send me that hat. I don't know if I could wear it but who knows. Elder Owens wore a ski mask and a beany last winter, but he is from arizona so he isn't used to below 0 weather. Daniel best not be working at Rocky Mountain. So my official guess is The Academy. Thats awesome about the website! Just don't pull a Martha Stuart! And Jacob needs a bionic nose, then all his problems will be solved. And we will have to see about the killing with kindness, I might just settle for the killing. Sincerely, Elder Farva ( I got the name wrong on the letter) P.S. Allan wrote me! It was awesome, make Daniel punch that guy.

Elder U, Sept 5, 2011

Elder Owens is the man. He is more like a trainer than Nuttall was, he actually tries to teach me stuff! we have been working together well, and we're having fun. The place we are staying at kinda sucks, its the back room of a member who says that he was forced to have the missionaries live there. He took the lights out of our fridge and is a nazi about how long we can turn the lights on. He keeps telling us he is poor and on wellfare and can't go work, but then he says he is always to busy to clean his house or mow his lawn. He relied on his wife completely for cooking and cleaning and anything else he didn't want to do, but his wife died 2 years ago. The area is awesome but we bike everywhere, we have a truck but the elder before was going home so he went over on miles. and we are in a car share with the area next to us, so in 5 days we biked 40 miles. I am gonna have thunder thighs when i'm done here. I am sending a letter home with my address on it so you can use that, but I forgot it and I don't have it on me. send it quick as you can! my Scrips are getting beat up pretty bad out here. Daniel needs to get fighting again! at the rate i'm going i'll be able to kick through his chest in 2 years. Its awesome that Jacobs getting into it! I wish I had started that early, if he keeps at it he can be a pro in no time. And its awesome that he is in percussion, have you bought him a drum set yet? I got a package from the Davis's! They are the bomb, they sent some cookies and a tie and some pics of danny without his braces. So he punched the ocean, and that's how he broke his collarbone? Thats one of the manliest things i've ever heard! next he'll be growing a mountain man beard and hunting wolves. The selection of beards here is disappointing, I have yet to see an impressive beard in Montana. There is an Elder here who I can talk metal with! Elder Lee is in to the same bands that I am and he is in the district that we are in a car share with. There is a bunch of polygamists down here, they are a branch of of us from the 70's and the believe in the book of Mormon and the D&C but they think they are living the higher law, and that they have priesthood authority and we don't. It's weird and we can only go up to they're colony with the ward mission leader who grew up there. So this will be interesting. LOVES, Elder Moroni

Elder A, August 28, 2011

I've been transferred to Corvallis! Its the complete other side of the state, there are mountains here! my new companion is elder Owens and he is the bomb. He is a cowboy from Arizona and he is a funny guy. we were on the road for a total of 12 hours yesterday getting around to where im at. You could just send the package to the mission office and they'll get it to me, I dont know my address yet, I havent even had the chance to see where i'm living yet. I see now what you ment about phil, its cool that daniel isn't gone just yet. I don't have much time right now, i'll try to get a letter to you soon. LOVE, Elder Uppercut

Elder Andrew - Aug 22, 2011

My comps getting better, He just needs to chill out about a lot of stuff (see Daniels email for details) he is like Bogey, ask Ronan what that means. I didn't get to label the stuff in the package, I didn't have time, but the 8 track player is for Ronan, the Silmirillion is for the Heims but tell them I want it back when I come home, and the record was for Daniel. Daniel can take the record player with him when he moves out as long as he promises to take good care of it and not scratch my vinyls, ESPECIALLY THE STAR WARS ONE! I have been out of money since I got out, so I have been budgeting just fine. It was the air plane that cleaned me out, that and I bought a nice knife on my first P-day. The allowance they give us is good enough even though everything here costs twice what it costs everywhere else because of the oil fields, but some extra money would be nice. It's crazy that he is moving out! Is he doing school yet or does he have to wait till the spring semester? He should go with Phil, that guy needs keeping an eye on. And Gabe is already leaving? For Logan!? What is he studying for? Jessie is in college, that's so weird. I'm not gonna think too much on that one. I'm freaking out a little bit about transfers. I kinda want to stay because the people here are awesome, but I kinda want to leave so I can see new people and get a comp that will let me learn what I'm supposed to. I just don't know! I'll go wherever I'm needed. Hugs & Headlocks, Elder Duke Tungsten (that's my leather jacket name) P.S. that's awesome about Sis. Crawford, I miss the ward so much! The ward mission leader is brother Carpenter and the second counselor to the Bishop is Thompson, so I wanna hug Carpenter and punch Thompson!

