Church and My Saturday Walk

Hi everyone,
I hope you are well. God has been so good to me. I was watching a children's television program and I actually understood a little bit of it. I went to the park yesterday and I studied Portuguese. While I was at the park, I met a lady there and spoke to her in Portuguese for about an hour. By the way, she doesn't speak any English. She is a new grandmother of an eight month old little boy. He is adorable. I found out that she is a psychologist and she loves her job very much. She also enjoys watching movies.


Today, I went to church and saw many of my new friends. The pastor spoke about the Fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23. He emphasized peace. It is good to be reminded of God's peace and constant comfort. Please pray for a lady at church whose shoulder is injured. She is in a lot of pain. I thank God for his continued blessing here. I also had a blood sugar issue on Friday and a lady from the church helped me. I can't express how friendly the people are here and how willing they are to help an American. They are patient with me as well when I can't get the right words out. May God bless the people of Brazil.

Finally, this is how the Lord spoke to me today. Colossians 1: 10-14 states: "so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects bearing fruit in every good work increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthen with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

Lord, I must walk worthy of You. I am continually growing in You and You give me strength and patience to learn a new language. I joyfully give You thanks for this opportunity to learn a new language and to be in a new culture. It is all for You because You are One who took my place on that cross! I give it all to YOU! Amen!