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So this last week has been adventurous for Elder Arko. First of all, he would like to wish Grandma Arko a Happy Birthday! There's a card in the mail for her :)
He also hopes everyone had a good time watching General Conference. He did get to listen to conference, but it's funny because of the time delay. They watched the Saturday morning session on Saturday, the Priesthood session, the Saturday evening session, and the Sunday morning session on Sunday. Since the Sunday evening session played too late for them to watch, Elder Arko still hasn't seen that session yet! There's more. Since their branch is too small to get the broadcast, they travelled to the branch in Luleå to watch it. However, that branch isn't too big either, so they ended up watching it all in SWEDISH! Elder Arko definitely would have enjoyed it better in English, but wasn't completely lost with it being in Swedish.
The Elders just stayed in Luleå for the weekend because today they are flying into Stockholm for their Missionary Zone Conference (turns out it is just as cheap to fly them from Luleå to Stockholm as it is for them to take trains). Elder Arko is excited because they have an Area Authority coming and it seems like he wants almost all the time to talk to the Missinaries so we'll see what he has to say.
Elder Arko can't believe how much his nieces are growing up! The pictures he saw of them on the elk hunt were 'ridiculously cute' and is glad Britlee is being so outdoorsy. No girly girls in our family!
The Elders visited a family in Sweden and they have a little girl that is just about Britlee's age and it was so fun for Elder Arko. For one thing, she switches back and forth between English and Swedish, but she just wanted to show Elder Arko everything and tell him everything she had to play with. She reminded him a lot of what he thinks Britlee is like now so it makes him miss her lots. They also have a 2 week old so a baby and a toddler, just like Paizlee and Britlee.
The dialect is different up in Norrland (the North region of Sweden). It's not too different just how you pronounce some sounds so it hasn't been to difficult for Elder Arko. There are a few places that have almost a completely different language where they have made new words for different things! One of them is called Bonska and one member likes trying to teach us some. Elder Arko says he has enough trouble learning Swedish basics and he doesn't need to learn the complex stuff yet :)
He has been having a great time with Swedish and can hold a conversation now! It's getting to be really fun for him. He can't believe in a week he'll have been out 7 months! It's going by amazingly fast for him.
Elder Loomis made a Skor cake this week for conference and district meeting. It has caramel, whipped cream and usually Skor (the candy bar). Way too much sugar, but it was fun for them to make and eat.
He also hopes everyone had a good time watching General Conference. He did get to listen to conference, but it's funny because of the time delay. They watched the Saturday morning session on Saturday, the Priesthood session, the Saturday evening session, and the Sunday morning session on Sunday. Since the Sunday evening session played too late for them to watch, Elder Arko still hasn't seen that session yet! There's more. Since their branch is too small to get the broadcast, they travelled to the branch in Luleå to watch it. However, that branch isn't too big either, so they ended up watching it all in SWEDISH! Elder Arko definitely would have enjoyed it better in English, but wasn't completely lost with it being in Swedish.
The Elders just stayed in Luleå for the weekend because today they are flying into Stockholm for their Missionary Zone Conference (turns out it is just as cheap to fly them from Luleå to Stockholm as it is for them to take trains). Elder Arko is excited because they have an Area Authority coming and it seems like he wants almost all the time to talk to the Missinaries so we'll see what he has to say.
Elder Arko can't believe how much his nieces are growing up! The pictures he saw of them on the elk hunt were 'ridiculously cute' and is glad Britlee is being so outdoorsy. No girly girls in our family!
The Elders visited a family in Sweden and they have a little girl that is just about Britlee's age and it was so fun for Elder Arko. For one thing, she switches back and forth between English and Swedish, but she just wanted to show Elder Arko everything and tell him everything she had to play with. She reminded him a lot of what he thinks Britlee is like now so it makes him miss her lots. They also have a 2 week old so a baby and a toddler, just like Paizlee and Britlee.
The dialect is different up in Norrland (the North region of Sweden). It's not too different just how you pronounce some sounds so it hasn't been to difficult for Elder Arko. There are a few places that have almost a completely different language where they have made new words for different things! One of them is called Bonska and one member likes trying to teach us some. Elder Arko says he has enough trouble learning Swedish basics and he doesn't need to learn the complex stuff yet :)
He has been having a great time with Swedish and can hold a conversation now! It's getting to be really fun for him. He can't believe in a week he'll have been out 7 months! It's going by amazingly fast for him.
Elder Loomis made a Skor cake this week for conference and district meeting. It has caramel, whipped cream and usually Skor (the candy bar). Way too much sugar, but it was fun for them to make and eat.
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This is how cold it was when they woke up one morning..JPG)
It's starting to get cold there, but don't worry that is Celsius. It's just barely dipping below freezing right now so it's gonna be a fun winter for Elder Arko. He's very excited! Well, he's off to fly to Stockholm now!
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