And after staying up all night (literally) watching the Closing Mass, I couldn't help but think, "Man! I really want to go to a World Youth Day!" And I decided that I would start saving money, knowing that such a trip will cost like at least 3500 small coffees from McDonald's. Not that I get small coffees at McDonald's that often. Anymore. Ahem...
Anyway, I remember back in high school, our youth group went to like...each one. But I never had the time or could afford it. So I missed out on the opportunities to go to WYD in Toronto, Germany, and Australia.
But now that I'm full-time employed with some earned vacation time, I've made an executive decision to go to World Youth Day 2013 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Earlier this week, I attended a meeting to start getting more information about a combined trip between my parish and another parish. Sounds pretty exciting! Can't wait!
I hope that a lot of youth get to go too to share this experience!
It's gonna happen. God-willing. JD-hoping/praying.
(Insert something Portuguese here)
-JD
