Hey mom and dad ,
This is your son down in Peru thanks so much for fun emails and wonderful
letters. I’m glad you had a good time and got a taste of what I deal with everyday. I’m also glad you had fun last night for Easter. I was thinking about you
I’m so sorry for email last week the server was down and it didn’t work I tried so hard mom. It shut down after that sentence I tried writing. I am here now and everything is alright. I will email next Monday as well. We didn’t get any cards or email this week. It’s been tough but I will be patient. I pray you get my letters let me know. I love little blogs to catch me up every week. I read a few last week and that was good. I understand its hard with one way thing but know I read it all. I’m just happy to get it. I will try always to let you know how I am.
This last two weeks has been extremely hard on me and difficult I’m having a hard time with my companion and I let Pres. Lindstrom know but nothing is changing he is so mean to me and I’m just lonely and we aren’t doing what we need to. I will never give up but he is really disobedient and says hurtful things about kylee and fam cause I guess he likes putting me down. I don’t know what to do some days and with the diarrhea and my comp not wanting to do what we should. I’ve had comp study 3 times since being in the field. I know this is a test for me so please keep me in your prayers some days aren’t so bad, but I’m glad to hear things are going good.
Thanks so much mom and dad Clint fam. Tell everyone I love them so much. I went to temple last week and had a good long prayer for all my loved ones and to help me get through these hard times. I feel like cast away some days like no one knows what is going on with me but the Lord does so I will try to be positive always. Don’t worry about the mail, or email I write every week. I love you mom and dad fam. I know sometimes there is technical difficulties but have faith and stay positive. I’m here and I love you. I’m trying too. Thanks so much for everything. I’m looking forward to next week should be a good week for mail. I love you. I will go on in this great cause. love your son Elder Rogers
Monday, March 24, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
E-mail 2-25-08
2/25/08
Hey mom and dad,and family,
I’m here in Peru and I’m alive and surviving. My Preparation day is on Monday, except when I go to the temple. When we have a temple day our preparation day is changed for that week only. I am serving in Lima in the Bayovar Stake. I am assigned to the Villa Hermosa and Valle Sagrado wards. My companion is Elder Echegaray from Chiclayo, Peru. He is native and so we don’t really talk a lot but he knows what he is doing and I’m learning a lot I am in really rough part just me and my comp I’ve been here for five days know and my house is the humblest thing you have ever seen half our house doesn’t have a roof and my bed is on a bucket and bricks. It’s just made out of cement and it’s just really dirty. I took a lot of pictures and I’ll send them later.
This area is known for lots of baptisms we are about an hour outside of Lima in slums and there are nasty dogs everywhere. There are dirt roads with houses made out of sticks bricks wood tarps duct tape no lie it’s the craziest thing. I was so nervous the first day. We only have cold showers and the food is really hard to eat. I’m doing ok and surviving I’ll try to be happy. I’m sorry I haven’t been able to email but my p-day is on Monday so it should be a regular thing I’m getting used to things and hanging in there. I pray so much everyday and this is the craziest adventure. You’re going to die when you see for yourself were I live yikes... well we need to talk about business.
They are threatening to take away email so the new rule is that there can only be one address yours jemcoinv@infowest.com Ok that’s just what we have do. Mom so tell everyone in family, Bishop, President, uncles, aunts that they must email you and then you forward it to me ok. It’s frustrating but I’m so grateful for email so please help me gather it all Sunday night and then forward to me especially tell Kylee girl ok thanks.
Mom, and please don’t read theirs you can read mine reply if you must but just send it to me this is only way I can receive email is through the jemcoinv@infowest.com address you so please tell Kylee and everyone fast and if they already sent some last five days since last wed 20. Tell them to resend to you and then you send to me...please!!!
Thanks I love you all and am doing well. You send mail by pouch and regular. I would just mail regular like you have been. I got a few letters the first day that were 1 month old at the office that were pouch. I got one today from mom with newspaper so send regular mail. I think it is the best bet also you can send packages in big envelope and padded envelope with mission home address. Just go to post office and write everything that is in the package on green slip outside of package. I am sorry the mail is so slow i haven’t received any recent mail in two weeks. It is so frustrating but know it will all work out and it will soon catch up like the CCM . I love all of you and would really enjoy any mail from you mom. I write you every week mom, dad, Kylee and I will email Mondays. The area I am in is wild and everyday I sweat climbing up the hills to teach people in the huts but the mission is having big success and we have a goal of 400 yeah 400 baptisms this mouth as a mission. There are a little less then 200 missionaries in the mission and me and my comp have 6 people we are teaching that are committed for March 9th- yeah! I’m getting the language bit by bit but it’s hard I’ve been put in the fire but your always in my prayers.
love you mom and dad your son Elder Rogers
Hey mom and dad,and family,
I’m here in Peru and I’m alive and surviving. My Preparation day is on Monday, except when I go to the temple. When we have a temple day our preparation day is changed for that week only. I am serving in Lima in the Bayovar Stake. I am assigned to the Villa Hermosa and Valle Sagrado wards. My companion is Elder Echegaray from Chiclayo, Peru. He is native and so we don’t really talk a lot but he knows what he is doing and I’m learning a lot I am in really rough part just me and my comp I’ve been here for five days know and my house is the humblest thing you have ever seen half our house doesn’t have a roof and my bed is on a bucket and bricks. It’s just made out of cement and it’s just really dirty. I took a lot of pictures and I’ll send them later.
