Help me please! I know nothing of finance.

[Andrew Victor Abrahamson]

First of all, thanks to anyone who responds. This may sound weird but it's not a joke.
I've lived most of my 56 years in the Amazon jungle (Brazil) helping my parents in missionary work. So I don't have or know about the normal things like salaries, retirement, savings, investments etc.

Now my parents are passed away, and I've managed to sell a piece of the land they left as inheritance and I have US$35,000 in brazilian currency. I have a ticket back to the US next month (August). I plan to get a cheap car, a place to stay, then look for work. I have no ideas beyond that.

Would anyone please give me some direction, hints, suggestions? As I said I know nothing really about money. I don't know if I should leave it here in the bank or transfer to a US bank, buy Bitcoin, see an advisor....HELP!?