11-24-08
Clint’s 30th b-day
Hey family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Muah!!!!!!!!!!Well I’m glad to hear everything is doing good and that the family and everything is busy but still enjoying the holidays. I miss this time of year in good old St. George and want to put up lights and go see nuggies but I know I’ll be back in one more yea!Thanks so much for the emails and forwarding them to everyone mom and the hard work you do to keep me happy! I know things get mixed up some times I’m glad you just didn’t accidentally erased Kylee girls letter on purpose. I’m glad you had fun in Mexico and all is safe and well at home (mom you can send me some good soaps and stidex pads and that’s about all. I can’t buy them down here)This week has been crazy we just keep seeing miracles and we had conference with the President and ate and ate pizza this week again. We also went bowling on Friday me and the zone and my gringos after the temple. It’s been good week and it was first time I’ve been to temple in pretty much a year. I only went 2 or 3 times in January in CCM and Bayovar. It was exciting I put the whole family in the prayer box and hope you feel my love. Sorry for the fragrant charges on my card I should have got capital one… Remember the commercial Clint? Back me up….. I’ve been on vacation down here. We ate out twice after temple and conference in nice down town Lima and I had a whopper and Big Mac and chicken sandwich from KF to the _______c hehe yea!!!!!!!!!!!!Ill try to keep it in check but I think mom you can hold on to your packages while I’m Lima. We have a store like Costco in my area woop woppp!!!!!!! But I got paper turkey on my table at our house and the penz ( cooking lady) loves it and all other stuff Christmas tree and potatoes tell Carma-- thanks for Christmas stuff to muah!!!!!Well this week we have been working hard and have had some ridiculous experiences. One good one, we taught 25 year old Rafael , Pavel’s friend and I told him to pray and we’d come back in 3 days. Well when we got back to the members house( Cordava’s house---- they are the best it would be like teaching in President Wilkinson’s house so I take all people there) He was outside waiting for us and I said how did your prayer go? I was just expecting the norm and he said great! I looked at my companion and said really?....He said he went home and prayed and didn’t really feel that much different like I told him he would but then he said he prayed again the next day after a hard day of work and felt so alone and when he prayed he was just over come and felt new. He told me…. The spirit was thick and I said so what do you think? Was that an answer from god that this church is true? and he said quote ; I KNOW it was!!!….I was just like shaking cause I knew he was serious. We then watched the first vision and after the movie he looked at me and said wow that just sums it all up doesn’t it! My companion and I laughed cause we were so happy and just pumped! I challenged him right then and there without any lesson and not even going to church. I ask him if he would continue in these lessons and be baptized in the future? He said I think that’s clear isn’t it …..Of course I shot up and shook his hand!!! We were all like wowo um wow um…What do we do now? It was just like best two years but he will be baptized on the 6 of December. He accepted and came to church yesterday to all three hours of church. How is the church not true any one that asked with faith will know!!!!!!!!!!!!Its been good week and all hard sweaty days.I love you all and want you to know I’m working hard I’m ticked BYU got killed that just sucks, but what do you do right?Thanks for all love and support muah!!!!!!I’m going to try to find somthing fun to send home this week for Christmas yeah!!!!!!Love your son Elder Rogers
I also got some hymn books for some old converts in Jauja; Brigham and Carolina and so that kind of ran the bill up, but I am sure you’ll help with all the financial. Dad I hope I’m not making you work more, but I’m trying to buy good things. I don’t buy stuff that’s not necessary like; bacon cheeseburgers, an extra came of bowling, or pizza. I’ll try not to spend spend spend--
-ok? Mom joke for youPor que Fue nefi tan muscoloso? Porque el hizo muchos planches! Hehe Planches is pushups and plates in castillano heheMuah!!!!!!!!!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Jon's Holiday Message
Tell all my buds i love them and to take care of there investigors and they will be your best buds forever. You'll know if you are loving the work if you leave every area better then you found it like it says in "Preach my Gospel" and maybe leave every area crying. Iknow we are all the work in the Lord and he will guide us to do. President Wilkinson says it gives you the feeling that we just have to run from house to house and not let one ear escape with out escuchando de los mormones! We all have a great work to do. We must loose ourselves, joke, and have fun and teach and go forth with power from the spirit!!! I love you all and we will all be better husbands, fathers and sons muah!!!!!!!elder rogTuesday, November 18, 2008
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!
