Dance night Fundraiser

So, one way we're trying to raise funds is through this Friday's dance night fundraiser. My community is putting a fun dance night social for everyone that wants to come and support us.

The ticket includes the entrance fee and a free dinner platter. I will be going a lady's house on Friday morning to begin cooking the chicken. We're expecting about 500 attendees so that's a lot of chicken! Hopefully we will be done by the dance time, if not, I guess we'll be cooking all night!

The dance will be from 8pm to 2am, so that should be enough time to enjoy the night. We're dancing at this 'Mi Salon' place near the church, very convenient location because everyone knows where it is :). I will post up pictures of us feeding people, selling tickets, and dancing. It's a night to remember!

"Do not, then, regard the eucharistic elements as ordinary bread and wine: they are in fact the body and blood of the Lord, as he himself has declared. Whatever your senses may tell you, be strong in faith." -St. Cyril of Jerusalem
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Nachos and Marisol!

Getting ready to serve :)

Tickets!!

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Intro to WYD: remembrance of older years

You might not be familiar with the term 'WYD' or "World Youth Day" or might have always wanted to attend but never could. Well, in its basic terms, it's a pilgrimage calling for all the youth in the world to have a Mass with the current Pope. It's not just a vacation trip, it's a time when your soul enters into a conversation with Christ. Well, that's a daily demand for us, but in this case, you're taken out of your own comfort zone, maybe in a new country with a difficult language, praying every day and witnessing the Wonders of God in another place -- and finally having a crescendo event by celebrating Eucharist with Pope Benedict XVI.

Singing in the streets of Denmark

I've been to the following WYD's: Canada 2002, Germany 2005, Australia 2008, and finally Spain 2011. Each has been an individual encounter with Christ at perfect times in my life, forming my character and a deeper desire to love Him through others.


I hope to blog about it here, just to share a little of what I go through, but also as a mini-diary so that I can look back and smile at all the wonderful (good and bad) memories He leaves in my life. I know I'm writing a year before I get to go, but I also would like to write about my preparation for this trip. It's vital to prepare myself for this pilgrimage. It might be the last time I get to go, IF I'm alive to go..

La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

Silly Pilgrims

Us girls with WYD Hats

I will be raising money for Brazil throughout this year. You are welcome to donate and help me to go on this beautiful trip. 

Pieta-- Mary holding the dead body of Jesus, Valle de los Cai­dos

PRAYER REQUESTS

Email me (aleroldan12@gmail.com) if you have any prayer requests-- I will keep them in my heart and pray during this time of preparation, as well as during the pilgrimage. I will pray by name if you give me the opportunity. Remember, we all make up the Mystical Body of Christ :)

Night before WYD, so HAPPY while it was storming and raining.

Pope Benedict XVI presiding Mass at WYD, Spain 2011