So I am staying in Chesterfield for 6 more weeks. It should be great but it has been 4 1/2 months without a baptism.....  =( that has been rough, really rough. But that is O.K. I'll still work hard and hope for something to happen. Alright lets go though the week.... oops I don't have my planner, well, I'll try and do my best. Ahhhh man this is harder than I thought. I am so bad at remembering the days.... Amy M.  wants to be baptized so that is cool. so we we will make sure the O'fallen Elders baptize her. It would  have been nice if we could have baptized her but that is O.K...The other Amy and Adam are moving out of the area.. but Tiffany is still here. Hopefully we can find some more investigators. I really don't want to go 6 months without a baptism. Man I feel so stupid without my planner. Oh well I've been losing some weight which is nice. Lynn's wonderful cooking is still a part of me. Oh we had lunch with Lynn on Satureday. That was great and last night we had dinner at the Giddens. They are one of my favorite families. Elder Mahuffy's farewell was Sunday, he did a great job! He is going to be the best missionary ever he is such a great guy. This ward has 12 missionaries out in the field right now! This is a great ward and I am really happy to be here it is just hard to be a missionary here. It would be a great place to live. Ahh man I am sounding negative. I Love Chesterfield I just want to Baptize some people!!!!! This transfer is going to be great I just want to help somebody!!!! Time is winding down and I want to do more good but I can't do lif people won't let me! The ward is great they take great care of me! Elder Jager wants me to tell you Thank you, Thank you for the palmade stuff. Elder Hinton is doing great he is now a ZL down in Jackson Mo. I can't wait to see him Friday at ZLC.

     How have family Mondays been? What did you do for last Monday? How is the shop? How is the house coming along? How is the loosing weight going? Have you been able to go to the temple? What is your favorite thing about working with the young women.? How do you think I can help the people here more? What can I do to make you proud? What type of person do you want me to become?
   
     I am going to be a great brother when I home. Max, first of all I miss you I think about how I can be a better brother to you all the time. Love ya mom. Have a great week.  Tell Taylor Hartman I love him!!!     Love, Elder Campbell

Well I'm glad dad got his card O.K. and his MO St. Louis Mission pin. I wish there was a  better way to tell dad happy fathers day but that is the best I could do. I haven't really taken any pictures for 5 weeks. who knows transfers are next week it might be time for me to move on somewhere else. Monday was OK I really don't like writing letters because they make me home sick but it looks like that is what we are going to do today and what we did last week. Tuesday we started a mini mission. We had a young man from the stake come with us for a week. We had an Elder who was 20 years old and less active.. so it was a weird week but it was good for him and it is a miracle that we got him out here for that. So we had to plan all the meeting for that and make sure everything is OK... sometimes leadership is a hard thing but it was a good experince. Tuesday we made the zone conference agenda... Wow so more planning and bigger meetings. We tried to find and teach people but we didn't get anything. Which is ok it was just a hard week missionary work wise. Wednesday was zone conference so a meeting from 10 am until 4 pm after that we had dinner at  the Morgen's, the ones that came to the coin shop. Thursday we had a district meeting and did some service.. we cleaned out a rotted refrigerator... that was really nasty and it is a good thing I am protected as a missionary because I think I could of died of mold! It was gross. Then we had dinner with Javier, it was great. Friday we taught Amy at the Mahhaffy's home and it was great. I love the Mahaffys. Then we made another agenda and tried to get some more missionary work done.. still nothing. We had dinner and then ended the mini mission with a fireside. Which was really good and that ended the meetings we had to plan. Sunday we talked to  the assistants about the missionaries in the zone and then had dinner with the Fairchilds, which was great! Then we tracted the rest of the night. So that was the week we had some miracles in there as well hopefully we find some more people to teach because of that.

