High-ho everyone,
Rad, Awesome, Week. Sorry I didn't email yesterday but it was MLK day. We taught 50 lessons! It would have been a record but Forks taught 51. Darn. I don't think we're ever gonna get that many again though. We decided were gonna try and make um high quality from now on (not that these weren't).
The baptism was sweet, apart from the the fact that the kid didn't tell us he's afraid of water. It took three times to finally get him under. Yesterday we went to a game park, it was the coolest thing ever. It's one of those things were you drive through and feed animals. It was scary but awesome. I got a bear to wave at me, and I kissed a bison.
That's way sweet about Silas! Tell him I'm stoked for him. Paul's the man. Tell him to look at Governor Boggs' tombstone. Tell Andrew that he can still totally get ripped. He's just gotta keep at it. If I can gain this much weight than anything is possible.
Did grandpa Brown ever send me monies? I also need a refill on my prescriptions. I have a very short attention span. I love you all and I hope your doing good. Tell Jacob happy birthday for me.
LOVE
Elder Uppencamp
What's Up...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
That's Rad... Daniel's letter from Jan. 9, 2010
Hey Fam,
This last week was a lot better. We taught 31 lessons, but we had to drop a bunch of people. Tueller got a new bike, and yes I am feeling a lot better. No rad awesome stories from last week, but it was still good. We're meeting a bunch of new people who freaking love us. That is so rad about Eammon!
Make Andrew go to his farewell and give him a crushing hug from me. PAUL! On a mission! That's amazing! The Independence Missouri mission is doing way good from what I hear.
What is all this "Be thou humble" stuff? Do I detect a subtle jab? (a recommendation to read the hymn and scripture from Mom) Teehee, yeah I'll totally read those today. That's sweet about Grandpa Brown. (Moving to Tuscon)
We're finally having a baptism! I'm way stoked. Uhhh yeah. Fun times. You gots to let me know when Collin gets his call. I love y'all so much.
LOVE
Elder Uppencamp
This last week was a lot better. We taught 31 lessons, but we had to drop a bunch of people. Tueller got a new bike, and yes I am feeling a lot better. No rad awesome stories from last week, but it was still good. We're meeting a bunch of new people who freaking love us. That is so rad about Eammon!
Make Andrew go to his farewell and give him a crushing hug from me. PAUL! On a mission! That's amazing! The Independence Missouri mission is doing way good from what I hear.
What is all this "Be thou humble" stuff? Do I detect a subtle jab? (a recommendation to read the hymn and scripture from Mom) Teehee, yeah I'll totally read those today. That's sweet about Grandpa Brown. (Moving to Tuscon)
We're finally having a baptism! I'm way stoked. Uhhh yeah. Fun times. You gots to let me know when Collin gets his call. I love y'all so much.
LOVE
Elder Uppencamp
Monday, January 4, 2010
Down with the Sickness... Jan 4, 2010
Sup Seeps,
That's way sad about that little mouse. Not cool, just make it a cardboard box or something.
Matthew is a far worse speller than I am. Rachel uses the proper amount of exclamation points. It's sweet that Jacob is becoming a New Scout, and more importantly a Deacon. There is no "Eagles Nest" in heaven (maybe in on of the lower kingdoms).
Dad, it's way hard to say which place in Washington is so far. Probably......Tacoma? Rain sucks, but whatever. How did Dad change the font on his e-mail? I love hearing those kind of conversion stories.
Yeah, last week was kind of lame. I got way sick for 2 days so we got a lot less done than we wanted to. The holidays kind of suck for missionary work.
Tueller got his bike stolen last week too, it was weird. Someone cut our lock, but they only stole his bike. But despite all that we still got 27 lessons. Neat, huh.
I set up that gym thing and its pretty sweet. This weeks gonna be alot better though with everyone getting back. I'm wrestling one of my recent converts today, that should be fun. Things are going way good out here, despite the opposition. I think that just means something big is in the works.
Lemme know how Gabe and Nathan are doin' You guys are the bomb diggity.
LOVE
Elder Uppencamp
That's way sad about that little mouse. Not cool, just make it a cardboard box or something.
Matthew is a far worse speller than I am. Rachel uses the proper amount of exclamation points. It's sweet that Jacob is becoming a New Scout, and more importantly a Deacon. There is no "Eagles Nest" in heaven (maybe in on of the lower kingdoms).
Dad, it's way hard to say which place in Washington is so far. Probably......Tacoma? Rain sucks, but whatever. How did Dad change the font on his e-mail? I love hearing those kind of conversion stories.
Yeah, last week was kind of lame. I got way sick for 2 days so we got a lot less done than we wanted to. The holidays kind of suck for missionary work.
Tueller got his bike stolen last week too, it was weird. Someone cut our lock, but they only stole his bike. But despite all that we still got 27 lessons. Neat, huh.
I set up that gym thing and its pretty sweet. This weeks gonna be alot better though with everyone getting back. I'm wrestling one of my recent converts today, that should be fun. Things are going way good out here, despite the opposition. I think that just means something big is in the works.