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!
Monday, November 3, 2008
letter from Jon 11-3-08
11/3/08
Hey fam and everyone!!!!!!!!!How is everyone doing I’m doing great well its been a heck of a week and I’m just working my tail off and really into things now……….drum rollIm in Ate-Vitarte Lima!!!!!!!!!! And I took the 13-hour buss ride back down through the highest free way in the world and up past Cerro de Pasco in the high mountains and it was way pretty and way cool.It was really hard to leave Jauja especially with the new friends and families and my bud Benites....tears lots of tears. I gave everyone hugs and it was just hard. I felt like I was leaving the MTC again and that was hard but this time it might be for life. I might never see some of my best buddies again. I told them I’ll keep doing what is right and if I don’t see you again I’ll see you in the celestial kingdom. I was bawling and if that doesn’t sound like the cheeses thing. It was hard for me! Brigham game to my room pounding the door in the night I left sad, and Hermana Lina and Carolina both gave me hugs and told me to take care of myself just like mom would and then when I got on the bus I was choked to say buy to Benites it was good but really hard. I love them!Well I’m senior comp!!!!!!!!!! And I got a gringo from Bicknell, Utah?...hehe he was pulled out of group going to Bolivia and I’m pretty much training him cause he stayed in CCM longer until President put him with me...Its nuts and he doesn’t know much but its way fun to help him out. I got of my 13 hour bus and he was standing there all nervous and was like como...aa.aa.estasss elder um elder.... and I was just like what up bro, we’re going to be buds. We talked English all that night but then I said ok buddy now we work and we planned set some plans and I said we can only speak English when we are in the house at night or if you need anything just tell me...Its kinda way fun being the leader and way intense too but we get along good and its way strange. He put me with a gringo with 10 months woof!!!!!! Also my new house has hot water!!!!!!!!!!!!and that is enough to be happy about so I’m pretty stoked. I told him we aren’t going do any sleeping or messing around on the job were going to study hard were going to work hard every hour and we going to baptize with obedience and diligence. He got kinda nervous but I also said and we are going to have fun too....I’m trying to be the senior missionary I never had to him and we are really tearing it up. Yesterday there were 138 in church!!!!!!!! A little different then Jauja and we had 18 in the new members lessons! Yeah baby we have a goal of 3 baptisms this month pray that the two gringos can do it. I know we can but it back in the ghetto of Lima and things are going pretty good. Woof it’s intense speaking Spanish and leading it all, But I’m enjoying it and I love helping my companion. I explain all the Spanish into English for him. We talk until like 11:30 every night in our beds and he just laughs and laughs at my stories of my wild ride so far and doest believe it . It really is a dream what my life has turned into now and a lot of responsibility my President has given to me but I’ve made it a goal to show everyone why we have gringos in this mission. We are going to work! We do work our butts off, and we are so tired but I love it and he does too!…. heheIts a lot of responsibility and I have no time....but will always make it for my loved ones...and my own area but I know with the help of Lord and if we are obedient we will have success and I want to come out of this change better in Spanish too.I love you all …Pray for me Your son Elder Rogers
Hey fam and everyone!!!!!!!!!How is everyone doing I’m doing great well its been a heck of a week and I’m just working my tail off and really into things now……….drum rollIm in Ate-Vitarte Lima!!!!!!!!!! And I took the 13-hour buss ride back down through the highest free way in the world and up past Cerro de Pasco in the high mountains and it was way pretty and way cool.It was really hard to leave Jauja especially with the new friends and families and my bud Benites....tears lots of tears. I gave everyone hugs and it was just hard. I felt like I was leaving the MTC again and that was hard but this time it might be for life. I might never see some of my best buddies again. I told them I’ll keep doing what is right and if I don’t see you again I’ll see you in the celestial kingdom. I was bawling and if that doesn’t sound like the cheeses thing. It was hard for me! Brigham game to my room pounding the door in the night I left sad, and Hermana Lina and Carolina both gave me hugs and told