Hermana Schmid

*Click HERE to hear this week's additional short recorded message from Hermana Schmid! Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Alma 5: 26 P-day*(*Monday – Preparation day)! :) In the morning, we had ensayos* (*rehearsals) and then p-day de Zona*(*with the zone), where we had a mini treasure hunt for all of Tambo! :) One of our assignments was to give away 1 sol de pan* (*some bread) to someone. The first woman I tried to give it to ran away and refused. But the second a

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): DyC 90: 24* (*Doctrine & Covenants 90:24) Lunes* (*Monday)! Today, we had a zone P-day in San Juan! :) Due to it being rainy season, we played board games! I dedicated my time to Risk, por supesto* (*of course). :) We all played games and talked. Despues* (*Then), we went to a Noche de Hogar* (*Family Home Evening) and birthday celebration at Familia Anchante* (*The Anchante Family), less actives! Their daughter turned 7 today

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spirtual Thoughts): Alma 57: 21 P-day! Today was spent yendo de compras* (*going shopping), and we decided to buy a paneton and some hot chocolate! :) It´s a Peruvian Christmas tradition, so we put on musica de la Navidad* (*Christmas music) and celebrated a few months early. :) It's been especially cold this week, so we figured it was fitting! Chistoso era* (*it was funny). :) We visited our investigator Alex and had a noche de hogar* (*Family Ho

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): 2 Nefi 4: 20 Lunes* (*Monday)! After studies, internet, and lunch, we decided to adventure hike to La Bandera! :) There was no path and it was pretty steep, so it was really exhausting but incredibly fun! :) We took lots of pictures (you could see ALL of Cerro) and came back to the room and rested for un poquito* (*a bit).:) We then went to Luz, less active, and Nicole, investigator, and read el LDM con ellas* (*The Book of Mo

Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought)- Alma 29:9 Lunes* (*Monday) was a transfer locura* (*madness)! I sent Bernal off to the Selva in the morning, which was sad. I really loved having her as a companion. :) I stayed in San Juan with Cruz and Jaspers and did Internet, talked, and ate lunch before we got the call that my comp, Hna Rodriguez, had arrived! She's from Trujillo and was in Huanuco before, so heat and coast, the opposite of Cerro. Due to this, the altura* (*a

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): Ether 12: 4 Last P-day, we went to our investigator, Delsy, to make Pikachu hats!!! We bought the fabric, string, etc. Before going back to her house to make them. They turned out to be really trabajosos* (*laborious), so we ended up sewing and finishing them off at night, but it was a fun time and now we have PIKACHU HATS! :) I´ve made so many manualidades en la mission* (*crafts in the mission), haha. :) Luego* (*Then), we v

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): Mosiah 4: 9 P-day!!:) After Internet, we traveled to Yanacancha for our District P-day! I put my Italian heritage to the test and we made pizza from scratch in a little electric oven. We decided to make jamonada, salchicha* (*sausage), and palta* (*avocado) pizzas, and they turned out DELICIOUS. :) It took a while due to the little electric oven, but we all talked while we waited. Despues* (*Then), we went and played pool! It

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts) for this week: Romans 8: 38-39 P-day! :) Today, we went to Huayllay as a zone, a bosque de piedras* (*a stone forest)! :) We hiked, walked lots, ate lunch, and climbed muchas piedras* (*many stones). It was warmer in Huayllay than it is in C.D.P.* (*Cerro de Pasco), and it was SUPER chevere* (*cool)! :) We got back to Centro, went shopping, and got ready to proselyte. We first visited our investigator Iris and did her pre-ent

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Matthew 7:7 “My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.”Psalm 121:2 Lunes* (*Monday)! We had a P-day de multizona* (*multi-zone) here in Huanuco! :) After internet, we went to the feria* (*fair) before working our way through a crowded parade. Today was Huanuco’s aniversario* (*anniversary), so it was una locura*

This quote has never been more applicable in my life because I’m in a cold mining town and I’ve got a CRAZY cough and cold. It’s lo maximo* (*the ultimate). :) Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): “It is given unto you to judge, that ye may know good from evil; and the way to judge is as plain, that you may know with a perfect knowledge, as the daylight is from the dark night.” Moroni 7:15 “We do not discard something we know to be true because of something we do