The Ukrainian Bear

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