4/27/09
Dang……We thought he was doing so well.
Dad, I’m sick again just please pray for me this week. I continually get sick in my intestines. I took a blood test to day to see if I got parasites. I’m trying to stay positive but it’s hard. I keep loosing weight and all I eat just comes through me. I’m ok just pray. I’ll tell you about the medicine they put me on next Monday. I love you!
Dear fam!
Well how is everyone it sounds like everyone is doing great and I’m so glad. That’s so crazy seeing jJK and AJ they are just huge especially J. It was fun to see Kason, Bailey and Aubrey Sue too--- thanks ty…
Well I’m here in Huancayo and things are going good we had a baptism!!!!!!!!!!! Last week we found a lady named Rosa who listened before to the elders and we helped her make the decision so she is now a member and we are now working with her whole family. Being a district leader is kind of stressful but I like it and am learning tons.. I have to call all the time and check numbers and see how everyone is doing and stuff and help people with their goals and yes I travel to give interviews but just here in Huancayo I don’t go to Jauja but I did drive right through there last week when I came in.. but my companion and I are good buds and he is just chill. We get alone fine it feels like sometimes he is a little brother. I can feel myself with more patience and love then I’ve ever had.
Were trying to get to know more people in the ward and its crazy how lost we are sometimes, but its getting better. I’m excited to work with the family of Rosa and that should be our main purpose here is to help this family. I feel like every area I have been in there is a family that needs us and its so cool. It really hits you how sacred the calling of elder is..You just got to find them. We are teaching Rosa’s 92-year-old dad named Isac and her mom Sonia, and 3 of her sisters; Lice Edela and Rosanna. All of then are over 40 yrs and most are single, but it’s a great family!I
’m learning so much and thanks so much for book on lectures of faith dad its awesome.I got put in hot seat last week by ex assistant who like’s doctrine. He is my bud but sometimes I want to sit down with him and battle in English. He called my companion and I up to be example to answer question the other Elder failed to answer …. About were does it say in Book of Mormon not D&C that we need to be married and it’s a essential commandment…..I’m not gunna lie it doesn’t talk much about marriage except nefi and his wife so I hit them with 1 nefi 7 1,2,3
1 And now I would that ye might know, that after my father, Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying that it was not meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the wilderness alone; but that his sons should take daughters to wife, that they might raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of promise.
2 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that I, Nephi, and my brethren, should again return unto the land of Jerusalem, and bring down Ishmael and his family into the wilderness.
3 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did again, with my brethren, go forth into the wilderness to go up to Jerusalem.
and I nefi 16 7,8…….
7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the daughters of Ishmael to wife; and also, my brethren took of the daughters of Ishmael to wife; and also Zoram took the eldest daughter of Ishmael to wife.
8 And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments of the Lord which had been given unto him. And also, I, Nephi, had been blessed of the Lord exceedingly.
Yeah can’t touch this hehe!!!!!!!!! No I was lucky cause I just read it.But I love to learn and am learning lots from them about angels, priesthood, and Urim and Thummim little white rocks_..... any ideas dad…. We love to look for cool things just like Joseph Smith taught us in D&C
Huancayo is so pretty but its so hot during the day then it just get cold during the night burr you have to carry a coat then but it on in shade and after 6, but get sunburned from 11 to 4 its so weird ----la sierra its called.
I taught my first class last week and thought it went well I taught on studies and gave good example on journal of studies.
I love you all and thanks so much for all love and support, I’m so grateful for my family and this opportunity in my life and my family.
Please pray for my health and safety, and I am always for yours
Love your son Elder Rogers
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Letter from Jon 4-20-09
4-20-09
Hey family woof ! Well I’m here in Huancayo and its just nuts. I tell you I’m DL and its nuts… I got people calling me all the time and I did my first interview the first day that I was DL here in Huancayo for the ZL’s.I love you all and loved reading your emails today…Um well its pretty cold here but I’m doing great .. I m reopening this area with my greenie and we know nothing and its an adventure, I got the two DL’s and other group of Latinos in my district and I have to teach my first class tomorrow and I am way nervous but I can feel the lord helping me know what to do!Its pretty intimidating training and opening in new area and having ex -assistants and ZL’s in my area but I’m just going ahead little by little and I feel better every day. I am not used to asking so many questions but I’m ready for challenge.
