Hello Family and Friends!
Another
week, as well asanother mission transfer, has come to a close. Hard to
believe that this past transfer has flown by. Next week, we’ll find out
our fate for thenext transfer. A head’s up – if my p-dayremains on
Saturday, I’ll be emailing sometime during the week due to
GeneralConference. If my p-day changes, you’llhear from me on that new
p-day. Soliterally, stay tuned hahahaha. Anyways,here is my week in a
nut shell.
Saturday
9/17 – After doingour emails, we hung with some elders, and then my
companion and I did anexchange in the evening, where my companion went
with 2 elders to see theTestaments, and I stayed behind and helped some
other fellow elders makebreakfast casseroles, and they were actually
really good.
Sunday
9/18 – We saw thebroadcast of Music and the Spoken Word in the
morning. After the broadcast, we had lunch andprepared for church. I
then had branchchoir practice, and we had our regular Sunday meetings.
After church, we had a dinner appointment,and then we hung with some
elders until it was time to go back to our ownapartments.
Tuesday
9/20 – We did ourexercises in the morning, and then we went off to work
zone to do our regularassignments. In the afternoon, we didanother
deep clean of our apartment, in preparation for the inspection that
night. In the evening, we went to the first hour ofresearch essentials,
and then we had to head back to our apartment so we couldhave our
apartment inspection. We endedup doing pretty well on the inspection,
and we passed, which is always good.
Wednesday
9/21 – We did ourexercises in the morning, and then we spent the day at
the Mount TimpanogosTemple, and it was a truly wonderful experience, I
was practically on aspiritual high the remainder of the day. After
getting back from the temple, I had choir practice with the ElijahChoir,
which as always was fun. Afterchoir practice, we went off to Research
Essentials, which we had to do in theFamilySearch Center, since every
computer lab in the Family History Library wasbeing used.
Thursday
9/22 – We got upearly and my companion went to do his exercises; I was
going to go to morningsports, but then I found out at the last minute
that I would have to staybehind with another elder on my floor so that
our companions could work out –morning exercises is the one time where
we do not have to be with our assignedcompanion. After my companion got
back,I showered, ate breakfast, and got ready for zone. We then went
off to zone to do our regularassignments, and I did a lot of annual
histories on Thursday. After lunch, we helped set up one of
theconference rooms on the lower level of the Church History Library.
After setting up, we went back to work, haddinner, and then went to
another night of Research Essentials.
Saturday
9/24 – We did our exercisesin the morning, and then we did our shopping
for the week (actually it was TWOweek’s worth of shopping due to
General Conference!).
As you can see, I definitelyhad an unforgettable week in so many good ways. LOVE YOU ALL. Have a great week! :)
Elder Frederickson
Hello Family and Friends,
This past week once againwas definitely an awesome and busy week. Here is what has happened since last p-day!
Saturday
9/10 – After doingour emails, we got some lunch, did our laundry (as
well as hang with someelders!), and then in the evening, we did a
companion exchange so my companioncould go with some elders and so that I
could go to sports, and as always,sports was pretty fun.
Sunday
9/11 – We went to seethe rehearsal for Music and the Spoken Word, and
then we went to see theRegional Conference, which was AWESOME. Bishop
Waddell from the Presiding Bishopric talked about the importanceof the
Book of Mormon. Sister Oscarson,the Young Women General President,
talked about how the youth can be Disciplesof Christ. Elder Hallstrom
of thePresidency of the Seventy talked about Hastening the work of
Salvation. And finally, Elder Ballard of the Quorum ofthe 12 Apostles
talked a lot about the advantages and disadvantages oftechnology, as
well as a little bit about families, etc. After the conference, we had
lunch, got ourPPI’s done, went to see some of the Meet the Mormon
stories, and then we had adinner appointment, and the food was really
good. After the dinner appointment, we hung aroundwith some elders
until it was time to go back to our apartments.
Monday
9/12 – On Mondaymorning we got up early for the Elijah Choir rehearsal,
and then we went to theMonday morning devotional. Afterdevotional, we
went to our work zones to work on our assignments. After zone, we had
our district meeting, andthen we went to our September Hail and Farewell
for our branch (we welcomed theelders who came in July and August, as
well as new seniors for September, andwe sadly had to say farewell to
those who are leaving in September andOctober!), which was a lot of fun
overall.
Tuesday
9/13 – We started ourTuesday with our monthly interviews with our
mission president and his wife(their names are President and Sister
Tate!), and that went really well asalways – I ALWAYS love my visits
with them and being able to talk one-on-one inan interview setting,
there is a strong spirit in their offices. We then went to work, and in
the afternoon,we had mission conference for the Elijah Choir. The
speaker for Tuesday’s mission conference was Elder Gavarret from
theSeventy, and he did a great job, and it was really cool being able to
shake hishand afterward. After conference, we haddinner, and then went
to the first Research Essentials of the new week.
Wednesday
9/14 – We startedour Wednesday by doing a bit of a deep clean of our
apartment, and then we wentto work zone for 30 minutes before it was
time to go to young elderconference. We then had our young
elderconference, which was, as always, really good. We learned about
companionship inventory from our AP’s, good vs. evilfrom President
Hansen, who is our new 2nd counselor in the
missionpresidency, had our tip of the month from Sister Tate, who is our
“missionmom,” and a doctrinal instruction on the Doctrine of Christ
from PresidentTate, who is our mission president, and all the lessons
were absolutelyoutstanding. We then had lunch at theChurch Office
Building cafeteria, and their food is always really good. We then did a
bit of more work, and then Ihad to go back to the JSMB chapel for the
senior mission conference for ElijahChoir, and the speaker for the
Wednesday conference was Elder Kopischke fromthe Seventy, and he did a
really good job, and I also got to shake his hand(and he borrowed my
writing utensil for something!). After the conference, we had our
WednesdayElijah Choir practice, where we practiced and polished 2 songs
that we willsing in mission devotionals for the remainder of this month,
as well as got ourOctober calendars, with the songs that we will be
singing in October, which isalso really exciting. After choirpractice,
we had dinner, and then went on to another night of ResearchEssentials.
