November 18, 2016

Hi family,
as much a bummer as it was to be told i had to stay in the CCM for one more additional week, i can think of many weeks that have been worse.  my new district, 3A, is loco. It is only Latinos, and they are some of the craziest people I´ve ever met. here is what i have learned about Latinos this week, 1. they are late to everything. ha sometimes they dont even show up to personal study, 2. they all reallly really like Ed Sheeran for some reason, and 3. they´re obsessed with learnig english slang

so i was moved into a new casa on monday. its really big, has 5 rooms and usually 4 elders to each room. Elder Lovelace and I got a room to ourselves, however, which is really nice. our casa is always loud, full of latinos singing Ed Sheeran and songs from Frozen in spanish. everynight they tell us there´s going to be a ¨party in house 21¨ (thats our house number) and then they all gather in one room and play a game with a fly swatter. they swat each other on the back until one person gives up. i played my first night. it wasnt any fun haha.  

learning in a spanish classroom isnt all bad. i was surprised with how much i can actually understand. elder Lovelace and I taught a few lessons and our teachers seemed impressed with all that we knew in only 7 weeks. the Latinos are always asking Elder Lovelace and I to sing to them, usually Ed Sheeran or the Chainsmokers haha

still no new news about out flight out of here. everyone leaving this week got their plans on tuesday. hope that doesnt mean im stuck here for another week. i dont even know who is in charge of making our flight plans, or who was the one that terminated our plans last week. 

we went to the temple in mexico city today. i went through the session in complete spanish. to be honest it was terrifying haha

no pictures this week, sorry. the computers here have a bunch of walls up and something happened with my camera and now i cant attach pictures.

hey dad,

still dont have flight plans. haha i dont know what they´re going to do with us honestly haha we make jokes they´ll just make the CCM our mission for the whole 2 years. i really hope against that.  the receptionist told us to come back at 4 today so thats where i´ll be later. 

i´ve been with a latino district who are in their last week here as well, however, they only spend 3 weeks here because they already know Spanish. they´re a good time, i´ll have to send you a picture of my back next week, haha it was pretty rad.

all the lessons they teach i´ve already been through. it has helped alot though, with them all being completely in spanish and not spanglish.  they´re really nice and patient, and really appreciate when we try to speak. there´s one hermana here from spain that was really pleased with my speaking though. i dont wanna jinx myself but im really feeling the language now. there are many words that i think of the spanish one before the english equivilent. im turning into a mexican!

im glad everythings well back home. man i miss Crew. dont worry about him too much, when i was a kid you never knew where i actually was and i´d like to say i turned out alright. haha

i cant wait to leave. honestly this week has kind of been like torture. i want to start teaching, to start usuing what i've learned for good, for the slavation of souls. i think this is god´s way of humbling me. when i get out i´ll recieve my witness im sure, for this is definitely a trial of great faith. but dont worry about me. i´ll be fine.

i love you dad. stay strong. im praying for you and the family. 

-Elder Glasgow