some more random pictures

The burning of the Tie 6 months

hey mom hows it going today, we are at the koski's, but yea the library is closed today . didnt know that it was cloumbus day. well this week was good same ole stuff but it was good we have a new gator and his name is tim he is an older guy , hes got this huge ol beard and we tracted into to him and she said that we could come over. we went back 3 times and the 3rd time we went he was there, so we talk with him about the restoration and we gave him the b.o.m and asked him to read and pray, and he said that he would so thats good. really receptive to what we had to say.you asked about paul, he is doing well he still is coming to church, the thing about paul is he is a little mentally ill, so we are taking things slow he likes when we meet with him and when we teach so he is feeling the spirit no doubt, but for him to be baptized it has to be approved by the bishop. but paul still has somethings to work on.kool experience this week well last night i wont get into details because i wrote about it in my letter home but we were looking for a l.a. but they didnt live there anymore but this girl was there and she said that she would listen to what we have to say so we are going over soon so thats cool.yes it snowed kind of cool but not really. and it melted on sunday but it is snowing right now as we speak so looks like winter is here. and i wrote the things that i would like in the letter so i wont tell yo nowwe are starting to cut fire wood for people so thats fun i like doing that we help out dave when he can.im trying to think of what else happened this week but i think that that was pretty much it. oh well kool thing that happened today. this kid john he is the son of another ex member that we talk to but we were in wal-mart today and he saw us and came over and talked to us for a good little while. he is really and he is moving to vegas soon. so thats cool and he has mentioned that he would like to learn more sometime so thats really kool. i hope that he keeps thinking and searching.i hope that everyting is alright with the dog thats crazyhow is your calling? is it going well do you have your advisiors yet?just remember that you will do great. i love you mom i hope that you have a great day. i love you more than you know. bye mom take care and dont mess with dogs ok. love you

September 16, 2009
Hello Everybody!
Currently I am in the town of Hibbing. Our area is the 2nd largest in the mission. This transfer I was called to be a trainer. My companion is Elder Bair. Elder Bair is from Montana. He is a very hard worker. They don’t call ‘em corn bread feed (fed??)for nothing. Later in this transfer I was called to be a District Leader. This was because we were too far from any other district. So, we’re all alone.
Elder Bair and I have been working hard tracting and finding new people to teach. We now have a pretty good size teaching pool. We spend a good chunk of our time searching out and finding less-actives. The mission plan is to teach these members the lessons again to re-light that fire they had at conversion. We are seeing good improvement. The ward is helping us out a lot by finding more people to teach.
Some good experiences that I have stumbled across on my mission…in my last area the Lord blessed my companion and me with 2 baptisms. After I left that area 2 of the investigators that we were teaching were also baptized. In my last area we also worked with less-actives and we started to see 2 families come back to the gospel.
For the 7 months that I have been a missionary I have seen the Lord’s hand in His work countless times. I am very excited to be a servant in Minnesota. I would never change my decision to go on a mission. (The Church is true, the Book is blue, and Jesus was a Mormon!)
The best part of the mission is to see people’s lives change for the better. To look into their eyes and see true happiness. I am grateful for this gospel, to have grown up in a great ward, and to be blessed with the family I have.
Dad. I love you.
Elder Grondel the Younger

just some fun pictures

Elder Grondel and Elder Bair at the end of Zone Conference

hey mom! whats going on. is sounds like things are going good. sucks that you have a bad tooth ach. and it sounds like travis is doing well. so thats a good thing for you. and hahah yea thoes pic wre pretty funny ias i put in in the mail box i totally forgot that i had them, but it was too funny. so this week has gone by soo fast but it was good we worked really hard and we got a lot of lessons in. we picked up 2 new gators and as of right now we have 3 people that we have in mind that are close to being baptized so thats good, we had zone conf. this past week and t was reall good all the questions that ive been having about the work were answered there and now im on fire things are going really good. e. bair and i are getting along pretty good he is learning so fast and he is a very hard worker. i m glad that i had him. oh and brian his comp. is elder nebz. he was in the mtc with me. he was the one that had to say that prayer at the mtc remembe. haha hey brian was there. thats weird. but yea brian is very lucky to have nebz. nebz is one of my best friends up here. i know he is havig a great time. so i hear that you have work today thats a bummer, we are over at the koskis right now eatting breakfast and then we are going to work on their hunting shack so that should be fun. but things are going really well this week ill have to get into more details in my letter. i really feel a change in the wind right now, things are looking up. and i hope that i dont get transfered that would suck finally things are picking up. i hope that everything works out. oh and i finally got a letter from grand ma finally but yea thats good. well i hope that all is well at home. right now would be my fun season with college football. you know that. well i hope that you have a great day at work adn i hope that you know that you are the best mom in the whole world. because you are. i love you mom and you know it~elder gron del the younger

News From Elder Grondel

Elder Grondel has been transferred to Virgina Minnesota. He is serving with Elder Brooks. He says that he is happy to have him as his Companion. In fact he says that they are like Peanut Butter and Jelly.

Before leaving his old area of Buffalo he was able to have the Baptism for Mr. Ramin. He was very sad that they were not able to baptise Jessica. Other things became more important to her then the Church but the seed was planted.

we need dinner appointments Please !!!!

Elder Grondel reported today again. He is doing very well. He and his companion Elder Tueller have been working very hard. They have had some disappointments with some of their investigators and they have had some real success stories.

He writes on Monday June 22, 2009 this: I wish that I had greatest news to tell you but I don't. This week has been a hard one with investigators. David Wyatt and Christy dropped us this week. and Jessica did not come to church so she will not be getting baptized this week, which Sucks because we talk to President and he said she can be Baptized in 3 weeks and that is next transfer and I am most likely going to be gone. And she has asked me to baptize her. So I am kind of bumbed about that.

The upside is you would be so proud of me. I bought a new suit and shoes for 16 bucks. Haha it was so sweet and the suit fits me perfectly. Now I just need to buy a brown belt to go with my shoes, I've been using Elder Tuellers belt this past week.

Speaking of him we are doing great. I am glad to have him as my companion. We have fun doing the work.

So we went to the Rodeo this week. That was so fun, not as cool as the ones back home. But it was fun. It rained like crazy right before it started so the field was all muddy and wet. But it made it that much better. Talked to a Drunk Guy for 20 mins. about nothing really it was really fun. He offered me and Elder Tueller a beer like 6 times and after the 6th we gave in HAHA JK, of course we didn't but it was fun.

Well that's all that's happened this week Like I said not a great week with investigators but I'm doing very well. I love you so much Mom keep being who you are Love you

Elder Grondel the Younger