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Thursday, April 14, 2011

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

Monday, April 4, 2011

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