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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Monday, May 16, 2016
Transfers!
Hi everyone!
Keep reading to find out about transfers 😉
Monday morning we helped someone pull weeds. She was deaf and sister
Blake knows sign language! So cool. A member from sister Blakes last
area came down and we went to the college town. I got a Newark, DE
shirt! We went to this one food place, I forget what it was called but
I got Mac n cheese with buffalo chicken. It was so good. For dessert I
wanted a blizzard from Dairy Queen 😋 I got Oreo s'mores!! Yumm. And
then like two hours later we had a dinner appointment at a members
house and I felt like I was going to throw up lol.
We finally might with Geri and she set a temple date to do baptisms
for the dead for May 19 but the family she wants to go with will be
out of town that day so she wants to reschedule it..
Tuesday we did more weeding in the morning. And we tracted all day and
did stop bys. No one was home.. It was a long day. We did stop by
Tanya's and she told us her life story. That was fun/interesting. Ate
dinner at the Condies (I love them, they are related to the Hughes
family who we always go over for dinner as well haha)
Wednesday morning we had to put the car into the shop again :p and
guess what else we did? Service again! Pulling weeds. I am going to be
a pro at pulling weeds when I get home. I'm still terrified of bugs
though.. I don't think that will ever change. We ate lunch at Arby's
with Sister Howard. Had a lesson with Tanya and talked about the
Atonement. We read Mosiah 14:3-5 with her. We took a nap during dinner
because we didn't have a dinner appointment. I ate a sandwich
afterwards and some jalapeño cheddar Cheetos which are my favvv. And
then more tracting after that.
Thursday was district meeting. It was really good. Sister Blake did a
training on teaching people who don't have a belief in God. She did a
really good job. Then the district leader talked about baptisms and
different concerns people may have about baptism and teaching to their
needs. Sister Howard took us to dunkin donuts. I got a chicken bacon
croissant sand which and frozen hot chocolate. Yummy. We had a lesson
with a less active member. She now doesn't believe there is a god...
We then ended the night at MCM.
Friday we did weekly planning, of course. We got our car back!!! We
had a lesson no show us. Tried and stop by some people. Had dinner at
Sister McNeils house. Had a lesson with Amora. We really focused on
heavenly fathers love for her. Ended the night with weekly planning
but didn't finish it.
Saturday we had a lesson with the Limpruns about adversity. Did some
more stop bys. Met a less active member. Had dinner at the shortens.
Got some referrals from them 😊
Alright and here is where we found out about transfers!!!! Drum roll
please....... Sister Blake is being transferred and I am staying and
taking over the area!!!!! I cried. I freaked out and just broke down
in tears!! I'm okay now. I think.
Sunday we went to church. We stopped by a lot of members so sister
Blake could say goodbye.
So this morning president Anderson called and told sister Blake that
she is going to be a sister training leader!! Which is like a zone
leader but over the sisters! So exciting but she is freaking out haha.
It's been a crazy day today!!
I love you all!!
Love,
Sister Gronning
Keep reading to find out about transfers 😉
Monday morning we helped someone pull weeds. She was deaf and sister
Blake knows sign language! So cool. A member from sister Blakes last
area came down and we went to the college town. I got a Newark, DE
shirt! We went to this one food place, I forget what it was called but
I got Mac n cheese with buffalo chicken. It was so good. For dessert I
wanted a blizzard from Dairy Queen 😋 I got Oreo s'mores!! Yumm. And
then like two hours later we had a dinner appointment at a members
house and I felt like I was going to throw up lol.
We finally might with Geri and she set a temple date to do baptisms
for the dead for May 19 but the family she wants to go with will be
out of town that day so she wants to reschedule it..