I wish I had some pictures for you but I don't I'm just going to do my best to have a good week this week. Lynn said to say hello!He just had his 65th birthday. Man, I hope Taylor Hartman is O.K. that is too bad about Jessie's car I think I m going to write her a letter it has been anout 7 months since I've sent one. Maybe I can brighten her day. I haven't heard about Brad, T.J. or Aaron in a while! do they no longer have a blog! ( I have not been sending him copies of their blogs the last few months. I guess I had better start doing that again.) Tell max his email was amazing and it made me happier. I really don't know what else to write about. I hope next week I 'll have more to say. Anyway I'm doing great just hit some bumpy parts of life but I am doing great and I am working hard. I hope the family feels my prayers for them and I hope everything goes well this week.
                                             Love, Elder Campbell

Hello mother! How is everything going? Alright time to run though the week! Monday was a normal p-day but then we went down to Washington, Missouri for exchanges withe the Washington elders... Tuesday I was with an elder who is like the best singer ever! He taught me somethings that will help me sing. We went to the Washington district meeting and by the time we got back I hardly had time to work with this elder. We went back to Washington that night to unexchange it was good to have Elder Jager back. Wednesday we had a district meeting with Elder Bullock, it was great. We did some planning for some meetings and taught Cody. He has a baptism date for the 30th. His parents are not very happy about that but the bishop is going to help us with that. then we started teaching someone that Elder Hinton and I taught. His name is Nick and he is doing OlK. That night we had an exchange with the Rockwood Elders. Thursday we did some tracting and contacted a minister that talked for about 30 min about when the 2nd coming was going to be and that Alexander the Great was going to be resurrected by the devil and be the Anti Christ.... Well that was a new one... anyway he went on about that for a good amount of time. Then we taught Amy she is doing great. She can't let the Book of Mormon leave her side. She is doing so well. We were able to teach her in the Mahaffey's home. Then I had a good talk with the Rockwood Elders. Then I got Elder Jager back which was so nice. Friday we had a meeting with all the district leaders and the assistants with the president. That day went by super fast and I don't even remember what we did that evening. Saturday we went to the temple in the morning. Elder Jager had some converts getting their endowments. Then they took us to this way good Italian restaurant after. We taught a super mom named Tiffany. Then we met with Brother Voyles that night. Sunday we had a lot of Church and weekly planning.

So I saw the Morgans at church!They said they had stopped by the coin shop. They are really, really, really, really, nice people! I think I am finally becoming a better singer. ASHELY IS GOING TO HAWAII!!!!! THAT LUCK Y GIRL!!!! Man, that is so cool she is going to do great! WOW! Tell her congratulations! I'm sure you already did! How is Zack Brimhall doing? How is Broc??? I have so much more to do on my mission!!! I haven't found all the people I need to find!!!!! Gah!!!!!!!! So Elder Jager has no face book so there is no way you are going to find him.

Love ya mom! Thank you so much for all you do! You are the Best!
                                    Love, Elder Campbell

That is so nice that Ashley is opening her mission call. It will be fun to see where she is serving! I am totally down with Darwin's tank being done in pink. We had two six hour meeting this week. I'll get into that as I share this week. Monday morning we had a fun run. It was great. Borther Voyles has pictures I'll get him to send you some. Then we visited a less active family and got anti-ed by them for about 30 min... they really didn't like the church anyways it ended well. Weednesday we went on exchanges with the Pagedale elders DON'T WORRY I STAYED IN CHESTERFIELD SO I WAS SAFE. WE TAUGHT TWO LESSONS THAT DAY TO MEMBER REFERRALS IN MEMBERS HOME. IT WAS THE PERFECT SITUATION!! One is named Amy who is going though a really hard divorce.  She has been praying and is seeing miracles!!! The other one is Cody his is 18 years old and has never given any thought to religion. But he has been looking into the Mormon church and he has been reading and praying and coming to church. I think he will be baptized this month! Then that night Elder Jager and I met up and came back to Chesterfield. Oops I missed Tuesday... I think Tuesday we just taught the Freeemans. Thuresday we had leadership from 10-4 it was great then we had dinner and slept over at the mission home with all the other one Leaders! It was great to be around some of the best missionaries in the mission. President put in a movie for us... Forever strong that rugby movie, it was OK I would of liked just messing around and playing games with all the other Elders. Friday we had a meeting from 10-5. Zone Leader council, that is always a long meeting. Zone Leader council is where we make plans to guide the mission. Satureday we had a lot of planning and we also taught Cody again. We had dinner with the Voyles and taught taught a lesson to a lady named Tiffany. Tiffany is a single mother with 4 kids, one of them mentally challanged. Tiffany is also going to Logan chiropractic school. Sunday we had a lot of church! The Mahaffys made us some home made rolls and jam! It was so good and we set up two appointments with  former investigators so it was a super great week. So that was my week.

