Abby in Brazil

    This past week has been a week of many blessings. I was accompanied by Uncle Phil's secretary, Cristiane, to the federal police station to officialize my volunteer visa. And everything went smoothly. It also didn't take too long. So now I can travel back to Taiwan and there won't be any problems to get back into Brazil! I told some of my friends about and they replied, "Now you're officially Brazilian!" And I responded , "Yeah! For a year!" XD So for me, I feel like I’m a “new citizen" here in Brazil.      Our church had a baptism at the beach this past Saturday. I served as a greeter. From Hope Mountain, we had six boys who got baptized. And from the community, three girls got baptized. So a total of nine teens got baptized from our ministry. I was so EXCITED and ELATED! The church donated new Bibles as many teens here don’t have a Bible of their own. I was privileged to hand out Bibles to these newly baptized teens! I also stayed up the ni

     Bella's 16th birthday party was an absolute blast!!! The theme was neon. So everything was made to glow in the dark!      Her aunt, Karen, and uncle, Ty, from the States brought all the party stuff and cake mixes to make this party happen! This party would never had come together this perfectly and beautifully, if it weren’t for them!     We got the boys neon paint to design their black shirts! Aunt Corenne, Neide, and many other people made 2 big neon birthday cakes. I tried to make brownies but it didn't go so well this time. We had beach balls and footballs that had lights in them, even the balloons glowed and lit up. Aunt Corenne went all out and everyone had a blast! Praise the Lord! And happy sweet 16 to Bella! Bella and I with our cool neon outfits. From the left to the right, Phil, Corenne, Bella, Uncle Ty (Corenne's brother),  and Aunty Karen (Uncle Ty's wife.) The decorations for this party was over the top extraordinary!!! This was my shirt. Did you know

Part 2 - This was also a part of my devotional on April 28th! I encourage you to read Galatians 1 before you read this post.

Devotional, Part 3 Feel free to read the whole book of psalms!

This was a part of my devotional on April 28th, 2024. I felt that God was speaking to me a lot through His word.