Elder Andrew- August 15, 2011

Nope, still no moose. They don't hang out in the Badlands, we just have Indians. I haven't run into any Redskins yet, but there are 14 reservations in my mission and the worst one is in our zone, so its only a matter of time. Thats cool about girls camp. Who got stuck being Dobby? Or did you just have a straw dummy that you could set fire too? We went through the ward list and found 60 names we didn't know, so we are going to go through it with the bishop and see who we can track down. It's like trying to fill a sieve, there is a huge oil boom going on here so people are in and out all the time. There are no places to live, tons of trailer parks that get filled the second they are emptied, people always getting evicted when landlords find someone willing to pay more for less. So our investigators are either always working, always tired, or move away. We do have some success though, we are working with this awesome couple that work on the railroad, and they are coming along really well. And we have a baptismal date set up with a 12 year old kid who has been taking the lessons for months with his younger brother and dad who aren't members. And we got to go to some Rodeos! We street contacted at a county fair and saw a rodeo with some members, and we talked to tons of people. Then we saw another one with a family that lives 40 miles from Sidney (we cover 4 or 5 small towns that are 30 to 40 miles from Sidney in every direction) and saw a Ranch Rodeo which is more roping and less riding. I didn't film most of it, but i did catch a bunch of ladies putting shirts on calf's. And a guy lost his thumb! It must have caught on the rope or something, they stopped the show and had everyone look for it, they were asking the audience for some ice and a ziplock bag. It was brutal. Spencer should definitely record Daniels talk! Did Spencer finish editing mine? And you need to send me those pictures! Allan and Spencer wanted me to have some kinda keep sake, so you should take something off of the scrap booking page with all of us all tiny and do something awesome with it and send it to me. I am sending the package today hopefully, I couldn't find a box the right size so I had to improvise. there is something for Ronan and Daniel and the Heims. They will be labeled with sticky notes. And the Memory card will be in there somewhere too. I'm thinking something along the lines of tempered steel for the scripture case, and 2 more pairs of garments would be nice. LOVES AND LEG LOCKS, Elder Kampf P.S. Tell Arianne Mix that she can take out Carter if she has too, I taught her how. P.P.S. There is an Elder in my zone who does Jiu Jitsu! I may have found a worthy opponent!

Elder Uppencamp- August 8, 2011

I miss Simon tons, leave the pictures of him on the memory card if you can. I miss you guys too, but I keep running into Shih Tzu puppies and they remind me of Simon. There are tons of dogs out here, practically everyone owns a dog. But I still haven't seen a moose yet. As for my plaque, I think I'll go with Alma 26: 35-36. And yes, I need a scripture case as durable as they come! Get Daniel back to the gym! That will keep him busy for a while, and have him fight Nathan. I promised Nathan I would fight him, but I never got the chance, so Daniel will have to beat him up till I get back. I can't lift like I used to, but we have a pull-up bar in our apartment so I have been able to do that. And I've been doing sit-ups and knuckle pushups, so I'll come home RIPPED. Glad to here Danny's getting better! Tell uncle Glen that he's next on my list of people to fight when I come home! And have fun at girls camp, have Rachel teach them how to punch properly. Arianne's wedding is Saturday!?!?! That's crazy! make a cardboard cut out of me so I can go to the reception, and tell Carter he's the man. LOVES AND PUNCHES, Elder Uppenham. (the memory card will explain the name, more or less.)

