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Elder Gutierrez from Las Cruces, NM and Elder Bada from Peru walk along a railroad track in the Estación area of Xalapa. You notice that they are both wearing one-strap backpacks. We now provide them for all of our new missionaries. The two-strap backpacks fill up with way too much stuff, are very heavy, and missionaries were hurting their backs. They walk everywhere. We have no cars assigned to missionaries in our mission. The smaller backpacks help them travel lighter and they can switch from one side to the other if they get tired. The two-strappers are still used for overnight divisions of missionaries. These two elders look pretty good, don't they?