September 13th letter

This week has been a good one for Elder Arko. He had a little bit of a cold or
something the past few days which made for a really rough Sunday. Trying to stay awake when he was REALLY tired was hard. However, he is doing better now, and whatever it was seemed to be going around their district.

The Elders had some fun these past few days in a town called Ronneby. They were teaching a man who is a student they had known before. While the Elders were teaching him the first lesson, one of his friends walked in. The man just motioned him to sit down...then another friend walked in...he did the same and they sat down as well...and then a third time! So, they had 4 people in on that teach and it was a fun experience. One they don't get much over there in Sweden.

The Elder had another day where all their appointments for the day just cancelled on them, so that was kind of a bummer, but it happens. They did have some fun helping a women their branch weed and get her garden ready for summer. Other than that, not
a lot has happened. Just regular missionary work that has been good, but a little slow.

Oh! Genesis was "in röstad" or sustained a member yesterday in sacrament meeting so that was a fun little experience. Elder Arko can't believe she's a member now and thinks it's way cool!

Elder Arko has heard a missionary's letters get shorter and shorter as they near the end of their missions...isn't that strange? Well it's true in his case!

Here is Elder Arko's companion in his new bowler hat. It seems to suit him well :)