Tuesday we did more weeding in the morning. And we tracted all day and
did stop bys. No one was home.. It was a long day. We did stop by
Tanya's and she told us her life story. That was fun/interesting. Ate
dinner at the Condies (I love them, they are related to the Hughes
family who we always go over for dinner as well haha)
Wednesday morning we had to put the car into the shop again :p and
guess what else we did? Service again! Pulling weeds. I am going to be
a pro at pulling weeds when I get home. I'm still terrified of bugs
though.. I don't think that will ever change. We ate lunch at Arby's
with Sister Howard. Had a lesson with Tanya and talked about the
Atonement. We read Mosiah 14:3-5 with her. We took a nap during dinner
because we didn't have a dinner appointment. I ate a sandwich
afterwards and some jalapeño cheddar Cheetos which are my favvv. And
then more tracting after that.
Thursday was district meeting. It was really good. Sister Blake did a
training on teaching people who don't have a belief in God. She did a
really good job. Then the district leader talked about baptisms and
different concerns people may have about baptism and teaching to their
needs. Sister Howard took us to dunkin donuts. I got a chicken bacon
croissant sand which and frozen hot chocolate. Yummy. We had a lesson
with a less active member. She now doesn't believe there is a god...
We then ended the night at MCM.
Friday we did weekly planning, of course. We got our car back!!! We
had a lesson no show us. Tried and stop by some people. Had dinner at
Sister McNeils house. Had a lesson with Amora. We really focused on
heavenly fathers love for her. Ended the night with weekly planning
but didn't finish it.
Saturday we had a lesson with the Limpruns about adversity. Did some
more stop bys. Met a less active member. Had dinner at the shortens.
Got some referrals from them 😊
Alright and here is where we found out about transfers!!!! Drum roll
please....... Sister Blake is being transferred and I am staying and
taking over the area!!!!! I cried. I freaked out and just broke down
in tears!! I'm okay now. I think.
Sunday we went to church. We stopped by a lot of members so sister
Blake could say goodbye.
So this morning president Anderson called and told sister Blake that
she is going to be a sister training leader!! Which is like a zone
leader but over the sisters! So exciting but she is freaking out haha.
It's been a crazy day today!!
I love you all!!
Love,
Sister Gronning
Monday, May 9, 2016
Birthday! Mothers Day! Skype!
Hello family and friends! This week was awesome!
Monday was a chill pday. Laundry, went to Walgreens and got some stuff
and printed off some pictures off of my camera for my family. This guy
asked us if we were printing off naked pictures. Um heck no 😂😳. We
had dinner and a FHE lesson at Joan Taylor's house with some of the
old single members in our ward. It was fun.
Tuesday was my 3 month mark! We did service at the food bank. Stopped
by a few peoples houses. We were going to eat dinner at the Searls but
then the wife got sick but they ordered us pizza and salad anyways and
told us to come pick it up so we did and they got us each a box for
ourselves 😳😆 we took it home and watched Meet The Mormons. Side
note. The Humanitarian guys, daughter is going to be a new missionary
this next transfer! (Another side note, we find out about transfers on
Saturday! They are going to start pulling the sisters up closer to the
philly temple for the temple open house! So anything could happen this
next transfer. I might even be taking over the area! Oh and also, we
aren't actually giving the tours. We'll be doing like a question and
answer type thing)
We had a lesson with Brooke and her daughter Juliet. Taught them the
Plan of Salvation. They had a lot of questions about that. We
committed Juliet to be baptized on the same day as her mom! June 18!
Wednesday all of our return appointments no showed..
We stopped and talked to Amanda Barone about church (she still didn't
come, we had to drop her..) ate dinner at the Engebretsens. Went over
to a less active members house. Super friendly and she wants us over
for dinner sometime.
Oh and it was May 4th and sister Blakes parents sent her a Star Wars
package and we both got Star Wars socks and a journal! And random
other stuff! Haha.
Thursday we had zone training! Had trainings for the zone leaders,
district leader, new castle ward sisters and another set of elders.
Talked about our mission culture, weekly planning, the power of the
spirit in conversion . Lots of good stuff!
