12-22-08
Hey fam!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hehe how is everyone doing? Its been a crazy long preparing week and the emails were many and great! Dad I’ve gained about 18 pounds in total. I’m still a little light but I feel great and find stuff to eat. I’m trying to be careful with money but its hard thanks so much for all the support.Well this week has been good we’ve been working so hard to bring to pass 3 baptisms this month and we had two marriages planed for yesterday but one fell through. Susy just wont commit and the RM boy friend is killing us. They were so good but we keep finding hidden secrets and sin and they don’t want to repent. It’s pretty sad all they have to do is marry. I was so bummed, but we had wonderful marriage of the other couple. It was awesome. I was a little stressed because I’ve never been to chosique but I found it and we had them married. I took lots of fun pictures and will sent them later but we are hoping to baptize them this week the 28!!!!!!!I’m praying so hard. We have worked so so so hard and work is kind of slow. Rafael is doing good too. I challenged all three yesterday, and they all seemed pretty excited about it. I am going to call or pass by everyday this week I’ll tell you on the call if they are going to get baptized cause baptism interviews for them are Christmas Eve yeah!!!!!Its been busy week and we found 3 more couple for January its hard cause we have to get them all married first. No one is married so it makes it hard but I want families and we will go forward with faith. I know if we are obedient and have faith and go for it there will be baptisms. I really like the East Stake baptism statistics. Wow- 30 baptisms this year!. If Blackburns and I get these three it will be 30 31 32 for me in my first year in mission. It’s been a long haul, but we have done a lot of good down here. I saw some of the Bayovar people at wedding and they told me about some of the investigators. One is going on mission J remember Eddy with the earring? And his mom the miracle? They are doing great! It’s rewarding some days when you hear things. Also Jauja is doing good. Carolina and her family have wrote me 3 times now. I sent them hymnbooks. Huanuco to is still holding in strong. I’m so so so excited for the call!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I will make a list and will be excited to talk on Christmas. The plans sound great! I will be so happy!Love your son and brother working and sweating in Peru!So your going to dinner with Blackburn’s weird! My buds were laughing when I read mom’s email about being a bit more circumspect. That day was fun and I really am trying to be good companion. We are working hard.
I can’t believe you get white Christmas woof!Love Jon--- Elder Rogers
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Letter from Jon 12-15-08
12-15-08
Que tal fam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My emails were so fun today! This has been a good week thanks for all love and support. I’ve really had some investigator challenges these last couple of week but I know things are going better. Elder Blackham and I had a fast and we found 2 more investigators from an awesome family. They have the 28th as fecha (Baptism Date) and we might have a marriage this week. No one is married down here its nuts! Elder Blackham is a stud. We are buds and we keep making goals to be better and we sure are working hard. Elder Blackham went to Chile for 2 days and I’m with other Elder so he probably wont be able to write to his family... He just went to take out his papers since he is illegal here in Peru cause his mission is Bolivia but know he’s mine. Sometimes I tease him I don’t know what he thinks about it hehe...I had good change of attitude this week. I read the talk “Come what may and love it” by Joseph Worthlin. It’s so true and like President Wilkinson said the mission isn’t all roses but its a time were you can give it all to the Lord and I’m trying so hard. We really are so busy. Rafael is doing great. I’m really excited for New Years Eve with him. ( I think that is when he is getting baptized) The best part is that Rafael and Pavel are buds. They come in blue jeans to church every week yeah!!!!!!!!!!I’m so grateful for all your love and I truly am so blessed. I’m learning so much. I’m thinking about buying a blow up pool for the family we live with. It’s getting so hot. It should be fun with all little kids for Christmas. This week will be crazy. I hope we can get the two marriages going. I’m in charge of taking them to chosiquea and I’m going to need divine inspiration to pull this off. I’m working hard! Love you all! your son elder rogmuah!!!!!!!!!!
