Wednesday, September 16, 2009

September 16th letter

Guess what this means?Transfers came and Elder Arko is MOVING!! He's way excited, but a little sad to leave Alingsås. He is going to be heading up to Skellefteå which is just a little South of Luleå (the farthest mission North in Sweden!!!)

Elder Arko isn't too worried about going so far North. He's heard it gets cold, but not too cold and he has a nice warm coat right now and a rain jacket so he thinks he'll be just fine.

He's going to Göteborg today and then will head to Stockholm tomorrow morning. He'll be able to visit with some other missionaries and maybe do some sight seeing. At 8:00pm he'll get on a night train (so he can sleep) and travel up to Umeå. After that, he'll take a bus to his new area. Elder Arko's MTC companion, Elder Hanes, is up in Luleå so they will be in the same district now.

Alingsås (A) to Skellefteå (B) aprox 1,076 km
With the transfer comes a new companion. His name is Elder Loomis and he is in the same group as Elder Arko's trainer, Elder Stocks. Another change is the size of the branch in Elder Arko's new area. Apparently there is only about 5-8 members in church. The missionary Elder Arko is replacing asked him if he could lead music since that would be his new duty in sacrament meeting. Elder Arko is so excited!!! He's hopeful that he can help the place grow a little.

Good luck to Elder Arko with his new adventure!

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