January 4th letter

HAPPY NEW YEAR from Elder Arko!!! To be honest, Elder Arko didn't celebrate New Years too much because He had a lot to do and yes, they were still suppose to observe missionary hours :) so no countdown for them, but oh well :) HAPPY 2010! Elder Arko was so busy New Years Eve with...CLEANING THE CHURCH (and the font). Now that doesn't sound very exciting for You and Me, but they were cleaning it for a man who was going to get baptized the next day! Elder Arko's first baptism!!! Yay!!! It was a very cool experience for Elder Arko and Austin was extremely ready.

Here is a picture of Elder Arko and Austin right before the service started.

Elder Arko said there's just one tiny little problem with getting Austin baptized...they just lost their best investigator to the church :) I'm sure the pros FAR outweigh that one little con :) Now the Elders will be hard at work looking for new ones!

The Elders have found a new sport. It consists of jumping off hills of snow that were made by tractors and landing into...SNOW! Elder Arko said they sink in about to their belly buttons and then have a hard time getting out. It's their end of the day activity and they go indoors soon after their jumps!

Elder Arko can't wait to start getting mail again. In Sweden around the Holidays mailmen make bank! They get soo many days off! The weather isn't getting any worse right now so Elder Arko is doing great!

Here is a picture when Elder Arko went inland a little and saw the beautiful landscape. It was right before the sun set...at 1 ish...which is still pretty crazy for Him.

Elder Arko also wants to say, "Happy Birthday Mom! My card to You is going to be a little late because everything was closed down for New Years, but I'll get one to you! :) I hope you have a great day!"

That's all for now from Elder Arko. He sends his love!