Monday, June 6, 2016
S
Hi family and friends!!
So, a little side note about my subject. So whenever the mission sends
us a email or whatever, it shows us everyone's first names in the
mission and our district leaders says S Christian Howell and me and
sister Roberts have been wondering what the S stands for and so one
night when he called, we asked him and he said his real name is S!
Just S and he goes by Christian! We thought it was so funny and odd.
Hahahaha
Also, we met a girl named Montana!
Monday we went to a thrift store and I got a skirt and Sister Roberts
got some skirts and shirts too!
I don't remember if we did anything important on Monday .... lol. I
think we got frozen yogurt.
Tuesday we tried to contact this referral we got and ended up in
Elsmere at this super sketchy area and the gps said the destination
was this worn down building that was all torn apart ... Ya, pretty
sketchy. Ate at Zoups for lunch. Had a lesson with the Urrunagas. The
husband, Ed, said he would consider being baptized if he came to know
if what we have taught is true! We gave him June 18th. We will see! We
went to the park and met Mike. He told us he would go to church on
Sunday (HE CAME!) ate dinner at the Ennis's. Went over to Sister
Stettlers (LA). She gave us dating and relationship advice... awkward.
Wednesday. Teresa and Tanya cancelled. Went to the doctor for Sister
Roberts. Dinner at the Hughes. Kinda had a lesson but not really, with
Jeff. We didn't have a woman with us so we were just standing in the
hallway. He was telling us everything he remembered about the
restoration and it was awesome! Also, that day we met Montana. Cute
girl we saw walking.
Thursday was zone training and sister Roberts and I had to do a
training on a new pamphlet we got! It was my first training! We had
two goldens there. My STL's are training the girl from meet the
Mormons! She's adorable and tiny! She has a cute accent too! We ate
lunch with a guy from sister Roberts last area. We ate at this sushi
Thai Buffett place. It was yummy. We kinda had a lesson with Teresa.
First she wanted us to talk to her husband but he was not interested
at all and kinda rude ... We taught Teresa a little bit about the plan
of salvation. We don't think she's very interested ... Didn't have a
dinner appointment. Had a lesson with the Limpruns. We talked about
hope. They have been stressed a lot and agreed to get a priesthood
blessing. Ended the night with MCM.
Friday. Sister Roberts had to get her blood drawn. Did some weekly
planning. Helped sister Owens and her family move. They told us it was
national donut day so we went to dunkin donuts and got a free donut :)
it was also my 4 month mark! Went over to sister Brotmans and she
talked to us forever. We did talk about missionary work though. For
dinner sister Howard let us order Chinese food with her card and they
delivered it to us. It was yummy haha.
Saturday we helped the Owens move again. They just moved to a
different trailer. We found a lost dog and we were able to find its
owner! Bishop gave us a family who just moved in and we went over to
their apartment and met April. She was nice. Ate dinner with bishops
family.
Sunday. Mike came to church!!! Just sacrament but we were so excited!!
Afterwards we tried to stop by dome less actives. We did get to visit
with the Oliver's. We met with Geri and we are still trying to get her
to the temple to do baptisms. On our way to our dinner appointment
their was this huge thunderstorm and all of a sudden rain just started
pouring buckets onto our car and we couldn't see where we were driving
and the streets were flooding and one of the street lights were out
and it was sooo scary. Scariest moment of my life. We were driving
like 3 mph with our hazard lights on. It finally cleared up and we
made it to our dinner appointment safely before it started again!
Went to friendlys for lunch today and it was delicious. Went to the
wrong grocery store and ended up outside of our area ... Oops haha.
I hope everyone has had a great week. Love and miss you all!!
Love,
Sister Gronning
So, a little side note about my subject. So whenever the mission sends
us a email or whatever, it shows us everyone's first names in the
mission and our district leaders says S Christian Howell and me and
sister Roberts have been wondering what the S stands for and so one
night when he called, we asked him and he said his real name is S!
