Ok, we have just successfully returned from the vigil and the Final Mass with the Holy Father. What an amazing time. God is certainly sending us a message. This is our 4th (Katie A, Carrie and I) World Youth Day and for some reason there is miserable weather ONLY on the night of the Vigil. You may have seen in the news that it rained pretty hard around dusk. The winds were also high. Some of us complained, some were silent, and some laughed hysterically, and some even rejoiced. On a side note, there were several people at WYD that we certainly dressed inappropriately, and some of us were thinking that the rain and the wind was God's "put some clothes on" message. :-) Nevertheless, I had talked to the group before we left about "there is no resurrection without the cross and death". Well, there was certainly a cross last night (some were even not felling well, sniffles and coughing). But we trekked through it, and we are now rejoicing in our hearts. Thank you again for all of your prayers. Several of the pilgrims are looking forward to the journey home now.
We leave Spain tomorrow, and head to London for Monday night. Not sure if there is WIFI, and we really don't have much time in London (other than to sleep), so this might be my last update. If you hadn't made arrangements to pick up your pilgrim before we departed, you might want to plan a bit. Our flight to Detroit is Continental CO2396, and we arrive at 7:35pm on Tuesday evening.
Thanks again and God Bless!!!
~BW
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