This area is known for lots of baptisms we are about an hour outside of Lima in slums and there are nasty dogs everywhere. There are dirt roads with houses made out of sticks bricks wood tarps duct tape no lie it’s the craziest thing. I was so nervous the first day. We only have cold showers and the food is really hard to eat. I’m doing ok and surviving I’ll try to be happy. I’m sorry I haven’t been able to email but my p-day is on Monday so it should be a regular thing I’m getting used to things and hanging in there. I pray so much everyday and this is the craziest adventure. You’re going to die when you see for yourself were I live yikes... well we need to talk about business.
They are threatening to take away email so the new rule is that there can only be one address yours jemcoinv@infowest.com Ok that’s just what we have do. Mom so tell everyone in family, Bishop, President, uncles, aunts that they must email you and then you forward it to me ok. It’s frustrating but I’m so grateful for email so please help me gather it all Sunday night and then forward to me especially tell Kylee girl ok thanks.
Mom, and please don’t read theirs you can read mine reply if you must but just send it to me this is only way I can receive email is through the jemcoinv@infowest.com address you so please tell Kylee and everyone fast and if they already sent some last five days since last wed 20. Tell them to resend to you and then you send to me...please!!!
Thanks I love you all and am doing well. You send mail by pouch and regular. I would just mail regular like you have been. I got a few letters the first day that were 1 month old at the office that were pouch. I got one today from mom with newspaper so send regular mail. I think it is the best bet also you can send packages in big envelope and padded envelope with mission home address. Just go to post office and write everything that is in the package on green slip outside of package. I am sorry the mail is so slow i haven’t received any recent mail in two weeks. It is so frustrating but know it will all work out and it will soon catch up like the CCM . I love all of you and would really enjoy any mail from you mom. I write you every week mom, dad, Kylee and I will email Mondays. The area I am in is wild and everyday I sweat climbing up the hills to teach people in the huts but the mission is having big success and we have a goal of 400 yeah 400 baptisms this mouth as a mission. There are a little less then 200 missionaries in the mission and me and my comp have 6 people we are teaching that are committed for March 9th- yeah! I’m getting the language bit by bit but it’s hard I’ve been put in the fire but your always in my prayers.
love you mom and dad your son Elder Rogers
Sunday, February 24, 2008
New Missionaries for Peru Lima East
President and Sister Lindstrom with their new missionaries February 19, 2008. Where's Waldo?Thursday, February 14, 2008
Let Me Out of Here -5 days and counting
2-3-08
Hey Mom and Dad and Family,
I Love you and home everything back in St. George is great. I am doing good in Peru, and only have two weeks left in this place. I am so excited to get out in the field, and start working and teaching and sweating. I love being outside doing anything but sitting in the classroom. This CCM is a really good place but I’m ready for a change. I get tired of it, 12 hours a day, all day everyday! It has been a good week. I have gotten lots of letters and I love them so much! They sustain me through the rest of the week. I can’t tell you enough how much they help.
Thanks so much; G & G Hafen, Ani, Lisha, Tyler, Clint, Dad, Erika, Ricky, Aunt Marcia and Aunt Michelle, Ang and T.J., Bishop, Pres. Wilkinson, Mom, and Kylee girl for all the wonderful days you make with your letters.
Some days are just a bite and then I get a nice carta or cartas and it just uplifts me, and gives me something to look forward to!
This week we got 7 new North Americans on Wed. and lost about 30. We also got about 30 new Latinos. There is only about 60-70 total in the CCM now and we are the old group yeah!!! I got called with my companion to be zone leader in the CCM! –yikes! It was very surprising since he released all the old district leaders and then called me to be zone leader. I will do the best I can our President doesn’t really know a lot and so he told us we will figure it out together. I am excited it’s just crazy, I guess. I handle all the mail. Yeah!!! So I get to see it first. I am so excited for that. We also have to organize all of sacrament meetings, and devotionals. It will be good for me. I just try to stay positive and light. I can’t tell myself I am a zone leader cause I never want to be one of those leaders who no one can stand cause he thinks he is better. I tell everyone hey I am just like you brother. I just need to be a good example mostly. Elders get frustrated sometimes cause this place really is like a prison sometimes, and we all want out!! They have a rule for everything and none of them make sense? But I promise I’ll stay positive.J
It’s just been a regular week nothing too exciting except last Wed, we went for a tour of Lima and that was very awesome. We went down town to the nicer part and saw the big palace, the capital building, and we saw the changing of the guard! It was way cool. I took some way cool pictures of the city, and town square and beach. We also went to the Peru soccer stadium, and I bought two way awesome jerseys. I love soccer jerseys! I took some good pictures of the beach and the sunset at the CCM. The sunsets here are very pretty because the air is so gross and polluted. The sky turns blue, pink, purple and orange. It is very beautiful. On our tour we learned so much about Lima. It is over 500 years old. Lima used to be the capital of all of South America because of the Incas the most powerful Army/culture of its time. There are 28 million people in Peru and 10 million of them live in Lima! That is over 1/3. This is one of the biggest cities. You really could spend your whole mission in an area about the size of inner city St. George because the slums on the hills hold about 300,000+ people…it is nuts!!1 It seems
Like there are no rules for traffic, building or anything. They just do what they can, or the fastest or the cheapest and easiest. It is really nice in some areas; beautiful and clean and then really bad in other areas!!! I have seen some really scary streets.
