In less than a fortnight, Sydney will be transformed by the hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims participating in discovering and rediscovering their Christian faith in Sydney's World Youth Day 2008. The SYD WYD 2008 (click for my previous blog!) will be held from 15 to 20 July at the Randwick race horse tracks and other various Sydney venues.
My friend, Nanette and Bob just picked up a distant niece from the airport the other day. One of the many thousands of young men and women on the pilgrimage. Her name is Ina, from San Francisco, California. Together with another fifteen youngsters, they flew to Adelaide (what a fitting place, the "city of churches") this morning spending time on outback Australia: "... experiencing God in the outback as she (Ina) puts it."
According to Nanette, "She (Ina) has a bubbly personality and gets along well with Nicole and Mikey. Last night, they spent hours just talking.. in Mikey's room... and practicing her Australian accent on them. Nicole told her she needs more practice. She cracks up at all of Nicole's jokes."
Ina's mom emailed her the following, with the title: "Trust in the Lord Jesus"
"Tomorrow you will be joining a pilgrim. It's a journey together with some of the students where you will travel OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. You will walk for miles and miles to reach your destination in search of God's LOVE and MERCY. You will experience a once in a lifetime journey in search of the TRUTH. The truth that there is GOD. Whatever hardships you encounter along the way, trust that GOD is with you and has always been ever since you were born. He will be with you along the way. Trust in the Lord Jesus.
Love,
Mom"
(Photo credit, MJB - taken at Glebe's St James Catholic Church, love Sydney's sandstones in most heritage buildings and churches.)
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