Just S and he goes by Christian! We thought it was so funny and odd.
Hahahaha
Also, we met a girl named Montana!
Monday we went to a thrift store and I got a skirt and Sister Roberts
got some skirts and shirts too!
I don't remember if we did anything important on Monday .... lol. I
think we got frozen yogurt.
Tuesday we tried to contact this referral we got and ended up in
Elsmere at this super sketchy area and the gps said the destination
was this worn down building that was all torn apart ... Ya, pretty
sketchy. Ate at Zoups for lunch. Had a lesson with the Urrunagas. The
husband, Ed, said he would consider being baptized if he came to know
if what we have taught is true! We gave him June 18th. We will see! We
went to the park and met Mike. He told us he would go to church on
Sunday (HE CAME!) ate dinner at the Ennis's. Went over to Sister
Stettlers (LA). She gave us dating and relationship advice... awkward.
Wednesday. Teresa and Tanya cancelled. Went to the doctor for Sister
Roberts. Dinner at the Hughes. Kinda had a lesson but not really, with
Jeff. We didn't have a woman with us so we were just standing in the
hallway. He was telling us everything he remembered about the
restoration and it was awesome! Also, that day we met Montana. Cute
girl we saw walking.
Thursday was zone training and sister Roberts and I had to do a
training on a new pamphlet we got! It was my first training! We had
two goldens there. My STL's are training the girl from meet the
Mormons! She's adorable and tiny! She has a cute accent too! We ate
lunch with a guy from sister Roberts last area. We ate at this sushi
Thai Buffett place. It was yummy. We kinda had a lesson with Teresa.
First she wanted us to talk to her husband but he was not interested
at all and kinda rude ... We taught Teresa a little bit about the plan
of salvation. We don't think she's very interested ... Didn't have a
dinner appointment. Had a lesson with the Limpruns. We talked about
hope. They have been stressed a lot and agreed to get a priesthood
blessing. Ended the night with MCM.
Friday. Sister Roberts had to get her blood drawn. Did some weekly
planning. Helped sister Owens and her family move. They told us it was
national donut day so we went to dunkin donuts and got a free donut :)
it was also my 4 month mark! Went over to sister Brotmans and she
talked to us forever. We did talk about missionary work though. For
dinner sister Howard let us order Chinese food with her card and they
delivered it to us. It was yummy haha.
Saturday we helped the Owens move again. They just moved to a
different trailer. We found a lost dog and we were able to find its
owner! Bishop gave us a family who just moved in and we went over to
their apartment and met April. She was nice. Ate dinner with bishops
family.
Sunday. Mike came to church!!! Just sacrament but we were so excited!!
Afterwards we tried to stop by dome less actives. We did get to visit
with the Oliver's. We met with Geri and we are still trying to get her
to the temple to do baptisms. On our way to our dinner appointment
their was this huge thunderstorm and all of a sudden rain just started
pouring buckets onto our car and we couldn't see where we were driving
and the streets were flooding and one of the street lights were out
and it was sooo scary. Scariest moment of my life. We were driving
like 3 mph with our hazard lights on. It finally cleared up and we
made it to our dinner appointment safely before it started again!
Went to friendlys for lunch today and it was delicious. Went to the
wrong grocery store and ended up outside of our area ... Oops haha.
I hope everyone has had a great week. Love and miss you all!!
Love,
Sister Gronning
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2016
"I'm just checking you out" 😳😂
Hi family and friends!
Monday we did laundry, grocery store, car wash, email, relaxed :) ate
dinner at the Hearnes.
We were going to have a lesson with Amora but she cancelled. That was
pretty much my pday.
