Carpenter and finish worker.

This is when my love for accounting and book keeping began. I was designated not knowing anything about finances or balancing the books. I learned how to keep a Caixa Pequeno, or "petty cash" updated. I had a balance of R$3000.00. I had that money to pay bills, taxes, and other expenditures. Twice a week I would have to balance the books and have no more or less than exactly R$3000.00. I would also have to pay the rent for over 70 houses and reimburse missionaries in certain expenses.

I worked as a Nursing Assistant in the prestige Stonehenge Skilled Nursing and Rehab center. As a CNA there was a lot of physical lifting and transferring of patients. You had to be very patient and understanding because almost all of the patients had recently gone through a major surgery that made them go from being independent to sometimes almost totally dependent of someone else's help. This tried my patience at times, but I grew and learned a lot about hard work at an young age. I had to work quickly and efficiently taking care of over 15 patients at a time sometimes. This job also included that I be CPR certified and First Aid certified, and the CNA test is a state licensing test that I had to pass, so there was a lot of studying for it.