Elder Frogget's Mission Adventures

Golden Week!

2012-02-13T04:06:00.001-08:00

Well Hello! I can't believe I am a trainer! This is crazy! I get to go around with an American trying to speak to a bunch of Germans in broken German! Wahoo! haha. Actually, it's bad. It is quite a new experience though. On Tuesday I spent hours in trains going to Berlin, and stayed the night there. It was a good travel, and luckily one of my old companions, Elder Staheli, came with me

Training!

2012-02-06T04:22:00.001-08:00

Wow! This transfer I am training! I may be getting a guy fresh out of the United States! It is crazy! More information to come next week! All you need to know is that I am staying in Altona (Hamburg)! My Address continues to be the following: Elder Blaine Frogget Osdorfer Landstrasse 17 22607 Hamburg Germany Until Next week! Elder Blaine Frogget NOTICE: This email message is

Last Week of the Transfer

2012-01-30T03:03:00.001-08:00

Why Hello! So, it is once again the last week of the transfer. That means that we get transfer calls on Saturday and I get to see whether I stay here in Altona, or if I leave. It is really weird that the time is going by so fast. It seems like I just barely arrived here in Altona. I hope I stay here in this area! The last couple weeks have been interesting. We have been sick on and

Yep!

2012-01-16T02:48:00.001-08:00

Hey!So, I am feeling pretty sick because I got sick last week (and I am still sick), so I want to make this quick.Yesterday was awesome. A lady came to church, and she is now a new investigator. She was totally excited to learn about the gospel, and even stayed for all 3 hours of meetings. After that, there was a baptism of a little girl in the ward, and the lady stayed for that too! She even

Super Speed!

2012-01-09T05:04:00.001-08:00

Just like normal. The week went by fast! In the past it seemed like the time was slow, but fast. This week was simply fast. I am just doing the work, and not really thinking about what time it is, what year it is, or what month it is. It is fun! I enjoy being in the city I am in, and I enjoy my companion. It's just a great time. I don't know how to explain this week other than that. The

Happy New Year!

2012-01-02T04:15:00.001-08:00

Wow!!I cannot believe that we have entered the year 2012! That is amazing! This year is going to be great. I can just feel it. Don't you worry about anything. This is your new beginning. Give people a reason to say that they enjoyed 2012. First thing I learned this year: You can make somebody incredibly happy by the things you say to them. Don't judge people, don't decide whether or not

Hey!

2011-12-27T10:06:00.001-08:00

Hey All!Just a quick e-mail. I had a great Christmas! I wish I had taken more pictures, but I guess I didn't. I took a lot of pictures, but they weren't with my camera. So, I have a few pictures for you. One is a picture of Osdorf-Hamburg at night with the HSV stadium in the background. One is a picture of me and one of the Elders in my apartment at the Train Station in Hamburg, and one is

Merry Christmas Week!

2011-12-19T02:54:00.001-08:00

Hey!!So this week is the week before Christmas, eh? I hope you are all enjoying the season. Sometimes this time of year brings stress, but I know you can try to put that away--at least for this coming week! I missed writing last week, and so I have a couple weeks to catch up on! First I want to tell a story from last week!I love it here in Altona. There's no other place I would rather be

Snow!

2011-12-05T03:02:00.001-08:00

Hey!Yep, that's right. This morning it was snowing. I don't know if it is still snowing, but it probably is. I am pretty excited!This week was pretty cool. I got better, so I am no longer sick. That's always a plus. The week went by pretty fast. We had president interviews this week on Friday, and so that took the whole day. I can't remember anything I wanted to write. That always

Week 2 in the Second Largest City in Germany

2011-11-28T08:56:00.001-08:00

Hey!Actually, this week was a little crazy because I got sick. So I couldn't do a whole lot. I was dead all week. I probably looked like a zombie as I knocked on doors and stuff! Oh well.I got to celebrate Thanksgiving twice though! Once with my district, and once with my apartment. It was cool. We ate plenty, and we even found a turkey! That's pretty hard in Germany! haha. It was good.

I <3 Hamburg

2011-11-21T02:23:00.001-08:00

Moin Moin! It's nice to be back in this area again. I must say I love Hamburg. It's a nice city, and a lot of people are here. I haven't been here for a week yet and I already love it. I am excited to serve here. So, this week was amazing. On Tuesday I arrived here in Altona (a part of Hamburg), and we immediately took off for some appointments. I met some cool people and was able to

Zoom

2011-11-14T02:18:00.000-08:00

Hey! So the last week went by really fast. I can hardly remember what we did! We were going here, we were going there. We found some new investigators, we talked with a lot of people. It's so amazing sometimes how fast the time goes by. There's also some other crazy news! I am being transferred! That's right! I'm going to Hamburg! It's cool! I have been hoping to go to Hamburg! Now I

One Year Later...

