First Prayer

Every night before Siosi goes to bed I help her say a prayer. She usually just repeats what I tell her to say and then she sometimes adds her own things. So the other night she did it for the first time on her own. It was so cute! She started all by herself but I had to help her remember how to end. She was thankful for the nice weather, Grandma, Kimber twice, David, Eliana, and Kenzie. She prayed again today on her own over the food. I love to hear her pray because she is so little and pure still. In a way it reminds me of being on my mission hearing investigators pray for the first time. Its strange, but a lot of people don't realize that you don't have to say memorized prayers and that you are actually talking to someone. Sometimes I think if she makes a request for something it will be answered much faster than if I do since she is still so innocent! So sometimes I have her pray for Daddy's jobs, for her to be a good girl, or fall asleep really fast.

Joe and I are really excited because in about 10 days we will by flying to L.A. for Etu's wedding. Joe hasn't seen him for years and I've never met him. It will be really fun for us to go back to the old stomping ground. A lot of our relatives have never seen the kids before. This is going to cost us a ridiculous amount of money that we have been saving to go to Tonga but we need to go. Besides, we haven't received Joe's renewed resident card in the mail yet. We have been waiting for it for months and are starting to get worried. Our government makes it really hard for honest people to remain legal. No wonder we have so many illegals running rampant! If we want to ask them where the card is or if they have sent it we have to make an appointment to talk to someone in Portland! If anyone knows any different or has some secret number please let us know!