Abby in Brazil

 “Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth , and you will spread out to the west and to the east , to the north and to the south . All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. ” Genesis 28:14      These past two weeks, I’ve been focusing on serving with the refugee ministry with my leader, Marlon. I’ve also been a volunteer every day for the first week of September for the 11th World Meeting of Visual Impairment. I was able to meet many outstanding individuals from the States, Jordan, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia and Lesotho. I learned so much from this experience and every day I looked forward to seeing them. They don’t complain. They are patient. They need a lot of help. Without sight, it is hard to find their way. There were over 190 nations and many of them were in Brazil for the first time. Unfortunately, most of the volunteers didn’t speak another  language other than Portuguese. So, many of the participants felt helpless....

You trampled the sea with Your horses, the surging of mighty waves. I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us. Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, Yet I will rejoice in the LORD ; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. GOD, the Lord, is my strength ; He makes my feet like the deer's; He makes me tread on my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. Habakkuk 3:15-19     These past few weeks I've been traveling and working a lot. I rested after EMF. You can check out my last blog to read up on it. I rested for about 2 weeks. I officially moved to São Paulo, so I was trying to settle in and rest. I'll admit, it was really hard. Because I...