I have been out 3 times Interpol, temple and tracking. I love going out it is such an adventure and so unreal! I still get to go tracking and to immigration. I get to go out 2 more times into the city before I live in it—yikes!!!
Tell everyone to keep writing and that I will try and write back. I write at least 2 letters a week
I am having fun with the Elder, but I know that it is all going to change real soon, I am going to be thrown out on the streets. I am so scared but excited. Pray for me cause I’ll be days away from going when you get this letter. I could be sent anywhere on the east side of Lima, and I just don’t know what is going to happen! The Lord will protect meJ D & C 84: 80 and 88
80 And any man that shall go and preach this agospel of the kingdom, and fail not to continue bfaithful in all things, shall not be weary in mind, neither darkened, neither in body, limb, nor joint; and a chair of his head shall not fall to the ground unnoticed. And they shall not go hungry, neither athirst.
88 And whoso areceiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go bbefore your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my cSpirit shall be in your hearts, and mine dangels round about you, to bear you up.
Thanks for all your love and support, you are substaining me. I want to know everything. I want to know about girls b-ball. I want to know who is going on missions. Ani how is school? What are your plans for the summer?
How is Y.M. coming Clint? That is so awesome that you are Y.M. Pres. Make sure you tell me all about it. Make sure you put your index finger about 3 inches away from there face and say!!! “ Will you commit to me that you will be to flags Monday Morning at 6:00!” Just like Pres. Wilkinson. Tell him thanks for everything that I learned. I learned so much from him!!! I know I would not be as good a missionary if it wasn’t for him.
Tell me about sports and the Super Bowl. ---Dad---Clint
I got a haircut this week and it was brutal! The barber comes once a week for new missionaries and Oh my land! The clippers just ripped the hair out! I have been parting my hair like a plig trying to dodge the Latino hair Nazi, but he got me and like a lamb to the sheers I went. I look like a doof! But oh well! I should be good until JuneJ
I went to the temple last week but I could not go to a session. I had some problems.( diarrhea) It is no bueno. I sat out in the hall in the Lima Temple while everyone else went in it was no fun! I am supposed to get to go to more times so that will be good. I did not want to do a session because I would make it a 3-hour session cause I was going every hour on the hour! L Sorry--- I thought I would share some of the joys of being a missionary! It was a bad day!
I watched a really good movie last Sunday—the Restoration. It really pumped me up for my mission. I want to work hard and fight for the church all I can cause I owe it to all those who sacrificed so much. Joseph Smith is my hero. He was so brave and optimistic and that movie just really helped.
Two years is a short time to work and get a taste of what some did and sacrificed there whole life to. I am also reading “ Our Heritage” It is such a good book. It tells all about the pioneers and their stories, and miracles and trials and all they went through with the early years of the church. Did you know that 6,000 or so people were endowed in Nauvoo before leaving to come to Utah? They left for Utah as eternal families.
I love the Latinos, the other day the janitor was talking to me and wanted to get words to the song I sang with him, “More than Words” He went home and found them on the Internet and made me a copy. I saw him the next morning and he slipped me a folded piece of paper and smiled , hehe ---we are buds. Every time I see him he says, “lets sing.” One day in the laundry room I sang with him, it was fun I got something with every Latino I see. One guy always says, “what’s up home boy! Cause that is the only phrase he knows! So I say nada nada Limonada!
The Latino’s ask us where we are from, and we say Utah and then they say…..oh the factory. They call Utah the factory for Missionaries.
We got a bunch more Latinos yesterday going to Lima East and they all say its muy frio! Cold. The weird thing is they live here in Lima and they serve in Lima.
That would be like me getting my call to Veyo or Bloomington and speaking English and then going to the Stake Center to train for 3 weeks. Isn’t that weird!
One kid jumped the wall the other day and just went home. His companion told me he didn’t want to be on his mission anymore. So he just left while we were playing soccer.
I play soccer every day except this last 3-4 days. I kicked some Elder and lost my toenail. I took some pictures. It stood my big toenail straight up.
I love taking long showers. I get up at 6a.m. every morning and shower until about 6:30. I just relax and pray and think and sing, and it’s my time. You have to be careful here in Peru because the water goes from hot to really got to ice every min. I have a pretty good system going. I eat a canola bar, shave, wash my hair, floss, brush my teeth, wash my body, pray, change all in the shower. So it is like a 5 for one for me! Mostly I pray it is so relaxing!
My teacher is 25 and a bishop of a local ward. He is cool and bears his testimony all the time on how the church is responsible for everything good in his life especially his wife and kids. He tells us to work hard and you will be blessed. I really enjoy that!
I will continue to be optimistic and work hard. I still cannot believe I am in Peru.
Everyday has its struggles. It is something else down here.