Had a lesson with the Limpruns. Talked about Faith. The district
leader and his companion doubled into our area that day and we went to
a lesson with Brooke. Her 18 year old was there and was telling us how
there isn't a god and just kinda argued with us. I kept quiet 😂 it
was just really awkward. We didn't have a dinner appointment so we
went to pats and pasta and brought it back to our apartment.
Friday, weekly planning. Like usual. Had a lesson with the Searls and
talked to the husband about the priesthood. He came to church this
Sunday and he has been coming for 5 weeks now and is considered
reactivated! Yay!
We went over to Tanya and Amoras and sat on their floor for like 45
min while they got ready for the day.. We didn't end up having a
lesson at all.. Lol. Ate dinner at the Hughes again!
We had a lesson with a new person named Dorothy and we taught her the
restoration. She was all over the place.
Saturday was a whole lot of finding and tracking. I think we ate
dinner in our apartment but I don't even remember lol. Nothing really
happened on Saturday that I can remember..
Sunday was my birthday and Mother's Day! It's crazy that I am 20 years
old now.. Weird. I got to open presents before church and sister Blake
made me pancakes 😊 went to church, the primary children sang in
sacrament, it was cute. A member baked me a peanut butter and
chocolate buckeye cake! Delicious! Ate dinner with sister Kinderman. I
helped her bake my cake lol. She put candles in it and sang to me 😊
I got to skype my family!! It was so awesome. Afterwards we got a
sweet text from my mission presidents wife wishing me a happy birthday
and I started crying. But I only cried for a little bit and then I was
fine! I thought I was going to bawl! 😂
It was an awesome day. Thank you all for the birthday wishes! I hope
you mothers out there had a great Mother's Day!
Oh so I saw a Arizona license plate and I had to take a picture of it!
Closest one I have seen to home!! And then a picture of my zone!
The weather here all week was rainy and cold but now the sun is coming out! Yay!
I love you all and sorry for the long email! 😂
Love,
Sister Gronning
Monday was a chill pday. Laundry, went to Walgreens and got some stuff
and printed off some pictures off of my camera for my family. This guy
asked us if we were printing off naked pictures. Um heck no 😂😳. We
had dinner and a FHE lesson at Joan Taylor's house with some of the
old single members in our ward. It was fun.
Tuesday was my 3 month mark! We did service at the food bank. Stopped
by a few peoples houses. We were going to eat dinner at the Searls but
then the wife got sick but they ordered us pizza and salad anyways and
told us to come pick it up so we did and they got us each a box for
ourselves 😳😆 we took it home and watched Meet The Mormons. Side
note. The Humanitarian guys, daughter is going to be a new missionary
this next transfer! (Another side note, we find out about transfers on
Saturday! They are going to start pulling the sisters up closer to the
philly temple for the temple open house! So anything could happen this
next transfer. I might even be taking over the area! Oh and also, we
aren't actually giving the tours. We'll be doing like a question and
answer type thing)
We had a lesson with Brooke and her daughter Juliet. Taught them the
Plan of Salvation. They had a lot of questions about that. We
committed Juliet to be baptized on the same day as her mom! June 18!
Wednesday all of our return appointments no showed..
We stopped and talked to Amanda Barone about church (she still didn't
come, we had to drop her..) ate dinner at the Engebretsens. Went over
to a less active members house. Super friendly and she wants us over
for dinner sometime.
Oh and it was May 4th and sister Blakes parents sent her a Star Wars
package and we both got Star Wars socks and a journal! And random
other stuff! Haha.
Thursday we had zone training! Had trainings for the zone leaders,
district leader, new castle ward sisters and another set of elders.
Talked about our mission culture, weekly planning, the power of the
spirit in conversion . Lots of good stuff!
Had a lesson with the Limpruns. Talked about Faith. The district
leader and his companion doubled into our area that day and we went to
a lesson with Brooke. Her 18 year old was there and was telling us how
there isn't a god and just kinda argued with us. I kept quiet 😂 it
was just really awkward. We didn't have a dinner appointment so we
went to pats and pasta and brought it back to our apartment.
