Yummy Mexican Food....and other things

Hello Parents, Family, and Friends!!

I finally have been able to find a few moments in an internet cafe to update you on our World Youth Day experience. It has been quite difficult to find internet available but our dear friend Mary Beth has been doing an excellent job sending updates from her host families' computer.....THANKS MB!!!!

It's 7:45pm and we are back in Randwick at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart parish after having spent last night in the field with Pope Benedict XVI. Wow! What an ecperience! The youth (not to mention the adults...lol) are pretty physically exhausted but so very spiritually refreshed! We decided to keep tonight pretty low key....after our walk back home from the racetrack we took nice, hot showers and settled in for afternoon "nap time." Presently, we are having dinner in various restaurants in the area. Msgr. Brennan went with a group for pizza.....yum...and the rest of us checked out a local Mexican restaurant....hurray for the beans and rice!

It's important to say as our WYD experience draws to a close....that parents, you have amazing teenagers! They have really opened themselves up to the movement of the Holy Spirit and have become witnesses of Christ's message not only to the people of Sydney but to all of us adult chaperones as well. Their behavior has been excellent. They have enjoyed such activities as trading USA items for items from other countries, (for example....Claudia traded a USA flag for a shoe from Holland) singing, hiking through the city and going to the beach after dark.

All in all, we have had a great time! We will be home soon and are looking forward to warm hugs from family and friends....and a party.....at Mr. Gómez's house (more on that later).

Tomorrow, we're headed off for the zoo and a ride around the Harbour!

Good night family! Hope to update again soon!