Dear Family and Friends! 

What another amazing week here in Ukraine. I know that there is alot of stuff going on around us in Ukraine with the war but we are not letting that stop the work. We are working harder than ever to push the work forward and help others come unto Christ during these hard times for the country.

So this week we went up to kiev for a zone meeting. It was really good. I learned a lot from our Zone Leaders and President!  After the zone meeting I came back down to Bila with Elder Hess. I trained him along time ago back in Odessa! It was so good to be back with him and see how much he has grown. He is such a great missionary. We had a great exchange together. We taught a couple of lessons and it was so awesome. 

Yesterday one of our investigators came to church for all 3 hours. It was sooo good. He loved it so much. A member gave an awesome talk about free agency and our investigator loved it so much. He said that he wants to be baptized soon! So that was exciting news! 

Sorry for the short letter but we are low on time. All is going well here. We are super busy with members and investigators. I love serving here so much. The church is true! I love you all! 

Love

Elder Grochmal 

 TEMPLE! 

 My two trainees! Elder Hess and Elder Kokorev

 Out at Stan's house! 

Dear Family and Friends! 

What a great week! I am so happy to be back here in Billa! The work here is going so good and I am just loving life. I am so happy the I was sent here for the end of my mission. It really has put a new fire in me to finish my mission strong! 

So this past week we were crazy busy. 

Monday night we had an awesome family home evening with some members. Also a recent convert came so that was good. We had a good lesson and then ate some good perogies!!! 

Tuesday we had two lessons. We first had a lesson with a lesser active guy that I knew very good when I served here! It was a really good lesson. We then met with a family at night. They have been members for a really long time. It was an awesome meeting. It is so cool to be back and actually be able to talk to all the members now that I have been on my mission longer and know russian better.

Wednesday we had district meeting. We have a cool district of just 4 missionaries. One of the sisters is a short term missionary from Odessa that I know very weel so it is so cool. At night we had English. It was soooo good. We had so many great people come and we had such a great Gospel Discussion with them. So many potential investigators came!  

On Thursday we went out to STAN's house! He is the american that lives here. He lives out in a village. We went and did a bunch of work on his farm. It was so much fun. He is such a great guy. It was so good to talk to him and tell stories from my mission to him! 

Friday we had a couple of lessons. We me with first a family that was baptized when I was here. THey are doing so awesome. I love them so much. Then we met wtih another man that was baptized when I first served here. He also is doing so awesome. THis branch is doing so great here. The members are so amazing are fellowshipping recent converts. It is so amazing to see from a missionary's stand point! 

Saturday we had a big Ukrainian party with all the members. It was so awesome. Our mission president came to it because he had to do some interviews with members for the temple so he just stayed and went to the party! It was so awesome!

Yesterday church was so awesome! Lots of people were there like normal. The mission president came again and gave an amazing talk in Sacrament! He is so awesome. He speaks russian so good. It is so cool hearing him give talks! After church we were crazy busy. We went and did some home teaching with a member. Then we had a lesson with an amazing investigator that is going to get bapitized for sure. THen we took the investigator with us to our branch mission leaders house for a little family night! It was so perfect. We had such a good meeting with everyone. 

Well that is all for my week! Very busy like always here in Bila! I love it here. I am so happy to be back serving the Lord here in Billa! I know I am so blessed for this opportunity to serve here! I love you all and hope you have a good week! 

Love

Elder Grochmal 

 My favorite place in Billa! Boofet! 

 first family I ever visited in Ukraine!

 Ukrainian PARTY!!!

 LOOK AT ALL THOSE PEROGIES!! One bucket was with potatoes and one was with cabbage!! 

Dear Family and Friends! 

Well I am sitting here in this interntent club which I sat in about 20 months ago as a brand new scared missionary writing my first email home from Ukraine! Talk about Deja Vu! I am so happy to be back here in Bila Tserkva! I love this city so much. So this week was pretty crazy. 

So Tuesday was my last day in Cherkassy. It was a good day. We met with a bunch of investigators for the last time. It was hard to say bye to them all. I am going to miss Cherkassy for sure. I learned a lot while serving there. It is a great place with great members! 

Wednesday we travelled up to kiev for transfers. So my new companion wasnt coming until thursday because of travel reasons so I was in kiev for the day on exchanges with a missionary there. It was really good. We just worked in his area in Kiev. We had a lesson at night with a member that I also knew. It was a good meeting. We had a really good spiritual thought about the Plan of Salvation. 

On Thursday I got with my new companion and headed back down to Billa! It was a good ride down. I felt like I was going home. Back to where it all started. So at night we had a meeting with a recent convert that me and Elder Fisher worked with when we served here. His parents wouldnt let him get baptized until he was 18. So he turned 18 and was baptized. He is so awesome. It was so good to see him. 

Friday was a crazy weird day. We had to go back to kiev because my companion had an interview with President Packer. Long story. But it took most of the day! 

Saturday we had english and then met with some members at night. 

Yesterday was so amazing. Sunday! It was so awesome to be back. I was so shocked that most of the members remembered me. They kept telling me that I changed alot. I grew up and lost weight. They were all shocked that I could actually speak Russian with them now. It was soooo amazing to see all of them. I felt like I was at home with all of them. This branch here is so special and I am so happy I get to spend my last two transfers here. 

So this week is going to be awesome. We have so much good stuff planned with investigators and members. I am so ready. I know that the Lord sent me back here to Billa for a reason. I am so ready to give it my all these last 3 months here. Well I love you all. Thanks for everything! Have a great week! 

Love

Elder Grochmal 

 the Branch President in Cherkassy! Great guy. 

 I did some major organizing before I left cherkassy! 

This says Grochmal was here!  

 BACK IN BILLA! 

 So in Billa, they are building a new church and right now we are using a rented building for about 2 years while they build the new one. The rented building is way nice!! 

 Ivan! He is the one that we worked with a long time ago and now is baptized! So awesome! 

Dear Family and Friends!

Happy New Year!

This past week was a great week. Kinda slow because of the Holidays!

So big news! I am getting TRANSFERRED! I am going back to BILA TSERKVA! That is where I started my mission. I served there for 3 transfers as a trainee with Elder Fisher about a year and a half ago! Now I get to go back and finish my mission there. I have only 2 transfers left so I am going to make the most of them! I am soooooo excited to go back and see everyone there! It is going to be soooo amazing!

So this past week we worked alot with members and less actives. It was very good!

Also we found a new investigator from english this past week! He is so awesome. We taught him the Restoration after English on Saturday night! He had lots of excellent questions that we helped him find answers in the Scriptures. He said he would start reading the Book of Mormon and praying about it! I am sad I am leaving because he is so awesome and has so much potential.

Yesterday was my last sunday here at church. It was a good day. I bore my testimony in sacrament meeting. I am pretty sad to leave this area. The members here really are so amazing and are so faithful. I love them. I was only here for 2 transfers (3months) and I feel like I got to know them so well. I will miss them!

Well sorry for the short letter but we have things to do today. I hope you all have a great week! I love you all so much!

Love
Elder Grochmal

 The District Season 14!

 Elder Kokorev, me, Sister Carr, Sister Hunsaker

 some amazing pasta

 these shoes are officially done!!

 Brother Feyoder!

 our MCL! He is soooo awesome

 This man is a legend! First counselor in branch presidency. He is my hero!

 My friend made this. It is burned in wood!

It says on the top The best two years the on the left Kiev Ukraine Mission then on the right Elder Grochmal March 2013-2015!