Friday, weekly planning. Like usual. Had a lesson with the Searls and
talked to the husband about the priesthood. He came to church this
Sunday and he has been coming for 5 weeks now and is considered
reactivated! Yay!
We went over to Tanya and Amoras and sat on their floor for like 45
min while they got ready for the day.. We didn't end up having a
lesson at all.. Lol. Ate dinner at the Hughes again!
We had a lesson with a new person named Dorothy and we taught her the
restoration. She was all over the place.
Saturday was a whole lot of finding and tracking. I think we ate
dinner in our apartment but I don't even remember lol. Nothing really
happened on Saturday that I can remember..
Sunday was my birthday and Mother's Day! It's crazy that I am 20 years
old now.. Weird. I got to open presents before church and sister Blake
made me pancakes 😊 went to church, the primary children sang in
sacrament, it was cute. A member baked me a peanut butter and
chocolate buckeye cake! Delicious! Ate dinner with sister Kinderman. I
helped her bake my cake lol. She put candles in it and sang to me 😊
I got to skype my family!! It was so awesome. Afterwards we got a
sweet text from my mission presidents wife wishing me a happy birthday
and I started crying. But I only cried for a little bit and then I was
fine! I thought I was going to bawl! 😂
It was an awesome day. Thank you all for the birthday wishes! I hope
you mothers out there had a great Mother's Day!
Oh so I saw a Arizona license plate and I had to take a picture of it!
Closest one I have seen to home!! And then a picture of my zone!
The weather here all week was rainy and cold but now the sun is coming out! Yay!
I love you all and sorry for the long email! 😂
Love,
Sister Gronning
Monday, May 2, 2016
My birthday is in 6 days!!!! (On Sunday, Mother's Day!!!)
Hi!! So this might be a shorter email because I didn't write about my
week until like Thursday .. So I tried to remember things 😂
Monday we went to the mall with Sister Shorten! We ate at chipotle and
oh my gosh! It was so good. Me and Sister Blake got matching dresses.
I got a new pair of jeans and a shirt. We had a lesson with Linda
Harms. It actually went pretty well. Except when we first got there
she told me that I was smiling and laughing during our last visit and
she didn't want any of that anymore.... Told us she wants us to be
professional and stop "playing games". After that, me and Sister Blake
were both serious and not smiling during the whole visit 😂 . She did
accept to come to church this Sunday but didn't come..
Tuesday we set Brooke a baptism date for June 18th! She is super cute.
She is reading from the Book of Mormon and accepted to come to church
this Sunday and she did! And she brought her boyfriend, Anthony! We
stopped by Sister Cheeseman, less active. She is doing good. She has
one leg and is working on getting a fake leg replacement (I forget
what it's called😂)
Wednesday we did service at the food bank. Put food in boxes. We ate
dinner at the Minters and it was one of their daughters birthday and
they gave us party hats to wear and we had cinnamon rolls and cupcakes
for dessert 😋
Thursday, district meeting. The Assistants to the President were there
😬 (jk, they are awesome)
Had a lesson with Brittany. Taught the restoration. She had some
questions about Joseph Smith and Prophets. She told us she wants to
read the BOM before she comes to church. Taught Linda Limprun and
Danielle about tithing. Ate dinner at the Condies and guess what they
fed us?! Breakfast for dinner!! Yesssss. Waffles, bacon, eggs 😋😋.
And for dessert were these homemade butterscotch peanut butter thingy.
Heaven. Ended the night at MCM.
Friday was weekly planning. Helped Ashley with her math hw again. Had
a lesson with Amora. Talked about faith, praying, scripture study, and
coming to church.
Saturday we went finding all day. Set up a lot of return appointments.
We found a huge dent in our car!! 😫 we have no idea what happened!
