Yesterday (July 20) was the anniversary of our trip to Sydney for the World Youth Day. Although, I am getting older by the minute, I do still feel very much a kid at heart. I will always be a "wonderer" and a wanderer. I love exploring, discovering new things, stumbling upon miracles one after another. How else can I have survived Sydney with only $100 (a gift from a Tita) for 3 weeks. I reckon God must really love me :-) He has prepared the journey for me beforehand, allowing me to get to know good Aussie mates even before I even stepped to the Land Down Under.
I remember laying on my bed one night, worrying about where to get the money for my airplane ticket and wanting to give up the dream altogether and talking to God aloud about my anxieties. The next day, I opened my email, and lo and behold, someone wanted to pay for my ticket by sponsoring a cake sale on my behalf. How amazing is that! How great is our God! Thanks again Adrian, Winey, and the parish of St. Monica in Sydney. I was truly blessed by heaven through you.
I spent the next 3 weeks in different homes, getting to know the families of Aadrik, Adam, Indako, and Winey. Learning how to snowboard at Perisher Blue courtesy of good friend Ads (see Lessons from Down Under), walking at a North Shore beach with dear Kate, and biking at Canada bay. It was a beautiful experience, which to this day is vivid in my mind. Life is indeed about creating beautiful memories.
On another note, I remember the good Pope St.Benedict XVI saying, "Faith is everywhere." Indeed, much like the air we breathe. We can't see it but it doesn't mean it's not there. Faith like air gives us life. I breathed in the air deeply in a sky of clear blue. God is good. Life is good. May your dreams come true too!
Madrid 2011, here we come!
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