Research Essentials wasEXTREMELY crazy on Wednesday night, because
every single computer lab in theFamily History Library was taken, so we
had to relocate to the FamilySearchCenter in the Joseph Smith Memorial
Building, since they have a computer lab inthe center. Despite the
craziness, atleast we were all able to have a decent Research Essentials
haha.
Thursday
9/15 – We did ourusual exercises in the early morning, and then we got
ready and went off to ourzones. My companion had an appointmentat LDS
Family Services in the later part of the morning, and then we had
lunch,and then continued our work in our work zones. After zone, we
went home for dinner, and thenwe went to Research Essentials, and for
the first time ALL WEEK, we were ableto use our normal classroom, and
with NO CHAOS, so that was good!
Friday
9/16 – We spent themorning doing our normal exercises to wake us up,
and then we got ready, andwent off to our day zones. After doingsome
annual histories, we went off to lunch at the Church Office
Buildingcafeteria, and we had a fellow elder pay for us, which is always
nice. When we got back from lunch, we found outthat there was not
going to be any more work the remainder of the day, so wegot to be
released an hour early from day zone so we wouldn’t be bored and
juststaring at a monitor for an hour without any work. Another thing of interesting news we foundout is that starting next transfer (which starts September 28th!),we’re
going to be shopping at Smith’s instead of Walmart, which will be
prettyneat. We also spent time doing laundry,since we actually had the
time to do it. After laundry, we went off to Research Essentials.
Saturday 9/17 – We started theday with our shopping for the week, and now we’re emailing!
As
you can see, this pastweek has definitely been an excellent one. Hope
your week was the same. LOVEYOU ALL and have a SUPER week!!
Elder Frederickson
Hello Family and Friends,
Happy September! This past week has been another week full ofexcitement and business. Here is myweekly update!
Saturday
8/27 - On Saturdayevening, I went on a companion exchange so I could go
to young elder sports andso my actual companion could go out to eat at
Carl’s Jr. After sports, we helped a ward clean up fromtheir ward party
and were given some of their food, which was really nice ofthem to do.
Sunday
8/28 – We got up tosee the broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word in
the Conference Center. After that, we did our PPI’s, had lunch, wentto
choir practice for the branch, went to church, and then had our
dinnerappointment with 4 other elders and 4 senior sisters. After the
dinner appointment, we hung outwith some elders until it was time to
head back to our apartments.
Monday
8/29 – We got upearly, and I was able to go on a pre-approved companion
exchange for ElijahChoir practice and devotional. We thenmet our
regular companions at our zones and then worked at our work zones.
After zone, we had district meeting, haddinner, and then hung around
some elders. For dinner, we went with another companionship to Pizza
Studio, which isa really good pizza place, and a very nice person paid
for ALL the missionariesthat went into the restaurant.
Tuesday
8/30 – We spentanother busy day working on our assignments in our work
zones. For dinner, I made some lasagna, which turnedout really well.
We then went toResearch Essentials as usual for our evening zone.
Wednesday
8/31 – We hadanother VERY busy day working in our work zones in the
day, and I had tocompletely REDO a unit, since I had accidentally
deleted the wrong recordholding in our system. That afternoon, Iwent to
our normal Wednesday afternoon Elijah Choir rehearsal, which as
alwayswas a lot of fun. After choir, we wentto another night of
Research Essentials.
Thursday
9/1 – We spentanother day working in our day zone doing our
assignments. We then went out to eat with some elders at aplace called
Michaelangelo’s, where it was half off for the missionaries. We then
went on to our usual evening ofResearch Essentials.
Friday
9/2 – We got up andwent to our various morning exercises, got ready,
and went off to zone. In the morning, we were oriented on how toset
up/take down tables and chairs for events in the lower level floor of
theChurch History Library. We then wentback to work, and after lunch,
we helped set up for a meeting that theemployees will have on Tuesday
morning, and then on Tuesday, we will take itall down. After zone, we
went out to eat(again!), but this time it was to Pizza Studio. After
dinner, we went to our final Research Essentials for the week.
Saturday 9/3 – This morning,we did our morning exercises, went shopping, and did our laundry, and now I’memailing.
As
you can see, this pastweek has been a pretty fun week, and also a busy
week. Just a personal message I’d like to share asI close this group
email - as I reach my year mark this coming Thursday, I justwanted to
let everyone know how much I love and appreciate you all, and foryour
love and support to me. This hasdefinitely been a very good first half
of my mission, and as I begin my finalyear of the mission, I hope that I
can make this next year the very best I canmake it. I’m grateful for
the opportunityI have to serve our Lord here in the Family and Church
History HeadquartersMission. As my mission president andbranch
president always say, “There is a very special bubble in this
mission,”which is definitely true, and I’m definitely blessed to be a
part of this “veryspecial bubble.” Thank you all again, asalways, for
your continued love and support. Have a super great Labor Day weekend,
and a fabulous week this comingweek! :)
Elder Frederickson
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