July 19th letter

Elder Arko can't believe another week has flown by! This transfer is coming to a close! So, the Elder's week wasn't as fruitful as they thought it was going to be, but they did get a good amount of work in and saw a little bit of success peeping it's head in at them. They found 2 pretty positive investigators and they are really willing to meet with the Elders. One is quite the miracle and the Elders still have contact with him. They knocked on his door one day and his daughter was sick so he couldn't meet that day. The Elders told him they would be back the following day. The Elders were trying to decide if they had time to go out there the next day, but felt like they should. So, they went out there and it turns out he is moving now. It was something that all happened the day before and if the Elders wouldn't have gone back at that time, they probably would have never heard from him again. Crazy how that stuff works out.

The Elders have also had a ton of office stuff to do that has kept them pretty busy. They had 13 people show up this last Saturday to play soccer which was a big success! It was so much fun and they even had an investigator there that the assistants brought. It has also cooled down a little bit this week, but Elder Arko is pretty sure they're still in the 30's (85-90 F) and it doesn't feel like he gets wet when he takes a step outside, so he thinks that means the humidity is down.

Elder Arko is finally almost caught up on his journal. He's only a week behind now and is planning on falling behind again after this week, but hopefully he can keep it up. He's only missed about a month of his mission so far, so not too bad.

The Elders learned that they are going to be taking 2 days for a little trip. There is a couple that is leaving and they need a little bit of help emptying a few large items out of their apartment so the Elders get to drive to Malmö this week! It's about a 7 hour drive. It seems a bit nonsensical (that's really a word?! Elder Arko is so cool!), but the logistics behind it really do make it a very appropriate solution. Plus Elder Arko isn't going to complain about being able to get out of the office for that long and drive across the country :) Elder Arko is gonna be having fun! Plus both Elder Blaylock and Elder Heinola are going as well so it'll be really fun.

Well, that is the big exciting news for this week. He loves you all and hopes you are having a great day!