Taking Off the Training Wheels!

So this week, my trainer for the office (part of my mission) left to go back out to the field! Elder Dixon was an amazing companion and was super good at playing the piano which was super cool! Now that the year is closing out, I have a lot of responsibilities to handle haha! We had the opportunity to baptize yesterday too! Woohoo! The secretaries baptize too! Hahaha! We have been teaching Leonarda for like 3 weeks now and she loved the message that we had. She also loved the Young Woman's program, which was awesome to see because that means that she is going to stay in the church and be a strong member! Its crazy here in Alecrim! The other night we were walking down a main road and heard a loud BANG and saw people running towards us. We didn't really know what was going on, but later on we found out that it was a gun shot! (Yes, we also ran away with all the other people and we did not go looking for danger...don't worry mom!) but it does get a little dangerous if you don't know where you are. Fortunately we know all the safe parts of town, so we are all good here, haha! I am super glad that I have the time here on my mission to learn how to be responsible for so many things. I love you all and I hope the Holiday season is going SUPER! Love you all and have a great week!!!

Life in the Office

So, there isn't much to tell about my life here in the office... But! I am learning a ton of the behind the scenes in the church and all of the help that we offer to people. Its pretty neat to learn all of the ins and outs around here. I am learning how to buy plane tickets for people leaving and all of the documents that the people need in order to come into and leave Brazil. It's strange doing all of it in Portuguese!  But, yeah my life is pretty repetitive now here in the office. We are getting ready for a Christmas meeting about the mission, which is going to be super cool. Not much to tell, but I am actually liking my time here being a helper to every missionary in the Natal mission! Hope everything is great back at home! Love you guys and have a great week!!!