Abby in Brazil

 FUTEBOL CRAZY Salve o Corinthians ( All hail Corinthians ) O campeão dos campeões ( The champion of champions ) Eternamente ( Eternally ) Dentro dos nossos corações ( In our hearts ) Hino Do Corinthians ( The Anthem of the Corinthians )     The week was awesome. Bella and I got all the schoolwork done before the weekend so we can enjoy our weekend at the soccer game, which is called futebol in Portuguese.      We had to take a 17 hour bus ride to Sao Paulo to watch the game. On the bus, we had a lot of fun. I made new friends with the guys and they helped me memorize the chants of our team.      We got there pretty early to explore the BIGGEST fan club of our team. We had Feijoada, which is a traditional Brazilian stew. It was delicious.  We had time to look around the Corinthian's fan club store and got some stuff on sale. Then we waited a bit to leave to go to the stadium. I got to meet these 2 lovely girls. One was 18 and the other was 13. It was really fun talking to them,

 Stopped by Police "Keep calm and eat your fries." - Abby     I got the opportunity to watch Sound of Freedom twice. Once was with Bella and the other was with some friends from church. The movie was amazing but it did leave something heavy in my heart after watching it. It's something that's still going on in present day. I see kids differently in a way that they can be snatched away so quickly. And I'm reminded of when I was little in the States, my parents wouldn't let me go too far by myself. Human trafficking indeed isn't a pleasant topic to talk about in our daily lives but it's still a big issue. Perhaps people feel like they can't do anything about it. I don't know... these are just some thoughts. I will definitely look into it and start praying for this issue.     After going to the mall with friends, I caught a ride back home with Bella and the family. We were stopped by the police. They were just checking if there were any illegal ac