letter 11-10-08 and 11-17-08

11-10-08

Hey fam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Things are going great and life is just really crazy right now I just don have time to do anything but what I have to as trainer and senior companion, but I love it and I will always make time to do it right. Well I’ll tell you what is going on --- Jon is answering the questions I asked him.Where do you live? I live in Los Portales 30min from Lima in a sweet ward with really good members. What is your area like? My area is pure ghetto with sandy hills, and cardboard house. There are a few nice houses in valley where lots of the members live. It looks like out on the hills of Lake Mead. I call them ugly! Hehe How is your cooking lady and that situation? I live in a house or room next to penz family. ( That is the lady that cooks) It is smaller then dad’s office. We have bunkbeds. She cooks really well and I finally might be gaining weight. What does she cook? rice!!!!!!!! How do you feel safety wise? Yeah! We’re ok mom but it is kind of scary having two gringos around here. I will be protector now I don’t like taking crap and just yesterday one dude tried to jew my comp and I said nice try pal we aren’t on vacation. I know how much the moto costs and I gave him a sole and walked away.
Do you have any stores or restaurants near you? I went to a meeting for all the trainers for all the missionaries in Lima and it was way cool. It is a new thing the church is doing and Levaya was there and I saw Braxton Wilding there too. I was like wow your skinny hehe then he called me a punk for being in providence a whole year. I called him a punk for eating at Papa Johns all year then I said so when are we going to rock Papa John’s bro? What is your new companion like? Since he is from Bicknell is he a farm boy or cowboy? Yep! He is little different. He tells me about firing up the backhoe and going to work when he was bored at his house. I was like sweet! Is he tall? Six two! What is the branch like? Our ward is the bomb! The Bishop sent me a little kid yesterday and said who is the family you brought to church and at beginning of the meeting he welcomed them personally yeahª!!!!!!! How is your health? Do you feel like you will be healthy in this area? Yes, I do, I am doing better. Also how are your packages? They are coming slowly but surely. Did you get your pants yet? Nope not yet. Did you get the Thanksgiving package? Nope. Did you get the package from Grandma Talbot? Yeah mmmm pure foodI’m working really hard with my new companion and it’s helping me become who I want to be cause I run the show.We found a lady last week who is dating a RM they want to get married in temple and we are teaching her and gave her fecha (a baptism date) for the 29 of November and we have a baptism that is planned of a sweet 20 year kid who loves reading what I give him. I study it first then give it to him then tell him to tell me about what I gave him. This time Alma 22 and he loved it!I’m doing great but they made a new rule for the Internet. We have to write the President for 15 minutes and then our family for 30 minutes. I am pissed! Lots of rules are changing! I will try to write more next week and just print emails I love you all!Your son Elder Rogers


P.S. yeah this week during meeting President and I talked about some things I never told you cause I didn’t what you to worry. We got robbed in Jauja. The door was open and everything. I was scared and my IPod was gone and some charging cords. I was mostly pissed and screamed at Carpio for not locking the door. He had the keys. Anyway so President said hey Elder Rogers, I found your IPod and some more stuff. We will talk next week at your interview. He said it was Carpio and he planned the whole thing. Now that wasn’t too uplifting but true! Oh well, you got to love the mission muah!My new companion and I are doing well studying. Right now I am trying to teach him all I’ve learned and he loves it. I’m learning a lot teaching him. We are seeing miracles though. We found a family of 6 a whole family!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are putting fecha on them tomorrow. Please pray for family Pena!

11-17-08



Hey family!!!!!!!!Wolf, its been a wild week. We are working are butts off and it is now hot!!!!!!!! Just like Bayovar pushing more past the 80s and into the 90s everyday with hot sun and humidity. yikes!I’m so glad mom and dad had fun trip you guys are traveling fools. I got my companions laughing pretty hard telling them I get emails from all over the world from my sweet parents. I told them you loved life. I exaggerated a bit on your trips, but it sure did make for a better story. I’m glad you had a great time on Mexican beaches and Mexico City and the ruins. Man I want to go to Mexico when I get older it just reminds me of the song what happens down in Mexico stays in Mexico( I think Jed Ence showed me that song) I guess you know how internet cafes really work. Hehe J Most of the keyboards I use don’t have letters and everything is in the wrong positions.I’m glad the family is doing good and everyone is having a positive attitude and going forward through good times and not so good times. I appreciate you telling me all mom but a little sugar would be nice for 13 more hehe.I love you all, way to go Clint on fishing! Labron is the man!Well I just received letters from Jauja and it sure is a payoff off Carolina wants to go to temple and is a councilor in the primary!!!!!!! Yeah with her daughter. Benites my bud is doing good and he called me the other night and said he watched transformers as activity with Huancayo stake and they loved it hehe!!!!! A little lax(our zls on rules) Hey they are in the province but it is a great movie! All the converts are doing great and I’m so happy! Benites says it was like Carolina and her daughter were made to be members. I know they were. I know I’m in right place.This week we had a baptism my buddy Pavel a 22 yr old stud. He asked me to baptize him. We have really worked hard as gringos getting this kid ready and the mission is kind of slow right now on baptisms. We showed everyone in district that the gringos are here to work ! Pavel is a great kid but the baptism was really stressful for me. I tried to put it together as my first baptism as senior comp with new gringo. It was suppose to start at 7:00p.m. I had to call the Bishop at about 7:25 to ask him were he was at !!!!!!!! da!!!!! People are really behind the ball sometimes but it all worked out more perfect then I imagined but at 8:15. Oh well! We have great ward just like Utah. Many people came to the baptism and really helped us out. We had music, talks and some one even brought bread for after. I felt like Pavel was welcomed nicely. He was confirmed yesterday and I’m happy!It is lost of work! Things are going great and I love helping my companion learn and study lessons. It’s crazy! I talk so much in lessons but my companion is the man. He is just a humble dood and I love him.We have conference this week, and that means more pizza in Braxton’s area downtown! Yum ---here I come!Muah I’m healthy happy and doing good. I really am feeling the sprit and fruits of the mission Keep it real!!!!!!!!!!!!!Love your son, Elder Rogers!!!!!!!!! Keep that spirit with you everyone! When things get hard me and my buds say in English; we just got to keep living the dream hehe…. its way funnyKeep living the dream everyone!