Letter from Jon 5-18-09

5/18/09
Dear fam!!!!!!!!!!!!!Well I suppose you got the pics with the blond, now you know why you haven’t got pics in a while. I looked like a pumpkin pie hair cutted freak hehe. I wasn’t to proud to send pics but I’m fine now and my bleach problems are on all time low. It was the oxy pads I used on my face in Vitarte plus Sun and poof yeah! I have it fixed now and am doing great!Orvil came how great congrats Ang!!!!!!!! Grandma Talbot thanks for writing me every week. It’s so good to get your letters. I love you ..How trunky….. I know when I’m going to speak to the high council yikes!Well I sure love you guys and love getting sports updates and just get a kick out of Helaman’s Army Letter!
I’ve talked with Elder Wilding two or three times and laughed so hard reading his thoughts on training and how it really is like raising a kid… my companion and I are doing great! The only thing that drives me nuts is how disorganized he is just like me before the mission. He unwraps candy and chucks it on floor makes piles of dirty clothes and can’t ever find more then one shoe. I sometimes stand at door and wait for him as he gets all frazzled looking for his name tag…. I made a system to help us we give each other stars everyday according to our orderliness and who ever has more stars at end of week gets free pancake at local restaurant. mmmm mmm. It’s worked out quite nicely and I think I get pancake on Thurs hehe, but he’s a great kid.Things are going good its way slow and the church kind of struggles out here in the providence but we sure are working hard and trying to help. We found a couple of good investigators. I think they will get baptized this 31 of May and were pumped.
Two weeks ago when I was teaching my district they came inside the church asking if they could learn more ….weird…. We were like uh yeah!!! It turns out that everyday they walked by the church but the door was always locked. When we were teaching they saw door open and came in to take a look around. They found 16 elders in a meeting. How perfect! We took out maps and they were in my area! My companion and I were excited! They were so golden and they just eat everything up. I know the Lord prepares people for us. They accepted the baptism date last night. They said they really feel like its right thing to do wow!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you believe in miracles nothing to two con fecha! Things are good and I’m getting way into working out! I love staying warm and I also am getting way into the deep doctrine I’m obsessed and cant wait to share what if learned and its so nuts! I love reading and am reading Jesus the Christ, Our Heritage, Principles of Faith and the Book of Mormon of course all at same time woof! I love being a missionary and sometimes its so hard. We walk like pioneers in my area. I bet people laugh when they see us go past same store on main street like 9 times a day, but I love it and it sure is and experience feeling so much frustration and trying to control it this is so good for me, but the blessing always come. Thanks so much for all the love and support your son in lama land Elder Rogers muah!!!!!!!!!!!!