Wow What a wonderful week! We have truly been blessed by the Lord and we are seeing miracles all around us! Just one of the Miracles i wanna share happened this past Thursday! We went tracting cause we had a free hour or two and we knew there are more effective ways to find like working with the members in the two hours but we really really miss just knocking doors so we did! We prayed to see miracles and to just find someone in need that we could help. We knew exactly where we were going to tract and its a student apartment bldg.! Before we even knocked the first door there was a man sitting outside of his house smoking and we stopped to talk to him. His wife walked out and she was hapai so we started talking about families and how much the Gospel of Jesus Christ will bless them! They allowed us to teach right there and invited us to return on Sat.! We also had so much success in knocking doors! We found tons of new people to teach and we even, with out knowing it knocked some of the same doors we trackted 6 months ago. We realized it when we met a man in his home with one arm. He was a grumpy old man and 6 months ago he yelled at us and said if there was a God he would still have his arm... We met this same man, only 6 months later and he allowed us to speak to him! He did not accept our message but he was nice and we even laughed alot as we joked about how much Faith it would take to bring his arm back!! (hahaha weird, I know but he started the joke so its ok.) It is just amazing to see how every time we contact some one they might not be ready just yet but the goal in mind is to move them "Up on the scale"! Everyone we see when we meet them will be on a "Scale" of 1-7. Typically it will take non members 7 times of a positive interaction with a member to allow them to openly speak about the Gospel. We may meet people in the 1 stage where they will not give u the light of day to speak, but we offer our service and try to help in any way. We are friendly and move them from that 1 in their minds about us, to a 2 or a 3. We find those in the 4 or 5 stage and we move them up to the 6 and 7s that we all search for! I love how rewarding it is to just "Go about doing good" as Christ did. We pick up trash as we walk and smile and say hi to everyone. One of the many limitless and countless things i have learnt on my mission is to love all and see them as our loving Heavenly Father sees them! I do not instantly judge people by looks or the way they act or talk but i try, first to love them. Then all else falls into place! We also had a wonderful Sisters conference for all the Sister missionaries in the mission and it was an uplifting experience. They are soooo different than the Elders and go through their own difficulties so it was nice to try to, with the Spirit, Lift and inspire them! They are amazing. To think of all they have given up to be here, i am blown away at their love for God! Life is just amazing and I love my mission so much! More than anything I love my Savior! I can truly say that I know he lives and I know he Loves us! How could i deny that! I have been singing it since i was a little kid, running around church sliding on the carpet in the halls in my knees. Then seeing the look on moms face as she saw the holes i had made... :) I was singing it then "I am a child of God, and He has sent me here." and i continue to cling to that truth today! I love this Gospel! I have a paper back copy of the Book of Mormon that i am reading through again but this time i am only highlighting certain things. I highlight all references to God and Jesus Christ. Also i am highlighting "The Doctrine of Christ" meaning the words Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End! I am blown away cause truly this Book only testifies of the God Head and the Doctrine of Christ! I am loving the Spirit it is bringing into my life as i focus and refocus my thoughts and studies and conversations on my Savior. Truly it is the only and single most important thing we could ever do! I love you all and hope you have a marvelous week! I know you will, if you want to. Its your choice! I choose to be happy and cheerful and optimistic, and through much prayer and the Lords help, I am! We can do ALL things through Christ, who strengtheneth us!

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-Elder Runnels