me to take care of myself just like mom would and then when I got on the bus I was choked to say buy to Benites it was good but really hard. I love them!Well I’m senior comp!!!!!!!!!! And I got a gringo from Bicknell, Utah?...hehe he was pulled out of group going to Bolivia and I’m pretty much training him cause he stayed in CCM longer until President put him with me...Its nuts and he doesn’t know much but its way fun to help him out. I got of my 13 hour bus and he was standing there all nervous and was like como...aa.aa.estasss elder um elder.... and I was just like what up bro, we’re going to be buds. We talked English all that night but then I said ok buddy now we work and we planned set some plans and I said we can only speak English when we are in the house at night or if you need anything just tell me...Its kinda way fun being the leader and way intense too but we get along good and its way strange. He put me with a gringo with 10 months woof!!!!!! Also my new house has hot water!!!!!!!!!!!!and that is enough to be happy about so I’m pretty stoked. I told him we aren’t going do any sleeping or messing around on the job were going to study hard were going to work hard every hour and we going to baptize with obedience and diligence. He got kinda nervous but I also said and we are going to have fun too....I’m trying to be the senior missionary I never had to him and we are really tearing it up. Yesterday there were 138 in church!!!!!!!! A little different then Jauja and we had 18 in the new members lessons! Yeah baby we have a goal of 3 baptisms this month pray that the two gringos can do it. I know we can but it back in the ghetto of Lima and things are going pretty good. Woof it’s intense speaking Spanish and leading it all, But I’m enjoying it and I love helping my companion. I explain all the Spanish into English for him. We talk until like 11:30 every night in our beds and he just laughs and laughs at my stories of my wild ride so far and doest believe it . It really is a dream what my life has turned into now and a lot of responsibility my President has given to me but I’ve made it a goal to show everyone why we have gringos in this mission. We are going to work! We do work our butts off, and we are so tired but I love it and he does too!…. heheIts a lot of responsibility and I have no time....but will always make it for my loved ones...and my own area but I know with the help of Lord and if we are obedient we will have success and I want to come out of this change better in Spanish too.I love you all …Pray for me Your son Elder Rogers
letter from Jon 11-3-08
11/3/08
Hey fam and everyone!!!!!!!!!How is everyone doing I’m doing great well its been a heck of a week and I’m just working my tail off and really into things now……….drum rollIm in Ate-Vitarte Lima!!!!!!!!!! And I took the 13-hour buss ride back down through the highest free way in the world and up past Cerro de Pasco in the high mountains and it was way pretty and way cool.It was really hard to leave Jauja especially with the new friends and families and my bud Benites....tears lots of tears. I gave everyone hugs and it was just hard. I felt like I was leaving the MTC again and that was hard but this time it might be for life. I might never see some of my best buddies again. I told them I’ll keep doing what is right and if I don’t see you again I’ll see you in the celestial kingdom. I was bawling and if that doesn’t sound like the cheeses thing. It was hard for me! Brigham game to my room pounding the door in the night I left sad, and Hermana Lina and Carolina both gave me hugs and told me to take care of myself just like mom would and then when I got on the bus I was choked to say buy to Benites it was good but really hard. I love them!Well I’m senior comp!!!!!!!!!! And I got a gringo from Bicknell, Utah?...hehe he was pulled out of group going to Bolivia and I’m pretty much training him cause he stayed in CCM longer until President put him with me...Its nuts and he doesn’t know much but its way fun to help him out. I got of my 13 hour bus and he was standing there all nervous and was like como...aa.aa.estasss elder um elder.... and I was just like what up bro, we’re going to be buds. We talked English all that night but then I said ok buddy now we work and we planned set some plans and I said we can only speak English when we are in the house at night or if you need anything just tell me...Its kinda way fun being the leader and way intense too but we get along good and its way strange. He put me with a gringo with 10 months woof!!!!!! Also my new house has hot water!!!!!!!!!!!!and that is enough to be happy about so I’m pretty stoked. I