Elder Jagers first name is Thomas. I am sorry about the basement flooding.. are the drums and guitars safe? ( Yes, they are just fine) HOPEFULLY CHUCKY THE DOLL DIED IN THE FLOOD! (Chucky also survived the just fine) I hope the bishop gets the letter I sent it to the church. Guess What I cried my first tear on my mission! It was at Cody's lesson. We were watching a movie about Christ with him and I was really focused on the movie and trying really hard not to close my eyes or get distracted but I stared at the TV for too long and my eyes started to water!!! Hahaha there was no emotion connected but I did shed a tear. Hahaha. I got to see Elder Buys at zone leader council, that was great he is one of my favorite Elders@ How is Max doing? How is Sarah doing? How is dad doing? one thing that I could use is ............TUNA>.<  Alright love ya mom!             Love, 

                                                                     Elder Campbell

    Alright, I'm going to go though the week first. Monday was crazy because we has a dentist appointment at 9 a.m. we had to email, shop and be at the Frontenac church at 1 for zone P.day. We got done with p-day at 6 o'clock and had a meeting with the bishop. I love bishop Blair. He is a great guy! Then we had the YSA FHE. Tuesday we had Pagedale's district meeting which Elder Belnap did a great job for his first district meeting. Elder Crowley is also in that district. He is one of my favorite elders in the zone!!! We had a whole bunch of planing after that we had a DISTRICT LEADER-ZONE LEADER CONFERENCE which went really well. Tuesday night we started an exchange with the ap's. The ap's live in Brother Thomas's home. He is like the best eye doctor in the country. Bishop Blair said he was going to set something up with him some day Bishop Blair and his family are in Italy right now. Wednesday we had the Parkway's district meeting. Elder Bullock did a great job as always. The rest of the day was normal missionary work. Thursday was good just a whole bunch of missionary work. We taught a lesson to the Freemans' Friday was more missionary work... hahaha. I'm sorry that I don't have a lot to talk about when I go the though my days. We don't have many investigators so that mean a whole lot of tracting. Saturday we had breakfast with the Voyel's! IT WAS GREAT! Then we tried to contact this guy named Ray, he didn't answer his door. Then we visited a part member less active it turns out they left the church but son't take their names off because they love the people but thy got way into a lot tof the anti mormon stuff. She was active for 28 years and her husband was a councilor in the bishopric. They just fell into a trap. Then we tracted then out agaian. Then we taught a lesson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!To a lady named TIFINNY! A NEW INVESTIGATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!YAY!!!!!YAY!!!!!
Hopefully we will be seeing more of those. Sunday we had 6 hours of church like normal then we had dinner with the Gidden family!!!!!!! They are on of the best families ever. So yesterday the 28th we visited the part member family. They talked about anti mormon stuff for about 40 minutes. All I can say is guard your tetimony. Make sure it is strong because you never know when it is going to get shaken. I saw many examples of that this week. Alright .... on to other things. This week has been one of the harder ones on my mission but in a good way way it is hard because you are working hard, that is good it is just a little hard to change from helping other missionaries mode to find teach and baptize mode. Not that I can't do both it just almost all of out time last transfer was spent helping other missionaries but we are working hard now.
     Elder Jager is from Oregon. His mom was just named Oregon's mother of the year so that should give you something to stalk on the internet. THAN YOU SO MUCH for the shirts they are perfect! The tie is the most beautiful tie in the world! This week will be ZLC and leadership so it is going to be two full days of meetings. So at the end of this transfer it will be 4 1/2 months os a zone leader. The time has just flown by. I mailed a letter to the bishop. I started reading the Book of Mormon for the 4th time on my mission. I'm really happy about that! the book of Mormon is what really keeps me strong on my mission. When people bash with us or shoot every bit of Mormon anti at us it all goes back to the Book of Mormon. It has been an anchor to my soul. Max had better be reading it everyday!!!!! How is Sarah's dog doing? How is Sarah doing? How is dad doing? I haven't gotten an email from Max in a long time!!!! This week looks like it will go by super quick. hahaha I never have any cute little spiritual insights to share or anything but I do learn a lot and I am changing a lot. We are getting a whole bunch of new missionaries in so I might be training again soon. I would love to be a district leader again sometime. Well I am doing great I am becoming stronger and stronger in the Gospel everyday. I hope that even though I am not good at sharing spiritual stuff I hope it will be evident to see in my person when I return home.
                    Love ya Mom,   Elder Campbell

