Hey y'all! My first day at the trail center was awesome! I was able to take this lady named Angie on a tour and she was super open minded about everything and accepted a Book of Mormon! She said she'll bring her daughter back for the gingerbread festival. WHICH IS THE BEST THING EVER! The whole place smells amazing and makes me so hungry but it's like a Christmas wonderland and I promise to send pictures soon! Some of these houses are nicer than real houses...I can't imagine how much time people spent on them!. Sister Strong and I had the opportunity the visit the cutest elderly couple named the Bebe's. They are in their late 80s, she's been a Catholic her whole life and he doesn't have a religion but will occasionally go with her. We spent a long time talking about our different values and I don't know how open they are to learning more but we are hoping to go back some time to chat with them again because they are so sweet. Random thought: the other night for a snack I had an apple and a banana and then that "I like to eat apples and bananas" song got stuck in my head forever. If it just got stuck in yours, you're welcome. ;) Zone conference was so much fun! Never before could I say that I enjoy sitting through a 7 hour meeting but the mission does crazy things to ya! Elder Martino from the quorum of the seventy came and spoke to us. We talked about how to make time count, how important the members are in helping our investigators, charity, and how we shouldn't make excuses. He said to eliminate the word "yea-but" from our vocabulary. He's a funny guy! Very smart, spiritual, and inspiring too. I believe he just spoke in the last session of general conference so go read his talk if you have time! We have a new investigator!!! Her name is Christy and we're teaching her whole family at a member family's house tonight and it will be grand and glorious! We feel really good about her so I'll be sure to let you know next week how it goes. :) I love you all and Happy Thanksgiving!! Eat lots of turkey. Love, Sister Irwin P.S. There are squirrels everywhere. Literally everywhere. Sometimes I feel like Doug from Up. P.S.S. It snowed the tiniest bit ever on Friday and we thought we would get more but you don't hear me complaining! We ate dinner with the Snyder family and we had chili spaghetti since it's their tradition to make it on the first snow day of the year and it was different but delicious. :)
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