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Week 68: Return to the Jungle

Click HERE to listen to a voice recording from Karissa accompanying this week's update! Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): 2 Nefi 22: 2 P-Day* (*Preparation Day- Monday)! :D I’ve officially been in Huanuco for one week now! Todavia no me acostumbro al calor, jaja* (*I am still not used to the heat, hahaha). We went to lunch and then went de compras* (*shopping)- printing out pictures, eating ice cream, and going to the artesan's house for some recuerdos* (*souvenir

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 56: El Tambo's Got Talent and The Great Zone Fast 2k17

Click here to hear an additional short message from Karissa to accompany this week's update. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Jacob 4: 7 P-Day! :D Today, we took out money for March, cleaned, did Internet, and made pasta with red sauce for lunch! :D Then, we went to visit Loisy, obispo's* (*bishop’s) wife, and sat and talked with her for un buen rato* (*a good time). :) She's just fantastic. At night, we had a noche de hogar* (*Family Home Evening) with Otilia, m

Week 46: 2017! That's weird.

Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Moroni 10: 6 click here for a recorded Message from Karissa this week! Lunes* (*Monday) was district P-day! :D I made french toast. It was a good time haha! We played futbol con sillas* (*soccer with chairs) and volleyball! Then, we went inside due to rain and played Mafia and Signs. :) Super fun P-day! :) Despues* (*Then), we visited Luz Maria, less active, and talked about the power of setting goals to get better each day. :) Ch

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

Semana 38: Feriado y Dias Festivas* (*Week 38: Holiday and Festive Days)!

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): Alma 36: 27 Halloween!!! :D Today, Hna Aramayo and I went with Hna Jensen (who just started the mish) and Hna Spitale from Mariscal Castilla to President and Hermana Silva´s house for lunch! We cooked tacos with them and ate with the family. :) Era lo maximo* (*It was the best)!!! :) Despues* (*Then), President Silva gave me a bendicion de salud* (*blessing for health). I know I´ll get better if I follow the food restrictions,

Week 30: Gotta Catch ´Em All

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): Ether 12: 4 Last P-day, we went to our investigator, Delsy, to make Pikachu hats!!! We bought the fabric, string, etc. Before going back to her house to make them. They turned out to be really trabajosos* (*laborious), so we ended up sewing and finishing them off at night, but it was a fun time and now we have PIKACHU HATS! :) I´ve made so many manualidades en la mission* (*crafts in the mission), haha. :) Luego* (*Then), we v

Week 29: Blanca Nieves* (*White Snow)

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): Mosiah 4: 9 P-day!!:) After Internet, we traveled to Yanacancha for our District P-day! I put my Italian heritage to the test and we made pizza from scratch in a little electric oven. We decided to make jamonada, salchicha* (*sausage), and palta* (*avocado) pizzas, and they turned out DELICIOUS. :) It took a while due to the little electric oven, but we all talked while we waited. Despues* (*Then), we went and played pool! It

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

Week 17: Seguir Adelante* (*Moving Forward)

“To know even one life breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts) for this week: Isaiah 12:2, Alma 29:9 Hola querido familia y amigos!!!* (*Hello dear family and friends!!!) I hope all is well with each and every one of you. Know that you are always in my thoughts and prayers. :) For last P-day, we cleaned the room of bastante teleranas* (*a lot of cobwebs), did Internet, and ate fa