Tomorrow Trace ought to receive his box of about 5 dozen cookies and beginning a three day sugar high. Yeap, We think he'll enjoy them. In his last letter he said when they eat at home he does okay with the food. He lives on toaster waffles, instant mashed potatoes, and tortilla shells. Notice the lack of green - although that's not different from him being home : ) Mostly, it's his lack of motivation to cook for himself. He is craving my brown sugar meatloaf, homemade mashed potatoes, and fresh broccoli (just for garnish of course) about now. On Saturday he and his companion went to a taco stand where you can eat all you want for $7. He said he ate 20 tacos. Said he won some competition and could have eaten more but they had an appointment to get to. Trace has shared how cool it was to see a sister be baptized after overcoming a lot of struggles with drinking, drugs, and other lifestyle choices that ultimately made her unhappy. She's the perfect example of how it's never too late to repent and change your life to be the life that God intended you to have. He is also getting a kick out of teaching a guy who sits on him porch most everyday and waves and calls out "Hello!" to EVERYONE who passes by his home. He even does it while they are trying to teach him :). The most challenging thing for Elder C now in actually not the food :) it's their lack of investigators. He says they could sure use the support of the members to help the missionaries find people to teach. Tracking is mostly unsuccessful. Always has been, statistically, but all missionaries do it in hopes to find someone who was waiting for them. And there are those times when a door is opened and the person answering has been waiting for them to come. However, by far the best way to find investigators, is with members introducing the gospel to others through example and invitation. Trace really emphasized this and encouraged and asked us all to be mindful and diligent in sharing with everyone. Neighbors, those at work, and even those we associate with on the soccer field at our kids games :). There are a lot of missed opportunities that our missionaries don't want to pass by...for them, for us, and for those who do not have the gospel in their lives.