Elder A- July 31, 2011

I got the goodies on saturday, thanks for sending out the elephant shirt! I spent my birthday street contacting for 3 hours in an average of 95 degrees with 80% humidity, but it was still a lot of fun. We had dinner at the Bishops house and they made me a cake and sang, it was awesome. But for some reason Bishops wife decided to make everything green, green bread for the pigs in a blanket we had, green coolaid, pickles, green cake, green cups, and a green bowl full of cheetos. Elder Nuttall had to get a bunch of pictures and he kept calling it my greenie dinner. We are eating fine, we actually have tons of food, and they members here feed us well. I think they may feed us a little to well, I don't want to gain any weight. Actually so far I've lost 10 pounds, but I think that it was all muscle weight. And we are cooking up a turkey either today or tomorrow! The awesome catholic family that lives above us had some trouble with their freezer and the gave us tons of free food! It's crazy that Daniel is Practically home, I'm not gonna send him another email cause I don't know if he will get it, so tell him that he is awesome and that I love him. And that sucks about Danny, how bad is it? We haven't seen any animals at all actually, just a couple cows here and there but this isn't cattle country, and the odd squirrel. This isn't the exciting and beautiful side of Montana, this is the boring and plain side. nothing but fields are far as you can see. But we have had some crazy weather, some intense storms just missed us. we had some warm rain and angry skies, but 40 miles away they had tennis ball sized hail and a tornado. LOVE YA, Elder Upurkamp P.S. I need a nice scripture case!

Elder D, July 25, 2011

Hey dudes,


I'll probably check my email once more before I get back, so go ahead and write me. MIRACLE BAPTISM LAST NIGHT!!! Yes, we were teaching this dude and he was a little hesitant, but this last week he had a ton of spiritual experiences and he wanted to do it last night. We happily obliged. It was so cool. After he got dunked he yelled "That's something else!" Awesome. I love you guys and I'll see ya next week.



LOVE

Elder Uppencamp

Elder A, July 25, 2011

I am so jealous of Daniel, he gets to see Captain America in the theater. But this is worth it.

I am having a great time down here, but the ward is SO SMALL! They have one ward that spans 4 or 5 cities around here, some people have to drive 50 miles to get to church. There are only 60 or so active members so the church here doesn't have a gym, not even a half gym, but there are tons of inactives so we have a lot of work to do. And there are 20 or so churches just in Sidney and only one is LDS, so almost everyone we meet says they have a church so we can get lost. They don't actually say get lost, everyone here is very polite and respectful, but it boils down to the same thing.

My comp is awesome. His name is Elder Nuttall, he played football and did band in high school so he is a bigger guy, but I'm still bigger than him. He has me teaching him how to box every morning. He is a great missionary and he is the District Leader, but he wasn't taught a lot of the stuff they want him to teach me, nobody ever really taught him how to use the Area book and stuff like that so we've been figuring it out as we go. And I am teaching him a lot of the new stuff they had us go over at the MTC. So we are both learning a bunch.

Punches & Kicks,
Elder This Guy

P.S. Someone stole the "S" off of the Church sign out front. Now it says "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Aints". I got some pictures of it that I'll send ya. I'll probably send home my memory card like next week. When you get it, think of Jack Black when you look at Elder Nuttall, they are the same person. They have the same facial expressions and everything.

ONE MORE THING! Don't get rid of my Facebook! I'll be using that for online proselyting. We also have to make a Mormon.org account, and make our own blog. We get an hour everyday for all that stuff. We have to do 6 weeks training, and then have an interview with the mission president to make sure you actually know what you'll be teaching before you get to do it though. We are the pilot program for online proselyting for the entire church, I think they may have one more in like New York or something but that's it, so they have to make sure we don't mess this up. So when they have me doing that I can chat with you guys that way.