told him we aren’t going do any sleeping or messing around on the job were going to study hard were going to work hard every hour and we going to baptize with obedience and diligence. He got kinda nervous but I also said and we are going to have fun too....I’m trying to be the senior missionary I never had to him and we are really tearing it up. Yesterday there were 138 in church!!!!!!!! A little different then Jauja and we had 18 in the new members lessons! Yeah baby we have a goal of 3 baptisms this month pray that the two gringos can do it. I know we can but it back in the ghetto of Lima and things are going pretty good. Woof it’s intense speaking Spanish and leading it all, But I’m enjoying it and I love helping my companion. I explain all the Spanish into English for him. We talk until like 11:30 every night in our beds and he just laughs and laughs at my stories of my wild ride so far and doest believe it . It really is a dream what my life has turned into now and a lot of responsibility my President has given to me but I’ve made it a goal to show everyone why we have gringos in this mission. We are going to work! We do work our butts off, and we are so tired but I love it and he does too!…. heheIts a lot of responsibility and I have no time....but will always make it for my loved ones...and my own area but I know with the help of Lord and if we are obedient we will have success and I want to come out of this change better in Spanish too.I love you all …Pray for me Your son Elder Rogers
Hey fam and everyone!!!!!!!!!How is everyone doing I’m doing great well its been a heck of a week and I’m just working my tail off and really into things now……….drum rollIm in Ate-Vitarte Lima!!!!!!!!!! And I took the 13-hour buss ride back down through the highest free way in the world and up past Cerro de Pasco in the high mountains and it was way pretty and way cool.It was really hard to leave Jauja especially with the new friends and families and my bud Benites....tears lots of tears. I gave everyone hugs and it was just hard. I felt like I was leaving the MTC again and that was hard but this time it might be for life. I might never see some of my best buddies again. I told them I’ll keep doing what is right and if I don’t see you again I’ll see you in the celestial kingdom. I was bawling and if that doesn’t sound like the cheeses thing. It was hard for me! Brigham game to my room pounding the door in the night I left sad, and Hermana Lina and Carolina both gave me hugs and told me to take care of myself just like mom would and then when I got on the bus I was choked to say buy to Benites it was good but really hard. I love them!Well I’m senior comp!!!!!!!!!! And I got a gringo from Bicknell, Utah?...hehe he was pulled out of group going to Bolivia and I’m pretty much training him cause he stayed in CCM longer until President put him with me...Its nuts and he doesn’t know much but its way fun to help him out. I got of my 13 hour bus and he was standing there all nervous and was like como...aa.aa.estasss elder um elder.... and I was just like what up bro, we’re going to be buds. We talked English all that night but then I said ok buddy now we work and we planned set some plans and I said we can only speak English when we are in the house at night or if you need anything just tell me...Its kinda way fun being the leader and way intense too but we get along good and its way strange. He put me with a gringo with 10 months woof!!!!!! Also my new house has hot water!!!!!!!!!!!!and that is enough to be happy about so I’m pretty stoked. I told him we aren’t going do any sleeping or messing around on the job were going to study hard were going to work hard every hour and we going to baptize with obedience and diligence. He got kinda nervous but I also said and we are going to have fun too....I’m trying to be the senior missionary I never had to him and we are really tearing it up. Yesterday there were 138 in church!!!!!!!! A little different then Jauja and we had 18 in the new members lessons! Yeah baby we have a goal of 3 baptisms this month pray that the two gringos can do it. I know we can but it back in the ghetto of Lima and things are going pretty good. Woof it’s intense speaking Spanish and leading it all, But I’m enjoying it and I love helping my companion. I explain all the Spanish into English for him. We talk until like 11:30 every night in our beds and he just laughs and laughs at my stories of my wild ride so far and doest believe it . It really is a dream what my life has turned into now and a lot of responsibility my President has given to me but I’ve made it a goal to show everyone why we have gringos in this mission. We are going to work! We do work our butts off, and we are so tired but I love it and he does too!…. heheIts a lot of responsibility and I have no time....but will always make it for my loved ones...and my own area but I know with the help of Lord and if we are obedient we will have success and I want to come out of this change better in Spanish too.I love you all …Pray for me Your son Elder Rogers
