At a general staff meeting, we received an update from the staff who just returned from Oceania. This would include Fuji and the Solomon Islands. Granted, life is quite different in these "poor" countries; however, the update left me with a bit of perspective.
These people are literally selling off land in order to pay the airfare needed to send their youth to WYD. The prime minister sings the WYD theme song just about every day, as do all the students in the schools. Our staff was greeted by dancers every where they went. And everyone is contributing to make the trip possible -- even in the smallest villages, they are collecting rubbish for money.
For these people, WYD not only brings a renewal of faith and spirit, it brings the excitement of belonging to a world centered around Christ. It is a good reminder for those of us who take things like this for granted -- it is not just work for a series of days, but for a lifetime.
Come Holy Spirit, Come.
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