I know there will be hard lonely times ahead, but I know the Lord is with me. I am trying to be totally obedient. I know if I do this, the Lord will bless me in the long run even if it seems it is not a big deal---the rules.
Alma 57:21
21 Yea, and they did aobey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them; and I did remember the words which they said unto me that their bmothers had taught them
We got to watch the Pres. Hinckley funeral yesterday--- it was so good. He did so much for this church and was so positive! My teachers down here are living proof of the perpetual education fund. 5 years ago these mem were in the slums in plywood houses, then the missionaries found them and baptized them, then they went on missions, then they came back and got a job at the CCM. Now they are married and going to school, what a miracle!!!
I know the church is true. I love being a missionary and I love all of you at home.
Here I am serving my mission soon to be who knows where in the mountains of Peru!
I love you Mom and Dad and Fam and everyone else. Love Your Son
Hey Mom and Dad and Family,
I Love you and home everything back in St. George is great. I am doing good in Peru, and only have two weeks left in this place. I am so excited to get out in the field, and start working and teaching and sweating. I love being outside doing anything but sitting in the classroom. This CCM is a really good place but I’m ready for a change. I get tired of it, 12 hours a day, all day everyday! It has been a good week. I have gotten lots of letters and I love them so much! They sustain me through the rest of the week. I can’t tell you enough how much they help.
Thanks so much; G & G Hafen, Ani, Lisha, Tyler, Clint, Dad, Erika, Ricky, Aunt Marcia and Aunt Michelle, Ang and T.J., Bishop, Pres. Wilkinson, Mom, and Kylee girl for all the wonderful days you make with your letters.
Some days are just a bite and then I get a nice carta or cartas and it just uplifts me, and gives me something to look forward to!
This week we got 7 new North Americans on Wed. and lost about 30. We also got about 30 new Latinos. There is only about 60-70 total in the CCM now and we are the old group yeah!!! I got called with my companion to be zone leader in the CCM! –yikes! It was very surprising since he released all the old district leaders and then called me to be zone leader. I will do the best I can our President doesn’t really know a lot and so he told us we will figure it out together. I am excited it’s just crazy, I guess. I handle all the mail. Yeah!!! So I get to see it first. I am so excited for that. We also have to organize all of sacrament meetings, and devotionals. It will be good for me. I just try to stay positive and light. I can’t tell myself I am a zone leader cause I never want to be one of those leaders who no one can stand cause he thinks he is better. I tell everyone hey I am just like you brother. I just need to be a good example mostly. Elders get frustrated sometimes cause this place really is like a prison sometimes, and we all want out!! They have a rule for everything and none of them make sense? But I promise I’ll stay positive.J
It’s just been a regular week nothing too exciting except last Wed, we went for a tour of Lima and that was very awesome. We went down town to the nicer part and saw the big palace, the capital building, and we saw the changing of the guard! It was way cool. I took some way cool pictures of the city, and town square and beach. We also went to the Peru soccer stadium, and I bought two way awesome jerseys. I love soccer jerseys! I took some good pictures of the beach and the sunset at the CCM. The sunsets here are very pretty because the air is so gross and polluted. The sky turns blue, pink, purple and orange. It is very beautiful. On our tour we learned so much about Lima. It is over 500 years old. Lima used to be the capital of all of South America because of the Incas the most powerful Army/culture of its time. There are 28 million people in Peru and 10 million of them live in Lima! That is over 1/3. This is one of the biggest cities. You really could spend your whole mission in an area about the size of inner city St. George because the slums on the hills hold about 300,000+ people…it is nuts!!1 It seems
Like there are no rules for traffic, building or anything. They just do what they can, or the fastest or the cheapest and easiest. It is really nice in some areas; beautiful and clean and then really bad in other areas!!! I have seen some really scary streets.
I have been out 3 times Interpol, temple and tracking. I love going out it is such an adventure and so unreal! I still get to go tracking and to immigration. I get to go out 2 more times into the city before I live in it—yikes!!!
Tell everyone to keep writing and that I will try and write back. I write at least 2 letters a week
I am having fun with the Elder, but I know that it is all going to change real soon, I am going to be thrown out on the streets. I am so scared but excited. Pray for me cause I’ll be days away from going when you get this letter. I could be sent anywhere on the east side of Lima, and I just don’t know what is going to happen! The Lord will protect meJ D & C 84: 80 and 88
80 And any man that shall go and preach this agospel of the kingdom, and fail not to continue bfaithful in all things, shall not be weary in mind, neither darkened, neither in body, limb, nor joint; and a chair of his head shall not fall to the ground unnoticed. And they shall not go hungry, neither athirst.
88 And whoso areceiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go bbefore your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my cSpirit shall be in your hearts, and mine dangels round about you, to bear you up.
Thanks for all your love and support, you are substaining me. I want to know everything. I want to know about girls b-ball. I want to know who is going on missions. Ani how is school? What are your plans for the summer?
How is Y.M. coming Clint? That is so awesome that you are Y.M. Pres. Make sure you tell me all about it. Make sure you put your index finger about 3 inches away from there face and say!!! “ Will you commit to me that you will be to flags Monday Morning at 6:00!” Just like Pres. Wilkinson. Tell him thanks for everything that I learned. I learned so much from him!!! I know I would not be as good a missionary if it wasn’t for him.
