WYD prep!!!

Hello folks

Sorry it’s been so long! I hope all your preparations for World Youth Day next year are going well. I am a little out of touch with the preparations in Hamilton city now that I have come home to Piopio for the summer holidays so I will just fill you in a little on what I have been up to…

A few months ago, I went into an evening mass at St Josephs in Te Kuiti and spoke to the Parish there. It was incredible to see how keen these elderly people were to help out it whatever way they could. The youth going to World Youth Day will be in their prayers and they are keen to donate to the fundraising effort also.

On the 13th of November I spoke for the Catholic Women’s’ League in Morrinsville. Some of the senior students from St Joseph’s primary school came too. The women were really responsive and asked lots of questions about World Youth Day. Some of them even wanted to know whether they could come! We also asked at the end of the slideshow how many of the students would be keen to go if they were old enough and all of them put their hands up. The women are supportive with their prayers and look forward to hearing all about WYD when we come back next year.

On the 17th of November I spoke at the Youth Service in the Piopio Co-operating parish. They were all very supportive too and keen to hear what we are up to. Subsequent to this service my brother received a donation to his World Youth Day fundraising effort by one of the people he works with who heard me speak that morning!

What I have learnt over the past few months is that there are so many people out there willing and able to support you towards World Youth Day and also people out there ready to help you out just generally in life. It is only a matter of asking them and sharing what an amazing event this is going to be.

I also want to encourage you to keep praying for World Youth Day. The majority of the people I have met over the last few months are not going to WYD because they are older people but they are still supporting us immensely with their prayers.

Keep up the good efforts with fundraising, keep enthusiastic, and most importantly keep praying!