One more Week until the Blessing

Hello Family and Friends,

Another busy and great week has come and gone all too quickly.  I also hit my 3 month mark this week - THAT'S crazy.  Here is my week in a nutshell.

Saturday 12/5 - After emails we had the opportunity to go to the temple which was great.  We then went to dinner - we tried to go to a pizza place and they ran out of dough; we ended up getting a card that said FREE PIZZA (score for us haha!) and we ended up getting Subway, which was good.

Sunday 12/6 - We got up and went to my Double Male Quartet rehearsal and then branch choir practice.  We then went to see Music and the Spoken Word which is in the Conference Center this month to accommodate larger crowds.  Then we got ready for church and then had church.  After church we went home and had dinner, then we went to the 1st Presidency Christmas devotional.  Interesting story - we originally went to the Tabernacle and then about15 minutes into it - we found out that there were more seats in the Conference Center, so we got to see the remainder of the program there. 

Monday 12/7 - We got up at 5am so we could be to our mission choir rehearsal on time and then we had our mission devotional.  We then went to our work zones for the remainder of the day.  That night we had our District Meeting and then got our free pizza that night.

Tuesday 12/8 - We did our usual work in our day/night zones.

Wednesday 12/9 - We spent an hour in our work zones and then we had our monthly Young Elders conference.  After the conference we had lunch and went back to our work zones.  Then our zone had a monthly farewell event for all the missionaries leaving the mission (this month only some of the seniors are leaving!).  We then had choir practice and afterwards had dinner and went to our night zones.

Thursday 12/10 - We had another busy day working in our usual day/night zones.

Friday 12/11 - We did our normal work in our usual day/night zones.

Saturday 12/12 - We already did our shopping.  Tonight we have branch choir and Double Male Quartet rehearsals to prepare for our performances.  The Double Male Quartet is performing on Tuesday and Wednesday this coming week as well as the following Sunday (12/20) - as well as the branch choir performance. 

It's been another great week.  This was also the last week of the transfer, so we have transfers on Tuesday night, which means I don't know when my next p-day will be (so stay tuned haha!).  Temple Square is REALLY crowded at night - but we get through it.  3 companionships told me that Sarah tried to find me - pretty interesting haha.  It's been unusually warm here this week (upper 50's and lower 60's), but now it's chilly again.  We also got new elders this week, which was fun.   That's awesome that the Men's/Women's choirs are singing at conference, and Jenn should be really excited; I'd be excited too.   I FINALLY got the package yesterday - I'm not doing too much decorating yet because of transfers and because I won't know if I'm moving apartments until Monday, but HOPEFULLY I'll get to begin decorating on Monday.  You may want to send my Christmas package soon in order for me to get the package on time.  I'm excited to find out what's in the package. In addition to church tomorrow we also have a special Stake Conference where we'll get to hear from M. Russell Ballard and a 70 - seeing 3 general authorities tomorrow - that should be GREAT.  My companion and I also have a dinner appointment tomorrow night.  How's the weather in VA?  Like I mentioned before it has been warm this week, but now it's cold.

 Love you all and have a great week (and to the BYU-I and BYU students - good luck on finals this week!). :)

Elder Frederickson