12-14-09
My dear family
Well this is it the last time and it’s so weird and I still don’t feel trunky or that I’m going home it’s kind of weird how everyone talks a about it but now I’m starting to know how unreal it is. Thank you so much for your love and support for me and all the great examples and your letters today, I love you all so much family and mom & dad. I am so grateful that I could finish and I feel so good. This mission has been the hardest thing I have ever done in my life and it has completely molded me into someone else, a man like dad said I have such a strong testimony of this gospel and I love being a soldier of the lord. Well I had my last interview with pres and it was so good I shared with him my goals and he just looked at me and said he felt so tranquillo about me and good about my mission it was awesome hearing it and knowing I had a honorable fulltime mission from the mouth of my leader he taught me lots and it was good to hear his council I can really see how much he loves me and we both expressed the joy with a good 45 min interview, I love President Leyva, he is a great servant of the Lord and taught me lots, well he told me that I have lots of great memories and happiness ahead in my life, he said the mission is a great base to start on and a great achievement!
Its been a good week we had 7 people come to church and it looks like we are going to have some good baptisms this last week of my mission the best way to go out and I am so so excited, we fasted and have some great people lined up for interviews tomorrow to be baptized if all goes well 6 or 7 will go in one on Saturday and 6 on Sunday…I would be so so happy .
I have been trying to enjoy life a bit but I’m still pretty busy we had the pre call for the rest today I was going to call but I don’t want to ruin the fun gathering next wed but it was fun to see comps so happy to call with their moms and dads.
Well family one more week here in sweaty old Peru. I love this place, and I feel good about my mission I have always tried to stay busy and do what’s right, I have worked more than hard, and have helped many people and learned lots about our self, like Joseph Smith says we must trust in the Lord I have learned on this mission that only Lord know how much we can take and he does love us and that is our comfort we must hold on to during the hard times, he lives and his son directs this church, I love this church, I love Peru, I will miss so very much hearing elder royers…. Elder royers . what a dream it is to be a missionary, I gave my last talk yesterday in my ward and I said well se acabo its ended my mission and me voy next week and the whole crowd just did the oohhh at the same time it was hard to look in their faces with the don’t go look I promised them I would come back, so
I have a great week from lama land ill see you when I walk of the plane with my fist in the air, o man I’m going to cry like a baby, just hug me don’t worry about how skinny I am I feel fine
Love elder rog
Monday, December 14, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
God Speed
12-6-09
Hey fam
Woof time just goes by to to fast! Thanks so much for all the wonderful emails lish, clint dad mom em, and everyone, I sure do enjoy reading about your feelings.
Well we were so blessed yesterday we got all five to church, and most to the devotional last night and they are getting more and more excited for there baptism, I want a white Christmas dad so so bad. The devotional was so great last night and I really enjoy the prophets’ stories, and I felt the spirit so strong with the music, we truly are so blessed to be members and I am so full of love for these people and my family. I love being a missionary and don’t want it to end, I have been thinking lots lately and president made me write down all my goals from what I learned what I want to do after mission to the characteristics in my future wife…it was good but bitter sweet. I really have learned so so much , and this mission has been tough but so good. I have my last interview with him tomorrow at 8:00am.
This week we are trying to get everything ready to go to get these people interview taught and excited for their baptism,
Last week was fun on pday we went to the old Catholic church of down town lima, and saw the catacombs of caves and dungeons of the scary Catholic church. it’s something that I have always wanted to do, and it was way cool just like Indiana Jones, and National treasure. I got it all on video.
I’m trying to do all of the best things for my zone to reward them and I tell them that pday is sacred , and we need to enjoy it or the work just isn’t the same.
Well I love you all and want you to know how much I love you all I put as number one of the most important things I’ve learned, is how much I love and appreciate my parents, and my family as well. What an adventure it has been for me down in Peru, but I have taught people the best I know form the examples I have been given, I love this gospel…I am so happy the Lord gave me 24 months, this church is true
God speed your son in lama land
Elder rog
Ps only one more letter left any last requests?
Hey fam
Woof time just goes by to to fast! Thanks so much for all the wonderful emails lish, clint dad mom em, and everyone, I sure do enjoy reading about your feelings.
