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Going to World Youth Day 2005 was one of those huge, life-changing decisions that you make in a split second. When a friend told me about it, my first thought was, “This could be a turning point!"
I was working ten-hour days at the time, helping people who were looking for income assistance, employment, and other solutions to life’s problems. The work was important, but all-consuming. On my days off, I was too tired and drained to do anything except sleep.
I knew I needed to do something: I was living to work, rather than working to live. And despite my busyness, I felt like the unproductive fig tree in Jesus’ parable—not doing anything bad, really, but not doing anything to nurture and share my faith (Luke 13:6-9).
The pilgrimage from Australia to WYD in Cologne would give me a chance to step back from my everyday cares and concentrate on my spiritual life. But just how would I pay for three weeks in Europe? And could I get leave from work? I prayed over…
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