Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Hello Family and Friends,

This week hasn’t been super busy because of it being Thanksgiving, but of course it was a GREAT week. 

Saturday 11/21 – That night we played some sports in our stake center cultural hall.  Interesting fact – after sports my companion and I found bed bugs on our beds, so we’ve been sleeping in our living room ALL WEEK to avoid getting bit by them.  Our apartment is figuring out ways to get rid of them.

Sunday 11/22 – We got up and I had an early morning Double Male Quartet rehearsal and then we had branch choir right after that.  After choir we went to see Music and the Spoken Word and then later on we had church. 

Monday 11/23 – We woke up at 5am so I could get to our mission choir practice on time and then we had our Monday Morning Devotional, which was good.  We then went to our work zones and then had District Meeting that night.

Tuesday 11/24 – We worked in our regular work zones that day and also at night. 

Wednesday 11/25 – We went to the temple for our monthly temple trip which was as always good.  We then went to our regular work zones and then had choir practice right after that.  We then went to our night zones.

Thursday 11/26 – For Thanksgiving the young elders watched 2 films and then we went to our branch Thanksgiving dinner which was a lot of fun.  We then played/watched some sports in our stake center cultural hall.

Friday 11/27 – Yesterday we cleaned our apartments and then had our apartments inspected by a senior missionary couple.  We then watched the lights of Temple Square turn on – it was COLD, but it was a lot of FUN.  My companion and I helped another young elder find his companion – we modified our plans a bit, but we were able to receive blessings, so that’s a PLUS.

Saturday 11/28 – We already went shopping and are planning on going out to dinner tonight which is fun.

I hope that everyone had a super Thanksgiving!  As much as I really miss everyone, I’m thankful to be where I am right now – on this mission with super fun people.  Love you all and have a wonderful week!

Elder Frederickson

A little extra info from my letter from Michael:

" I’m writing later today because for some unknown reason, my shopping time changed from 9:30am to 11:30am.  The films we watched were Joseph Smith:  Prophet of the Restoration and a film called Teacher (Teacher is a movie that involves Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan!); the films were really good.  For the dinner we ate turkey (obviously haha!) and then played some games .  The lights on Temple Square are awesome and I’ll be excited to see them each night when I go to and from zone.  The bed bugs have been a problem in our mission for over a year now – a sister from Italy brought them, and one of our current AP’s was the first young elder to get bit.  Luckily I haven’t gotten bit by the bed bugs yet.  All of my sheets and blankets have been in a bag on our deck all week, but I’ll FINALLY get to use them tonight since I’ll wash them later today – but we’re still not allowed to sleep in our beds yet.  Some of the other apartments have it worse than us (like the apartment next to ours!).  Also - WOW - that's alot of changes in our ward, but I'm sure you'll do great as an Activity Day Girls leader - I'm sure it was time for a new calling since you've been in Young Women's for almost 4 years now."