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First thing's first. HAPPY BIRTHDAY To Elder Arko's FaSha (AKA Father)!!.JPG)
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Now, on to the update. Elder Arko and Elder Seegmiller had quite an adventurous week. They learned that they are taking over another area called Trollhättan. That area doesn't have any missionaries right now because of a decrease of missionaries in the mission. They go there once a week and check how things are going and visit some investigators.
When they were in Trollhättan this Saturday they had quite the day! I'm going to try and have this make sense, but I was a bit confused when I read it. Okay here it goes. It started out as a pretty normal day for them, but then things just started going wrong. First, an appointment they had with a youth from the ward got cancelled. So, they spent some time at an investigators house instead and then were on their way home. They caught the latest bus to make it to the aparment where their stuff was and after they sat down Elder Arko felt in his pocket and the phone that he was carrying wasn't there! It slipped out of his pocket at the investigators house. They got off at the next stop and walked back to his house to get the phone. They got on the next bus and figured that they might have a chance at catching the bus back to get their things and make it back to Alingsås. Then, the bus broke down and it took the bus driver about 15 minutes to fix it. They missed the bus to get back to the apartment with their stuff in it and had a 20 minute walk a head of them. They weren't going to be able to make the train back to Alingsås that night.
They went to the bus station to find times for the next morning and found that there was a train travelling to Göteborg (which they can get to Alingsås from) 40 minutes from then. They decided that if they hurried, they could make it back in time. So off they went, 20 minutes back to the apartment. Then, they got on the bus and headed back to the train station and as they were arriving at the train station, the train pulled out. Nice. So then, they notice that another train was scheduled to leave about 45 minutes from then. So, after the last bus back to the apartment had left, they realized that they had been looking at the arrivals screen instead of the departures. Sad. So, they got to walk home, but they did get some pizza on the way there to lift their spirits and had a good night sleep. They did make it back into Alingsås in time for sacrament meeting the next day so that was good.
The meal situation is working out pretty well for the Elders. They have about 3 or 4 member meals a week and it usually works out pretty well. The food is all pretty normal to Elder Arko now, but a lot of it reminds him of what our Dad eats. For example, sometimes Dad will just take a piece of bread and put a slice of dry cheese on it and call it a sandwich. That is basically a typical "sandwich" there. They will also put things like butter and maybe a cucumber on bread and call it a sandwich.
As far as the weather goes, it has been raining a little more which makes contacting a bit hard, but the cooler temperature that it brings is certainly welcomed by Elder Arko!
Elder Arko is still trying to have fun out there and spread God's Word. They had a very very good teach the other day with a great investigator. The only bad thing is she doesn't live here and actually leaves tomorrow (which is today...I think). It just goes to show you how much little time you may have with someone, but how big of an impact you can make on their life.
Elder Arko is really enjoying the game of innebandy. He played in Trollhättan with some of the youth in the ward and had a great time! He's still a little sore from it though. In the second picture you can see the ball as a white streak. Pretty cool!.JPG)
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This is a guy and his HUGE dog. The Elders talked to him (the guy, not the dog) for a while and he was very nice to them. It turns out his dog is almost 70 kilos...for those of us that can't convert that (my hand is raised), it is roughly what our dear Elder Arko weighs...yeah he's massive..JPG)
That's all for the week!
When they were in Trollhättan this Saturday they had quite the day! I'm going to try and have this make sense, but I was a bit confused when I read it. Okay here it goes. It started out as a pretty normal day for them, but then things just started going wrong. First, an appointment they had with a youth from the ward got cancelled. So, they spent some time at an investigators house instead and then were on their way home. They caught the latest bus to make it to the aparment where their stuff was and after they sat down Elder Arko felt in his pocket and the phone that he was carrying wasn't there! It slipped out of his pocket at the investigators house. They got off at the next stop and walked back to his house to get the phone. They got on the next bus and figured that they might have a chance at catching the bus back to get their things and make it back to Alingsås. Then, the bus broke down and it took the bus driver about 15 minutes to fix it. They missed the bus to get back to the apartment with their stuff in it and had a 20 minute walk a head of them. They weren't going to be able to make the train back to Alingsås that night.
They went to the bus station to find times for the next morning and found that there was a train travelling to Göteborg (which they can get to Alingsås from) 40 minutes from then. They decided that if they hurried, they could make it back in time. So off they went, 20 minutes back to the apartment. Then, they got on the bus and headed back to the train station and as they were arriving at the train station, the train pulled out. Nice. So then, they notice that another train was scheduled to leave about 45 minutes from then. So, after the last bus back to the apartment had left, they realized that they had been looking at the arrivals screen instead of the departures. Sad. So, they got to walk home, but they did get some pizza on the way there to lift their spirits and had a good night sleep. They did make it back into Alingsås in time for sacrament meeting the next day so that was good.
The meal situation is working out pretty well for the Elders. They have about 3 or 4 member meals a week and it usually works out pretty well. The food is all pretty normal to Elder Arko now, but a lot of it reminds him of what our Dad eats. For example, sometimes Dad will just take a piece of bread and put a slice of dry cheese on it and call it a sandwich. That is basically a typical "sandwich" there. They will also put things like butter and maybe a cucumber on bread and call it a sandwich.
As far as the weather goes, it has been raining a little more which makes contacting a bit hard, but the cooler temperature that it brings is certainly welcomed by Elder Arko!
Elder Arko is still trying to have fun out there and spread God's Word. They had a very very good teach the other day with a great investigator. The only bad thing is she doesn't live here and actually leaves tomorrow (which is today...I think). It just goes to show you how much little time you may have with someone, but how big of an impact you can make on their life.
Elder Arko is really enjoying the game of innebandy. He played in Trollhättan with some of the youth in the ward and had a great time! He's still a little sore from it though. In the second picture you can see the ball as a white streak. Pretty cool!
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This is a guy and his HUGE dog. The Elders talked to him (the guy, not the dog) for a while and he was very nice to them. It turns out his dog is almost 70 kilos...for those of us that can't convert that (my hand is raised), it is roughly what our dear Elder Arko weighs...yeah he's massive.
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That's all for the week!
With all his Love
-Elder Arko
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