March 16, 2010.

Well another week gone by in my mission that i can never get back! im trying to figure out how i can extend my mission but from what ive hurd, its pretty hard to do now days! Apparently they want you to "get on with your life" Well my responce is "this is life" the only one i wanna live! but i know the time will soon come when i need to return but i really dont wanna! i feel like ive been out only a month or two but its been much longer! it just tells me that i need to go All Out no matter what cause ill never be able to do what im doing now, again! So i had someone offer to have me over to his shop (the same one i built my pine wood derby car in) and i was wondering what to make! elder Akina said we should build some missionary plaqes so we did! im not gunna lie, it looks pretty pro. ! everyone up here has these missionary plaqes so we made some oday and it looks great! We now need to order the ingraving and nail it on! im pondering what scripture ill put on but i know of many flying through my head! My heavenly father has been so great to me my whole life and more so almost right now in my mission! We got a random snow this week and we went sleding down a hill next to our house and built snow ramps! oh and a 15 foot snow tower with a ladder! crazy! This daylight savings stuff throws me off little bit but minor! i just loose an hour of sleep! were headded to the Kuna Kaves after this to go exploring old lava tubes! We had a baptism this week but i wont mention names due to some crazy things going on but she was one we found when i first came to Kuna! ive seen her stop drinking (actually poured it out in front of me) get married (they were living together previously) and now i was able to see her go into the waters of baptism! to see the fruits of our labors is so rewarding! she will be a great leader in the gospel for sure! we started out teaching and she knew there was no God or Jesus! we started from ground zero but she had a huge change of heart when the spirt touched her in our meetings! GOOD TIMES! we have been finding and setting many new lessons with people and we are seeing miricles everywhere! oh one story that touched my heart, We went to a lesson with an inactive family and some over age youth (over 8 and not baptised) The 12 year old girl ran to me and hugged me crying "they told me you were gone" aparently she had hurd that i left and got transfered and she was devistated then told everyone in school i was gone and everyone was sad! no joke! i told her the day will soon come where ill need to help others around idaho and that i would leave! sad but still stoked to see me she says "everyone in my class will be so happy when i tell them!" it just hit me that the lord put some awesome people in my mission life that love me and i love them! friendships that will last long beyond my 2 years! crazy crazy crazy! Kuna is just like Hau'ula, small town, one main road, country kine and an endless amount of Aloha Spirit! I love you all and hope all is as well as it is here! if not sit for 10 min. and count your blessings... You will soon come to find that you are loving life more than anyone and you will feel the lords personal love for you! till next week

-Elder Runnels