Que tal fam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My emails were so fun today! This has been a good week thanks for all love and support. I’ve really had some investigator challenges these last couple of week but I know things are going better. Elder Blackham and I had a fast and we found 2 more investigators from an awesome family. They have the 28th as fecha (Baptism Date) and we might have a marriage this week. No one is married down here its nuts! Elder Blackham is a stud. We are buds and we keep making goals to be better and we sure are working hard. Elder Blackham went to Chile for 2 days and I’m with other Elder so he probably wont be able to write to his family... He just went to take out his papers since he is illegal here in Peru cause his mission is Bolivia but know he’s mine. Sometimes I tease him I don’t know what he thinks about it hehe...I had good change of attitude this week. I read the talk “Come what may and love it” by Joseph Worthlin. It’s so true and like President Wilkinson said the mission isn’t all roses but its a time were you can give it all to the Lord and I’m trying so hard. We really are so busy. Rafael is doing great. I’m really excited for New Years Eve with him. ( I think that is when he is getting baptized) The best part is that Rafael and Pavel are buds. They come in blue jeans to church every week yeah!!!!!!!!!!I’m so grateful for all your love and I truly am so blessed. I’m learning so much. I’m thinking about buying a blow up pool for the family we live with. It’s getting so hot. It should be fun with all little kids for Christmas. This week will be crazy. I hope we can get the two marriages going. I’m in charge of taking them to chosiquea and I’m going to need divine inspiration to pull this off. I’m working hard! Love you all! your son elder rogmuah!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
12-1-08 Letter
12-1-08
Hey fam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Woof its been a crazy week and it doesn’t feel at all like Christmas. I was thinking so much about all of you this week and just couldn’t imagine what it would be like eating such yummy food. We sat down and talked about family traditions in English with my buds and how I couldn’t even fit things on to the plate! … mmmmm from ham turkey mashed papas and even mom’s cinnamon rolls mmmmm a smorgasbord of sweet love mmmmmm…Well I hope you had a great week and everyone has recovered hehe! I got yummy sweet packages from mom so I was cooking up a storm. We had mac and cheese and turkey helper with instant potatoes and gravy mmmm! Thanks mom everyone loved me! Well dad I’m kind of bummed. I wanted my dad to release me I loved the idea but life will go on and you got more callings coming I’m sure. I’m ok and I love you.Happy b-day Clint! Well this week has been a little rough but I’m not going to focus on it and try to work hard for next week and Rafael. He is a great kid but his fecha is for the 30th of December now. He fell ( he drank) and its been really hard on me but I will help him all I can but its hard when someone falls after receiving a witness like he did but I’m ok and I will try to keep working hard! I’m so glad my family is doing good. I’m so so so grateful for all you in my life and that keeps me going through hard times. It doesn’t seem like Christmas down here. It’s so hot. I got some fun Christmas packages and It will be so fun to call home. I cant believe its December today woof!
My Questions to Jon:Tell us about your meetings with the Mission President. Really good! He gave me permission to go to Lima central to buy family something for Christmas yeah!!!!!!!! And we are buds. He says he know I’m working hard ! Do you jump on the bus and go to the office every week? No I’ve only been 3 times in whole mission. The mission office is about 1 hour away. Do you get your own mail every week? Yeah but comes through my zone leaders Do you eat out every week?never only on conferences or interviews How are Parvel and Rafael doing this week? Pavel is my bud he’s doing so good and loves your Book of Mormon movie you sent. We watch all the time. Does your companion have any St. George Blackburn relatives? No Does this area look like your other Lima area. yep uuuuugly… The dusty dirty hills with little houses? Yep that pretty much summs it up!. Where are you to with packages? I got Christmas tree with all pictures thanks for including food mac and cheese but still no pants. Its all good mom don’t sweat.. Did you get the wall hanging? We got turkey and tree up and ready. My penz ( cooking lady-landlord loves it… Did you get the T-shirts? Yea i love them 81!!!!!!!!!! The pants? nope Did you have the Beef and gravy and mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving? Yes it was awesome mmmmmm We all really miss you and at this time of year especially. We sure hope your health is doing well. How are your muscolos coming along? I’m doing good and I miss you all so much to but we will all go on heheWell last week I got to go out to bowling and it was so fun. I got a 204 my all time best ¡!!!!!!!!!! I don’t know were it came from but it was supper fun. We played like 6 games but the first game was best and I ate pizza and ran into someone hhhe?.................BRIDSALL----- I love that kid! I just strait up tell him-- man you the man! I didn’t like him in MTC but not I love him.