Tell me about sports and the Super Bowl. ---Dad---Clint
I got a haircut this week and it was brutal! The barber comes once a week for new missionaries and Oh my land! The clippers just ripped the hair out! I have been parting my hair like a plig trying to dodge the Latino hair Nazi, but he got me and like a lamb to the sheers I went. I look like a doof! But oh well! I should be good until JuneJ
I went to the temple last week but I could not go to a session. I had some problems.( diarrhea) It is no bueno. I sat out in the hall in the Lima Temple while everyone else went in it was no fun! I am supposed to get to go to more times so that will be good. I did not want to do a session because I would make it a 3-hour session cause I was going every hour on the hour! L Sorry--- I thought I would share some of the joys of being a missionary! It was a bad day!
I watched a really good movie last Sunday—the Restoration. It really pumped me up for my mission. I want to work hard and fight for the church all I can cause I owe it to all those who sacrificed so much. Joseph Smith is my hero. He was so brave and optimistic and that movie just really helped.
Two years is a short time to work and get a taste of what some did and sacrificed there whole life to. I am also reading “ Our Heritage” It is such a good book. It tells all about the pioneers and their stories, and miracles and trials and all they went through with the early years of the church. Did you know that 6,000 or so people were endowed in Nauvoo before leaving to come to Utah? They left for Utah as eternal families.
I love the Latinos, the other day the janitor was talking to me and wanted to get words to the song I sang with him, “More than Words” He went home and found them on the Internet and made me a copy. I saw him the next morning and he slipped me a folded piece of paper and smiled , hehe ---we are buds. Every time I see him he says, “lets sing.” One day in the laundry room I sang with him, it was fun I got something with every Latino I see. One guy always says, “what’s up home boy! Cause that is the only phrase he knows! So I say nada nada Limonada!
The Latino’s ask us where we are from, and we say Utah and then they say…..oh the factory. They call Utah the factory for Missionaries.
We got a bunch more Latinos yesterday going to Lima East and they all say its muy frio! Cold. The weird thing is they live here in Lima and they serve in Lima.
That would be like me getting my call to Veyo or Bloomington and speaking English and then going to the Stake Center to train for 3 weeks. Isn’t that weird!
One kid jumped the wall the other day and just went home. His companion told me he didn’t want to be on his mission anymore. So he just left while we were playing soccer.
I play soccer every day except this last 3-4 days. I kicked some Elder and lost my toenail. I took some pictures. It stood my big toenail straight up.
I love taking long showers. I get up at 6a.m. every morning and shower until about 6:30. I just relax and pray and think and sing, and it’s my time. You have to be careful here in Peru because the water goes from hot to really got to ice every min. I have a pretty good system going. I eat a canola bar, shave, wash my hair, floss, brush my teeth, wash my body, pray, change all in the shower. So it is like a 5 for one for me! Mostly I pray it is so relaxing!
My teacher is 25 and a bishop of a local ward. He is cool and bears his testimony all the time on how the church is responsible for everything good in his life especially his wife and kids. He tells us to work hard and you will be blessed. I really enjoy that!
I will continue to be optimistic and work hard. I still cannot believe I am in Peru.
Everyday has its struggles. It is something else down here.
I know there will be hard lonely times ahead, but I know the Lord is with me. I am trying to be totally obedient. I know if I do this, the Lord will bless me in the long run even if it seems it is not a big deal---the rules.
Alma 57:21
21 Yea, and they did aobey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them; and I did remember the words which they said unto me that their bmothers had taught them
We got to watch the Pres. Hinckley funeral yesterday--- it was so good. He did so much for this church and was so positive! My teachers down here are living proof of the perpetual education fund. 5 years ago these mem were in the slums in plywood houses, then the missionaries found them and baptized them, then they went on missions, then they came back and got a job at the CCM. Now they are married and going to school, what a miracle!!!
I know the church is true. I love being a missionary and I love all of you at home.
Here I am serving my mission soon to be who knows where in the mountains of Peru!
I love you Mom and Dad and Fam and everyone else. Love Your Son
Sunday, February 10, 2008
News from the Field e-mail 2-7-08
Hey mom and dad and fam,
How is everyone? My new p-day is Thursday ,so I’ll for sure be here again next Thursday ok? Pres. Groberg called my comp and I to be zone leaders. I was shocked I feel no were qualified. There are 25yr olds in CCM and fluent in the language, but I will do the best I can. He said he could use my help- yikes. We are trying to figure things out. He is trying to figure out how to run this place--- its always out of control, but I’m excited. I’ve already had to talk to him about multiple problems. I also get to handle mail yes... hehe and we are in charge of Sunday church totally. Everything is in Spanish so that’s way stressful, but its good for me. I am excited for the work and I am doing my best. Thanks for all the wonderful letters and emails fam and sweet Kylee girl. I got your first response to my first letter today how glorious.
I got sick, but I’m doing well now. I don’t what to talk too much about sickness cause its over and I’m fine but it was scary. I’ll send home journal entry later but I had to get an IV yikes. It was the same old thing with bad throw ups but I’m happy and fine and surviving. Thanks for all the love and positive letters Richard Hinckley is coming down this Saturday so that’s going to be good. I have to call 7 speakers. I watched the Prophets funeral on TV and the new Prophet exchange so that was neat and a good break from class. I only have less then 2 weeks and I’m out of here. I can’t believe it. I’m so excited to show you guys what the real Peru is like.
