Dear Family and Friends!

Another good week here in Ukraine! So there is nothing new to tell you about so I will start with our week!

Tuesday and Wednesday we spent some time with our new President getting stuff ready for a zone conference in Odessa! We also visited multiple members in our area! It was a good couple of days!

Thursday! In the afternoon we got on a bus and headed down to Odessa! It was a good bus ride! We were on the VIP bus so it was nice and comfortable! Once we got to Odessa we grabbed some dinner and then headed to some Elders apartment where we would be sleeping! It was fun because the Elders apartment was in my old area so it is always fun to go over there!

Friday we were supposed to go on exchanges with some elders but we had to cancel them kinda because they had to go and do interviews with President Packer! Before they left though we met with there neighbor and made lunch with him! We made borsch! It was so much fun and so tasty! At night we went to their English program to help them out! It was lots of fun and always nice to see some familiar faces down in Odessa!

Saturday was the zone conference in the morning! It was a really good conference! President Packer and his family are just so amazing! I love them so much! The conference went so good and I learned so much from it! After the conference we did some work in center Odessa then got on a train back to kiev!

Sunday morning I woke up on the train really sick! It was bad! I didn’t get much sleep and was in the bathroom on the train most of the morning! It was the worst! We got home Sunday and I was still sick so I rested and got some sleep! We weren’t able to go to church because our train got in late and I felt sick! At church one of our investigators went! It is the family that we have been working with for a while. The daughter is a member and her mom finally decided to come to church! It was so cool to here. It was a bummer we weren’t there but the other missionaries talked to her and helped her! I am so happy that she came to church!

Well that is all for this past week! This is the last week of the transfer so it is my last week with Elder Knight which is so sad! Also this week is my birthday! Haha. I will finally be 20! I am still so grateful that the Prophet changed the age for missionary service! It is so nice that I was able to start my mission about 4 months earlier! Well I love you all so much and hope that you all have a great week!

Love

Elder Grochmal 

 On a bus to Odessa! 

 Random water park in Odessa!

 Odessa beaches!

 Some guy rocking a Jaromir Jagr old school Capitals Jersey!

 Elder Roggow form Germany!

 I got eaten alive by mosquitos! 

Playing soccer this morning!