Hermana Schmid

Click HERE to listen to a short message accompanying this blog update from Karissa this week! Pensamiento Espiritual* (*Spiritual Thought): Psalms 11:5 Zone P-day! :D We went to Chupaca, to laguna* (*lagoon) and ruinas* (*ruins) of Ñahuimpuquio!!! We got to do a really fun hike to the ruins and it was just a great time. :) From the top of the ruins, you can see all of Chupaca and Pilcomayo! :) We came back to Tambo and took our investigator, Haid, with us to a NDH* (*Family H

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): 2 Nefi 4: 20 Lunes* (*Monday)! After studies, internet, and lunch, we decided to adventure hike to La Bandera! :) There was no path and it was pretty steep, so it was really exhausting but incredibly fun! :) We took lots of pictures (you could see ALL of Cerro) and came back to the room and rested for un poquito* (*a bit).:) We then went to Luz, less active, and Nicole, investigator, and read el LDM con ellas* (*The Book of Mo

It was a pretty good week in Oxapampa!! Pensamientos espirituales for este semana* (*spiritual thoughts for this week): “Be not afraid, only believe” by Uchtdorf, “There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of.” – Hamlet, DyC 58:27. Last P-day, we couldn't find a combi to predicted Catarata La Suiza- so we went to Los Pinos, a fantastic adventure hike to lots of pine trees! It was a chévere hike, and we played cards and got eaten alive by bugs- normal normal. ☺

Querido familia y amigos, I'm incredibly sorry for the lack of communication lately. It's been crazy with transitions, but I'm in the mission field now! I've been in the field for 7 days and I've already had 3 areas. But more to come on that later. Right now, I'm in Oxapampa, in the JUNGLE! It's incredibly beautiful here and I'm in a trio. All's chevre. :) So, last time I wrote you was a LONG time ago. So much has happened!!! On March 1, my last Pday, I got to go to the templ