Elder A, July 21, 2011

I get to email you my address since I didn't get a P-day yet! I'm in Sidney Montana and my address is:
315 1/2 8th Ave SW
Sidney, MT 59270

I'm living with some Catholics in their basement with my new comp Elder Nuttall, he is the man! He is the District Leader, and he is showing me the ropes.
The ward here is nice, but they don't give many referrals. We volunteer every Thursday at a thrift store called good cents, the store gives a lot of the money they make to the hospital, and the old ladies who run the place are nice even if they think they need to help us find God.
We are dog-sitting for the Crosby's (the catholic family) he is a little dog named sonny and he isn't as cute as Simon. And we get to use Facebook for proselyting! That's why they wanted mine shut down, and they want me to start a blog too. Oh! and sorry I couldn't talk to Dad or Rachel, the awesome guy who lent me his phone had to catch his flight.

Love you!

Elder A, July 13, 2011

I can only email on P-days even in the MTC, but that's ok.
That's awesome about Spencer Shumway! I probably won't get to see him, I'm out of here in a week, but you should make him give me his email.
I ran into Mike Lee! He left Monday, but I got to give him one last hug before he got out so I'm happy.
The food is sketchy, they tried to pass off vermicelli noodles as pad Thai but I think I am the only one in the MTC who noticed.
I'm gonna send letters and email as much as i can, mostly cause sending letters makes me feel official. Things here are awesome, and it gets better everyday! We have taught 12 investigator lessons and will have 22 before we leave, so I'm always busy, but I love it!



Sincerely Yours,

Elder Andrew

Elder A, July 6th 2011

Things are going great here!
It's harder than I thought it would be, but 'fun. My companion is Elder Carter, a farm boy from Beaver Utah, and he is a great guy. He is nice but he gets super home sick sometimes so I have to cheer him up.
The gym here is sub-par but it gets the job done, but it closes tomorrow for the rest of the time I'm in the MTC so I'm stuck doing volleyball. The spirit here is powerful, and it helps so much. We have taught 4 investigators so far, and one of them twice, so I need all the help I can get.
Some of the Elders left yesterday to go to the mission field, and they were amazing people, Elder Kelley was one of the funniest people I have ever met! You'll find out all about Elder Kelley when I send home my memory card, I recorded him placing a banana. I'll tell you about the other elders when I send home the memory card too. Things are going great! You should send me the pictures of Allan and Spencer and the Fam, cause I completely forgot about them.
Well I'm off, I have to teach Elder Carter to use a Computer, then I have to teach him to do laundry, then I have to teach him to tie a neck tie.

Elder D, July 18, 2011

Sup y'all

Just sticking it out up here. Lots of cool stuff happens but it doesn't seem to go anywhere. That's crazy about Jake, I hope he's feeling better. He can take comfort in knowing that he's a man now though. Yeah I e-mailed Andrew. He seems to be doing great. So envious of him right now. Anyhoo, love you guys.



LOVE

Elder Uppencamp

Elder D, July 11 2011

Hey Y'all

This last week was pretty good. WAAAAYYYY slow though. We confirmed the kid that got baptized last week, and some of our recent converts brought their friend and he was really into it. We've been having a way hard time finding people to teach. I think I'm just kind of in shock right now as far as going home goes. I'm gonna be ok. I love you guys. See you soon.



LOVE

Elder Uppencamp

Elder D, July 5, 2011

Sup

Cool beans, I love Andrew. He'll be really good. We had a Baptism last Sunday! It was way stressful but uber satisfying. It was a kid named Charles, he's 18 and way cool. We had to go pick him up and basically make it all happen. He's the oldest of 6 crazy kids so they have a hard time getting them to anything. How are we going to fit the bench and heavy bag in Matthew and Jacob's room? Interesting. Its really hot up here to. Which is nice. I spent most of the 4th with a cool family back in Graham. Then we just hung out with the zone-leaders. I love you guys!