I had to call pres on a baptism interview on a problem an investigator had and I was like a….President.. hi its me elder rog in Huancayo. I tried to explain the problem to him and he was like boy you get the job done up there son … I was like yikes! Our Mission President is the man but way intimidating. Our conversation went well, just my luck I had to call the President on the first interview! I saw Elder Blackham up here but not Elder Wilding.
My comp is Elder Linas from Arequipa, Peru. I have been an Elder longer then he has a member!!!!!!!!!! Hehe yep he got baptized last year and he is a stud after Funtelba. I am so ready for round two. I love helping and teaching the new greenies . First thing we did when we got here is look at the carpeta area book and there was nothing in it. I looked at Elder Linas and said we are going to have fun. There is supposed to be old contacts and old visits in there but there was not so I said, lets get to work.
We bought a map and called the bishop and tried to go find were our penz lived so we could eat lunch. It has been wild. Apparently there was some problems with other elders and so yea here I am…..
I gave a 20 min talk yesterday in church my comp had planned for ten and after 5 min or so he sat down and the bishop said Elder Rogers’ you like to tell stories and I said yea bishop hehe kind of….He said make one up! I am best buds with my bishop. He reminds me Lee Scott hehe what a stud, O what an adventure! It is cold here cold but so fresh and pretty here
So we found two contacts already and they got a fecha. It was pretty cool I love you all and will give you better report next week.
Elder Rogers
This is my song. I love it for my situation………Fear not I’ m with thee O be not afraid for I m thy god and will still give thee aid. Ill strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand. Up help by his righteous omnipotent hand!
( Sorry, my spelling sucks…)
Hey family woof ! Well I’m here in Huancayo and its just nuts. I tell you I’m DL and its nuts… I got people calling me all the time and I did my first interview the first day that I was DL here in Huancayo for the ZL’s.I love you all and loved reading your emails today…Um well its pretty cold here but I’m doing great .. I m reopening this area with my greenie and we know nothing and its an adventure, I got the two DL’s and other group of Latinos in my district and I have to teach my first class tomorrow and I am way nervous but I can feel the lord helping me know what to do!Its pretty intimidating training and opening in new area and having ex -assistants and ZL’s in my area but I’m just going ahead little by little and I feel better every day. I am not used to asking so many questions but I’m ready for challenge.
I had to call pres on a baptism interview on a problem an investigator had and I was like a….President.. hi its me elder rog in Huancayo. I tried to explain the problem to him and he was like boy you get the job done up there son … I was like yikes! Our Mission President is the man but way intimidating. Our conversation went well, just my luck I had to call the President on the first interview! I saw Elder Blackham up here but not Elder Wilding.
My comp is Elder Linas from Arequipa, Peru. I have been an Elder longer then he has a member!!!!!!!!!! Hehe yep he got baptized last year and he is a stud after Funtelba. I am so ready for round two. I love helping and teaching the new greenies . First thing we did when we got here is look at the carpeta area book and there was nothing in it. I looked at Elder Linas and said we are going to have fun. There is supposed to be old contacts and old visits in there but there was not so I said, lets get to work.
We bought a map and called the bishop and tried to go find were our penz lived so we could eat lunch. It has been wild. Apparently there was some problems with other elders and so yea here I am…..
I gave a 20 min talk yesterday in church my comp had planned for ten and after 5 min or so he sat down and the bishop said Elder Rogers’ you like to tell stories and I said yea bishop hehe kind of….He said make one up! I am best buds with my bishop. He reminds me Lee Scott hehe what a stud, O what an adventure! It is cold here cold but so fresh and pretty here
So we found two contacts already and they got a fecha. It was pretty cool I love you all and will give you better report next week.
Elder Rogers
This is my song. I love it for my situation………Fear not I’ m with thee O be not afraid for I m thy god and will still give thee aid. Ill strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand. Up help by his righteous omnipotent hand!
( Sorry, my spelling sucks…)
Monday, April 13, 2009
Letter from Jon 4-13-09
Dear Family 4-13-09
Well thanks so much pres for the great letter it just pumps me up to be your friend and thanks so much for the wonderful support and love and all that you do for meThanks so much mom and dad and everyone else for loving me and supporting me in this crazy adventure. I sure did enjoy the emails today! … hehe Clint your emails are so classic I want you to know I read everything from everyone. Thanks grandmas and bood and Carma too for the package, I love you all!!!Well sounds like things are going great in St. George!