Tuesday we had some people no show us. We did meet with Teresa, the
flower lady. We showed her a video about Jesus Christ. We stopped by
Sister Cheeseman and she talked about life for a long time lol. A lot
of people like to vent to us.. We had a lesson with Abu and Jeff. They
are both social workers. We talked about Jesus Christ. Jeff even said
the closing prayer for us. They were excited to have us come back. Ate
dinner at the Condies and guess what they fed us?! Breakfast for
dinner! :))
Wednesday we had some lessons cancel. I talked to Sister Anderson
(mission presidents wife) on the phone for awhile. Had to get some ice
cream.. 😋 had a lesson with the Mo's. He is Chinese so he says the
culture here is very different. They said they would read the BOM
again. Ate dinner with Sister Smith at friendlys :) had a lesson with
the Geary's. We talked about their beliefs. The husband is not a
member. He said he has been meeting with the missionaries for like 23
years. He has never been to church and said he will never come. One
day we will get him to church!
Thursday, district meeting! Surprise! It was Red Nose Day. Which is
like a charity thing to help children in poverty. A member in my ward
gave us red noses and we were them and took a picture haha. I'll
attach the photo at the end. It's funny. Also, there's this song that
we are going to sing for President and Sister Anderson at zone
conference because they are leaving 😟 it's the "Better Together" song
by Jack Johnson but with different lyrics. It is so cute. I love it
haha. The AP's and another set of elders made a video of them singing
it. It is so funny. We watch it like 3 times a day but sing it alll
the time 😂 it's seriously the best. I'll try and send it to my
parents and if anyone wants it you can ask my mom to send it to you 😅
The district meeting was on finding and talking to everyone we see. We
had to go to pep boys and make a phone appointment for our brakes lol.
Had a lesson with Linda and Danielle and talked about service and
charity. Had a lesson with Tanya. Read Helaman 5:12. She said she was
going to come to church on Sunday but didn't.. We ate dinner at
Applebee's with Sister Howard. And then had MCM.
Friday, weekly planning. 4 out of 5 lessons cancelled.. Ate dinner at
the McNiels. Had a lesson with Abu and Jeff. They had a client in
there who sat really close to me and his hand was touching my leg...
We were all just chatting and then he looks at me and says "I'm just
checking you out" 😳 it was so awkward. It made me feel so
uncomfortable! Hahaha. He's old too 😶 Jeff said that July 30th is too
soon for baptism. We will prepare him! :)
Saturday we taught Teresa the restoration. She's Catholic and said she
will never be baptized again.. Met with Sister Cheeseman. She just had
surgery. We showed her the refiners fire video. She talked to us
foreverr. We found some Spanish people for the Elders haha. Finished
weekly planning. Ate dinner at a place called Moe's. So yummy. Maria
cancelled.
Sunday went to church. Had good lessons about fasting and service. Had
a lil lesson with Sister Carroll who got baptized a year ago. She is
getting ready to go to the temple! She met with bishop afterwards and
we had to take her home and we ended up staying for 2 hours at the
church after our ward ended.. 😬 we stayed inside all day pretty
much. Talked to Sister Anderson on the phone for awhile again. Worked
on some ward lists. Wrote emails to the two elders who are serving
from our ward here. One is in Nevada Las Vegas :) and the other one is
in Ghana! Dinner appointment cancelled so we ate at home. We went over
to Sister Brotmans and it was raining hard and we got soaked! It was
pretty funny! She talked to us forever too!
Today we went to a thrift store and I got a new skirt and Sister
Roberts got some new skirts and shirts too. I'm ready to go to sleep
:) haha.
I hope everyone had a great week. Love you all!
Sister Gronning
Sista G
Monday we did laundry, grocery store, car wash, email, relaxed :) ate
dinner at the Hearnes.
We were going to have a lesson with Amora but she cancelled. That was
pretty much my pday.