Well we were so blessed yesterday we got all five to church, and most to the devotional last night and they are getting more and more excited for there baptism, I want a white Christmas dad so so bad. The devotional was so great last night and I really enjoy the prophets’ stories, and I felt the spirit so strong with the music, we truly are so blessed to be members and I am so full of love for these people and my family. I love being a missionary and don’t want it to end, I have been thinking lots lately and president made me write down all my goals from what I learned what I want to do after mission to the characteristics in my future wife…it was good but bitter sweet. I really have learned so so much , and this mission has been tough but so good. I have my last interview with him tomorrow at 8:00am.
This week we are trying to get everything ready to go to get these people interview taught and excited for their baptism,
Last week was fun on pday we went to the old Catholic church of down town lima, and saw the catacombs of caves and dungeons of the scary Catholic church. it’s something that I have always wanted to do, and it was way cool just like Indiana Jones, and National treasure. I got it all on video.
I’m trying to do all of the best things for my zone to reward them and I tell them that pday is sacred , and we need to enjoy it or the work just isn’t the same.
Well I love you all and want you to know how much I love you all I put as number one of the most important things I’ve learned, is how much I love and appreciate my parents, and my family as well. What an adventure it has been for me down in Peru, but I have taught people the best I know form the examples I have been given, I love this gospel…I am so happy the Lord gave me 24 months, this church is true
God speed your son in lama land
Elder rog
Ps only one more letter left any last requests?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Nov 30 09
11-30-09
What up family?
Que dicen? Woof another week blown away here in sweaty Peru. Man we are working are flippin butts off. We saved the zone this week and ended with 13 baptisms as a zone. I am pleased and will tell you details. I first want to say thanks for writing me everyone and all your support it sounds like the family is doing great and pumped up for Christmas and got lights up and stuff and that’s way fun. I want everyone to know I read everything that comes if not in the second I print it off, Lish that sounds way fun you went to black eyed peas concert with u2. Parsons is assistant from Arizona is that who your taking about…
Mom Elder Watters is my best bud from Canada. We were in Vitarte for 6 months together and had two kids together and we were best buds. He is from British Columbia Canada. I told him he didn’t have to do anything his last week in the temple together but he is just like that. We are great buds and he was great elder.
The football emails were great hehe that sounds like a lot of fun! I’m trying to stay caught up with everyone but I usually print off emails and have to look as I talk to someone on the phone or write numbers down.
Well this week we had marriages up in Chosica. I went up there with a certified lawyer from my zone Elder Arasscue and we talked to the alcalde judge and we planned one more marriage. I feel like a high class business man rolling into an office with my name tag and suit as zone leader of 26 year old lawyer from down town Lima as an elder. We had a good talk and the judge is a member, and we were able to get things taken care of. We had a great baptism and we were able help elder of the zone baptize a family of 5!!!!!!!! And we baptized in almost every area this week. It was crazy and I had Edgar as my testigo and we pulled out his partida. I don’t know what that is in English but it’s a paper that the temple asked for to get married in the temple. It’s awesome and we are helping so many people compete with chastity here ,yeah baby!!!!!!!! It has really been a crazy week and a week of miracles!
Please everyone don’t talk about home just yet I got 6 in the barrel and I want to stay focused! I love the mission and am really kind of sad that is winding down . I feel like someone is going to pull the carpet from under me and it’s not fair…all I want to do is what I’m doing right now.
I know this is the gospel is real and so true I don’t except no as an answer, I have so much faith! This week I prayed and told Him there needs to be a marriage. I’m going to figure things out help me and I went! We did everything possible and are investigators as well and she was in tears as she got baptized it was so great!
Well I bought a new camera for 600 soles and I made a couple of ice cream purchases and cookies. I’m doing pushups like a mad man, and am weighing in at a 184.5 and trying to look normal. I’ll start taking pictures of food and you’ll see why one cant gain weight but I’m not complaining. I love Peru!
Is there anything you want cool from Peru before I come back? I feel bad for spending so much but everything is pretty cheap down here?
I love you all your son in Peru
Ps we got to plan a play for Christmas. I’ll get some fun film of it. We are going to do something fun for Pres. Leyva.
Elder Rogers only 2 letters mas!
What up family?