LOVE

Elder Uppencamp

Elder D and Elder A

I have to get caught up on Elder Daniel's letters before he gets home, and I will. He gets in on August 2nd at 4:09pm. I can't believe it's been almost 2 years! His mission going by so fast helps me deal with Elder Andrew leaving.
Andrew's MTC address is:

Elder Andrew Moroni Uppencamp
MTC Mailbox # 192
MT-BIL 0719
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604-1793

He will be in for almost 3 weeks and then he'll be off to Montana. His mission home address is:

Montana Billings Mission
1848 Rimrock Rd
Billings, MT 59102-0765


We love him and are so excited for this stage of his life to begin!

Samoans... April 11, 2011

Hey Dudes,

I'm loving Fruitland ward. It's been way fun.
Yes, we found some Samoans and they have a kid who's not baptized. We've been working way hard.
The rest of the zone is really young so its been kinda cool teaching them. They don't think they know everything already so that's good.
No insane miracles yet but I'm sure they're not far off.
Lemme know as soon as you get Andrew's call!
I'll try and take better pictures of my stuff, but whatever if they're being lame. I love you guys!!!



LOVE

Elder Uppencamp

April 4, 2011

Sup Peeps

Yes, Conference was awesome! I really liked Dallin H Oaks talk about desire and stuff. I'm basing a training on it tomorrow.
My new comp is pretty cool, he reminds of an effeminate secretary. Like they have in like every movie.
The work was a little slow this week. They ran out of stuff to do last transfer, so I guess that's why I'm here.
I got some sad news on Saturday. Do you remember Sloan from Olympia? She was one of my favorite converts ever. I found out on Saturday that she committed suicide. Totally sucks. We knew she was having a hard time with depression though so it's not totally out of the blue. I thought she was getting better though.
Anyway, I hope you guys are doing awesome. I love you all!

LOVE
Elder Uppencamp

March 28, 2011

Hey everyjuan

Tehe. I GOT TRANSFERRED!!! Weird huh? I'm pretty happy about it though. Me and Wenger probably would have killed each other had I stayed. His areas a bike area now though so HA!
My new companion is Elder Klawson, he's from Missouri and he's been out for 16 months next week. He seems pretty cool. He really wants to work hard and be obedient. So I'm hoping this transfer will be the opposite of the last one. My new address is:
10709 Woodland Ave E
Puyallup, WA 98373
Thats sweet that they're sending missionarys to mongolia again. I love you guys!!

LOVE
Elder Uppencamp

March 21, 2011

Heya dudes

NO WAY! That's sweet about Mauro. LEGIT. I don't know if I'll get to do that.
Last week was like the slowest week ever. I'm kind of done trying to get my greenie to listen to me. Nothing really cool happened.
Hooray for Andrew's Papers!! I might not get to see him. Crazy.
Transfer calls are on Saturday so I'll let you know next Wednesday if I'm still in Silverdale. Love you guys.

LOVE
Elder Campincamp

March 14, 2011

Hello evabody

I'm doing pretty good. The week was a little slower but we did have some cool miracles. We met a dude from South Carolina who has already been taught 3 lessons! His wife is a member, so we should be baptizing him soon.
My comp is learning.....slowly. Don't wanna just harp on that. He's still way prideful but whatever.
That's way crazy about Japan though. We were supposed to get a Tsunami I guess. Anyhoo. I love ju guys and I hope your doing awesome. Make bishop get those dern papers in!!!!

LOVE
Elder UppenhereUppenhere

March 7, 2011

Hey Moms and others

THE WEATHER IS OKAY. It's way rainy but typical of Washington.
Stuffs going better but still not amazing. The baptism was awesome though.
Me and compy are doing okay. I still can't figure out why he doesn't like me but whatever.
Hows my peeps doing too? Like Nathan and Phils and Chad and Gabe etc. I love you guys and I hope your doing great. Read Mosiah 27, it's pretty sweet.

LOVE
Elder Uppencamp

Feb. 28, 2011

Hey yo

This week was okay but still stressful. My birthday was pretty sweet, I actually forgot it was my birthday until I looked at the phone.
Still trying really hard to get along w/ the greenie.
Tell bish to hurry the heck up with Andrew's papers.
We're having a baptism this Wednesday so I'm pretty excited.
I love you guys and I hope your doing awesome.
Spiritual though 2 Nephi 2:11 If life wasn't hard some times than there wouldn't be any point in being alive.