Tuesday we had some people no show us. We did meet with Teresa, the
flower lady. We showed her a video about Jesus Christ. We stopped by
Sister Cheeseman and she talked about life for a long time lol. A lot
of people like to vent to us.. We had a lesson with Abu and Jeff. They
are both social workers. We talked about Jesus Christ. Jeff even said
the closing prayer for us. They were excited to have us come back. Ate
dinner at the Condies and guess what they fed us?! Breakfast for
dinner! :))
Wednesday we had some lessons cancel. I talked to Sister Anderson
(mission presidents wife) on the phone for awhile. Had to get some ice
cream.. 😋 had a lesson with the Mo's. He is Chinese so he says the
culture here is very different. They said they would read the BOM
again. Ate dinner with Sister Smith at friendlys :) had a lesson with
the Geary's. We talked about their beliefs. The husband is not a
member. He said he has been meeting with the missionaries for like 23
years. He has never been to church and said he will never come. One
day we will get him to church!
Thursday, district meeting! Surprise! It was Red Nose Day. Which is
like a charity thing to help children in poverty. A member in my ward
gave us red noses and we were them and took a picture haha. I'll
attach the photo at the end. It's funny. Also, there's this song that
we are going to sing for President and Sister Anderson at zone
conference because they are leaving 😟 it's the "Better Together" song
by Jack Johnson but with different lyrics. It is so cute. I love it
haha. The AP's and another set of elders made a video of them singing
it. It is so funny. We watch it like 3 times a day but sing it alll
the time 😂 it's seriously the best. I'll try and send it to my
parents and if anyone wants it you can ask my mom to send it to you 😅
The district meeting was on finding and talking to everyone we see. We
had to go to pep boys and make a phone appointment for our brakes lol.
Had a lesson with Linda and Danielle and talked about service and
charity. Had a lesson with Tanya. Read Helaman 5:12. She said she was
going to come to church on Sunday but didn't.. We ate dinner at
Applebee's with Sister Howard. And then had MCM.
Friday, weekly planning. 4 out of 5 lessons cancelled.. Ate dinner at
the McNiels. Had a lesson with Abu and Jeff. They had a client in
there who sat really close to me and his hand was touching my leg...
We were all just chatting and then he looks at me and says "I'm just
checking you out" 😳 it was so awkward. It made me feel so
uncomfortable! Hahaha. He's old too 😶 Jeff said that July 30th is too
soon for baptism. We will prepare him! :)
Saturday we taught Teresa the restoration. She's Catholic and said she
will never be baptized again.. Met with Sister Cheeseman. She just had
surgery. We showed her the refiners fire video. She talked to us
foreverr. We found some Spanish people for the Elders haha. Finished
weekly planning. Ate dinner at a place called Moe's. So yummy. Maria
cancelled.
Sunday went to church. Had good lessons about fasting and service. Had
a lil lesson with Sister Carroll who got baptized a year ago. She is
getting ready to go to the temple! She met with bishop afterwards and
we had to take her home and we ended up staying for 2 hours at the
church after our ward ended.. 😬 we stayed inside all day pretty
much. Talked to Sister Anderson on the phone for awhile again. Worked
on some ward lists. Wrote emails to the two elders who are serving
from our ward here. One is in Nevada Las Vegas :) and the other one is
in Ghana! Dinner appointment cancelled so we ate at home. We went over
to Sister Brotmans and it was raining hard and we got soaked! It was
pretty funny! She talked to us forever too!
Today we went to a thrift store and I got a new skirt and Sister
Roberts got some new skirts and shirts too. I'm ready to go to sleep
:) haha.
I hope everyone had a great week. Love you all!
Sister Gronning
Sista G
Monday, May 23, 2016
Sister Roberts!
This is Sister Roberts from Mesa, Arizona! She has been out for 10
months (she came out with Sister Blake) she is so fun! She loves
sweets and chocolate as much as I do! haha. We get along really well.
months (she came out with Sister Blake) she is so fun! She loves
sweets and chocolate as much as I do! haha. We get along really well.
New companion! New district leader! Miracles!
Hi everyone!!!
Get ready for a long email 😆
Monday we were trying to get everything done before transfers. We had
lunch with Sister Shorten and had frozen yogurt Grace, a young women
in our ward. We ate dinner at the Johns. It was a crazy day.
