Transfers and Financial Secretary!

 Hey all! 


I hope that you all are having a fantastic week! I am doing great here! This last week we had transfers and I was transferred to Boa Viagem. I am definitely here in the city now and surrounded by skyscrapers which are definitely new. But so far I am loving it! Now you might all be wondering why I am writing this email on a Saturday... This transfer I was also called to be the next financial secretary! So now I work here in the mission offices and have p-day on Saturday! It's definitely an experience that I wasn't expecting to have, but I have loved it so far! I am learning tons, and have so much more to learn, but it is super fun to see how the mission is run from the inside! And I am in a trio with one American and one Brazilian so that has been a blast as well.

This last week working in my area has been interesting as well. Mostly because this whole week we have spent planning a wedding that is going to happen tonight! There is this awesome lady who has been preparing to get baptized who will get married and then baptized tonight! It is an awesome family and I am super excited to get to know them even though I just showed up! And today we will also have two more baptisms!! These two baptisms have really been miracles! The mother and sister of a returned missionary have been visiting the church with this returned missionary the last couple weeks, and yesterday we got a call saying that they both want to get baptized! So actually, we are going to have a short p-day today, so that we can have time for a wedding and 3 baptisms, and then next week on Monday or Tuesday we will have the rest of our p-day! I know that I haven't been part of the preparation of any of these three people, it is incredible to see how they are choosing to repent and follow Christ's example!  

I was planning on sending some pictures from my last week in Imbiribeira, but unfortunately, I don't have access to them right now... I am typing this in the mission offices, and the pictures are on another phone, but I'll try to send some soon! 

I hope you all have a great week! I'm doing fantastic here, and I'm excited for lots of new adventures here in the offices in Boa Viagem!

Elder Hill

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