Ugliest town ever 5/5

As far as I can tell nobody did anything today here in Agua Prieta to celebrate Cinco de Mayo... today was actually pretty boring. My right foot had been bothering me a little the past few weeks and this week it started getting a lot worse so we went to the doctors office on Saturday and it turns out I have tendonitis in my foot. But they gave me some injections (en la cola) and some anti inflammatory pills and things are already getting better! The bad part is that Hermana Hernandez (Presidents wife) talked to the doctor and agreed I need to rest or I will never get better. So tpday we just stayed in the house pretty much, we{ll see how tomorrow goes, I can{t really take much more of sitting around! 

A little bit about Agua Prieta... It might be the ugliest little town I have ever been to but the people here are awesome! There will be a street full of humble little shanties and houses and then out of nowhere these huge huge mansions with lifted trucks out front, and that is supposedly where the narcos live. Also just about every other person who lives here in AP has a Visa to go the US but it only gets them as far as Tucson Arizona or something like that.We found some new people this week to teach which was really exciting but only person came to church on Sunday. The one person is a 15 year old names Luis who is the oldest of 5 boys and one of the maturest 15 year olds I know. We put baptismal date with him for May 24th but we are hoping that his parents and brothers will follow his example!

There{s not really that much going on here yet, still pretty new to me. One of my favorite parts of this week was teaching this lady who is super catholic and worships all the saints. She told us she usually runs off all the people who come to her house preaching or selling anything but for some reason accepted us. We taught her pretty in depth about who God is and how we are His Children and why we should only pray to Him and not the virgin mary or San Pedro and she accepted it all pretty well. Sometimes it is pretty daunting to go into a strangers home and tell them what they have believed their entire life is false, but through the spirit people recognize these things, or in a way remember this things, as something that is eternally true and inbedded in our spiritual genes. We are working with her to switch her work schedule around so she can come to church.

Love and Miss you all

Elder Mitchell