Que dicen? Woof another week blown away here in sweaty Peru. Man we are working are flippin butts off. We saved the zone this week and ended with 13 baptisms as a zone. I am pleased and will tell you details. I first want to say thanks for writing me everyone and all your support it sounds like the family is doing great and pumped up for Christmas and got lights up and stuff and that’s way fun. I want everyone to know I read everything that comes if not in the second I print it off, Lish that sounds way fun you went to black eyed peas concert with u2. Parsons is assistant from Arizona is that who your taking about…
Mom Elder Watters is my best bud from Canada. We were in Vitarte for 6 months together and had two kids together and we were best buds. He is from British Columbia Canada. I told him he didn’t have to do anything his last week in the temple together but he is just like that. We are great buds and he was great elder.
The football emails were great hehe that sounds like a lot of fun! I’m trying to stay caught up with everyone but I usually print off emails and have to look as I talk to someone on the phone or write numbers down.
Well this week we had marriages up in Chosica. I went up there with a certified lawyer from my zone Elder Arasscue and we talked to the alcalde judge and we planned one more marriage. I feel like a high class business man rolling into an office with my name tag and suit as zone leader of 26 year old lawyer from down town Lima as an elder. We had a good talk and the judge is a member, and we were able to get things taken care of. We had a great baptism and we were able help elder of the zone baptize a family of 5!!!!!!!! And we baptized in almost every area this week. It was crazy and I had Edgar as my testigo and we pulled out his partida. I don’t know what that is in English but it’s a paper that the temple asked for to get married in the temple. It’s awesome and we are helping so many people compete with chastity here ,yeah baby!!!!!!!! It has really been a crazy week and a week of miracles!
Please everyone don’t talk about home just yet I got 6 in the barrel and I want to stay focused! I love the mission and am really kind of sad that is winding down . I feel like someone is going to pull the carpet from under me and it’s not fair…all I want to do is what I’m doing right now.
I know this is the gospel is real and so true I don’t except no as an answer, I have so much faith! This week I prayed and told Him there needs to be a marriage. I’m going to figure things out help me and I went! We did everything possible and are investigators as well and she was in tears as she got baptized it was so great!
Well I bought a new camera for 600 soles and I made a couple of ice cream purchases and cookies. I’m doing pushups like a mad man, and am weighing in at a 184.5 and trying to look normal. I’ll start taking pictures of food and you’ll see why one cant gain weight but I’m not complaining. I love Peru!
Is there anything you want cool from Peru before I come back? I feel bad for spending so much but everything is pretty cheap down here?
I love you all your son in Peru
Ps we got to plan a play for Christmas. I’ll get some fun film of it. We are going to do something fun for Pres. Leyva.
Elder Rogers only 2 letters mas!
Monday, November 23, 2009
No Marriages? 11-23-09
What up fam!!!!!!!!!!! 11-23-09
Well its been a crazy week and time is just disappearing… wow Clint your 31 brother hehe thats crazy but your Young…your so Young and im excited for you it sounds like you had fun in Cancun. Orvil is growing growing and mom sounds like the best grandma ever hehe that’s great! I’m so gald everyone else is doing well.
Well the weeks go by so fast and it’s just crazy this week we had the last zone leaders conference and it was fun eating pizza and staying up late telling stories with all my buddies for the last time they all look at me and just cant believe I’m leaving and won’t be there next time and I can’t either and it’s kind of hard trying to get used to it for the last time. President taught us good and we have last Christmas celebration conference on the 21st Monday and then I sleep in the office and get on plane next day. I have my last interview with pres on the 8th and he wants to hear and see my goals…mmmm for what my plans are. I love the mission and love being a elder and especially helping those other elders .
