October 26th letter

Elder Arko is doing fine over there in Sweden. They've been super busy these past few days. They did get a few inches of snow the other day and it stuck for a day, but it's all melted now. It's still been hanging around 0ut there, so they're getting used to being in the cold. Elder Arko was informed by Elder Loomis that they might go to the beach one P-Day, so Elder Arko is thinking he might get a little sun bathing in...or not :)

And now a little about his home. They have one of the only two-story apartments in the mission, if not the only one. They also have heated floors! It is really nice in the mornings because when Elder Arko gets out of bed, the floor is warm and that is actually how their whole apartment is heated.

Elder Arko has gotten out of leading the music; Elder Loomis does it now and he just gets to sit there. Last week Elder Arko did give a talk and again everyone was very nice and said he did very well. He feels he did pretty well, but as always he was nervous...Swedish is hard. Elder Arko thinks he's getting better most of the time, but some days he just has no clue what anyone says to him at all. It's very frustrating for him.

The Elders have been visiting this older lady and she just loves to knit like she is addicted, so the second time they went and visited her she had knitted them a pair of socks! So now Elder Arko has a pair of wicked awesome knitted socks :)