Jan 4th 2008

dear mom and dad thanks so much for the letters and love and support tell everyone thank you and i love you all. the MTC is im not going to lie not my favorite i know everyone says they love it but im more excited for the feild we have class 12 hours a day and 5 of those hours we have to sudy just you and your compaion it gets kind of old cause you run out of things to do and your tired all the time. its good but my favorite part of the mtc is the firesides and devotionals but its good. we have gym like 3 or 4 times a week and thats fun sometimes if you get a good game going, but yea im trying to have a good attitude but im excited for the future, i feeling alright i feel kind of aches today and im sweating hot all the time but i feel alright, im doing better eating but its still tough im just pretty much going day to day some days are better then others just trying to keep sluggin away, i dont know anything about peru and yes i am nervous, i got your cookies but didnt eat them so thanks anyways its always fun getting pacakegs i love just getting anything, i wanna say thanks for all the letters sorry if im like kepp wrinting! but it really helps it gets lonly up here and we all just sit and stare at eachother on the hard days we all so tired, but im excited for the future i know this next six weeks is going to be probly the most trying time in my life but ill just keep pushing forward. please keep sendin fun letters and ill try to write whenever i can i dont know when pouch leaves but cant wait. we didint do anything fun for first night but i thought about the good times. im trying to take care of myself and be happy but its just tough sometimes im doing good though, i saw jordan and scottie before they left gage to and i saw skylat today, i have ten people in my district and 7 of us are going to lima east three are going south, about the tapes i think it would be fun to just say fun positve stories once every mounth of so then letters the rest but it is fun sometimes, ill be carefull with that but i wanted sometingh to look forward to cause letters really help so much its depressing when you dont get one for days, i guess i really dont have a choice cause im going to peru and the mail is going to be rough but tell everyone they can email me and i can print off and read them and then write them later on paper, i love fridays well at least here cause thats my p day and i can chechk my email that might be best thing in peru but please still send my fun handwritten letters, and dear elder im so gratefull for all your help through these hard times with all you letters of suport tell clint, and erika, and ani, and kylee and evryone thanks so much for making me laugh and being so sweet im happy im sorry if i soud down but im doing good i know i can make it through anything i went to temple yesterday an found a scripture after praying really hard found in d and c 121 about joseph being in jail and jesus telling him son everything will be ok i read that all the time when i get down so read that and tell me what you think, im so excited to call you on wendsday and tell the family i love them so much keep being nice to kylee girl she has send me some uplifting letters things are good im doing the right thing and know i will be blessed, the mtc is good but im ready to move on i know when i make that call in may ill be on fire i just have to be put through the fire first, please dont think im depressed hehe im ok i love you, your son elder rogers have a great week cant wait to hear from you.