Tell Kason I’m coming soon enough and that is so unfair that Lish is going to Costa Rica!Well it’s the end of the change and yes we have changes today and I’m kind of nervous because anything can happen! But I reflect back on my time here and I have grown and learned so much here in Vitarte. Its been a building block in my life and mission, I am such good buds with everyone in the Ward and we are rolling and working so good. It’s just crazy like my own neighborhood in the ghetto of Lima. I do love it and can feel the spirit as I try to brighten these people’s life’s and help them be firm in the church. One of the hardest parts of being a missionary is making so many good friends and then having to move on and never knowing if you will talk or see each other again. Elsa and Estella’s mom came up to me all emotional yesterday and grabbed both my hands and said now listen to me….! Like almost mad like grandma then said… you tell your mother, thanks for raising you and bringing you into this world. I am so happy to see my daughters get baptized in this church. Iit really hit home to me and I suddenly felt the spirit so strong and was like wooo when she said you were supposed to come here; to Vitarte at this time with my girls! I got teary eyed right there in busy hallway of church and it was so awesome.
I know everything I’m doing was supposed to be. It is so crazy to meet people or have things happen and you realize its all the Lord. I have seen miracles down here ….Elsa got called to be head of Liahona here in Ward and she is just pumped. It is so fun to see the converts grow, wow! I am so blessed and I have such great friends.
I feel like these people here were always supposed to be members the way they eat up gospel. They just forgot about for a while because they were born here in Peru and not in my great family. I am here and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve had 11 baptisms since Jauja. It is going to be tough to leave Vitarte. Were doing lots of good things we just started a class Tuesday night for all those people who want to go with us and teach. We train them then practice with our new ward mission leader. We are forming a Missionary army in the Ward to go out with us! The best part is that lots of them are the new members that we just baptized.I love helping these people. The other day one lady that was baptized called at 8 in the morning almost crying saying Elder Rogers you always ask me if I need help and today my money is all gone I was robbed. She said that she had nothing left. My Little kids are here what do I do? I said we will be there this morning and left. We got help for her with the bishop the next day in church. We got food coupons and on Saturday my companion and I gathered food for her and took it to her house. I know she was so grateful and I hope it strengths her testimony. No she knows what I mean when I say this church is hope and light in her life. She came to church all slicked up with smile on her face yesterday!I love you all and thanks so much for being there for me. I’m having fun too and love to joke hehe!!! I’m teaching the primary kids the song “How firm a foundation in English.
It is so fun. There is like 80 of them cause 15 to 20of them come from the investigator’s kids. They put the kids in Primary so our investigators can listen in class. When I teach them how it goes they are running around screaming but when they sing it’s so cute! They always greet me and scream Elder Royers Royers is there gunna be a treat? I have got to get a film of it but if I’m out of here so you will have to imagine……Love your Son, Elder Rogers.
Well cambios are ........................I’m going to Huancayo hehe yeah! I’m going to train again o man heaven help me! I’m way nervous and excited!! I love Huancayo!"Well there it is .......see you next week in the mountains two hours away from Juaja!!!!!!!!!!!!!!muah!
P.S. o flip and I’m District Leader!!!! With newbie in new area o flip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!hehe here we go....
Well thanks so much pres for the great letter it just pumps me up to be your friend and thanks so much for the wonderful support and love and all that you do for meThanks so much mom and dad and everyone else for loving me and supporting me in this crazy adventure. I sure did enjoy the emails today! … hehe Clint your emails are so classic I want you to know I read everything from everyone. Thanks grandmas and bood and Carma too for the package, I love you all!!!Well sounds like things are going great in St. George!
Tell Kason I’m coming soon enough and that is so unfair that Lish is going to Costa Rica!Well it’s the end of the change and yes we have changes today and I’m kind of nervous because anything can happen! But I reflect back on my time here and I have grown and learned so much here in Vitarte. Its been a building block in my life and mission, I am such good buds with everyone in the Ward and we are rolling and working so good. It’s just crazy like my own neighborhood in the ghetto of Lima. I do love it and can feel the spirit as I try to brighten these people’s life’s and help them be firm in the church. One of the hardest parts of being a missionary is making so many good friends and then having to move on and never knowing if you will talk or see each other again. Elsa and Estella’s mom came up to me all emotional yesterday and grabbed both my hands and said now listen to me….! Like almost mad like grandma then said… you tell your mother, thanks for raising you and bringing you into this world. I am so happy to see my daughters get baptized in this church. Iit really hit home to me and I suddenly felt the spirit so strong and was like wooo when she said you were supposed to come here; to Vitarte at this time with my girls! I got teary eyed right there in busy hallway of church and it was so awesome.
