Today we are celebrating
Mexican Independence day here at el CCM. We had the best food I have
eaten the entire time we have been here. They really go all out here in
Mexico City. We have been hearing fireworks since we got here and this
past week they have been even more common.
The
coolest thing that happened this week so far is that five days ago we
had a Catholic parade out in front the CCM.We had no idea what was going
on but my companion and I went to the top floor of one of the dorms to
watch. When we came down we started to talk to a group of Latino Elders
that told us that it was a group of Nazis that always have parades. We
believed them and watched the parade for a while with them. (editors note: They weren't Nazi's) It was cool
to try to understand them and communicate with them. It was very hard.
After
that we went to the classroom and on the way ran into the Latinos in
our building that we became really good friends with. We discussed
Donald Trump with them. We were not surprised by the fact that they don't
like him. That was probably the third conversation that we had with
this same group of Latinos about Trump. We all really liked that group
and were sad that they left on Monday. On of them, Elder Juarez, almost started crying when he said bye to us and told us that he knew that in two years when we found each other again we would all speak perfect Spanish together. I really hope that I find him again.
Other
than the excitement of the parade this week has been pretty chill until
today. We played a game called 'Find the Latino' with our teacher Hermana
Montoya. In this game we pick one person to be a Latino that has to
speak in only Spanish and the rest of us have to speak only Spanish so
she has a hard time figuring out who it is. She won the first day so we
each bought her something from the store. We played the next day and we
won that day so she is bringing us pizza on Saturday.
Not
much else has been going on. I am ready to be out of the CCM but I know
that the first few months of the mission are going to be so very hard. I
want to teach the people of Baton Rouge and serve them as the Lord
would want me too.
Hasta luego! The next time I write I will be back in the states and teaching the people of Louisiana.
I love you all!
