Dear John!

I just can't believe it, but my baby brother (one of them) is going on his mission. It really doesn't seem like that long ago when Matt left and we would talk about how it would be quite a few years before John left. Well, those few years have come and gone and now he'll be leaving soon.

How soon, do you ask? Where will he be going?

On JULY 22, Elder John Daniel Fredrickson will be leaving to go to the MTC and learn what he needs to to serve in TIRANA ALBANIA!!!

Now, if you're like we were, you probably asked..."Albania? Where's that?" Well, we all kind of thought it was in Europe somewhere (it is), but specifically it is in South Eastern Europe. It is on the Adriatic Sea (a boat ride away from Italy). It borders Greece in the south, Serbia/Kosovo and Montenegro to the north, and Macedonia to the east.

John got a call from the stake president last friday night, saying that his call was in the mail and it should be here on friday. Well, despite our hopes of it coming early it was just on time on friday. John spent the afternoon waiting by the mailbox(literally). (if you want pics of that talk to mom) Finally it came, and what did john do? Well he locked himself in his room. Of course mom said that there was no way he was locking that door without her in it. SO, john AND mom locked themselves in his room. But, mom was kind enough to open the door for us to hear/see where he went (after we pretty much banged the door down, and ammon picked the lock).

Here are the pics:

John reading where he's going.

John reading to himself so we couldn't know before him.

John calling everyone in the whole world who has ever known him.

Mom crying...it's her baby! She's allowed to!


John calling the rest of the world who doesn't know him!

THE LETTER

Can you see where it says Elder Fredrickson, and his mission and the date he's leaving? It's a little blurry...