2011-11-07T04:09:00.001-08:00

Hey!!!Wow! I can't believe I have been a missionary for over a year now. It doesn't seem like that long. Pretty soon I'll have been in Germany for more than a year, and then after that the time will just fly! The time already flew, haha. Last week, we made some pumpkin bread. It was delicious. I didn't have much time, so I spent 30 seconds carving a face on my pumpkin before I baked it. It

Halloween!!!

2011-10-31T02:55:00.000-07:00

Yay!Today is Halloween! Way fun right? Well actually it's not really celebrated here in Germany. It would be so much fun to be in the United States knocking on doors on Halloween night. That would be hilarious! I wish I could do it. That's okay, I get to ring doorbells here in Germany instead! It's cool that today is our P-day though. We also will be able to bake some pumpkin bread, and

Is there ever a dull week?

2011-10-17T02:39:00.001-07:00

Hey You!!Have you ever wondered if there are simply weeks that aren't very exciting? Well, wonder no more! There is always something exciting in every week. The Lord doesn't waste his time we give him! This week was no exception! This week was a pretty cool week. We did more teaching than normal, we were able to set a specific date for baptism with one investigator, and we were able to enjoy

I Welcome the Autumn Weather!

2011-10-10T02:58:00.001-07:00

Hey!Yes, it is true. I am super happy to have the colder weather again! I welcome the Autumn weather! The cooler air, the rain, the gray skies. They make me homesick--or perhaps they just make me snowboarding-sick! That's okay. I have better things to concentrate on anyway. So, I have a few things to tell about! I missed writing about everything last week because I was a little bit caught

Just Real Quick

2011-10-04T05:15:00.001-07:00

Hey You!I have very little time today, but I just wanted to annouce that General Conference was awesome! If you didn't get the chance to see it, definitely go watch it. In addition to that, I am still in Goettingen. I did not get transferred. So, for 6 more weeks I'll be here. Possibly Longer! Thanks!!!Have a wonderful week!Elder Blaine Frogget NOTICE: This email message is for the sole

Wait, that was an entire week already?

2011-09-26T02:39:00.001-07:00

Wow! Sometimes the time just goes by so fast. I think that the last 7 days have been shortened somehow. I don't know how, but it didn't seem nearly as long as 7 days used to be! I guess that's how life goes. Time seems to take forever. Later, you get older, and time goes faster. Who knows! Maybe time really is going faster? Haha! The last week we didn't have anything out of the

The Week's Gone By

2011-09-19T03:23:00.001-07:00

Dearest Friend,Guess what!? The time seems to be flying by! I can't believe how much time is going by so quick. The last week felt like nothing, and in two weeks we are going to have a General Conference! I can't believe it! It feels like just yesterday I was sitting in the classroom at Brigham Young University - Idaho learning about science, or learning how to speak German like a school-kid

Work Work Work, that's what it's all about ;)

2011-09-12T02:11:00.001-07:00

Hey!So, this last week has been interesting. It ended up being quite a different week than I have had in the past. My companion and I have been working hard to try and get new appointments with new people, and we lost our focus on people that we already have! Weird eh? It's because my companion is such a hard worker that he just wants to do the hardest stuff all the time! We did have a few

A few pictures

2011-09-05T02:06:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Goettingen and Northeim. It's really a pretty place :) Enjoy ;) NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all

New Companion: New energy: New Month

2011-09-05T01:47:00.001-07:00

Hey You!The last week has been pretty good! I guess I didn't write last week, so I can say the last two weeks have been good! I got a new companion, Elder Olsen! He's sort of from Canada, but he has been living in Utah for the last few years. I just accept him as Canadian, because it's way better to say that than to tell everyone we are both from the United States. The German culture in

Picture Time!

2011-08-15T03:43:00.001-07:00

Hey Guess what! I had a great birthday! haha. It was really good. I actually don't have pictures of my birthday, but I wanted to share some pictures of the last transfer I had in Hildesheim with Elder Johnson. It was a great transfer. We had adventures riding our bikes to various investigators' houses, we got wet from the rain, saw cool graffiti, hung out on the beach in the middle of the

Quick!

2011-08-08T03:07:00.001-07:00

Hey, Sorry this one will be quick. I don't have a lot of time! I just want to share that I had a good week! We worked hard and I even managed to wreck on my bike. I'm so glad I was wearing a helmet though! I wasn't going slow, and the first thing to hit the cement was my face! If I wasn't wearing a helmet I would probably not look very pretty. Luckily the helmet saved my face, ha! My

Woops!

2011-08-01T02:54:00.001-07:00

Hey! First of all, last week I accidently sent the wrong address! I misheard the address when I asked for it over the phone last week. I hope you didn't try to send anything yet! Haha. Anyway, the new address is as follows: Elder Blaine Frogget Am Kirschberge 38 37085 Goettingen Germany You can see where I messed up! That's embarrassing. Oh well. Anyhow, back to my update.