Lemme know how Gabe and Nathan are doin' You guys are the bomb diggity.
LOVE
Elder Uppencamp
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Christmas Party! ...Dec 15, 2009
Hi Everyone!
Yes, we did have a Christmas party. It was awesome, but kind of weird. I'm just now realizing that my mission is almost 1/4 of the way done. WHAT THE HECK. Me and all the guys I came out with are still considered the young guns, but no longer the newbies. Interesting. Any-hoo, thank you guys so much for the presents! That was great.
You guys have so much snow! That's way cool. We got some the other day but it didn't stick for very long. It all just turns into ice, which is a little scary to bike on. I'm going to Forks again on Friday so I'll try to get some pictures this time.
We had an interesting week, we taught 32 lessons, and we got to be firemen. We were visiting a lady who had just recently gotten baptized, and while we were knocking on here door this guy in the apartments across the street came running out of his house and started banging on his neighbors door, yelling "I LIT THE HOUSE ON FIRE". Me and Elder Tueller saw them throwing their stuff out of the house so we went and helped them. It was crazy. We stopped by again the other day and helped the dude who started the fire get all his burned stuff out of the house.
We got tons of people at the ward Christmas party, oh, and I totally beat this sixty year old guy we tracted into at chess (weird sentence). It's way cold but we're doing good. Transfers are next week so I'll let you know if I'm leaving, but I probably won't be. Lemme know how Andrews doing, and tell everyone Merry Christmas from me. I love you guys. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
LOVE
Elder Downintown
Yes, we did have a Christmas party. It was awesome, but kind of weird. I'm just now realizing that my mission is almost 1/4 of the way done. WHAT THE HECK. Me and all the guys I came out with are still considered the young guns, but no longer the newbies. Interesting. Any-hoo, thank you guys so much for the presents! That was great.
You guys have so much snow! That's way cool. We got some the other day but it didn't stick for very long. It all just turns into ice, which is a little scary to bike on. I'm going to Forks again on Friday so I'll try to get some pictures this time.
We had an interesting week, we taught 32 lessons, and we got to be firemen. We were visiting a lady who had just recently gotten baptized, and while we were knocking on here door this guy in the apartments across the street came running out of his house and started banging on his neighbors door, yelling "I LIT THE HOUSE ON FIRE". Me and Elder Tueller saw them throwing their stuff out of the house so we went and helped them. It was crazy. We stopped by again the other day and helped the dude who started the fire get all his burned stuff out of the house.
We got tons of people at the ward Christmas party, oh, and I totally beat this sixty year old guy we tracted into at chess (weird sentence). It's way cold but we're doing good. Transfers are next week so I'll let you know if I'm leaving, but I probably won't be. Lemme know how Andrews doing, and tell everyone Merry Christmas from me. I love you guys. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
LOVE
Elder Downintown
Monday, December 7, 2009
A Little Adversity Never Hurt...Letter from Dec. 7, 2009
Sup Peeps,
Good times, I just got a letter from Aunt Tiff. She sent me a picture of you guys in Colorado. I assume Andrew took it, how's that kid doing?
Our week wasn't really the best. We kept striking out hardcore, lots of people dogged our appointments and a bunch of people in our ward who we've been working with have had some seriously tough times. It seems like we had a new crisis almost every day last week. It also suddenly got reeeeally cold up here too. We had snow on Saturday, which made me excited! And then I realized we bike everywhere, dang.
But, don't despair dudes! My Sunday was awesome, pretty much all the people we we're trying to get to church didn't show up, but a ton of ward members brought their friends. Which was way good. Then we saw that Christmas devotional. That was amazing.
I'm way to busy to be homesick, but I still really miss you guys. I'm glad people are reading the blog or whatever. I expect a letter from all of you! Especially the Bird's. Oh, one more thing. What is Gabe's address? It still the same? I know he's coming up on his year mark and I wanted to write him. Thanks so much for all you guys do. I love y'all and I hope your not too cold.
LOVE
Elder Uppencamp
Good times, I just got a letter from Aunt Tiff. She sent me a picture of you guys in Colorado. I assume Andrew took it, how's that kid doing?
Our week wasn't really the best. We kept striking out hardcore, lots of people dogged our appointments and a bunch of people in our ward who we've been working with have had some seriously tough times. It seems like we had a new crisis almost every day last week. It also suddenly got reeeeally cold up here too. We had snow on Saturday, which made me excited! And then I realized we bike everywhere, dang.
But, don't despair dudes! My Sunday was awesome, pretty much all the people we we're trying to get to church didn't show up, but a ton of ward members brought their friends. Which was way good. Then we saw that Christmas devotional. That was amazing.
I'm way to busy to be homesick, but I still really miss you guys. I'm glad people are reading the blog or whatever. I expect a letter from all of you! Especially the Bird's. Oh, one more thing. What is Gabe's address? It still the same? I know he's coming up on his year mark and I wanted to write him. Thanks so much for all you guys do. I love y'all and I hope your not too cold.