Saturday, November 1, 2008
10-27-08- Post Birthday Thanks
Oct 27, 2009
Hey Family Thank you so much everyone for your wonderful love that you’ve sent!. There were so many letters of love and packages this month it has been so great!!I got three packages today and 2 letters from Kylee girl!! And one from lish and ty and grandma and a full board of emails! I’m going to have to do some printing this week. Thank you so much for the happiest b-day everyone muah!!!!!!!!!!I’m excited that little Bailey came!! and dad and clint are going to mexico without me? You’ll need a guide hehe!!!!!!!!! Yo puedo ayudarles ahora .Muah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Well I had a great b-day and opened love letters fun pictures and just had a great time. We had a family home evening this Sat. in my behalf and we invited all my best friends. (the recent baptisms in Jauja) Hermana Carolina bought me a cake and wrote Elder “Rogger” on it in blue frosting. We had pizza too! Remember I taught everyone how to make pizza. We took pictures and played some FHE games. I bought the Bob Marly CD to listen to. I think that’s ok for special occasions …. right?.... They threw the cake in my face pretty good, that is the tradition here. I’ll send pictures. We had about 12 people at the party that we have taught and reactivated and that was the most rewarding part it. My party ended with a 3 year old kid doing the Michael Jackson dance thriller for me!!!!!!!! He said he wanted to dance like Elder Rogers. I don’t know were he learned that? He danced the whole song it reminded me of Kason--- it was so funny. It was a little sad too we have changes today and I’m way nervous!It was a great b-day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I am really happy and just my self. It has been great week! I got letter from Bishop Greer and he said hi and good job. He also challenged me to be the missionary that Mom thinks I am. I sure am trying to! I thought that was a cool idea. I love you all and am working hard I feel so good and full of spirit I really do love the people here in Jauja! Even though things are still a little rough at times I’m getting used to it and sometimes I stop and think when I’m sleeping between 3 Latinos on the floor of some little whole in the wall house or eating crap they call food or riding on a buss with 37 people as big as the lume or watching a drunk dude fight or lay in street….. I think am I really here or is this real….. but I’m getting used to it.My companion has let me lead last week in everything to the point its almost annoying but its really helping me and there is no time to sit back and daydream or chill on the job we taught 45 lessons last week!!!!!!!!We are working hard and I’m way tense cause we have changes this week but they still haven’t come…….I will tell you as soon as I know what the changes are. Tell everyone thanks for all the love and tell them I’m doing great. I feel bad I spent some cash and I’m way spoiled but I’m so grateful! Thanks so so so much!Tell everyone to be safe in all there doing and I love you all so much!I’m sorry I couldn’t answer total today but I just got overloaded with lovealways your son in Peru!Elder Rogger
Hey Family Thank you so much everyone for your wonderful love that you’ve sent!. There were so many letters of love and packages this month it has been so great!!I got three packages today and 2 letters from Kylee girl!! And one from lish and ty and grandma and a full board of emails! I’m going to have to do some printing this week. Thank you so much for the happiest b-day everyone muah!!!!!!!!!!I’m excited that little Bailey came!! and dad and clint are going to mexico without me? You’ll need a guide hehe!!!!!!!!! Yo puedo ayudarles ahora .Muah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Well I had a great b-day and opened love letters fun pictures and just had a great time. We had a family home evening this Sat. in my behalf and we invited all my best friends. (the recent baptisms in Jauja) Hermana Carolina bought me a cake and wrote Elder “Rogger” on it in blue frosting. We had pizza too! Remember I taught everyone how to make pizza. We took pictures and played some FHE games. I bought the Bob Marly CD to listen to. I think that’s ok for