Week 76: The Week I Became a Book of Mormon and Xiomara Got Baptized! :D
Listen to Karissa's weekly voice recording HERE. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): 1 Cor. 9: 18-27 Lunes was pday de multizona* (*Monday was the p-day of the multi-zone)! :D We went early in the morning to Kotosh with all the missionaries from Huanuco, Amarilis, Tingo Maria, and Cerro de Pasco! :D They divided us into teams and set up various competitions- relays, capture the flag, todo* (*everything)! :D My team came away with 2nd place. :) After lunch, we played
Week 75: The River Incident of Kotosh
Click HERE to listen to Karissa's recording to go with this week's update. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): DyC* (*D&C) 128: 22 Pday* (*Preparation Day)! Today, we went de compras en la mañana* (*shopping in the morning) and then I made french toast for lunch! :D Then we headed over to Kotosh for our district Pday! We played lots of volleyball, took pictures, and walked by the river... resulting in the camera of yours truly being dropped and falling into the RIVE
Week 74: Summer MIRACLES. :D
Click HERE to listen to a message from Karissa to go with this week's message! Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Mateo* (*Matthew) 18: 4 Pday* (*Preparation Day) was spent in Casa Tambo! :D Oh, how I LOVE being able to come back to El Tambo once a month. :) We went and bought recuerdos* (*souvenirs), went to a district pday to see Bernales and play volleyball in proselyting clothes, visited Bertha and Cristhian and Loysi and Obispo! :D SUCH a good day. :) Tuesday
Week 73: Rojo, Blanco, y Azul* (*Red, White, and Blue)
Click HERE to listen to Karissa's voice recording to accompany this week's blog update. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): John 20: 27 Pday* (*Preparation Day)! :D Today, my new comp, Hna Orellana, got here! :D She's from Ecuador (my third comp from there!) and has 5 months in the M.P.H.* (*Mission Peru Huancayo) :D We spent most of the day making sure all the hermanas traveled to their new areas and watched some church videos with our pension! Luego* (*Then), we
Week 72: Go, Diego, Go! :D
Click HERE to listen to Karissa's voice recording for week 72! Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Eter* (*Ether) 12: 4 P.day de Distrito* (*District Preparation Day)! We cooked a traditional Bolivian dish as a district and ate before heading out to Kotosh, ruins of an ancient temple! It had gorgeous views and we got to see the famous manos cruzadas!!! :D Luego* (*Then), we traveled back and visited Kely, converso* (*convert), and watched Meet the Mormons! She just
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