I have thirty minutes today so I am gonna do my best to type fast. This week started with us having lunch with Javier! He is one of the best people ever! Elder Hinton packed the rest of the day and I said my good byes to Elder Buys. Tuesday started withe some tracting and updating the part member list then we stopped by the Mahaffeys so Elder Hinton could have one last loaf of home made fresh bread. We also took dinner to one of the Mahaffy's friends. Then we had a lesson with the Freeman's they were not at church this Sunday, I hope they can jump on the train and ge baptized. Then we had dinner at the Mecains. They are a great family and the father has a really strong testimony , we gave him a blessing. Then we meet with Teresa a convert to the church that night. Wednesday started with a transfer meeting and we dropped off Elder Hinton and picked up Elder Jager. We did some zone planning together and some tracting. I don't remember a lot that day, it was just a big change. Thursday was Elder Bullocks district meeting which was really good it was great to see Elder Bullock. He is just such a good guy and a familiar face. I did get to go to one of the baptisms that was going on in the zone it was the sister's baptism. Menlo Smith was the person who baptized Kathryn but anyone who know brother Smith knows  Knows that he is Willy Wonka!!! He is the owner of Willy Wonka... He also bought the land for the temple! Not too many people know that but I do! I shook his hand. Sunday the Bishop cam up to me it turns out that he is great friends of the Carters. (The Carters are some old friends that used to live in the ward that Alex is serving in) So He is going to set up an appointment with brother Tomas, the eye doctor, I' have been to his house It is really nice. I am trying to be loving. It is so easy to love the members. but missionaries I am still having trouble but maybe love is for those you love and charity is for those you don't love hahaha anyway things are going great! I don't want to make it seem like time are rough but I could really really use some prayers. That would be great... any I hope thing go great at home! I am glad that Dad, Sarah and Izack are fine after their collision with the antelope. Love ya Max, Love ya Sarah (is that enough to write to Sarah and Max) Wll it is all they are getting today. I love ya! DON'T FORGET TO  PRAY FOR ME.

SO I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NEED NEW SHIRTS!!!!! You can send me the money and I'll go buy them at the mall for a great price. Hopefull. Any bike pump will do but we could really use one. Elder Jager is from Oregon. I don't know much about him I'll find out more later.
                                Love ya, stay Sweet.
                       
                                  Elder Campbell

Staying in Chesterfield

It was so fun to talk to Alex on Mother's Day. He sounded great. He will be staying in Chesterfield and Elder Hinton has been transferred to Champagne, Illinois.

 I don't have my planner with me today and I don't have my camera...oops so maybe next week >.< This week was fine. I'm sorry I won't be able to go though day by day. I really like doing that because it gives me a lot to talk about and it has all of the name's of the people we saw. I'll just talk about all the big things that happened. On Tuesday we had a district meeting with the Maryland heights district. It went really well the Spanish elders had 3 baptisms this week and the Maryland height elders had 1 so it was a really good week for that district and for the zone. We tried to do some tracting but every time we would start we would get an emergency call from one of the elders about their companions or something. Our Elders are having a hard time getting along. =(

It is always nice to get a new companion! I'll miss Elder Hinton but I am looking forward to having a new companion. I just finished the Book of Mormon again I was studying the strengthening power of the attonement. I am going to start reading it again looking for stuff about LOVE! I know that sounds weird but that is what I am having a hard time with. Loving people when I just want to slap em and tell them to grow up but that is not the way to do it. I am being a little hard on myself because compared to the rest of the mission I get along great with people.

Elder buys cooked a great meal on Friday! It was soooooo goooood!!!! We were having a really hard day and it was so nice to enjoy such a wonderful meal. We had dinner last night with a family named the Arnells. They are a way awesome family! On Sunday We taught the primary because all of the mons were in a mothers day class. I LOVE PRIMARY! I hated it growing up, by the way , I don't know if  you ever knew how bad I hated sharing time. The classes were fine it was just sharing time. But now primary is great! So this week there were not big storms! I'm really hoping that we can get some work going in the Chesterfield area. I don't know what else to say because I just talked to you yesterday.

So my one line for Sarah and Max is I LOVE YOU.

THINGS I COULD USE: A BIKE PUMP,  A NEW ANKLE AND TUNA

Elder Hinton likes popcorn you should send him some.

Love ya, Mom Love Ya, Dad I don't have any spiritual thought other than you reap what you sew.