Description of the markets, Halloween, etc.

Hey mom-

Had a crazy fast week with changes and all. I never knew 25 missionaries would be a lot until you actually see them here in person. A few elders from my group are training right now. I heard that its fun and its a really good learning experience. I will train. I don't know when but i will.
So it sounds like everything back home is going to change with the stake and all. Talking about stakes we have something like 15 stakes in our mission. Normally missions have 5 or so i think. Kind of crazy but really cool at the same time.
So they do celebrate Halloween down here. I don't know how big its going to be but we`ll see how it goes. The market has been packed with people the past few days. It must be the prime time for all sorts of flowers or something. The market is just filled with tons of bright colors and people making a living. Very fun to watch and see what they do day-in and day-out. There are really really hard workers here that will hardly make enough for their family, but will make it day-in and day-out. And there are people that just beg and think that that is the way to get money. At almost all the stop lights there are people either begging, joggling, cleaning windshields, selling fruits, or anything to get a quet or 2. Its a very interesting life they live but there is a lot to learn from the ones that are true Guatemalans.

Hope all is well and that everyone has a great week

Elder Larson