I’ve gained drum roll……………13pounds I’m coming in at 176 yeah!! Still skinny but I’m working on it. We had a pushup contest yesterday. I almost died but I love my perfect pushups! I’m nothing like I was. I’m going to try next year to look good for coming home heheCongrats A J!!!!!!!Alaska woof !I love you all and am doing goodLove your son Elder Rogers
Hey fam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Woof its been a crazy week and it doesn’t feel at all like Christmas. I was thinking so much about all of you this week and just couldn’t imagine what it would be like eating such yummy food. We sat down and talked about family traditions in English with my buds and how I couldn’t even fit things on to the plate! … mmmmm from ham turkey mashed papas and even mom’s cinnamon rolls mmmmm a smorgasbord of sweet love mmmmmm…Well I hope you had a great week and everyone has recovered hehe! I got yummy sweet packages from mom so I was cooking up a storm. We had mac and cheese and turkey helper with instant potatoes and gravy mmmm! Thanks mom everyone loved me! Well dad I’m kind of bummed. I wanted my dad to release me I loved the idea but life will go on and you got more callings coming I’m sure. I’m ok and I love you.Happy b-day Clint! Well this week has been a little rough but I’m not going to focus on it and try to work hard for next week and Rafael. He is a great kid but his fecha is for the 30th of December now. He fell ( he drank) and its been really hard on me but I will help him all I can but its hard when someone falls after receiving a witness like he did but I’m ok and I will try to keep working hard! I’m so glad my family is doing good. I’m so so so grateful for all you in my life and that keeps me going through hard times. It doesn’t seem like Christmas down here. It’s so hot. I got some fun Christmas packages and It will be so fun to call home. I cant believe its December today woof!
My Questions to Jon:Tell us about your meetings with the Mission President. Really good! He gave me permission to go to Lima central to buy family something for Christmas yeah!!!!!!!! And we are buds. He says he know I’m working hard ! Do you jump on the bus and go to the office every week? No I’ve only been 3 times in whole mission. The mission office is about 1 hour away. Do you get your own mail every week? Yeah but comes through my zone leaders Do you eat out every week?never only on conferences or interviews How are Parvel and Rafael doing this week? Pavel is my bud he’s doing so good and loves your Book of Mormon movie you sent. We watch all the time. Does your companion have any St. George Blackburn relatives? No Does this area look like your other Lima area. yep uuuuugly… The dusty dirty hills with little houses? Yep that pretty much summs it up!. Where are you to with packages? I got Christmas tree with all pictures thanks for including food mac and cheese but still no pants. Its all good mom don’t sweat.. Did you get the wall hanging? We got turkey and tree up and ready. My penz ( cooking lady-landlord loves it… Did you get the T-shirts? Yea i love them 81!!!!!!!!!! The pants? nope Did you have the Beef and gravy and mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving? Yes it was awesome mmmmmm We all really miss you and at this time of year especially. We sure hope your health is doing well. How are your muscolos coming along? I’m doing good and I miss you all so much to but we will all go on heheWell last week I got to go out to bowling and it was so fun. I got a 204 my all time best ¡!!!!!!!!!! I don’t know were it came from but it was supper fun. We played like 6 games but the first game was best and I ate pizza and ran into someone hhhe?.................BRIDSALL----- I love that kid! I just strait up tell him-- man you the man! I didn’t like him in MTC but not I love him.
I’ve gained drum roll……………13pounds I’m coming in at 176 yeah!! Still skinny but I’m working on it. We had a pushup contest yesterday. I almost died but I love my perfect pushups! I’m nothing like I was. I’m going to try next year to look good for coming home heheCongrats A J!!!!!!!Alaska woof !I love you all and am doing goodLove your son Elder Rogers
Monday, November 24, 2008
Letter from Jon 11-24-08
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!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!
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!
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