But we just got our car back from the shop like two weeks ago!! 😭 I
hate cars. But when I don't have one, I love them. Since it was the
last day of the month and we didn't have a dinner appointment, we went
out to eat. I forget what the place was called but it was a pizza,
pasta, and wings place. I got a salad 😂 it was yummy though.
Sunday was fast and testimony meeting! We went over to Tanya and
Amoras and talked to Tanya about how trials and challenges are just a
learning experience. We slept during our lunch hour 😴. We didn't have
a dinner appointment set but at church Sister Engebretsen said to come
over at 4 for dinner. Then after that Sister Burke said we can come
over at 6 for dinner and cupcakes because it was their daughters
birthday. So we ate two dinners lol. So full. Went over to Tina
Brotmans house and talked to her for a long time. She is a talker. She
is going to talk to bishop about getting her patriarchal blessing.
And then today is pday!
My birthday is coming up and my mailbox is pretty empty 😉
5582 Milltown Rd. Apt 4C Wilmington, DE 19808
Sister Gronning!!
week until like Thursday .. So I tried to remember things 😂
Monday we went to the mall with Sister Shorten! We ate at chipotle and
oh my gosh! It was so good. Me and Sister Blake got matching dresses.
I got a new pair of jeans and a shirt. We had a lesson with Linda
Harms. It actually went pretty well. Except when we first got there
she told me that I was smiling and laughing during our last visit and
she didn't want any of that anymore.... Told us she wants us to be
professional and stop "playing games". After that, me and Sister Blake
were both serious and not smiling during the whole visit 😂 . She did
accept to come to church this Sunday but didn't come..
Tuesday we set Brooke a baptism date for June 18th! She is super cute.
She is reading from the Book of Mormon and accepted to come to church
this Sunday and she did! And she brought her boyfriend, Anthony! We
stopped by Sister Cheeseman, less active. She is doing good. She has
one leg and is working on getting a fake leg replacement (I forget
what it's called😂)
Wednesday we did service at the food bank. Put food in boxes. We ate
dinner at the Minters and it was one of their daughters birthday and
they gave us party hats to wear and we had cinnamon rolls and cupcakes
for dessert 😋
Thursday, district meeting. The Assistants to the President were there
😬 (jk, they are awesome)
Had a lesson with Brittany. Taught the restoration. She had some
questions about Joseph Smith and Prophets. She told us she wants to
read the BOM before she comes to church. Taught Linda Limprun and
Danielle about tithing. Ate dinner at the Condies and guess what they
fed us?! Breakfast for dinner!! Yesssss. Waffles, bacon, eggs 😋😋.
And for dessert were these homemade butterscotch peanut butter thingy.
Heaven. Ended the night at MCM.
Friday was weekly planning. Helped Ashley with her math hw again. Had
a lesson with Amora. Talked about faith, praying, scripture study, and
coming to church.
Saturday we went finding all day. Set up a lot of return appointments.
We found a huge dent in our car!! 😫 we have no idea what happened!
But we just got our car back from the shop like two weeks ago!! 😭 I
hate cars. But when I don't have one, I love them. Since it was the
last day of the month and we didn't have a dinner appointment, we went
out to eat. I forget what the place was called but it was a pizza,
pasta, and wings place. I got a salad 😂 it was yummy though.
Sunday was fast and testimony meeting! We went over to Tanya and
Amoras and talked to Tanya about how trials and challenges are just a
learning experience. We slept during our lunch hour 😴. We didn't have
a dinner appointment set but at church Sister Engebretsen said to come
over at 4 for dinner. Then after that Sister Burke said we can come
over at 6 for dinner and cupcakes because it was their daughters
birthday. So we ate two dinners lol. So full. Went over to Tina
Brotmans house and talked to her for a long time. She is a talker. She
is going to talk to bishop about getting her patriarchal blessing.
And then today is pday!
My birthday is coming up and my mailbox is pretty empty 😉
5582 Milltown Rd. Apt 4C Wilmington, DE 19808
Sister Gronning!!
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