I’m losing weight and I can’t help it. My pants and shirts are sagging like tenth grade again. I went to the temple today that was so fun it might be my last time but I’m glad I could go. Your letters are such a big boost and mine are still coming. I sent a letter every week. Your letters really boost me and get me through week. Pray for me I’m kind of scared and excited for field but about 12 more days yikes. I put bunch of names in temple all my buds on missions and you mom and dad. I love all you guys and will talk to you next Thursday. You can send me long emails cause I love them and they have dear elder here I found out, so give that a try if you like for 2 more weeks. Thanks so much mom and dad and fam, I love you. I take pictures of my emails. When I can print it will be great but it already is thanks for all love and support. Things are good in Peru. Tell me what’s up Clint in Young Men’s. Love your son Elder Rogers
How is everyone? My new p-day is Thursday ,so I’ll for sure be here again next Thursday ok? Pres. Groberg called my comp and I to be zone leaders. I was shocked I feel no were qualified. There are 25yr olds in CCM and fluent in the language, but I will do the best I can. He said he could use my help- yikes. We are trying to figure things out. He is trying to figure out how to run this place--- its always out of control, but I’m excited. I’ve already had to talk to him about multiple problems. I also get to handle mail yes... hehe and we are in charge of Sunday church totally. Everything is in Spanish so that’s way stressful, but its good for me. I am excited for the work and I am doing my best. Thanks for all the wonderful letters and emails fam and sweet Kylee girl. I got your first response to my first letter today how glorious.
I got sick, but I’m doing well now. I don’t what to talk too much about sickness cause its over and I’m fine but it was scary. I’ll send home journal entry later but I had to get an IV yikes. It was the same old thing with bad throw ups but I’m happy and fine and surviving. Thanks for all the love and positive letters Richard Hinckley is coming down this Saturday so that’s going to be good. I have to call 7 speakers. I watched the Prophets funeral on TV and the new Prophet exchange so that was neat and a good break from class. I only have less then 2 weeks and I’m out of here. I can’t believe it. I’m so excited to show you guys what the real Peru is like.
I’m losing weight and I can’t help it. My pants and shirts are sagging like tenth grade again. I went to the temple today that was so fun it might be my last time but I’m glad I could go. Your letters are such a big boost and mine are still coming. I sent a letter every week. Your letters really boost me and get me through week. Pray for me I’m kind of scared and excited for field but about 12 more days yikes. I put bunch of names in temple all my buds on missions and you mom and dad. I love all you guys and will talk to you next Thursday. You can send me long emails cause I love them and they have dear elder here I found out, so give that a try if you like for 2 more weeks. Thanks so much mom and dad and fam, I love you. I take pictures of my emails. When I can print it will be great but it already is thanks for all love and support. Things are good in Peru. Tell me what’s up Clint in Young Men’s. Love your son Elder Rogers
Saturday, February 2, 2008
1-20-08
Letter from Jon received 1-30-08 through the mail.
Dear Mom and Dad and Family,
It has been a good week down here in the CCM in Peru. I love all of you and hope you are receiving my letters J! Mail is really slow but know that I will always write. We usually write on Sunday during free time and mail goes out on Monday. I want to tell you all about Peru and what is going on down here. I have received some of your letter and I love them. We cannot print e-mails so I don’t have a lot of time to read and write, but I will keep doing my best.
It has been crazy with the new President Groberg (Pres. Groberg is Elder John Groberg’s little brother) coming and Elder Nelson being here. Elder Nelson shook all the Elders hands. He gave all the missionaries an Apostolic blessing. He blessed us that we would have health and strength. He also said that everyone home praying for us would be brought closer to the Lord. He also blessed us that we would be able to teach in Spanish clearly. I felt the Spirit so strong and I was glad to be a part of the biggest event in Peru in a long time. The people just packed into this place to see the Apostle of the Lord. They people were so excited.
Things are still good in the CCM/MTC but It is going to be better when we are in the field. We are confined in this little prison of a place and really can’t see anything outside. I don’t have any cool stories, but I will.
Tomorrow we are going out to get our pictures taken for visas and traveling papers then we are going out tracking this Sat.---yikes! It is going to be so crazy, cool and scary. I will be with a Latino companion and we will be out most of the day. We will also get some time to shop for soccer jerseys and things. That will be fun!
Everyone is sick at one time or another. I got sick too. By the time you get this letter I will be over it. I am felling better, I had my companion give me a blessing. I gave my companion a blessing as well. Everyone has diarrhea, but we go on. Everyone is frustrated with the language, but we go on. Everyone has a bad day, but you go on. If it was not easy for Jesus why should it be easy for his representatives? Missions are hard.
I am not going to lie mine has sucked some days, but I know why I am here and I know that the sacrifice will bless my life, and others lives, and help those come to Christ and feel hope and know there is more to life than trails and hard times, but that we can be happy and live forever, if we do what is right, with God and Jesus and our loved ones.