Tuesday was transfers, which was even a crazier day! Sister Blake went
to Vineland, New Jersey to be a Sister Training Leader (STL). I got
Sister Roberts who came from New Jersey. She is from Arizona. She is
awesome. We did a lot of tracting and stop bys. We got two new
investigators and gave them a baptism date! They both agreed to read
the BOM. Their names are Marguerite and Ray.
Wednesday we did more tracting and stop bys. Had a lesson with Tanya.
I told her if she doesn't come to church this Sunday we can't meet
with her as often as we would like too. She knows she needs to go. She
didn't come ..
We talked to a jehovah witness and he was sharing bible verses with us
lol. He was open to our beliefs and said we can come back!
Then as we were walking back to our car, there was a lady on the phone
and she stopped us and asked if we were jehovah witnesses and we said
no we are from the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
Mormons. Then she asked for our church address and our names and phone
number! We were both freaking out afterwards! Because that like never
happens! 😂
Ate dinner at Sister Romish's house. We went over to Sister Brotmans
house and she talked forever!! We didn't get out of there till after
9:30! We were freaking out! Our DL called right when we got into our
apartment! It was scary. Oh so I got a new district leader again! 3rd
one lol. His name is Elder Howell and he has been out for 4 months!
One transfer before me!
Thursday was district meeting and we met our new district! Every
companionship got a new companion. Sister Rash is training again!
I got a priesthood blessing from one of the zone leaders after the
meeting (I am fine, don't worry) :) I had to finish my online
training. I am no longer a golden!
We had a miracle on Thursday! So we were looking up this persons house
in the gps and apparently it didn't exist so we tried someone else
who's address was similar. We saw a family from our ward outside so we
were talking with them and then afterwards we heard someone playing a
guitar so we went over to the house and started talking to them and
they let us sit down and share a message with them. I realized while
we were there and when they told us their names that this house was
the house I was looking for originally that wasn't popping up on the
gps! We taught them the restoration. The guy, Randell said he would
read the BOM and the only reason why he can't come to church is
because he works on Sunday's. I totally forgot that I met them before!
They didn't recognize me either so that's good hahaha. It was a really
powerful lesson. It was so cool. When we got back to the car we both
realized we didn't ask them to be baptized. We felt like it wasn't the
right time. Maybe the next lesson we will! Our next lesson with him is
Thursday!
We were supposed to have a dinner appointment with a less active part
member family but the husband cancelled on us. So we ate at our
apartment instead. Ended the night at MCM.
Friday we did weekly planning alll day. We did have a lesson with a
new girl though, Angelica. We ate dinner at the Hughes and they had
the yw from the ward and new castle ward over for a girls camp thingy.
We had a fire going and they were spending the night in their backyard
in tents. We heated up chili in the fire and then poured it into a bag
of chips. And hotdogs. Pretty good!
Saturday all of our lessons cancelled .. We did tracting and stop bys
all day. No dinner appointment so after dinner we stayed inside and
called all of our potentials and cleaned up the area book. It was
raining all day so it was nice to stay in doors.
Sunday we sang in sacrament with the choir. We didn't have any
investigators at church but we did have a lot of recent converts and
less actives! (RCLA'S). The third hour the women and men were combined
but Sister Engebretsen invited us to yws so we sat in on her lesson
and ate cookies :) they have like 2 yw..
We had a lesson with Sister Wheelin (less active)! She told us pretty
much her whole life story and told us she has never told any other
missionaries all of that before! It was a really good lesson. We also
stopped by the Welshs and had a lesson with them and got to know them
more.
Ate dinner at the Shortens. It was a good Sunday!
Now it is Monday again and most of our laundry is done, went to the
grocery store, got our car washed, got ice cream. Good day so far! :)
Oh and we also got a bible referral this week! And 5 new investigators! 😄
I hope you all had and have a great week!
Love you all!!
Sister Gronning
Get ready for a long email 😆
Monday we were trying to get everything done before transfers. We had
lunch with Sister Shorten and had frozen yogurt Grace, a young women
in our ward. We ate dinner at the Johns. It was a crazy day.