This week I have to tell you all was probably the most stressful just bad week of my whole mission . Don’t get worried but we got a call last Friday night that the matromonios were a no go cause the state of Peru chosica denied that the elders marry people . So until there is an investigation I guess there had been some filing problems and just chunk and so they said no and maybe not for this week either and we don’t know what we are going to do but I was the one who got to stay up until 2 30 in the morning crying laughing ticked shocked calling everyone telling them in my zone that we got shafted…I first call the assistants and the ZL’s of shosica and it just destroyed them with a burn and said how can you call me at 10:30 saying there is no marriage tomorrow if I got a family of 4 and grandparents cakes, dresses, little sparkly things everywhere, cookies waiting in the church, a full to the brim baptismal fount!!!!!!!!! And 300 ward members ready to see this dude tie the knot and baptize his wife!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t you tell me there is no marriages boy or I’m going be in a three legged foot race with you the clinica san paolo ! They then told me it was from state. Well we baptized 0 this week and it was a disaster. we sent members to investigators house at 12:30 and they all cried and it was hard to get them happy again. I just remember sitting on my bed looking at my comp and we both started laughing it is so stressfull being a elder sometimes) ps I really wasn’t that mean on phone it was just to make you laugh but I can talk pretty fast in espanol) ..Who have so much responsibility and happiness of lives in your hands not to mention the salvation of souls but I said a prayer and we got it figured out for hopefully this week. Oh man I’m grateful for the trials form God I know this is how it will be in future at work, marriage, and with crazy kids or whatever. Like they say come what may and love it! This week will be a better week but we canceled so many baptisms it was so so so so embarrassing all the ZL’swere so mad all we could do is go on its nobody’s fault woof. I just remember calling my bud Elder Bac from Guatemala and I said its over buddy no marriage tomorrow. I woke him up and he said you’re kidding. I’m dead I’m so dead what a nightmare I said. I’m sorry and slowly hung up the phone ocuh!
Well we had some good people in church and things are looking lots better it always gets better and the family is happy and ready to go on. I love you all may god bless.
I work hard every day down here for all those who want to come to Christ from lama land muah!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Elder Rogers moroni 8 2 I think of dad when I read this
Well its been a crazy week and time is just disappearing… wow Clint your 31 brother hehe thats crazy but your Young…your so Young and im excited for you it sounds like you had fun in Cancun. Orvil is growing growing and mom sounds like the best grandma ever hehe that’s great! I’m so gald everyone else is doing well.
Well the weeks go by so fast and it’s just crazy this week we had the last zone leaders conference and it was fun eating pizza and staying up late telling stories with all my buddies for the last time they all look at me and just cant believe I’m leaving and won’t be there next time and I can’t either and it’s kind of hard trying to get used to it for the last time. President taught us good and we have last Christmas celebration conference on the 21st Monday and then I sleep in the office and get on plane next day. I have my last interview with pres on the 8th and he wants to hear and see my goals…mmmm for what my plans are. I love the mission and love being a elder and especially helping those other elders .
This week I have to tell you all was probably the most stressful just bad week of my whole mission . Don’t get worried but we got a call last Friday night that the matromonios were a no go cause the state of Peru chosica denied that the elders marry people . So until there is an investigation I guess there had been some filing problems and just chunk and so they said no and maybe not for this week either and we don’t know what we are going to do but I was the one who got to stay up until 2 30 in the morning crying laughing ticked shocked calling everyone telling them in my zone that we got shafted…I first call the assistants and the ZL’s of shosica and it just destroyed them with a burn and said how can you call me at 10:30 saying there is no marriage tomorrow if I got a family of 4 and grandparents cakes, dresses, little sparkly things everywhere, cookies waiting in the church, a full to the brim baptismal fount!!!!!!!!! And 300 ward members ready to see this dude tie the knot and baptize his wife!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t you tell me there is no marriages boy or I’m going be in a three legged foot race with you the clinica san paolo ! They then told me it was from state. Well we baptized 0 this week and it was a disaster. we sent members to investigators house at 12:30 and they all cried and it was hard to get them happy again. I just remember sitting on my bed looking at my comp and we both started laughing it is so stressfull being a elder sometimes) ps I really wasn’t that mean on phone it was just to make you laugh but I can talk pretty fast in espanol) ..Who have so much responsibility and happiness of lives in your hands not to mention the salvation of souls but I said a prayer and we got it figured out for hopefully this week. Oh man I’m grateful for the trials form God I know this is how it will be in future at work, marriage, and with crazy kids or whatever. Like they say come what may and love it! This week will be a better week but we canceled so many baptisms it was so so so so embarrassing all the ZL’swere so mad all we could do is go on its nobody’s fault woof. I just remember calling my bud Elder Bac from Guatemala and I said its over buddy no marriage tomorrow. I woke him up and he said you’re kidding. I’m dead I’m so dead what a nightmare I said. I’m sorry and slowly hung up the phone ocuh!
