Week 70: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAlameda where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.....
Click HERE to listen to Karissa's weekly message - this week a personal message that she shared with an investigator! Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Mormon 8: 22 Checking in from windy Huanuco! Realized this week that the Oklahoma song just works PERFECTLY for mi nuevo pueblo, jaja* (*my new town, hahaha). :) Today was p-day de zona* (*zone preparation day), and we went to a recreo* (*recreation field) and played games! We played ultimate frisbee with a footbal
Week 52: TWENTY.
*Click HERE to listen to this week's short recorded message from Karissa. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): His Grace is Sufficient - talk by Brad Wilcox P-day! After Internet, we had ensayos* (*rehearsals) in President Silva's house preparing our special musical number for Elder Montoya! :) Then we headed to the centro* (*center) to take out money and pick up my birthday package from the office! :) I opened it and wow. So much thanks to each and every one of you
Week 51: The Force (Spirit) is Strong with This One
Listen here to this week's short recorded message from Karissa. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): An High Priest of Good Things to Come by Elder Holland. Well, today was the most tranquilo* (*peaceful) P-day* (*preparation day) in a buen rato* (*in a long time)! In the morning, we had to wait in the office for a while to pick up a mini missionary, then went to Internet a bit late. Luego* (*Then), we went to the casa de Presidente* (*President’s house) and made piz
WEEK 50: Call me Taylor Swift (also, how did we get to 50 weeks here??)
Listen to short message (recording) from Hermana Schmid for this week here. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Deuteronomy 4: 9 P.day* (*preparation day) once more! Nada de descanso, pero Bueno* (*No rest, but good). We took Hna Duran to the dentist to get her wisdom teeth taken out, we went to take out money, we went back and bought Hna Duran antibiotics, we went to the clinica* (*medical clinic) for me, we ate lunch, we talked to Presidente Silva, we bought food,
Week 44: What will you give?
Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): John 3: 16 P-Day! :D Today, we spent the day in the mission house practicing for the Christmas program and eating anticuchos* (*barbecue) of horse heart! Actually quite good. :) We then went with Hnas Keeler and Espinoza to a FANTASTIC french-style crepe place in San Carlos before journeying back to good 'ol Chilca! Tuvimos un noche de hogar* (*We had a family night) with our investigator Maria about the importance of families
Week 42: It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas... Chilca round 2!
Pensamientos Espirituale* (*Spiritual Thoughts): Alma 44:4 P-day de Distrito! We all went to La Libertad and made anticuchos de corazones de res for lunch, and I ate my trusty fruit salad. Normal. :) Luego* (*Then), we went with Hna Martin and Hna Dymock to the artesan's house in el centro de Huancayo* (*in the center of Hyancayo)! :D It was super fun, even though it was dumping rain! We had a noche de hogar* (*Family Home Evening) with Familia Rios, miembros* (*The Rios Fami
Week 34: Happy
Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): Matthew 21: 21 P-day! :) After Internet, we went and bought the ingredients for tacos and headed out to San Juan for a P-day de Distrito* (*District Preparation Day)! We cooked and ate tacos, talked, and played Clue and Uno for a while. :) After journeying back to Centro, we had a Noche de Hogar* (*Family Home Evening) with our investigator Jeny G. where we watched the video 'Finding Faith in Christ' and discussed the infinite
Week 10: Una Elfa en un Mundo de Hobbits* (*An Elf in a world of Hobbits)
HOLA TODOS! Me encanta escribiendo ustedes cada semana. Es lo máximo. ☺* (*HELLO EVERYONE! I love writing you every week. It is the best.) On Wednesday, the super largo viaje* (*long trip) to La Merced from Lima began. Long ride, little food, and lots of people trying to sell us everything from Asian ginseng miracle tea to butter. We got back to La Merced just past 6 and met our zone leaders before I got to meet back up with Alva! She was with the hermana lideres* (*leader si
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