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.

Hey friends! Goodness gracious this week was crazy but so good. Tuesday we traveled to hear an Apostle speak, Wednesday was transfers and my comp left me, Thursday I traveled back to the city to get my son (the missionary I am training), Friday we got him settled in and started to work, Saturday we rounded everyone up for Church, and, last but not least, Sunday came and my son had to speak in Church. All that brings us to another p-day and another debrief. If you want to know how I got 7 people, 14 pieces of luggage, 3 non-portuguese speakers, 5 non-english speakers, and myself through the metro of São Paulo (in the rain too) you better keep reading.

Hey friends! Welcome back! I know you missed me! This was a very eventful week full of surprises. Transfers, a visit from the AP (whoopsies), speaking in church, and, most importantly, baptism. 

First off, to get it out of the way, transfer news! I will be staying in Vista Verde but in a different district which makes me a little sad. The sisters were so fun. I will also be training a new missionary!! I get a son (mission nickname for a missionary you train)! It’s gonna be a fun transfer.

Hey friends! This week was blessed. Those miracles were a sign of God's love for me, for missionaries, for the people here in Vista Verde, everyone but, there is no greater sign of love than the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The spiritual thought this week might just change the way you think about the Savior's love for you. We will get there though, first we have to get to the many miracles of this week. So many that I don't think I even got half of them in here but I tried. 

Hey friends! Holy this week flew by, what a blessing. This week was so busy with the most random stuff and side quests, but hey… it happens. From immigration to listening to the Tabernacle Choir, this week had a little bit of everything and not a single normal day. Actually I still don't think a normal day even exists.

Hey friends! Remember when I said I hope that I get to send a more exciting email this week… yeah that is not going to happen. However, I hit 6 months this week!! On that day we got 3 pizzas to celebrate but besides that it has been a very normal week soI don't have too much to talk about. I also waited to write this email until today (p-day morning) so it's going to be short. I'm sorry.

Hey friends! Jesus Christ and P-Day. Those are the two lights at the end of the tunnel. This was a long week with a lot of walking (surprise surprise) and not a lot of finding but hey we made it through.

Hey friends! Okay it's not that in the middle of nowhere; I'm out here quite a ways but it's not like I'm walking 20 miles to the nearest supermarket (although one day I might tell my kids that was the case). It's been (almost) one week serving the Lord out here in Vista Verde, São José dos Campos - SP so let's chat about my initial thoughts