world youth day. my goodness. it was amazing. there were definite points of misery during the 100 degree heat after walking 7 miles and then some to get to the pilgrimmage site and the being woken up by a thunderstorm (complete with lightning) at 6am in the open field where we had no tent, no umbrella, no poncho, warm clothes or shelter within a mile radius...but more than that, there were soooo many wonderful experiences and blessings that looking back, who cares that i couldn't cool down or that my legs ached so bad i didn't think i'd be able to move them the next day or that it downpoured on us for like 3 hours? walking a mile to the bathroom and seeing groups of 100 people, all from different countries, dancing and singing and praising the Lord...being united in worship with 800,000 people from all over the world was a pretty amazing thing. and watching the blue sky take over the dark clouds as the pope began mass was pretty cool, too. it was vast. i don't know how else to explain it.

it was awesome.

it hasn't even sunk in, how much i took in this weekend. my heart just feels really full and i want so badly for everyone i know how much love there is for them from our God. yeah...ours. =) He is present.