Tuesday was transfers, which was even a crazier day! Sister Blake went
to Vineland, New Jersey to be a Sister Training Leader (STL). I got
Sister Roberts who came from New Jersey. She is from Arizona. She is
awesome. We did a lot of tracting and stop bys. We got two new
investigators and gave them a baptism date! They both agreed to read
the BOM. Their names are Marguerite and Ray.
Wednesday we did more tracting and stop bys. Had a lesson with Tanya.
I told her if she doesn't come to church this Sunday we can't meet
with her as often as we would like too. She knows she needs to go. She
didn't come ..
We talked to a jehovah witness and he was sharing bible verses with us
lol. He was open to our beliefs and said we can come back!
Then as we were walking back to our car, there was a lady on the phone
and she stopped us and asked if we were jehovah witnesses and we said
no we are from the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
Mormons. Then she asked for our church address and our names and phone
number! We were both freaking out afterwards! Because that like never
happens! 😂
Ate dinner at Sister Romish's house. We went over to Sister Brotmans
house and she talked forever!! We didn't get out of there till after
9:30! We were freaking out! Our DL called right when we got into our
apartment! It was scary. Oh so I got a new district leader again! 3rd
one lol. His name is Elder Howell and he has been out for 4 months!
One transfer before me!
Thursday was district meeting and we met our new district! Every
companionship got a new companion. Sister Rash is training again!
I got a priesthood blessing from one of the zone leaders after the
meeting (I am fine, don't worry) :) I had to finish my online
training. I am no longer a golden!
We had a miracle on Thursday! So we were looking up this persons house
in the gps and apparently it didn't exist so we tried someone else
who's address was similar. We saw a family from our ward outside so we
were talking with them and then afterwards we heard someone playing a
guitar so we went over to the house and started talking to them and
they let us sit down and share a message with them. I realized while
we were there and when they told us their names that this house was
the house I was looking for originally that wasn't popping up on the
gps! We taught them the restoration. The guy, Randell said he would
read the BOM and the only reason why he can't come to church is
because he works on Sunday's. I totally forgot that I met them before!
They didn't recognize me either so that's good hahaha. It was a really
powerful lesson. It was so cool. When we got back to the car we both
realized we didn't ask them to be baptized. We felt like it wasn't the
right time. Maybe the next lesson we will! Our next lesson with him is
Thursday!
We were supposed to have a dinner appointment with a less active part
member family but the husband cancelled on us. So we ate at our
apartment instead. Ended the night at MCM.
Friday we did weekly planning alll day. We did have a lesson with a
new girl though, Angelica. We ate dinner at the Hughes and they had
the yw from the ward and new castle ward over for a girls camp thingy.
We had a fire going and they were spending the night in their backyard
in tents. We heated up chili in the fire and then poured it into a bag
of chips. And hotdogs. Pretty good!
Saturday all of our lessons cancelled .. We did tracting and stop bys
all day. No dinner appointment so after dinner we stayed inside and
called all of our potentials and cleaned up the area book. It was
raining all day so it was nice to stay in doors.
Sunday we sang in sacrament with the choir. We didn't have any
investigators at church but we did have a lot of recent converts and
less actives! (RCLA'S). The third hour the women and men were combined
but Sister Engebretsen invited us to yws so we sat in on her lesson
and ate cookies :) they have like 2 yw..
We had a lesson with Sister Wheelin (less active)! She told us pretty
much her whole life story and told us she has never told any other
missionaries all of that before! It was a really good lesson. We also
stopped by the Welshs and had a lesson with them and got to know them
more.
Ate dinner at the Shortens. It was a good Sunday!
Now it is Monday again and most of our laundry is done, went to the
grocery store, got our car washed, got ice cream. Good day so far! :)
Oh and we also got a bible referral this week! And 5 new investigators! 😄
I hope you all had and have a great week!
Love you all!!
Sister Gronning
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