Dear Family and Friends!

This past week was another great week! I am really starting to get used to my new area here in Cherkassy! This week we had the opportunity to go to Kiev for a Conference! President Callister, the General Sunday School President, and also Elder Bennet, from the seventy, were both there and taught us some amazing stuff!

Well I dont have much time today because we are busy and have places to go but I will just tell you a quick summary of our week!

On wednesday we went out to a village and did some service for a less active family. It was very fun and always so awesome to be out in the villages!

Friday is the day we went up to Kiev. The conference was so amazing. President Callister taught us some amazing tips on teaching with scriptures. It made me just want to memorize where every scripture is in the Bible and Book of Mormon. Then Elder Bennet taught us about working with less actives during the winter months. It was some great advice. I am really excited to start using all the information that we were taught!

Throughout the week we had a few lessons with some new investigators from english practice. They went very good. We are just starting with all of them so they are still new. We had some great amazing lessons though and this week should be another awesome week!

Yesterday we went out to another village about an hour away to give a lady from the branch the sacrament. It was a really good experience. The lady is so awesome but had cancer and is really struggling. It was really sad. But the crazy story happenned after. So we go out to the main road and by main road I mean aweful barely fit two cars on it road. So there was supposed to be a bus that came at a certain time and it never came so we waited about 40 minutes and finally a bus came so we put out our hand to stop it and it just kept driving!! It started to slow down a little but then saw 3 of us ( a member was with us) and it just left! So we had to wait for the next one. Also it was about 25 degrees outside with super strong winds! hahaha. We were freezing! So we waited for about another 45 minutes and finally a bus came and stopped and took us! It was such a crazy adventure out in the middle of no where!

Well That is all for my week! I love you all and hope you have a good week!

Love

Elder Grochmal

 My companion playing chess

 Out in the village!

 Picking corn!

 This machine is for making honey...

 MIDDLE OF NO WHERE!

 Elder Weber!

 Elder Boyce

 My church building down here in Cherkassy!

 President Callister roll playing with some missionaries!

 Elder Bennett!

 Fireside

President Packer!