Well we had some good people in church and things are looking lots better it always gets better and the family is happy and ready to go on. I love you all may god bless.
I work hard every day down here for all those who want to come to Christ from lama land muah!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Elder Rogers moroni 8 2 I think of dad when I read this
Monday, November 16, 2009
Trouble on the ball Field
What up fam!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well im down here in sweaty old peru and i dont know how im gunna home not so skinny like my plan just sweating like a dog but o well…im lovin it! Im so glad to here that the am is doing great and that things are tranquillo. Mom your getting in Spanish nice work!
Im glad to here big kace is tearing it up in basketball and gage is home and just loved his mish I knew he did and know he is a stud . wow he really has changed a lot that’s great. and its gunna be un to see everyone and hear the stories! Hehe I got so many stories hehe speaking o stories well we went to internet today and the web was down so we decided to play futbol a little early and while we were in the capilla some one threw tear gas over the fence at us probly some punks or something put we were playing and all the sudden we had like three elders just hit the deck and I and my comp were like what is going on then I couldn’t breath it hurt so so bad I just had to spit so bad like 5 times it felt like I had salt water up my nose and my throat was bleeding it was way rough and I told everyone to get the heck out of there and we all went running into the church then in the bathroom and had a sink party and took showeres in it, it was so weird and we never even saw anyone or any thing but some of latinos say its happened before and they come and rob your stuf when you run inside I imagine…..but we were in the church and I got the key so nothing happened but how about that or a story it happen about 45 min ago and now im here but we are all fine happily ….crasy peru! Im never gunna forget this place I have experienced so many things its kind of scary to have to protect if something does happen but we are protected.
Well im still here in campoy and im gunna die with elder toral from Ecuador its cool we are good enough buds I sometimes think he is more trunky then I am! But I just got to stay ocused I go out there and pound it everyday I know I can always do better but im making the last push we got some good baptisms coming up if we can get things put together with these marriges, and we also received a ref today of fam of 5! Yeah and they are pretty promising I just want to feel the book before I head out and have success .
I m trying to finish bom and just read alma 60 verse 36 and ilove it cuase it casue its my main man moroni and he just doesent put up with chunk hehe and is just so powerfull and I have read that verse many times in last few days I really like alma chaps.
Well we really have had some great experiences latly we have helped a man come back to church after 15 years and now he will be married to his wife and his wife will be baptized and we also have a kid that falied us like on 10 citas and I alwys tell him that we will be his bud but that we need to move on well he came to curch and said elder rogers give me one more chance and I said of course buddy and he came to the appointment and said he just wants to be baptized and said he wasn’t ready at first budt know he is I don’t know why I was so paticint with him but I guess the lord does and and looked and my comp and said valio la pena causa ) it was worth the pain brother) and he is going in on Sunday hehe wow I will never deny how the lord literally uses us ans his tools and puts people in our path and if we are out working it will all work out. Tight!
Well that’s about all from lama land love your bro
Elder rogers
Well im down here in sweaty old peru and i dont know how im gunna home not so skinny like my plan just sweating like a dog but o well…im lovin it! Im so glad to here that the am is doing great and that things are tranquillo. Mom your getting in Spanish nice work!
Im glad to here big kace is tearing it up in basketball and gage is home and just loved his mish I knew he did and know he is a stud . wow he really has changed a lot that’s great. and its gunna be un to see everyone and hear the stories! Hehe I got so many stories hehe speaking o stories well we went to internet today and the web was down so we decided to play futbol a little early and while we were in the capilla some one threw tear gas over the fence at us probly some punks or something put we were playing and all the sudden we had like three elders just hit the deck and I and my comp were like what is going on then I couldn’t breath it hurt so so bad I just had to spit so bad like 5 times it felt like I had salt water up my nose and my throat was bleeding it was way rough and I told everyone to get the heck out of there and we all went running into the church then in the bathroom and had a sink party and took showeres in it, it was so weird and we never even saw anyone or any thing but some of latinos say its happened before and they come and rob your stuf when you run inside I imagine…..but we were in the church and I got the key so nothing happened but how about that or a story it happen about 45 min ago and now im here but we are all fine happily ….crasy peru! Im never gunna forget this place I have experienced so many things its kind of scary to have to protect if something does happen but we are protected.