LOVE
Elder Uppencamp

Feb. 20, 2011

Sup Homiezes

Last week was alright. I really like the ward, they all seem to be really funny and outgoing.
My new comp is alright but very much a greenie. He's not too confident in himself so it's hard to teach with him sometimes. He also is pretty easy to offend which is unfortunate because I am not the most tactful person. He's a cool kid though. I'm sure we'll be alright.
Is Andrew getting his call this week? That's gonna be sooo cool. My spiritual thought this week is in 2 Nephi 9:39 the last 5 words are "Spiritually minded is life Eternal" or S.M.I.L.E in acronym form. Cool huh. Love you guys!

LOVE Elder Uppenstamp


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Silverdale, Feb. 14, 2011

Sups Peeps,

Yes indeedy, Transfered I was. I'm now in the Silverdale 2nd ward. I'm follow up training a missionary who's only 6 weeks in the field. He's pretty cool, and from Texas. It was way sad to leave everybody in Port Townsend and Chimacum, and especially to leave elder Parkinson. He's definitely been one of my favorites.
It's crazy going to transfer meetings and seeing my friends bearing their final testimony before they go home.
I'm way stoked to be in Silverdale. Apparently it's a pretty bumpin ward.
My spiritual thought this week is probably just that if we are doing the Lord's work we shouldn't be worried about whether or not we're gonna be O.K. It was weird at transfer meeting. I wasn't nervous at all about going to a new area, with a new missionary. I am totally stoked. My new address is:

9819 Sandhill Lane Apt. M 304
Silverdale WA 98383

I love you guys! Let me know ASAP when Andrew gets his call.

LOVE
Elder Uppencamp

Feb. 6, 2011

Dearest Peoples,

Nother way slow week. So many meetings. Church was pretty cool. We should be having a baptism this weekend if her fellowship doesn't talk her out of it. They think if they show any excitement for her getting baptized, they'll be construed as "pushy". Goodness gracious I don't like that word. So many people's baptisms get pushed back and sometimes don't even happen because members are afraid of being pushy.
So I guess my spiritual thought for this week is that baptism is what the scriptures say it is. A commandment and a saving ordinance. People spend get so caught up in "are you sure they're ready?" and " I want to make sure they're doing this for the right reasons" that people who really want to get baptized start doubting themselves and lose their desire completely. We need to be excited for people who are taking this step to follow their Savior. If we're all hesitant and "are you sure you're sure" about it than people get really confused. The only person who should question whether or not someones motives or readiness for baptism is the Zone Leader interviewing them. Rant over.
I love you guys, try and stay warm. Give Simon a hug for me! Poor lil' dude.

LOVE
Elder Uppnercamp

P.S.
I don't know what your talking about, I'm not getting any older

Jan. 31st, 2011

Sup Homies

Suh-wheat! Go Andrew and Jacob! That's way awesome
This week was extremely slow. I trained my district on the principle of opposition on Wednesday and then I got to try it out all week.
We didn't really have any investigators at church, but that was probably good because it was a Koloby kinda Sunday.
It's already week 5! I've been out for 18 months! That's just crazy. I burned a pair of pants last night. It was sweet. Love Y'all.

LOVE
Elderoldencamp

Everttism...1/24/2011

Howdy Y'all,

Yes, we had a baptism last night. It was awesome! Chimacum ward knows whats up. The Port Townsend ward struggles a bit though. The dudes name is Nick Weis, he's 18 and he lives in the Everett mish, but his fellowships up here.
Me and Parkinson are having so much fun. It's weird, we work really hard all week and nothing seems to come of it. Then on Sunday we have miracle after miracle.
My thought this week is concerning ALMA 26:23-33. I find the people of Zarahemla's reaction to Alma and the sons of Mosiah going on a mission very interesting. It say that they "Laughed them to scorn" and told them that there was no way they would ever convert any Lamanites, these are members of the church saying this. Read verses 31 through 33, it just goes to show. The only way to know if someone will accept or reject the gospel, is to teach it to them.
I love you guys. Tell Jacob and yourself Happy Birthday.

