So Elder Gale has made it to Mexico and we're finally starting to get some good letters. I've been begging him for pictures too and I got...two. It's a start! (But he's killing his scrapbooking Mother) Mitchell arrived in Mexico two weeks ago. He said that when he arrived at the airport, one of the AP's came up and shook his hand and asked if he spoke any Spanish. He replied that he did. The AP then told him that he didn't speak almost any English. Mitchell said it hit him right then that he was in a foreign country and HE was the foreigner. Yikes! The mission has a blog and they posted pictures of all the new Elders with their companions. They also stated in the post that this was by far the most Elders they'd ever had come in at the same time. 12 Americans and 15 Latinos all on the same day. They said that the Mission President and his wife have been very busy trying to secure new apartments and assign trainers. Mitchell was lucky enough to get to help open a new area with his companion so I know he's been working really hard.

The next week we heard from him and he was really enjoying some of the quirks of living in a less developed country. He said there were wild dogs everywhere and then talked about these trucks that drive around selling bread on the street. This week Mitchell had his first baptism. So exciting! Here's some of his letter below. " This week I'd have to say that the coolest things happened over the weekend. Let's start with conference. How cool is this "Let them preach in their native tongue" thing? It was super sick. Plus it was nice to hear a couple of talks that weren't dubbed over with a translator. The other thing I enjoyed about conference was the singing halfway through each session, because all of the people here pulled out their hymn books and sang the Spanish version of the hymn. I read the words on the screen that were in English and it really hit me that it's the same church here or there. I'm just stationed in a diferent place for awhile. The last good thing was that I got to perform a baptism! It was a great experience. He was upset when we started because his girlfriend didn't show up, but he was almost crying when he came out of the water and shortly after when I asked how he felt, all he said was "happy". He's an extremely special guy, and I feel privileged just to have met him, let alone baptized him."