I know everything I’m doing was supposed to be. It is so crazy to meet people or have things happen and you realize its all the Lord. I have seen miracles down here ….Elsa got called to be head of Liahona here in Ward and she is just pumped. It is so fun to see the converts grow, wow! I am so blessed and I have such great friends.
I feel like these people here were always supposed to be members the way they eat up gospel. They just forgot about for a while because they were born here in Peru and not in my great family. I am here and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve had 11 baptisms since Jauja. It is going to be tough to leave Vitarte. Were doing lots of good things we just started a class Tuesday night for all those people who want to go with us and teach. We train them then practice with our new ward mission leader. We are forming a Missionary army in the Ward to go out with us! The best part is that lots of them are the new members that we just baptized.I love helping these people. The other day one lady that was baptized called at 8 in the morning almost crying saying Elder Rogers you always ask me if I need help and today my money is all gone I was robbed. She said that she had nothing left. My Little kids are here what do I do? I said we will be there this morning and left. We got help for her with the bishop the next day in church. We got food coupons and on Saturday my companion and I gathered food for her and took it to her house. I know she was so grateful and I hope it strengths her testimony. No she knows what I mean when I say this church is hope and light in her life. She came to church all slicked up with smile on her face yesterday!I love you all and thanks so much for being there for me. I’m having fun too and love to joke hehe!!! I’m teaching the primary kids the song “How firm a foundation in English.
It is so fun. There is like 80 of them cause 15 to 20of them come from the investigator’s kids. They put the kids in Primary so our investigators can listen in class. When I teach them how it goes they are running around screaming but when they sing it’s so cute! They always greet me and scream Elder Royers Royers is there gunna be a treat? I have got to get a film of it but if I’m out of here so you will have to imagine……Love your Son, Elder Rogers.
Well cambios are ........................I’m going to Huancayo hehe yeah! I’m going to train again o man heaven help me! I’m way nervous and excited!! I love Huancayo!"Well there it is .......see you next week in the mountains two hours away from Juaja!!!!!!!!!!!!!!muah!
P.S. o flip and I’m District Leader!!!! With newbie in new area o flip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!hehe here we go....
Monday, April 6, 2009
4-6-09 Letter
April 6, 2009
Thanks so much dad for your letter Dear family,Wow what a wonderful week. I am so happy everyone is doing so great. I am glad that you loved conference. I was able to listen to every talk and every session and I loved every second of it. I have never felt the spirit so strong for so long and I know the lord let me understand everything and I did. I took notes in English and listened in Spanish--- it was so so good.
Congratulations Ani and Juj, go and get them!
Mitch and Linda, congrats on the new babe and Kason I love your stories! Dragon flies and snake makers…. keep the stories coming.
Wow, President Wilkinson!!!!! Isn’t that just crazy! I have such a crazy thing to tell you. I didnt know until today when you told me that he was a new General Authority because during the first part of the session I was still getting investigators in their seats and situated but the name of my good friend Pres. Wilkinson came into my head and I knew something happened, but I didn’t know what. I felt it was big. The feeling was so real and today I know why – Wow!Congrats Pres. I love you, and it would be my dream for you to marry me and my future wife in St. George Temple. I’d love to hear from you! I’m doing great! ( Everyone remember Jon has a new address)
O family, what can I say? I am so full of the spirit and this week has been the most significant week of my mission. I was able to finish the Book of Mormon and pray about it… and listen to the prophet of the Lord and his counselors. I had the spirit confirm to me many times in last two days and right now… that this church is so true! I am so grateful for parents. They are my best friends and they have raised me in the gospel. I am grateful for my leaders and my best friends and Kylee girl and my brother Clint and my sisters. I am grateful for my uncles and aunts and everyone that has helped me get to this point in my life. I love living by the spirit and will do anything to feel the way I do now. I am so excited for the future to start my family and be a good dad and husband. If there was one thing I got out of conference, it was like dad said, “ life is tough but there is always hope and comfort in our Lord Jesus Christ.” Holland’s talk was amazing and I too have felt some dark times in my mission and life but the Lord is always there for us and he has descended below all, and doubt and faith can not coexist. That is so good!Well anyways hehe….sorry I’m just going off!!! Hehe….. I’m still Jon Rog hehe… I just really can feel spirit !
