Dear Family and Friends!

Another great week here in Cherkassy! We have been staying very busy and have lots to do!

So during the week we had lots of good meetings and some new investigators from English! On tuesday we had a really good lesson with a new investigator. We taught her about the Restoration of the Gospel! It was such a good lesson!

So I want to say a cool story that happened on Saturday. So we had a big activity here in our branch. It was called the day of open doors. So basically all the members were here and we brought investigators and others to the church and the members told about the church. It was really awesome. So the morning (and the days before) of the event the missionaries hit the streets advertising trying to get people to come. It wasnt working. Nobody was interested at all. So the event started and some people from english came and some friends of members came and it was good. So the whole time us missionaries were not in the church. We were outside trying to invite people into the church. We stood out there for hours and hours. I started to lose faith that anyone would accept our invitation to come in. We asked everyone. So it coming to the end of the activity and nobody wanted to come in. We will standing in front of the church and a man walked by smoking a cigarette. So stopped him and asked him, "Have you ever been inside this Church?" He said nope. I said would you be interested to come in and learn more. He said umm I busy I cant. Then he asked me about our english classes because his friend told him. So I told him and then I invited him again. He said no its ok I am not religious I dont really care. Then once more I invited him to come in for just 20 minutes. And he reponsed well like I dont know what will happen in there. So I explained everything to him. Finally he said to me, "Я зайду" which means I will come in! IT WORKED!! I was so happy. He came in and the members were so nice to him and talked to him and gave him a church tour. It was awesome. After I talked to him for a while and he really liked it and said he will come to english on wednesday and we can talk more. I know that all our hard worked finally paid off. I know that even if this man isnt baptized, at least he now knows what goes on in the church that he walks by every single day! It was such an amazing experience!

Yesterday at church I gave a talk in Sacrament about the Priesthood. It was awesome. I love giving talks in little branches like this one. In the big wards in Kiev it was way scary but here in it so awesome because I feel so much more personal with the members!

Well that is all for my week. I really wanted to tell you the story! Well I love you all and hope you all have great weeks!

Love
Elder Grochmal

 Out in a village again!

 Bath tub.

 Shower...

 The stove...

 R.I.P. Rusty

 Some soup that my companion made. it was good!

 The Day of Open Doors!