Dear Grandma and Grandpa,
Thanks so much for the letter! It was the first actual written letter I received and it was the best! Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. They do not give us a whole lot of time to write and it takes forever with the mailing system here for the letters to get places. So I do not know when you will be getting this. My mom said that she has sent me like three letters but it has been four weeks and they still haven't gotten here so— either I will be in the field by the time you get this or it might not even get to you! So I sure hope it does!
Everything is really great here at the CCM! I really love it a lot. Guatemala is absolutely beautiful! I wish I would have been able to see that show you were talking about. It is amazing here. The other day, well I guess it was a week ago today. We got to go out to the central market of Guatemala City and it was so incredible! You would have really loved it. It is just so huge and filled with all these booths of people selling all these handmade things and then there is like this underground part that is just filled with all kinds of fruits and vegetables and all kinds of food from all over Guatemala. It was so interesting! And then after that we went to the central mall of Guatemala City and it was just like I was back in the US. The mall was huge and it had like all the same stores as malls in the US. My companion and I got Subway and a Cinnabun which was so weird after eating Guatemalan food for three weeks! The food here is real good though for the most part.
The people here are really nice. We change out missionaries every three weeks so every three weeks a new group of Latino missionaries come in. I made a lot of really good friends from the last group of Latinos. I think it was just because it was our first, but I had a lot more friends out of that group. Also the other people are really nice too! Our second week here we got to go and kind of proselyte at the central plaza and it was amazing how receptive all of the people were. Even if they were on their way somewhere they would stop and come to talk to me and my Latino companion. I do not know if my mom has told you but here in the CCM we have both a North American companion and a Latino companion. My old Latino companion was Elder G. He was from here in Guatemala he was a really good guy and we got a few people who were really interested and we referred them to the missionaries in the area so I was really excited about that!
So anyway, I am super bummed that I am missing all the hubbub with Granny Mae's party! It sounds like it is going to be quite the shin-dig! Any party that calls for four gallons of ham sauce has really got to be something! Sorry I did not get you a talk written Grandpa....I'm sure you wouldn't have wanted it anyway though because I bet not many people would understand my Spanish and it would probably be hard for me to write one in English. I'm getting to the point that my English is slipping because I'm learning a ton of Spanish but my Spanish is still real bad —so now I'm just kind of having a hard time speaking in general! Alright, well I miss you both so much I wish I could just come over for Sunday dinner sometimes, but that will have to wait. I know I'm supposed to be here and I'm loving it and learning so much! Keep writing! I love hearing from you and hearing all that is going on. Tell everyone that I say hi and I love you all so much. Thank you so much for everything. You have taught me so much that has helped me so much —even this far. Thank you and I love you.
Love,
Elder Welch
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