Hermana Schmid

Click HERE to listen to Karissa's voice recording to accompany this week's blog update. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): John 20: 27 Pday* (*Preparation Day)! :D Today, my new comp, Hna Orellana, got here! :D She's from Ecuador (my third comp from there!) and has 5 months in the M.P.H.* (*Mission Peru Huancayo) :D We spent most of the day making sure all the hermanas traveled to their new areas and watched some church videos with our pension! Luego* (*Then), we

Click HERE to listen to Karissa's voice recording for week 72! Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Eter* (*Ether) 12: 4 P.day de Distrito* (*District Preparation Day)! We cooked a traditional Bolivian dish as a district and ate before heading out to Kotosh, ruins of an ancient temple! It had gorgeous views and we got to see the famous manos cruzadas!!! :D Luego* (*Then), we traveled back and visited Kely, converso* (*convert), and watched Meet the Mormons! She just

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

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

To hear the weekly update in Karissa's voice which accompanies this blog post, please click HERE. Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): 2 Kings 6: 17 P-day de Distrito!* (*District Preparation Day) :) Today we headed over to Chupaca, to a place called Ñahuin- a huge open field! We played lots of volleyball, tried to get a stubborn llama to love us and take pictures with us, and played card games! :) On our way walking back to the main part of Chupaca, we got a bit los

Pensamientos Espirituales* (*Spiritual Thoughts): Alma 33:11 Lunes* (*Monday)! Today was Zone P-day! :D We went to the chapel, ate, and played basketball (I taught Aramayo how to play!) and TONS of volleyball and talked! I talked mostly to Hna Dymock. She´s the best. :D Despues* (*Then), we visited our investigator Liz and talked about the importance of el Dia de Reposo* (*The Sabbath) before going to a noche de hogar*(*Family Home Evening) at Anyi's, where they gave a messag

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