January - 2017

WEEK 50: Call me Taylor Swift (also, how did we get to 50 weeks here??)

Listen to short message (recording) from Hermana Schmid for this week here. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Deuteronomy 4: 9 P.day* (*preparation day) once more! Nada de descanso, pero Bueno* (*No rest, but good). We took Hna Duran to the dentist to get her wisdom teeth taken out, we went to take out money, we went back and bought Hna Duran antibiotics, we went to the clinica* (*medical clinic) for me, we ate lunch, we talked to Presidente Silva, we bought food,

Week 49: SOY BATMAN!* (*I AM BATMAN!)

Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): 2 Nefi 7: 8 Transfer P-day! Hna Aramayo and Samy took me to the terminal, where I met up with my new comp, Hna. Esparza! :) She's from Ecuador (my second Ecuatoriana* (*Ecuadorean)!) and is just great. :) We spent most of the day cleaning and helping the hnas* (*sisters) who were finishing their missions get everything packed and ready to go. We were going to send the sisters leaving off at 10; but, there was a huaico* (*huge stor

Week 48: The Next Chapter... El Tambo! :D

Click Here to hear Karissa's voice in a weekly update (it's in Spanish this week)... Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): 3 Nefi 26: 9 P-Day! Today, we walked all over our area with Familia Huaman* (*The Huaman family) (members y a few conversos) and visited a SUPER pretty bridge where the trains cross el Rio Mantaro* (*The Mantaro River)! :) It was really fun y reimos tan duro* (*and we laughed so hard). :) Despues* (*Then), we went to Carmen, a contact from a few

Week 47: Caridad es CLAVE* (*Charity is KEY)

Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Helaman 16: 4 Click HERE to hear a short weekly audio message from Karissa! P-day! :) Today, we played lots of card games (I taught Aramayo how to play Phase 10!) and then walked lots to el centro de Huancayo* (*the center of Huancayo)... to go to the clinica* (*clinic) for my comp! We spent all afternoon there. She´s got a ganglian cyst on her foot and is going to get it operated next week after the medico del area* (*area doctor

Week 46: 2017! That's weird.

Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Moroni 10: 6 click here for a recorded Message from Karissa this week! Lunes* (*Monday) was district P-day! :D I made french toast. It was a good time haha! We played futbol con sillas* (*soccer with chairs) and volleyball! Then, we went inside due to rain and played Mafia and Signs. :) Super fun P-day! :) Despues* (*Then), we visited Luz Maria, less active, and talked about the power of setting goals to get better each day. :) Ch