This week I found out that David y Maria are going to get baptized they moved away to Chosique and I was bummed but I saw Maria on street other day and she said Elder Rogers thanks so much the other missionaries found us and we going to get baptized. I was so happy. I told them what ever happens keep going forward. What a wonderful family my only family on my mission and I won’t be there to see, but its ok.
I loved song in conference “How firm a Foundation” I have been teaching it to the primary kids in English and yesterday the song was part of conference! I was like woooI love the part when it says… I will not I can not! Forsake no never no never no never ever forsake! I love this work! I know what I’m doing is just changing my life but more then that it is the most important work in the world.
Just think of all those talks of hard times and deaths but with this gospel its all going to be alright!
We changed houses this week. The new house is a pretty cool house. We go up on the roof to plan and study.
Changes are next week and I don’t know what is going to happen but know if I go its going to be hard cuz this Ward is like my Ward. I’ve been here since Halloween ….hehe
I love you all
Love your son down in lama land
Elder rog
Thanks so much dad for your letter Dear family,Wow what a wonderful week. I am so happy everyone is doing so great. I am glad that you loved conference. I was able to listen to every talk and every session and I loved every second of it. I have never felt the spirit so strong for so long and I know the lord let me understand everything and I did. I took notes in English and listened in Spanish--- it was so so good.
Congratulations Ani and Juj, go and get them!
Mitch and Linda, congrats on the new babe and Kason I love your stories! Dragon flies and snake makers…. keep the stories coming.
Wow, President Wilkinson!!!!! Isn’t that just crazy! I have such a crazy thing to tell you. I didnt know until today when you told me that he was a new General Authority because during the first part of the session I was still getting investigators in their seats and situated but the name of my good friend Pres. Wilkinson came into my head and I knew something happened, but I didn’t know what. I felt it was big. The feeling was so real and today I know why – Wow!Congrats Pres. I love you, and it would be my dream for you to marry me and my future wife in St. George Temple. I’d love to hear from you! I’m doing great! ( Everyone remember Jon has a new address)
O family, what can I say? I am so full of the spirit and this week has been the most significant week of my mission. I was able to finish the Book of Mormon and pray about it… and listen to the prophet of the Lord and his counselors. I had the spirit confirm to me many times in last two days and right now… that this church is so true! I am so grateful for parents. They are my best friends and they have raised me in the gospel. I am grateful for my leaders and my best friends and Kylee girl and my brother Clint and my sisters. I am grateful for my uncles and aunts and everyone that has helped me get to this point in my life. I love living by the spirit and will do anything to feel the way I do now. I am so excited for the future to start my family and be a good dad and husband. If there was one thing I got out of conference, it was like dad said, “ life is tough but there is always hope and comfort in our Lord Jesus Christ.” Holland’s talk was amazing and I too have felt some dark times in my mission and life but the Lord is always there for us and he has descended below all, and doubt and faith can not coexist. That is so good!Well anyways hehe….sorry I’m just going off!!! Hehe….. I’m still Jon Rog hehe… I just really can feel spirit !
This week I found out that David y Maria are going to get baptized they moved away to Chosique and I was bummed but I saw Maria on street other day and she said Elder Rogers thanks so much the other missionaries found us and we going to get baptized. I was so happy. I told them what ever happens keep going forward. What a wonderful family my only family on my mission and I won’t be there to see, but its ok.
I loved song in conference “How firm a Foundation” I have been teaching it to the primary kids in English and yesterday the song was part of conference! I was like woooI love the part when it says… I will not I can not! Forsake no never no never no never ever forsake! I love this work! I know what I’m doing is just changing my life but more then that it is the most important work in the world.
Just think of all those talks of hard times and deaths but with this gospel its all going to be alright!
We changed houses this week. The new house is a pretty cool house. We go up on the roof to plan and study.
Changes are next week and I don’t know what is going to happen but know if I go its going to be hard cuz this Ward is like my Ward. I’ve been here since Halloween ….hehe
I love you all
Love your son down in lama land
Elder rog
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