special occasions …. right?.... They threw the cake in my face pretty good, that is the tradition here. I’ll send pictures. We had about 12 people at the party that we have taught and reactivated and that was the most rewarding part it. My party ended with a 3 year old kid doing the Michael Jackson dance thriller for me!!!!!!!! He said he wanted to dance like Elder Rogers. I don’t know were he learned that? He danced the whole song it reminded me of Kason--- it was so funny. It was a little sad too we have changes today and I’m way nervous!It was a great b-day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I am really happy and just my self. It has been great week! I got letter from Bishop Greer and he said hi and good job. He also challenged me to be the missionary that Mom thinks I am. I sure am trying to! I thought that was a cool idea. I love you all and am working hard I feel so good and full of spirit I really do love the people here in Jauja! Even though things are still a little rough at times I’m getting used to it and sometimes I stop and think when I’m sleeping between 3 Latinos on the floor of some little whole in the wall house or eating crap they call food or riding on a buss with 37 people as big as the lume or watching a drunk dude fight or lay in street….. I think am I really here or is this real….. but I’m getting used to it.My companion has let me lead last week in everything to the point its almost annoying but its really helping me and there is no time to sit back and daydream or chill on the job we taught 45 lessons last week!!!!!!!!We are working hard and I’m way tense cause we have changes this week but they still haven’t come…….I will tell you as soon as I know what the changes are. Tell everyone thanks for all the love and tell them I’m doing great. I feel bad I spent some cash and I’m way spoiled but I’m so grateful! Thanks so so so much!Tell everyone to be safe in all there doing and I love you all so much!I’m sorry I couldn’t answer total today but I just got overloaded with lovealways your son in Peru!Elder Rogger
10-08 Journal entries
10-12-08
The work is going good in Jauja, Peru. Jon is working hard and has a great companion, Elder Benties.
A couple of stories from Jon
He says he was so excited to get his bud Brigham, age 18, the priesthood and on his first trip to the temple. It took the youth 9 hours one way to get to the Temple and the Bishop forgot to make an appointment so they could not do baptisms. 9 hrs. to the temple and 9 hrs back and not one baptism. That is a great sacrifice.
The people here in Jauja really like to play Dodgeball. After FHE we were about to begin a game of Dodgeball, but first I gave everyone a famous “yummy” American candy a “warhead”. Everyone was supposed to put it in their mouth at the same time. We had about 23 people. I said 1…2…3.. eat them! It was absolutely classic! Hehe I wish I had a camera. They were all pretty brave and sucked and survived the sweating and suffering of the first 2 minutes of the warhead. After the first 2 minutes it is really kind of a yummy candy. Anyway after the activity we got 13 contacts and 10 neuvos in this one day. That is more than I’ve had in whole weeks. J
I pray many times a day, we can get these people to church and teach them and bring them to the truth and baptize them.
I really am so happy to be Elder Rogers
The work is going good in Jauja, Peru. Jon is working hard and has a great companion, Elder Benties.
A couple of stories from Jon
He says he was so excited to get his bud Brigham, age 18, the priesthood and on his first trip to the temple. It took the youth 9 hours one way to get to the Temple and the Bishop forgot to make an appointment so they could not do baptisms. 9 hrs. to the temple and 9 hrs back and not one baptism. That is a great sacrifice.
The people here in Jauja really like to play Dodgeball. After FHE we were about to begin a game of Dodgeball, but first I gave everyone a famous “yummy” American candy a “warhead”. Everyone was supposed to put it in their mouth at the same time. We had about 23 people. I said 1…2…3.. eat them! It was absolutely classic! Hehe I wish I had a camera. They were all pretty brave and sucked and survived the sweating and suffering of the first 2 minutes of the warhead. After the first 2 minutes it is really kind of a yummy candy. Anyway after the activity we got 13 contacts and 10 neuvos in this one day. That is more than I’ve had in whole weeks. J
I pray many times a day, we can get these people to church and teach them and bring them to the truth and baptize them.
I really am so happy to be Elder Rogers
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