
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 41: #IluminaElMundo* (*#LighttheWorld)
Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): 3 Nephi 15: 12 P-day yet again! Today, Aramayo and I played a few games of pool before taking Erika with us to play basketball in the park! :D Height is an EXTRA advantage here haha. Despues* (*Then), we played Monopoly Electronic Bank! Probably an old thing in the States, but I've never seen or played it before. Demasiado tecnologia para mi ya* (*Too much technology for me now). :) It was incredibly fun! Despues we visited ou

Week 40: Oooohhhhh, We´re Halfway There...
Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): 2 Nephi 4: 15- 16 P-Day! :D We made pizza with Erika and some lady in the mercado* (*market) tried to recruit me to her modeling agency in Lima. Oh, the power of the gringa jaja. :) We then went with their family to Pucara, a little pueblito* (*village) at the very end of our area, to pasear* (*walk) and then to some ancient ruisns* (*ruins) in Huari! It was a fantastic day. I love my Chilca family. :) Despues* (*Then), we en

Week 13: Adelante como Elefante!* (*Forward like an Elephant!)
This week was one of the best weeks yet- complete with the news that this will be my third transfer here in Oxapampa and today is officially my three month mark! It’s gone by way too fast to even comprehend. Some spiritual thoughts for the week: DyC 64: 33-34, Alma 36, DyC 6:34 :) Lunes*! (*Monday)! Today was a tranquilo tranquilo* (*quiet, peaceful) pday here in Oxa with just the four of us Oxapampinos! We cleaned, did internet, and went shopping for snapback hats in the mor