

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


Semana 8: Basically Christmas
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


Week 5: Cataratas, Citas, Y Mas*
Querido familia y amigos, Oxapampa is so beautiful. I’m so grateful for the people here, the scenery, the fruit- literally everything is incredible. Last P-day, we got to go to Caterata La Tigre, a fantastic hike ending in a transcendent waterfall! I hiked it in Sperrys, which was maybe not the best plan. We also ate at a restaurant called Feliz Dia, which the elderes here are obsessed with. It really was delicious. We received a list of names of menos activos (less active me