I am really trying to have a good attitude. I have a goal to be positive about everything. Sometimes you just want to take a break, but we must puss forward. I am doing great!
We heard a talk today from Elder Holland, it was titled, “Don’t you dare go home” It was amazing. He said every good thing that has happened to him, every blessing in his life) has come from serving his mission. He says to embrace every day of your mission no matter how hard it is. He says a mission is God’s greatest gift to a young man and we must remember it’s a once in a lifetime deal. It is the most important work on earth, participating in the salvation of souls and helping to save lives for eternity. It really pumped me up! I’m excited to get in the field and I will be that much closer when you receive this.
I saw Braxton at a joint meeting and he looked good, a little burnt on his dome but good.
I also saw something funny the other day. I was at a meeting in a room where we have church. I looked under a chair and there was a pile of books. It was someone’s Spanish books, scriptures, “Preach my Gospel”…everything you need here on a regular day. I said someone is in trouble. I looked down to see if I could figure out who had left their books and I found a bookmark with a missionary tag that read Elder Birdsall ha!
He is not my companion anymore but he is still in my district. I have Elder Millett he’s a good kid and works hard. He is from Murry, Utah. I still see Elder Birdsall in class.
I love talking to Latino’s. The other day I was singing more than words in the shower and the janitor came in and was singing it word for word with me. He told me in Spanish (and I could understand him!!) that on his mission his American companion had music with CD called “Mom’s church songs”. So Pedro the janitor wanted to listen to that one. He said it had “More than Words” on the CD.
Now every time I see him he sings with me. I call him more than words and he calls me chillin, or kickin it dog cause he learned that too. Every time he says Que tal?
( How are you doing?) I say just chillin.
I really miss music and I think it would be fun to bring a couple of light conservative CD’s like EFY or Dad’s instrumental Indian flute CD (remember Ani?)
Music here sounds like smooth Cha Cha stuff. I like it, but a fun package would be some EFY stuff.
Also I want to hear what is going on with everyone’s school and work. Ani, Kylee Girl, D.O. Tell me who is going on missions too.
Dad I told Pres. Craig (the old MTC Pres) to look you up when he gets home. He said he wants to go fishing. I told him you would love to go anytime. Pres. Craig is a big fisherman. He would call me in just to talk fishing with him. I told him I could tell him anything he wants to know because My Dad and I are Tournament Bass Fisherman. He is interested in bass fishing but he is a stinking trout kind of guy.
I love to tell people how Dad and I only caught 25 fish the whole morning. We had to work really hard to win a bass tournament. 25 they say!!! Those sure were good times.
I have been a little plugged up als. The doctor says it is just the joys of rice and mystery meat. I am fine and if not I will be when you get this J I love you so much!
Siempre your Son, Elder Rogers
P.S. Every month anniversary for celebration, my district has what they call the “ugly tie day” We all wear the ugliest tie we can! We try to outdo each other! It is hilarious! Yesterday I bought one from a Latino for 5 bucks. It is a Picasso tie---ugly!!!
Letter from Jon received 1-30-08 through the mail.
Dear Mom and Dad and Family,
It has been a good week down here in the CCM in Peru. I love all of you and hope you are receiving my letters J! Mail is really slow but know that I will always write. We usually write on Sunday during free time and mail goes out on Monday. I want to tell you all about Peru and what is going on down here. I have received some of your letter and I love them. We cannot print e-mails so I don’t have a lot of time to read and write, but I will keep doing my best.
It has been crazy with the new President Groberg (Pres. Groberg is Elder John Groberg’s little brother) coming and Elder Nelson being here. Elder Nelson shook all the Elders hands. He gave all the missionaries an Apostolic blessing. He blessed us that we would have health and strength. He also said that everyone home praying for us would be brought closer to the Lord. He also blessed us that we would be able to teach in Spanish clearly. I felt the Spirit so strong and I was glad to be a part of the biggest event in Peru in a long time. The people just packed into this place to see the Apostle of the Lord. They people were so excited.
Things are still good in the CCM/MTC but It is going to be better when we are in the field. We are confined in this little prison of a place and really can’t see anything outside. I don’t have any cool stories, but I will.
Tomorrow we are going out to get our pictures taken for visas and traveling papers then we are going out tracking this Sat.---yikes! It is going to be so crazy, cool and scary. I will be with a Latino companion and we will be out most of the day. We will also get some time to shop for soccer jerseys and things. That will be fun!
Everyone is sick at one time or another. I got sick too. By the time you get this letter I will be over it. I am felling better, I had my companion give me a blessing. I gave my companion a blessing as well. Everyone has diarrhea, but we go on. Everyone is frustrated with the language, but we go on. Everyone has a bad day, but you go on. If it was not easy for Jesus why should it be easy for his representatives? Missions are hard.
I am not going to lie mine has sucked some days, but I know why I am here and I know that the sacrifice will bless my life, and others lives, and help those come to Christ and feel hope and know there is more to life than trails and hard times, but that we can be happy and live forever, if we do what is right, with God and Jesus and our loved ones.
I am really trying to have a good attitude. I have a goal to be positive about everything. Sometimes you just want to take a break, but we must puss forward. I am doing great!
