
Week 67: Sun, Dust, and Cerros* (*Hills)
Click HERE to listen to Karissa's recording to accompany this update. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Salmos* (*Psalms) 116: 12 P-Day* (*Monday/Preparation Day)! :) I arrived in Huanuco in the madrugada. We spent the day cleaning, unpacking, and talking with the pension (Maruja) and her daughter Marcia! :D Luego* (*Then), we visited Keidy and Yoris, members, and Kely, converso* (*convert), and talked with them, playing some games! And Maruja made us cinnamon rol

Week 63: Baptisms and Blessings! :D
Click HERE to listen to a message from Karissa to accompany this week's update. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Isaiah 40: 28-30 P.Day* (*Preparation Day)! :) Today we decided to relax- I made brownies in mugs and we played card games. :) Luego* (*Then), we had a NDH* (*Family Home Evening) with Otilia (member) and Lucho (investigator), where we spent some time cooking with them and making completos! Good day. :) On Tuesday, we started off with a district meetin

Week 62: MILAGROS.* (*MIRACLES.)
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

Week 58: Tocosh and Tender Mercies
Click here to listen to an added message for the week from Karissa! Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Omni 1: 36 PDay* (*Preparation Day)! :D We had a District pday, where we made air pop popcorn and played Mafia and extreme signs. :D Then, I got to write yall! :) POR FIN habia internet* (*FINALLY there was internet)!!! Luego* (*Then), we visited the Familia Tantavilca, menos activos* (*Tantavilca Family, less actives), and talked about La Expiacion* (*The Atoneme

Week 26: I’ve Got the Black Lung, Pop! – Derek Zoolander/ Hermana Schmid
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