November 30th letter

This week has been pretty crazy for Elder Arko! He and Elder Dees spent Thanksgiving travelling to a district meeting up in Luleå, but they did find some time to make homemade mashed potatoes, some gravy (from a mix), and a nice big store bought...chicken...yeah He knows it's no substitute for turkey, but they do what they can. So they had their own little Thanksgiving meal.

Elder Arko's cousin, Patrick, received his mission call this week and Elder Arko is very anxious to hear where he will be going. Elder Arko's guess is somewhere in South America, but we'll see!

Elder Arko heard about the U of U/BYU game and bets Zen, his brother-in-law, was laughing his unique high-pitched laugh by the end of the game :)

Elder Arko is excited for Christmas and all the packages He will be receiving. He thanks all who have sent things to him, it's really fun for Him to receive them. Elder Arko used some of the warm things He has received from family memebers just the other day. They had a cold snap of about -7 degrees...that is cold! Elder Arko said it was pretty fun though. This is from when they got back home and Elder Arko hadn't taken off His thermals :) Pretty stylish, eh?

The Elders have seen a slight increase in the people at church, but not too many. They're still working on it. They might be able to get a baptismal date in these next few weeks, so keep praying for Him. Oh, and Elder Arko found out that he can wash his knitted socks! He loves you all!

Elder Dees