¡Hola día de la juventud del mundo Madrid 2011!
One of my goals for 2008 is to attend World Youth 2008. Despite the efforts I exerted to be able to attend WYD 2008, I failed. Maybe it’s God’s plan. Well, I’m only 17 years old and I’m not yet allowed to travel alone. In addition, traveling to Sydney is just plain expensive! I don’t want my family to be in great debt just to have one of my goals achieved.
So, I gave up. No World Youth 2008 for me. No Pope for me. No Sydney for me.
I was depressed. In fact whenever I would hear any news mentioning World Youth Day, I would feel sad and would change channels immediately. But I came back to my senses and started to watch EWTN’s coverage of the World Youth Day during the Final Mass celebrated by none other than Pope Benedict XVI. It is where he announced that the next World Youth Day would be in 2011 and would take place in Madrid, Spain.
This time, I promise to myself that I would make it! In fact, I’ll be coming up with my own WYD 2011 blog in a matter of days or weeks. I’ll be saving up and would be starting to look for sponsors this early!
Maybe that’s why I’ve been meaning to learn Spanish. Maybe it’s God’s plan. See, God moves in mysterious ways (or is it love?). He wanted me to learn Spanish to by that I would attend the WYD in Madrid I won’t feel alienated.
Hello, World Youth Day 2011! Hello, Pope! Hello, Madrid!
Janette Toral :
Date: August 8, 2008 @ 9:39 am
Wow Jeric. I think this is a good plan and look forward to your blog announcement soon. With your early preparation and be able to maintain it, you’ll likely get there.
Spain is also a beautiful country although I’ve only visited the Marbella part of it.
Good luck to you!