December 1, 2009.

aloha family! well we got transfer calls and im in k town again! i love kuna so im glad to be here again! thanks for all the birthday stuff you all have been doing for me! i love it so much! i never wanted to tell anyone here it was my birthday cause i knew they would all want to do somthing for it but it would take away our time to spred the gospel so i never! but someone went ahead and saw on my facebook ( stocker ) that it was my b day and told everyone, i had lots of people feeding me and still do in honor of my birthday! i love the people here and i have made some solid connections!! so thanksgiving! i had a great time! we woke up early and played football in a huge turkey bowl! the mission all went and played on the boise field but i never like betray the warriors so i stayed far from there! nah but the place i went we played tackle and the mission played flag so i went to the other one! we played for 4 hours then ate a fat meal! i met a couple hawaiians from the islands at the game and we had a good time getting to know eachother! they were kahuku grads so we knew lots of the same people! it was a great time and no one got hurt! we have 2 baptisms on dec 19 and we are stoked about that! we also are teaching a family that is not far off either! the lord is blessing us huge! i know with all my heart its cause of all of your prayers! thank you! so i went to church on sunday (my b day) and it was a homecoming for a elder that i taught his parents while he was gone and when i saw him he just ran to me and hugged me! he said no words could explain how much he loved me for what i did and i just told him "it wasnt me" it was cause of his faith and the work he did that the lord blessed his family! well while we were in church a family walked in a little late and i looked at them , said in my mind " man thats a tall family" then looked away... it took me a few seconds then i looked back quickly as i realized it was my friend from byuh! we cruzed a little while i was at home and she was in idaho for a volleyball thing! she plays for byuh too but it was just weird that she was in kuna at the same ward at the same time as me... we said hi, caught up and i went back to sit down! it was nice to see someone from home and it was a weird experence! so, kinda weird too! i went over to a ladys house that made me a cake for my b day and she said as i walked in "eh, Elder R,... Were related" well what a random question i thought cause she is kinda weird and very haole. so i said "wait what?... how?" she made a connection and she told me about it... were not really related but the connection she made was cool! she lived in san diego and was having a hard time and some sweet sweet people took her in as there own! well those sweet sweet people just happened to be amy evans parents and it made sence cause amy and dave took me in too! we talked alot and caught up! kinda cool to know people here and then make connections! We had an inactive come to church for the first time in years and ahe called in sick to work to do it! i asked her to weigh the benifits of working 8 hours on sunday compared to going to 3 hours of church and she did... it was made perfectly clear to her of where she needed to be and what she needed to do! i love my mission so much! i love u all so much! your prayers help huge! hope all is well there cause it is here! Aloha!

-Elder Runnels