Abby in Brazil

 First New Year in Brazil And after you have suffered a little while,  the God of ALL GRACE [Who imparts ALL BLESSING and FAVOR ],  Who has CALLED you to His [ own ] ETERNAL GLORY in Christ  Jesus,  will Himself COMPLETE   and  MAKE you WHAT YOU OUGHT TO BE , ESTABLISH   and  GROUND you SECURELY ,  and STRENGTHEN , and SETTLE you. - 1 Peter 5:10     A week later after Christmas, it was New Year! Time sure flew and the baking continued. This time, Bella and I made brownies and cookies. And Neide made a chocolate cake and the chocolate fountain. We were thinking maybe we didn't need to make so many desserts, but we were all glad we did because the kitchen only provided fruit jello-ish desserts that were yummy as well. We also had churrasco, which is Brazilian barbecue!!! Super delicious! We had a lot of guests.  Though not as many as Christmas, but there were still about 50 to 60 people.  Everyone finished the brownies, cookies, the chocolate fountain and the chocolate cake. W

 It's... beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Christmas trees gladly wore the colorful lights of happiness, Joyful noises fill the small plaza spreading cheer here and there. Behind the glamorous decorations, There's somebody who's at the end of their rope, But they don't know they are not alone, His name is Prince of Peace His name is Emmanuel, the God who is with us.  His name is El Roi, the God who sees.     I know I'm a little behind on blogging but I'll make it up to you guys. Christmas season was tough, not gonna lie. Yes, I missed my family. Yes, I missed being in Germany. But it was stressful because of how busy I was. I don't know how Aunt Corenne and the family can do this every year. Christmas is a BIG deal. When I mean BIG. I mean BIG . When I really thought about it, I don't mind it being BIG because I get why it needed to be BIG. These boys and lots of visitors that we had don't really have the opportunity to receive so much. So it&#