Hermana Schmid

Click HERE for the voice from Karissa's recording that accompanies this week's message. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Alma 7:5 P-Day! :) Today was my day of cooking. I made flan and caramel sauce in mugs and pancakes (in the sandwich maker ;) )! We also bought maple syrup to go with our pancakes and WOW was that delicious. Do not take that stuff for granted. :) We decided to play card games the rest of the afternoon and relax. :) We then went to Otilia, member

To hear Karissa's voice this week in a message that accompanies this post, click here. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Hebrews 11: 39- 40 Buenooo. P-day de cambios* (*Great preparation day with changes). I sent Hermana Esparza off to Villa Rica, had a training in the office, made tacos with my hijas* (*daughters) waiting to train (Hnas Vallejo, Huanaco, Murugosa, and Aramayo), and then spent most of the tarde* (*afternoon) resting, cleaning, and talking to Hna V

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

Since this is the closest thing I have to a Twitter account right now, there’s the hashtag for this incredible week!!:) Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): John 8 Lunes* (*Monday)! Bueno* (*Well), I woke up with some pretty crazy stomach pain, so after studies, cleaning, and Internet, we came back to the cuarto*(*room) and rested. Mas tarde* (*Later), we went looking for a new room and I got a package from Alva, a Slytherin colored llama skirt!!! :) Best surprise ev

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

Este semana fue bien chevere* (*This week was really cool). Just so good. Oxapampa remains lo maximo* (*the best)! Last P-day was full of frustration. We went to internet en la manana* (*in the morning), and the linea failed twice, so we were incredibly frustradas. However, a trip to Feliz Dia and a functioning internet changed that! We also started doing something where for each frustrating or negative thing that happens, we come up with five positive things. That’s been sup