Elder Arko: July 20th letter

This past week has been very hectic for Elder Arko with transfers and getting to know his new companion. Elder Seegmiller is very nice and Elder Arko thinks they will get along just fine. This is his first transfer going senior so it should be interesting. Elder Arko is staying in Alingsås for now and that is just fine for him right now. He didn't have to pack or move and he knows the area pretty well.

Elder Arko and Elder Seegmiller have already had a few fun experiences together. They taught two people outside a pub in a small town near Alingsås and it was really funny! One of them was basically drunk, but the other was sober and had some really good questions about why our church is different. They wanted to know why bad stuff happens to little children and stuff like that so they had a good long discussion. Elder Arko doesn't know if anything will come of it because she seemed pretty set in her ways about life, but it makes for a way good story.

Elder Arko is also having fun trying to communicate with ward members more since he knows them better than Elder Seegmiller. He likes feeling a little bit of responsibility in that area.

Elder Arko's Swedish is coming along and he wants to learn more discriptive words now so he can explain things in more detail. When people begin speaking to him in Swedish he can understand what they're saying and he doesn't have to translate it in his head. He's thinking in Swedish everyone!!!

Elder Arko with the Ivestedt family