LOVE
Elder Uppencamp

1/10/11

sup peeps,

Good times! We had a baptism last night! It was sweet. The guys name is J.D. . He's this huge mountain man from arkansas with a pony tail and a gnarly beard.
We had six investigators at church. We're gonna be getting alot more baptisms here pretty soon.
My spiritual thought comes from my ward mission leader. It is 3 nephi 18:30-32. I think about the part were it says "yea shall be the means of thier salvation" There isn't anyone who can't benefit from knowing the gospel.
Love y'all! Give Andrew some Oxy Contan for me. Have a great week.

LOVE
Elder Uttercamp
(weird one)

I So Stoked! ...1/04/11

Hey Dudes,

Guess what! I got a new companion that isn't going home soon! Hooray! Elder Bernard is home. My new comp is Elder Parkinson. He's a stud from New Mexico, and he's only been out for like seven months so he's not trunkie at all. Last week we pretty much just took care of getting Bernard's stuff in order, so not much missionary work. Anyhoo, I'm excited.
Go say hi to Gabe! Tell that foo to write me. How's Andrews mission stuff going?
My spiritual thought is John 15:13-15, I read that this morning and I really liked the saviors use of friends as opposed to servants (see vs 15). I thought that was very sweet. I have decided that I like the book of John best out of the 4 gospels. I love you guys! Have a great week.

LOVE
Elder Uppencamp

Holiday Slowness...12/20/10

Hey Evabody

Yup, a little bit of a slow week again, some little miracles though. We found a lady who's living with a member, she loves the church and is planning to get baptized the day after they get married, Jan 12.
Yes I did get your presents from the Christmas party.
We didn't have anyone at church on Sunday, but we have lots and lots of people being taght. Everything has kinda slowed down with the holidays. That sucks about the tabernacle, Do they know how it started? Get Andrew physicalled and out here already! I love you guys MEERRRRRRYYYY CCHHHRRRISSSSTTTTMMMAAASSSS!

Love Elder UpinhereUpinhere

Very Fun Indeed...12/13/10

Sup peeps

The Christmas party was great, tons'o fun. Another one of those busy weeks but not much actual accomplishment. It's my comps last transfer, so he's a little trunky. He was here last transfer but he didn't pay attention at all so I have to figure out stuff myself. He's an alright guy though, HUGE star wars nerd. He makes those replica light saber things in his spare time. It's all good though cause he's going home soon. The wards are sweet, and slowly getting on board w/missionary work. I'm still getting used to driving like 45 minutes to get anywhere again. There's some parts of my area that are an hour and a half away. Anyhoo, I hope your all doing well, GABES COMING BACK SOON! Tell him Hi when you see him.

LOVE
Elder Uppentownsend

Cool Beans...12/06/10

Hey dudes,

That's good that the Birds' are so solid. Way sweet about Andrew, KEEP ON TRUCKIN'! Nothing really new to report here. Our week was way busy but I feel like we didn't get anything done. I did get to spend a day in Dungeness. Which was way awesome! They all remember me, which is nice. The week was way slow but it's okay cause we got blessed with like 6 non-members at church, we're gonna spend most of this week following up with them. Love you guys! How's Simon?

LOVE
Elder Uppencamp

PT's Pretty Tame...11/29/10

Hey Dudes

PT is pretty dang liberal, but they're nice liberals so it's OK. The wards are pretty sweet, but rather small( I plan on remedying that).
The Bishops are way cool and one of them looks just like Dwight from the office. We had a sweet baptism of a 9 year old on Sunday. A great start for sure! I'm having fun out here on the peninsula again. Give Nathan and Sis Bird a big hug for me K? Also Lemme know how Andrews mission stuff is coming. Love you guys.

LOVE
Elder Uppencamp