August 10th letter

Elder Arko and Elder Seegmiller are doing just fine and are trying really hard to get someone to commit to baptism soon so they can have one for this transfer, but we will see if they can make it happen. Our Mom told Elder Arko how much her ward is pushing ward missionary work and Elder Arko now knows why. He says it is definately the best way to do the work. She also told him that she now owns a copy of Preach My Gospel for herself! Elder Arko thinks it is a very good book to help with missionary work. He says it helps not only you do the work, but it also helps in converting yourself and refining your own testimony.

The weather in Sweden has been pretty hot lately. Elder Arko has gone with a short sleeve shirt almost every day and has still been warm. Every so often it rains and cools things off so that's nice. Also, he learned that he might not see snow here in Alingsås. They say it rarely snows there even in the middle of winter; it only rains so hopefully he gets transferred somewhere up North.

Elder Arko sent two shirts home for his little girls! These are for you Elder Arko...

Aren't they adorable?!

It's crazy for Elder Arko to think that he has been out on his mission for this long!!! He can't believe in a month he'll be 1/4th the way done!!! It's crazy how fast it goes, but he still feels like he has a ton ahead of him before he's done.

A cool story for the week is about how the Elders we were riding their bikes past the train and bus station in their little old town and all of a sudden Elder Arko heard a 'clunk'. He looked down to see that his bike chain had fallen off again. He got down to fix it, being very careful as to not get his hands too greasy. As he finally fixed his problem, he looked up and say Elder Seegmiller talking to a lady. Apparently after they stopped, she approached them and said "You are Mormon missionaries right? Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" Elder Seegmiller started talking to her about what the main differences between our church and others are. They had a very nice discussion with her and even got a return appointment set up for Tuesday. The moral of the story is...the Lord works in very mysterious ways; sometimes even through everyday annoying occurences.

Elder Arko wishes us all the very best and sends his love from Sweden!

And now, for a few RANDOM pictures. This one is a little monkey from Kung Fu Panda that Elder Arko got out of a chocolate egg. It's AWESOME just because he's told everyone there that it's his favorite movie.

This is how many Books of Mormon the Elders have in their apartment! They are in all different languages, even Swahilli!