Hey friends! This week was interesting to say the least. It all started with zone conference, then it was rent week which is always fun, followed by; one of those “I can’t tell you about” events that practically made up 48 hours of my life, appliance shopping, writing some reports, some visits, the best planning session of my mission, Church, and yeah, so overall a pretty normal week. Now you are gonna keep reading to see if I let something slip aren’t you? Spoiler alert: I don’t… maybe.

Hey friends! If I have counted properly (which of course I have… at least I think) this week is week 50 of my mission. Exactly one year from now I will be headed to the airport to fly home… not that anyone is counting or anything. This week was the most uneventful, exhausting week ever. I know that doesn't make sense but I just died this week. Absolutely cooked but I am happy so that's what matters.

Hey friends! Let me tell you a little bit about the absolutely zero hours of normal sleep that I got this week. All starting on Monday night right after I sent my email. From that night straight into novinhos into a sidequest outside of the mission at 1am I finally got to sleep on Friday night. With all that said another crazy transfer week has come and gone and for the third time in a row I loved every second of it.

Hey friends! It’s transfer week and boy oh boy do I got news for you! I am staying right where I am at with the same comp! That doesn’t mean transfer week is chill. Today is p-day but would it really be p-day without a meeting in the office at 9am and three truckloads of deliveries? This week I also became a professional appliance shopper. I probably bought more appliances in the past week than I will buy in my adult life.

Hey friends! What is uppppp??? This week was so exhausting but for a different reason… we actually worked in the field this week!! Crazy I know right? It was actually so much fun and we saw so many miracles! 

I saw a sunset for the first time in forever… want to see it?

Things are finally getting settled in the office. After a transfer and a half of solving the lingering problems everything has been wrangled in and solved. When I got to the office 10 weeks ago (yes it has already been 10 weeks) I was thrown into a raging fire with no clue what was going on, where the problems came from, or how to solve them. It took a minute but I can confidently say I am able to breathe now. It has been really satisfying to get to the point that there aren’t any problems but it has had me questioning “well now what?” a few times.

Hey friends! Welcome back to another week of unplanned adventures! So this week the mission split happened, do nada. I woke up Thursday morning and the system had split the mission, no warning. That was not in the plan for this week but hey what can you do. That being said this week had so much to be done. If I am being so for real I don't even remember yesterday but hey we are gonna try to write this email anyways.

Hey friends! I am going to be straight up, this week was a heavy one; an emotional roller coaster, exhausting, difficult. However, at the end of it all I am happy with all that was accomplished, the problems solved, the people helped, and, most importantly, the spirit that I was able to feel through it all.

Hey friends! Well, it was transfer week, send people home week, get new missionaries week, random problems week, just as predicted. Transfer news isn’t anything crazy now that I know I will spend most of my mission in the office. I did get a new comp though, Elder Corales! He is super dope and from Peru so I am making him teach me Spanish. I moved over to his area which was next-door to my old one, still the same ward. My old comp, Elder Allen, went to Guarulhos because he will be the financial secretary in the new mission. With transfers our p-day moved back to Monday… not really the biggest fan but we will survive. Anyways this week was wild, the things just did not end.

Hey friends! Welcome back to another absolutely wild week as a secretary. Sometimes people think that the office Elders just sit at a desk all week and do nothing. Maybe in some missions that is true but not for us. I barely sat at my desk this week, in fact I barely had a second to breathe. It was just go go go. Multiple days started at 6:30am, running on straight adrenaline, so many adventures, high emotions, and days ending only when I went to sleep.

Hey friends! My bad, I completely left a cliffhanger in my last email and I'm gonna leave it like that hehe. I'll keep y'all deep in thought for now, at least until transfer week. About this week, well at least these four days. It was busy but also not as crazy as I expected which was kinda nice. Lots of random tasks, like really really random. I just know you want to hear about them.

Hey friends! Don't worry, I didn't forget about you this week. We have Zone P-day this week so we traded our P-day to be able to participate and were out working on Saturday. This week was good, I'd say it was crazy again but crazy is the new normal so it wasn't very different. Audit, temple, late night problems, miracles, sidequests, Sunday, and now we are here.

Hey friends! This week passed by in a blink and I don't remember too much. The thing about the office is there are four levels of information: Random things, things I won't tell you because they are boring, things I shouldn't tell you for one reason or another, and things that I can't tell you. It's an interesting life I live, certainly not one I expected but I love it. Most of this week was just random sidequests but we did hit the other levels of information a few times which always makes life exciting.

Hey friends! Welcome back to another week in the office or, for a more accurate description, mission control of mission São Paulo Leste. Why mission control, because every problem, even if it's not financially, passes by us and we often get to be the ones to solve it. You thought last week was crazy? Well you're right however… someway omehow… this week was even crazier. We were getting calls left and right of things that needed to be done, changed, or solved. Trainings, material runs, 2 zone conferences, emergency transfers, audit preparation, this week was non-stop. To preface this email: I love my APs so much and I love my calling as a secretary. I am not complaining, solely telling y'all all the adventures I have.

Hey friends! Welcome to New York! It's been waitin’ for me. Specifically Wall Street, that’s right, I have been called as the financial secretary… well one of the 5 that we have. It was also transfer week and the novinhos got here. On top of that we had a Mission Leadership Council and two other missionaries getting her late. It has been crazy. Oh and yes, working in the office means I have Saturday P-Day so don’t worry if you don’t get emails on Mondays haha.

Hey friends! Yours truly is headed to… drum roll please…  the office!! What secretary? I don't know. I do know that my comp is the best person in the whole wide world Elder Allen. I am so so hyped. When I found out I yelled so loud. On top of that there is a chance I learn Spanish now! Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Hey friends! Did everyone ever consider that on your mission you might be doing a 1 hour service project of bathing dogs? Yeah, me neither but hey it happens. 

I am back, yet again, just this time with 8 months under my belt. 33% of the way with an unknown return date… pretty exhilarating, I know. This week was super weird, lowkey weirder than the last (which I didn't know was possible). The week consisted of 11 hours of interviews with President, 2 family home evenings, a visit from the senior couple, two member dinners (not normal), bathing dogs (very not normal), and lots and lots of walking (normal). Not a single true, true workday (don't worry we did all we possibly could), not ideal but hey, now it's a new week

Hey friends! I am so sorry this is late. I know a lot of you have been anxious for it, but hey it's here now so don't fret. 

This week was a weird week. I am not gonna lie. Everything was so off all week, work wise and mentally. I am so sorry if this email is not 100% coherent, I promise I tried haha. The good news is that we still had people at church, we still had miracles, and, possibly most importantly, we laughed a lot. I also may or may not have had a crashout or two this week… but what more would you expect?

Hey friends! Guess what I did this week! I went to the hospital! Wait, don't panic, it wasn't for me. I just had to take someone there. 

Goodness gracious it has been a week. Last Monday feels like a transfer ago, Tuesday feels like a month ago, Wednesday was a week ago, Thursday doesn't even exist in my memory, Friday was the great flood followed by miracles, and Saturday and Sunday are one long day of General Conference. If that doesn't give you a summary of how this week felt I don't know how else to help you.

Hey friends! No, I am not talking about basketball. I am talking about something much greater than basketball. Baptism. Yesterday, at 8pm, I baptized Ana Clara. It also just happened to be the 100th baptism in March for the mission. My baptism, that happened during the very last hour of the very last day, was the one that got the mission to 100 and made March the first month since at least 2018 to hit 100 baptisms. A buzzer beater to etch this month in history. Ladies and gentlemen, this is March Madness.