Well im still here in campoy and im gunna die with elder toral from Ecuador its cool we are good enough buds I sometimes think he is more trunky then I am! But I just got to stay ocused I go out there and pound it everyday I know I can always do better but im making the last push we got some good baptisms coming up if we can get things put together with these marriges, and we also received a ref today of fam of 5! Yeah and they are pretty promising I just want to feel the book before I head out and have success .
I m trying to finish bom and just read alma 60 verse 36 and ilove it cuase it casue its my main man moroni and he just doesent put up with chunk hehe and is just so powerfull and I have read that verse many times in last few days I really like alma chaps.
Well we really have had some great experiences latly we have helped a man come back to church after 15 years and now he will be married to his wife and his wife will be baptized and we also have a kid that falied us like on 10 citas and I alwys tell him that we will be his bud but that we need to move on well he came to curch and said elder rogers give me one more chance and I said of course buddy and he came to the appointment and said he just wants to be baptized and said he wasn’t ready at first budt know he is I don’t know why I was so paticint with him but I guess the lord does and and looked and my comp and said valio la pena causa ) it was worth the pain brother) and he is going in on Sunday hehe wow I will never deny how the lord literally uses us ans his tools and puts people in our path and if we are out working it will all work out. Tight!
Well that’s about all from lama land love your bro
Elder rogers
Monday, November 9, 2009
Everyone but me is going home
Hey fam! 11-9-09
Well it sounds like everyone had a good time at time out week for the mujeres! That’s awesome I’m glad you had a great time
That’s way funny trying to imagine the boys tending the kids hehe McDonalds always is the solution.
Well it’s been kind of a sad week and hard one but still great in the obra del señor . We had a big group pack the bags and turn in the keys this week and most of them were all my best buddies. I had one elder elder english who lives in Vegas who has really helped me just turn this zone into well oiled machine as one of my district leaders and he stayed in my room last night and now he’s gone along with elder Johnson from Bountiful Utah, Wilding; stg, merill Ogden vally, Lowery ; California, Lucas; Illinois, and many more. I can’t believe there gone because they are the ones I started my mission with! I can still remember some of them in my first areas we have all grown so much! As we build the kingdom of god here in the world he builds all of us..
I also had one kid in my group leave to go back to Afghanistan in my group? He’s a tank driver and pres called in morning and he left at night. What are we still over there? He left so fast pres says he had to go. It’s my last change now and it’s kind of hard for me to except it but I’m ready to rock it and burn until the engines roar!
This week we had four couples with their kids come to church and just when things were getting way slow we know got a potential 8 with date. Yesterday I looked up in air and said thanks you now we might be having some marriages again. Maybe three full families, it would be great way to leave. We got the goal we got the plan now it’s go time! We took a couple over to Lucy and Edgars house last night and had FHE and watched the Joseph Smith movie and then challenged them to get married and get baptized. They accepted and it was played so perfect our new married members did all the work they said do it, it will help so much in your life! We have them and son of 12 years old going in on 28! And will challenge other family of 4 Tues night! I love to work and if I had my wife and kids I’d love to find teach and baptize for a lot longer. Now I know exactly what I’m doing and I love to do it and feel so comfortable…but that’s why it’s only a one time deal. I talked in church yesterday and told some fun stories from Hauncayo and it was really fun to tell.
When I started the mission, I worked to try to make time go by faster . I know I’m working now cause I just don’t have enough time, I want to baptize my last day here!
I love you all ….your son in lama land
Elder rog
ps thanks Clint fam for bday card so fun! Jar bear voice, and cancun? Thats so not cool bro
Ps. During lunch we keep it real with mancola and phase 10 hehe. I love having fun! We made a pancha mancha the other day( chicken under the ground with hot rocks) and it was so cool. I wrote down all the instructions to be able to do it when i get back. It will be sweet at p.v. or Powell! And you play cards as you wait i also made pollos with Money we had their orange and say Campoy 21! On them with areas
Well it sounds like everyone had a good time at time out week for the mujeres! That’s awesome I’m glad you had a great time
That’s way funny trying to imagine the boys tending the kids hehe McDonalds always is the solution.