We heard a talk today from Elder Holland, it was titled, “Don’t you dare go home” It was amazing. He said every good thing that has happened to him, every blessing in his life) has come from serving his mission. He says to embrace every day of your mission no matter how hard it is. He says a mission is God’s greatest gift to a young man and we must remember it’s a once in a lifetime deal. It is the most important work on earth, participating in the salvation of souls and helping to save lives for eternity. It really pumped me up! I’m excited to get in the field and I will be that much closer when you receive this.
I saw Braxton at a joint meeting and he looked good, a little burnt on his dome but good.
I also saw something funny the other day. I was at a meeting in a room where we have church. I looked under a chair and there was a pile of books. It was someone’s Spanish books, scriptures, “Preach my Gospel”…everything you need here on a regular day. I said someone is in trouble. I looked down to see if I could figure out who had left their books and I found a bookmark with a missionary tag that read Elder Birdsall ha!
He is not my companion anymore but he is still in my district. I have Elder Millett he’s a good kid and works hard. He is from Murry, Utah. I still see Elder Birdsall in class.
I love talking to Latino’s. The other day I was singing more than words in the shower and the janitor came in and was singing it word for word with me. He told me in Spanish (and I could understand him!!) that on his mission his American companion had music with CD called “Mom’s church songs”. So Pedro the janitor wanted to listen to that one. He said it had “More than Words” on the CD.
Now every time I see him he sings with me. I call him more than words and he calls me chillin, or kickin it dog cause he learned that too. Every time he says Que tal?
( How are you doing?) I say just chillin.
I really miss music and I think it would be fun to bring a couple of light conservative CD’s like EFY or Dad’s instrumental Indian flute CD (remember Ani?)
Music here sounds like smooth Cha Cha stuff. I like it, but a fun package would be some EFY stuff.
Also I want to hear what is going on with everyone’s school and work. Ani, Kylee Girl, D.O. Tell me who is going on missions too.
Dad I told Pres. Craig (the old MTC Pres) to look you up when he gets home. He said he wants to go fishing. I told him you would love to go anytime. Pres. Craig is a big fisherman. He would call me in just to talk fishing with him. I told him I could tell him anything he wants to know because My Dad and I are Tournament Bass Fisherman. He is interested in bass fishing but he is a stinking trout kind of guy.
I love to tell people how Dad and I only caught 25 fish the whole morning. We had to work really hard to win a bass tournament. 25 they say!!! Those sure were good times.
I have been a little plugged up als. The doctor says it is just the joys of rice and mystery meat. I am fine and if not I will be when you get this J I love you so much!
Siempre your Son, Elder Rogers
P.S. Every month anniversary for celebration, my district has what they call the “ugly tie day” We all wear the ugliest tie we can! We try to outdo each other! It is hilarious! Yesterday I bought one from a Latino for 5 bucks. It is a Picasso tie---ugly!!!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
1-29-2008 Email
hey everyone how is everyone doing im alive and im doing great things are a little crazy and tough sometimes in peru but im doing great. i sttarted my seventh week this week and that means im finally and atiguo older missionary. the new load is coming tomarrow and we only have less then three weeks i will probly leave 19 of feb that night. yikes sorry that you are all propbly wondering what is going on we have a new pres and im not going to lie he dosent know what he is doing he kind of has his heads in cloads sometimes but thats ok i guess cause he is good guy he just keeps changing scheduale so thats why email today but hey ill write email again next wed ok so that will be good the new pres is good i like old one better and his wife looks just like ezma off emperers new groove so thats kind of scary! LETS SEE I GOT SO MUCH TO TELL YOU THIS WEEK HAS BEEN A CRAZY SCARY EYEOPING WEEK and time is fyling for me. we went tracking for the first time on sat erday and wow is all i got to say it was nuts, um i got put with elder miracho from bolivia and was dumped out in the heart of the slums just me and him dirt roads dogs trash mom and dad there is nothing that compares or that will prepare u for the poverty you wiil see down here its just amazing, the first lesson we taught was in a house with three litlle kids without clothes or a foof, they offerd us drinks but i had to say no but chickiens were running around by my head cause i was sitting by the stairs and trying to bear my testimony and kids were laaufing at me its just nuts down here. house littery made out of brick roadsigns four pices of plywood and a trap, we go out again today to take tour of lima sites all take tons of pics and send them with tape end of feb ok. your son is in a strange land ive already seen so many crazy things took a motorbike ride for taxi hehe sorry mom rad on a bu sthat seated 12 i was number 24 no joke its just something else down here they have no roof no floor but some do have tvs i saw a house with tv outside just people chiilen. now questions.... ive been getting everybodys regular mail thankx so much i love you guys tell everyone thanks so much grandmas ani, kyleegirl thanks so much i love your letters and im getting it regular mail the best i take notes to know what you guys want to hear best i can and tell lish ill take those cds in pachakge and thanks. my room has 6 people in it its about as big as dads office, my scheduale is 12 housrs of class teaching lessons to lations and track on weekends. my comp is white amazing i know but in three weeks he wont be, i know nothing of the outside world i heard about prophet but know the church will roll forth. you can send browns letter i walk everywere and i love you guys ill see you on monday thanks so much mom and dad. your son elder rogers
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