May 21st

This week.... what a week. 

I find it interesting to find out that a cop had to come by the house and not by mom but by crystal... so thanks for the update. :) I wrote Ryan a letter this week, I thought it would be a good idea, also can you get me jessica's address so i can send her a letter i wrote her please and thank you. :) So Ellen... I want pictures... tell me about her... I am happy to know that Grandpa is happy too... where are they going to be living... so i can send him another letter??? Thank you crystal for the advice about the fam. thank you very much. :) The list... hmmm well i will try and send it to you today... i will try my best to get it out to you :) there might be a few things added ;) but you  love me and you know that i am worth it. I cannot wait to get my box on WEDNESDAY. :) Elder Garcia is doing well, he is having fun on he island of Maui. Good to know that Roxie is doing well and that she is not biting at her leg too much! :) 
So mother... i have a question and so kinda news sorta... so my knee has been hurting me a lot lately and I told the mission nurse and she told be to be icing it and to put a brace on it and i have been... but it still hurts and yes i am taking meds for it... but it doesn't help most of the time... it has been about a week since it has started to hurt... and it started hurting when i got out of the car and starting walking... nothing out of the abnormal... so i made a promise to my comps that if it is not better by wensday when we have dinner with sister ray... our mission nurse, that i will ask to go see a doctor... when i ice it it helps but not that much... it is my lower knee and if it is bent and then straightened thats when it hurts and it hurts more when i put weight on it... i have no clue what could be wrong but it hurts... and i have been going everything i can to not have it hurt. soo... i thought you would like to know and be in the loop if sister ray calls you.. she might im not sure... but i pray that it will just go away and it will be nothing... i dont want to go to the doctor... i dont want to hear what he has to say.... i think he will tell me to do all the things that i am already doing and that feels like that is not working and i talked to sis jackson about it and she ask what do i want to hear? that i need surgery? i said no... i just want it to stop. so there you go mom you are in the loop if she calls... i pray that she doesnt have too. 
So... Stephen... i just want to shake him!!!! he told us this week that he is praying about baptism... and that he keeps on thinking about baptism... the holy ghost is doing his job of giving him the thoughts... but oh man!! i want to shake him!!! He told us that his two concerns of baptism... 1 tithing... 2 white shirt and tie... thats it... and the tithing issue is that he doesnt what to pay 1/10 that he wants to pay as much or as little as he wants... but we told him that at our next appointment that we will ask him to be baptized and we are going to explain tithing to him so he can understand...  pray for us that he will understand... we need all the help we can get! Other than that... we have no other investigators... we are doing a lot of finding ... and that means a lot of walking... :( but i do love to find. I wish my body would work the way it should!! I miss running in the morning with my companions, i hate it!!!!
Dont worry mother i will let you know what i think of the box :) ! 
So, story time... so we were at some apartments in Tustin, and we meet these preteens and the are interested in our message :) and so we ask if we can sit on the grass with them for a few mins and share a little message. so as we are sitting down this mother that we said hello to maybe 10mins earlier asks if her daughter can join, and then she follows with pulling up a chair... WOW!!! we had 4 people sitting around us listening to our message. We gave them each a Plan of Salvation Pamphlet and to told them all about it. it was so nice the spirit was there to testify of our truths. :) afterwards they all accepted to having missionaries come to their homes to teach them. It was so amazing!! this is why i am a missionary, this is where my joy becomes full! 
Well I love you all! I hope everyone has a good week. Look forward to hearing about too exchanges this week and for both of them i am going to their areas :) yay english for two days should be fun! :) and I am told that one of the nights the dinner appointment is at a Tongan home and they will be giving me Tongan food... all i asked is if it will be horse and they said no, all is well. :) Have a good Week! :)

God Be With You Til We Meet Again! 

<3
Sister Longan