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Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello Family and Friends,

It’s been another busy and fun week here in Salt Lake. Here is what happened to me this week.

Saturday11/14 – That night we played sports with our mission and then I had a shortDouble Male Quartet practice.  Thequartet is practicing for when we sing at the Senior Mission Conference inDecember and also for our branch Christmas program. 

Sunday 11/15– We got up and then went to branch choir practice and then went to Music andthe Spoken Word.  We then got ourselvesready for church and then went to church at our NEW time of 2:30pm. 

Monday 11/16– We got up at 5am so we could get to our mission choir practice and then wehad our mission devotional.  We then wentto our regular work zones during the day. That night we had District Meeting and then our branch had its “Hail andFarewell” activity, which we do every other month.

Tuesday11/17 – We worked in our regular work zones during the day and then we had our monthly transfer conference in the afternoon. The BIG NEWS is that I am now a senior companion after only 2 months onthe mission, and my companion’s name is Elder Wagner and he’s from Oregon.  I’m staying in the same zone and have thesame p-day for another month, and we both moved apartments. 

Wednesday11/18 – We worked in our regular work zones during the day and night.  We also had our mission choir practice thatafternoon. 

Thursday11/19 – We spent another busy day and night working in our work zones.

Friday 11/20– Yesterday we worked in our day zones during the day and then went to ourresearch night last night.

Saturday11/21 – We already did some cleaning and our shopping.  Tonight we will play some sports with theother young elders.

I reallyappreciate everyone’s love, support, prayers, etc.  November has really flown by; hard to believethat December will be shortly upon us. Love you all and have a great week and Happy Thanksgiving! :)

Elder Frederickson

Almost Thanksgiving!

Hello Familyand Friends,

Another weekhas come and gone all too quickly, although it’s been another great and busyweek here.  Here’s what happened to methis week.

Saturday11/7 – That night we played sports and I got my haircut. 

Sunday 11/8 –We got up and I had branch choir practice, and then we went to Music and theSpoken Word – and the choir paid tribute to the Veterans by singing PatrioticMusic.  We then had church – and we gotthe BIG NEWS that we’re going to begin having church an hour and a half later(meaning that church will start at 2:30pm); we begin the NEW scheduletomorrow. 

Monday 11/9 –We got up EARLY so I could go to our mission choir practice.  We then had our weekly devotional which wasas always good.  After the devotional wewent to our regular work zones for the day and then had our District Meetingthat night.

Tuesday11/10 – We did our regular zone work during the day and evening.

Wednesday11/11 – We had our monthly mission conference in the morning and it was GREAT –I personally got a lot out of that conference and it was spot on.  We then went back to our regular work zonesduring the day and night.  We also hadour mission choir rehearsal in the afternoon – we’re currently working on ourNINE Christmas pieces, along with some more pieces that we have to sing thismonth. 

Thursday11/12 – We worked in our regular zones during the day and night.

Friday 11/13– We did our regular work zones during the day and then had our weekly researchnight during the evening.

Saturday11/14 – We already went shopping and then tonight we will do our weekly sportsactivity and I have a Double Male Quartet rehearsal during that time period aswell.

I can already tell that I am going to have a GREAT christmas.  I feel like the Lord is really pleased with how hard I am working.  One message that I heard this week was "It's not just about the quantity of my service - but more importantly it's about the quality of my service."  I know I am where I am supposed to be at this very moment.  It has really been a great week.

There is myweek in a nutshell.  We have transfersthis coming week, so I don’t know what day I’ll be emailing yet.  Love you all and have a GREAT week.

ElderFrederickson

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Hello Family and Friends,

Another week seems to have come and gone too quickly, but of course it was another good week.  Here is what happened to me this week.

Saturday 10/31 – On Halloween night the young elders in our mission had the opportunity to watch 2 films at our stake center.  We saw a movie called “Go-Getter” (at least that’s what I think it’s called haha!) and then we saw David Archuleta:  Called to Serve.  Both movies were really good.  After that we played sports in our stake center gym for about an hour.

Sunday 11/1 – We got up and then I had branch choir practice in the morning.  We then went to see Music and the Spoken Word which is always good.  Right before church I went to my Double Male Quartet rehearsal – we’re planning on singing 2 songs for that.  We then had church and afterwards we had a Young Elders Fireside, which was really good; the speaker did a really good job.

Monday 11/2 – We got up at 5am to go to our Elijah Choir rehearsal (Elijah Choir is the name of our mission choir!) and then we had our Monday morning devotional.  I was one of the speakers on Monday and I thought I did a great job (of course I’m glad to have it over with haha!).  We then went to our regular day zone assignments.  That night we had Zone Conference which was really good.  After Zone Conference, my companion and I got to go with another companionship to have desert at the Cheesecake Factory, which was fun.

Tuesday 11/3 – We worked in our regular zone assignments in the day and night, and it was another good and busy day in the office.

Wednesday 11/4 – We had another busy day working in our regular zones.  I had choir practice in the afternoon, which is ALWAYS fun.

Thursday 11/5 – We worked in our zones during the day, and then in the night, my companion and I were asked to help move furniture for the new senior missionaries coming in to the mission.  We also got our first snow of the season (although it obviously didn’t stick, since it had previously been really warm!).

Friday 11/6 – We worked in our zones during the day and we had our weekly research night during the evening.  It also snowed a bit yesterday.

Saturday 11/7 – We already went shopping and tonight we will do some mission activities.

That’s my week in a nutshell.  Love you all and have a GREAT week! :)

Elder Frederickson