Well it’s been kind of a sad week and hard one but still great in the obra del señor . We had a big group pack the bags and turn in the keys this week and most of them were all my best buddies. I had one elder elder english who lives in Vegas who has really helped me just turn this zone into well oiled machine as one of my district leaders and he stayed in my room last night and now he’s gone along with elder Johnson from Bountiful Utah, Wilding; stg, merill Ogden vally, Lowery ; California, Lucas; Illinois, and many more. I can’t believe there gone because they are the ones I started my mission with! I can still remember some of them in my first areas we have all grown so much! As we build the kingdom of god here in the world he builds all of us..
I also had one kid in my group leave to go back to Afghanistan in my group? He’s a tank driver and pres called in morning and he left at night. What are we still over there? He left so fast pres says he had to go. It’s my last change now and it’s kind of hard for me to except it but I’m ready to rock it and burn until the engines roar!
This week we had four couples with their kids come to church and just when things were getting way slow we know got a potential 8 with date. Yesterday I looked up in air and said thanks you now we might be having some marriages again. Maybe three full families, it would be great way to leave. We got the goal we got the plan now it’s go time! We took a couple over to Lucy and Edgars house last night and had FHE and watched the Joseph Smith movie and then challenged them to get married and get baptized. They accepted and it was played so perfect our new married members did all the work they said do it, it will help so much in your life! We have them and son of 12 years old going in on 28! And will challenge other family of 4 Tues night! I love to work and if I had my wife and kids I’d love to find teach and baptize for a lot longer. Now I know exactly what I’m doing and I love to do it and feel so comfortable…but that’s why it’s only a one time deal. I talked in church yesterday and told some fun stories from Hauncayo and it was really fun to tell.
When I started the mission, I worked to try to make time go by faster . I know I’m working now cause I just don’t have enough time, I want to baptize my last day here!
I love you all ….your son in lama land
Elder rog
ps thanks Clint fam for bday card so fun! Jar bear voice, and cancun? Thats so not cool bro
Ps. During lunch we keep it real with mancola and phase 10 hehe. I love having fun! We made a pancha mancha the other day( chicken under the ground with hot rocks) and it was so cool. I wrote down all the instructions to be able to do it when i get back. It will be sweet at p.v. or Powell! And you play cards as you wait i also made pollos with Money we had their orange and say Campoy 21! On them with areas
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sweating it up in Lamaland
Hey fam! 11-3-09
Well it’s been a crazy busy week i have absolutely no time for myself and the days just melt together and we are slamin Campoy! We finished the month with 21!!!!!!!!!!! Baptisms! For the first time ever in Campoy for years! It was awesome and we really brought it together and it was so fun and the Lord just gave us miracle after miracle.
We started it out last week celebrating my bday we went bowling and I spent all of the funds on one shot. It was so fun and everyone really had a good time! I scored 166 here in ole Peru not bad uh? But then it was all go time! We got the zone pumped up on Tuesday and looked at all of our possibilities and then my companion and I went on divisions and took other missionaries out of their areas to help elders with investigators with a date it was crazy idea and it worked! I went with Elder Anco to la portada and we talked with the parents of a 17 year old girl (Gladis ) she has assisted the church for almost a year, and her parents would never give her permission to get baptized. I told Elder Anco we would get permission… and he was fasting. We went to the house and sure enough the mom didn’t want to talk to us….but we said a prayer with the girl and told her if she had faith and Lord wanted her to be baptized at this time he would present a way. We had a great member there too. She went in her mom’s room and 10min later came out with angry catholic mom….I was so nervous and Anco didnt say a word. We just started teaching about the family and how God is our father. I asked her if she found anything wrong or offensive about our message and then told her if she really wanted her daughter to process spiritually she needed the spirit and to get the spirit she needed to be baptized correctly. She bore testimony and her friend bore testimony and Elder Anco and I bore testimony. Then the mom said , when is she going to get baptized?....and what does she need?...the golden question. I said your love and support and she said …..I agree and I was little nervous in saying the baptism time because it was for the next day but I just threw it out there with big smile. It’s tomorrow you going to come?.......She said I’ll be there and her dad will too because now I understand! Miracle! There was some chest bumping and prayers of gratitude after. Getting 21 baptisms-----it was great experience and I’ll never forget how spirit just used us like a hammer and pick to open that ladies heart . It was great and Elder Anco is still in awe. Even though I’ve seen it before with Elsa and Astrid and my atheist friend, I too am in awe.…wow how great is this gospel? How wonderful is it to be a soldier and literally fighting for the truth. It was so great! Latter that night the mom accepted a date for 28 of November!
