Tuesday, February 16, 2010











Hey Mom!
Well this week has been another great week we were able to teach 21 lessons again. Elder Perry is coming on the 23 and the goal for the mission is to have every companionship teaching 20 lessons and I think this is the 3rd or 4th week that its been done in Cedar Lake its awesome. So we have a baptism next week on the 26 I'm excited about that, its is Christina I've told you about her she is the golden gator but yesterday she gave us a scare. She didn't come to church becuase she was sick but she also got anti. She was told the normal stuff about polygamy its was really dumb and she takes things way out of porportion, but we went over to her house and had a member come over and tell her that he only had 1 wife and give more of the spiel, things are good there. George is great he came to church and he still wants to be baptized. Someone at his work said something about mormons and he stood up and told the guys whats ups and told him that he was a mormon. It was great he truely is coming closer to Christ. As of right now we have 9 gators and 4 of them have dates sets of working no it. the Lord is blessing us right now more than we can think of. E. Hale and I are doing great he is like Winstin I swear . He doesn't have a long attention span but its ok we are working with that haha but its is going great I laugh all the time. The ward is doing great they are trying to help out when they can. we still dont have any dinners haha i know crazy but thats how it goes. how we stay skinny. haha
Thanks for the package too bad the gum ball thing broke thats ok i dont know too much about counting down the days. I need to stop eating candy, Ithink Im going hop on the bike more this week. My bike works great now that it is fixed. Oh and i told you E. Perry is coming! Isn't that great this will be the 4th time to see him I am pretty happy he is one of my favs. Well I hope that all is well. I pray for the family all the time i love my family and i never want to miss a moment to tell them I love them. I love you mom I hope that you have a great week. Tell Dr. Grondel he need to get the job done. I love you mom

~blayne

Friday, January 22, 2010

Mom!
Hey hows it going? I just got done e-mailing you . So far things are good. We (our District and Zone Leaders) are watching the Other side of Heaven the only video we can watch not church owned.
On our way up here we stopped by George @ work and he was so happy to see us. We wanted to know if we were still on for our appointment. He has to work so we made another appointment for tomorrow. And Elder Smith asked him what he has thought about what the Missionaries have taught you. and his response was "Amazing" if that doesn't make you feel good.
Not much has really changed with the companion. He still the same, waits till the last second or waits till its to late to do anything. And he is scared to walk on the ice or if it it looks like ice. He walks slower than a one leg grandpa. HaHa but really he is slow.
So anyways Mildred our other investigator she got kicked out of her house the other day. Because she is coming to church and reading the Book of Mormon. Its really sad. I talked with her last night when we had a lesson we gave the Baptismal challenge and she said that she wants to but she has that concerned look on her face. And I asked if she was ok and she said yea. I asked if it was her Boyfriend? And she said "I have my own and I need to do what is right for me" I know she will find a way to get Baptized.
No too much has been going on since the last time . The bus pass is nice but now its like Elder Burrows has his own car that runs 24-7. Its good to sit and talk to someone. They can't really run away unless their stop is soon. I started talking to a Lady and she said all I know about the Mormons is you worship Joseph Smith and I told her and showed her a pamphlet and she saw that God and Jesus are separate and she wants to know more. So the bus is good.
Mom thanks for the mask it was exactly what I needed. Thank you I love you so much can you believe its been 11 months ! I Love You.

Elder Grondel

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

11 months

My Brother from another Mother Elder Brooks

Tuesday, January 19, 2010




















A Snuggy to keep him warm during study time

1st Mission Christmas and Birthday

Birthday Dinner the Koski Family took them to Red Robin

MTC/ Minnesota

MTC Pics

Getting the Call