

Semana* (*Week) 69:Â Prepared People
Click HERE for Karissa's voice message accompanying this update - she sings this week :). Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Alma 44:4 P.Day* (*Preparation Day)! :D After internet, we went and bought ingredients to make pizza and oreo no bake cookies with Marcia, our pension's daughter! :D We cooked, talked, and laughed. :) Luego* (*Then), we went and visited Charo, a contact from the other day, and got to know her! Turns out she's our pension's good friend! :) We


Week 49: SOY BATMAN!* (*I AM BATMAN!)
Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): 2 Nefi 7: 8 Transfer P-day! Hna Aramayo and Samy took me to the terminal, where I met up with my new comp, Hna. Esparza! :) She's from Ecuador (my second Ecuatoriana* (*Ecuadorean)!) and is just great. :) We spent most of the day cleaning and helping the hnas* (*sisters) who were finishing their missions get everything packed and ready to go. We were going to send the sisters leaving off at 10; but, there was a huaico* (*huge stor


Week 37: HalloWeek
Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual thoughts): Alma 10: 5-6 Lunes* (*Monday)! In the morning, I said goodbye to beautiful Cerro de Pasco and traveled to Huancayo! After 8 months, I finally have been to the mission office. :) My companion, Hna Aramayo from Bolivia, came and got me and we traveled to Chilca! It's city, there is MUCHO oxigeno* (*oxygen), and hace calor* (*it’s hot)!!:) We first stopped at Metro to buy cena* (*dinner) and I was amazed at a real supermarket. I


Week  36: On to Chilca, Huancayo!!!
Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): DyC 90: 24* (*Doctrine & Covenants 90:24) Lunes* (*Monday)! Today, we had a zone P-day in San Juan! :) Due to it being rainy season, we played board games! I dedicated my time to Risk, por supesto* (*of course). :) We all played games and talked. Despues* (*Then), we went to a Noche de Hogar* (*Family Home Evening) and birthday celebration at Familia Anchante* (*The Anchante Family), less actives! Their daughter turned 7 today


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 33: #LDSConf
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


Week Something or other (*Week 9): Libres en Lima* (*Free in Lima)
Although you didn't get to hear from me yesterday (thanks to literally being in a car for 12 hours), you get to hear from me today! YAY! Last Pday, we went to Villa Rica and it was by far one of the mejores dias* (*better days) yet. We met up with Hnas Keeler and Cruz (my favorite humans) in their cuarto* (*habitation) and dropped off our stuff before all of our distrito met up at the sisters´ pension for... PIZZA and 3 liter bottles of inca kola! It was pretty fantastic. Our