My companion worked hard on the other end and we as a zone were there present as the las Tones went in. A team effort!
I am so so grateful to be an Elder!! I love my mission and I am so so stressed out and just running around and I don’t get much sleep andall I don’t think about much else then this great work. I’m having so much fun and love helping other Elders. Our division went great with new Elder Taylor and his companion and they were able to baptize 4 this last week after not baptizing for a month. Miracles miracles, all around.
This week we also had 2 days as Elder Anco and I took 35 jovenes around to knock doors and then stayed the night with the older ones and divided with them for 2 days. I was with fun k id that told me all his stories and kept telling me to slow down. He was falling asleep in the lessons cause he was just so so tired but a great kid and we had some fun times.
I love all you guys
Sweating it up here in lama land your son elder Rogers!
This week I’m taking my zone to play soccer against our arch rival the zone Las Flores.
There going down!
Well it’s been a crazy busy week i have absolutely no time for myself and the days just melt together and we are slamin Campoy! We finished the month with 21!!!!!!!!!!! Baptisms! For the first time ever in Campoy for years! It was awesome and we really brought it together and it was so fun and the Lord just gave us miracle after miracle.
We started it out last week celebrating my bday we went bowling and I spent all of the funds on one shot. It was so fun and everyone really had a good time! I scored 166 here in ole Peru not bad uh? But then it was all go time! We got the zone pumped up on Tuesday and looked at all of our possibilities and then my companion and I went on divisions and took other missionaries out of their areas to help elders with investigators with a date it was crazy idea and it worked! I went with Elder Anco to la portada and we talked with the parents of a 17 year old girl (Gladis ) she has assisted the church for almost a year, and her parents would never give her permission to get baptized. I told Elder Anco we would get permission… and he was fasting. We went to the house and sure enough the mom didn’t want to talk to us….but we said a prayer with the girl and told her if she had faith and Lord wanted her to be baptized at this time he would present a way. We had a great member there too. She went in her mom’s room and 10min later came out with angry catholic mom….I was so nervous and Anco didnt say a word. We just started teaching about the family and how God is our father. I asked her if she found anything wrong or offensive about our message and then told her if she really wanted her daughter to process spiritually she needed the spirit and to get the spirit she needed to be baptized correctly. She bore testimony and her friend bore testimony and Elder Anco and I bore testimony. Then the mom said , when is she going to get baptized?....and what does she need?...the golden question. I said your love and support and she said …..I agree and I was little nervous in saying the baptism time because it was for the next day but I just threw it out there with big smile. It’s tomorrow you going to come?.......She said I’ll be there and her dad will too because now I understand! Miracle! There was some chest bumping and prayers of gratitude after. Getting 21 baptisms-----it was great experience and I’ll never forget how spirit just used us like a hammer and pick to open that ladies heart . It was great and Elder Anco is still in awe. Even though I’ve seen it before with Elsa and Astrid and my atheist friend, I too am in awe.…wow how great is this gospel? How wonderful is it to be a soldier and literally fighting for the truth. It was so great! Latter that night the mom accepted a date for 28 of November!
My companion worked hard on the other end and we as a zone were there present as the las Tones went in. A team effort!
I am so so grateful to be an Elder!! I love my mission and I am so so stressed out and just running around and I don’t get much sleep andall I don’t think about much else then this great work. I’m having so much fun and love helping other Elders. Our division went great with new Elder Taylor and his companion and they were able to baptize 4 this last week after not baptizing for a month. Miracles miracles, all around.
This week we also had 2 days as Elder Anco and I took 35 jovenes around to knock doors and then stayed the night with the older ones and divided with them for 2 days. I was with fun k id that told me all his stories and kept telling me to slow down. He was falling asleep in the lessons cause he was just so so tired but a great kid and we had some fun times.
I love all you guys
Sweating it up here in lama land your son elder Rogers!
This week I’m taking my zone to play soccer against our arch rival the zone Las Flores.
There going down!
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