LOVE
Elder Uppencamp
Monday, November 30, 2009
Turkey Day Owns...Nov 30, 2009
'Sup Peeps,
Thanksgiving was awesome, we had 2 of them.
Yes, waterproof. (Daniel wants waterproof pants for Christmas)
Don't expect to see Washington scenery in New Moon. They filmed it in Vancouver. Speaking of which, I get to go to Forks tomorrow on a shifty, I'll make sure to take a bunch of pictures.
How the heck did you get Simon to Colorado? Tell Tiff and Glenn I said hi.
Our week was pretty lame apart from Thanksgiving, but we did get a baptism in on Sunday. This guy is sweet, he wants to learn MMA so I'm excited. No-one wants to wrestle me here so I have to play basketball instead, lame.
We finally had a nice day! It was Saturday and not a cloud in the sky, I almost was brought to tears. Teehee. Anyhoo, I love you guys and I hope your holidays are sweet.
LOVE
Elder UPPENCAMP!
Thanksgiving was awesome, we had 2 of them.
Yes, waterproof. (Daniel wants waterproof pants for Christmas)
Don't expect to see Washington scenery in New Moon. They filmed it in Vancouver. Speaking of which, I get to go to Forks tomorrow on a shifty, I'll make sure to take a bunch of pictures.
How the heck did you get Simon to Colorado? Tell Tiff and Glenn I said hi.
Our week was pretty lame apart from Thanksgiving, but we did get a baptism in on Sunday. This guy is sweet, he wants to learn MMA so I'm excited. No-one wants to wrestle me here so I have to play basketball instead, lame.
We finally had a nice day! It was Saturday and not a cloud in the sky, I almost was brought to tears. Teehee. Anyhoo, I love you guys and I hope your holidays are sweet.
LOVE
Elder UPPENCAMP!
Monday, November 23, 2009
"It's Like Going Swimming..." Nov. 23, 2009
Hello Friends and immediate and extended Family Members,
The rain has come, it's not as bad as everyone says but it's definitely here. We had our first big storm this last week, our power was out for a only a few hours but it was out for a couple of days on the other side of town. Riding bikes uphill, in the rain, in suit pants is not fun. My coat's holding out though.
We're teaching a bunch of cool people, we keep getting all these awesome teaching opportunities that come out of nowhere. We taught 31 lessons last week, and only half of those were scheduled.
I'm not sure what I want for Christmas. Do they make water proof suit pants? What I would really like is more pictures, and maybe to hear from some of my friends. Does Andrew have a job yet?
Are you guys reading your scriptures every day? Studying is my favorite thing to do now! I've amassed quit the religious library through my travels, and the contrast between our scriptures and other religions holy writ is astounding. Indubitably. Don't ever think the scriptures are boring or long winded you guys. I've read some of mans attempts to make them "easier to understand" (IE. the NLV, NIV, and the American Standard Bible) and they just aren't as good. The poetry and meaning are lost. I kind of understand why a lot of people have problem with the Book of Mormon. The concept of revealed scripture is definitely alien to them. But when they read and pray sincerely, they always feel the Spirit witness to them the truth. I love you guys, I hope you all have a way fun Thanksgiving. The Church is true.
LOVE
Elder Up'in the camping grounds camping
P.S.
Friends, if you're reading this WRITE ME PLEASE!
I haven't heard from you guys in forever and I'd really like to know how your doing.
The rain has come, it's not as bad as everyone says but it's definitely here. We had our first big storm this last week, our power was out for a only a few hours but it was out for a couple of days on the other side of town. Riding bikes uphill, in the rain, in suit pants is not fun. My coat's holding out though.
We're teaching a bunch of cool people, we keep getting all these awesome teaching opportunities that come out of nowhere. We taught 31 lessons last week, and only half of those were scheduled.
I'm not sure what I want for Christmas. Do they make water proof suit pants? What I would really like is more pictures, and maybe to hear from some of my friends. Does Andrew have a job yet?
Are you guys reading your scriptures every day? Studying is my favorite thing to do now! I've amassed quit the religious library through my travels, and the contrast between our scriptures and other religions holy writ is astounding. Indubitably. Don't ever think the scriptures are boring or long winded you guys. I've read some of mans attempts to make them "easier to understand" (IE. the NLV, NIV, and the American Standard Bible) and they just aren't as good. The poetry and meaning are lost. I kind of understand why a lot of people have problem with the Book of Mormon. The concept of revealed scripture is definitely alien to them. But when they read and pray sincerely, they always feel the Spirit witness to them the truth. I love you guys, I hope you all have a way fun Thanksgiving. The Church is true.
LOVE
Elder Up'in the camping grounds camping
P.S.
Friends, if you're reading this WRITE ME PLEASE!
I haven't heard from you guys in forever and I'd really like to know how your doing.
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