November 8, 2019 I landed in Madrid at about 8:30AM local time. We deplaned via stairs, and that’s when I quickly figured out that the weather was going to be cold and windy. But! I did come prepared with an extra layer in the form of a lightweight hoody. Que bueno. The Struggle Begins After […]
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November 7, 2019 Further Preparations The morning was really busy. I had a checklist of things to take care of before leaving my house for a week. Chihuahua had to be dropped off at the parent’s house. Kroger run for toothpaste and face wash. Watered the plants. Tidied the kitchen. Washed the dishes. Made the
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Ok, to be honest. I’m writing this at 1AM the day that I’m leaving. So technically it’s Day 1? But I’ll save Day 1 content for later. I want to focus on Day 0–basically everything leading up to this point. I want to share some brief aspects. First off, this pilgrimage is from November 7
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Let’s rewind it back to 2018. Basically, I was still trying to balance and juggle multiple things in my life like traveling overseas to visit family and being in grad school. Somewhere in the midst of that, I found out that some of my dear friends from my church were going to move out to
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Want to know what are some of the most popular Christian pilgrimages? You’ve come to the right place! With the information below, you’ll be able to learn about some of the most popular places to go on pilgrimage as a Christian including how to to travel to these places, and what to see and do
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Back in 2017, I did a six-month work assignment in Japan. During the summer, one of my friends from my parish back home in Texas visited Japan in order to teach art at a local university near Osaka. Since my work location wasn’t that far from Osaka, we decided to meet up one weekend to
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Earlier this year, I had a really cool opportunity to go on a short pilgrimage. It was so short that it only took a few hours, and I pretty much did it right after work. Crazy. A week prior, I was at work just sitting at my desk when I received an interesting email from
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The past few months have been a little rough with unexpected expenses. A few months ago, I accidentally hit some debris in the road causing damage to one of my car’s front tires, resulting in a flat. One month later, I accidentally drove over an uncovered manhole that damaged two of my tires. I replaced
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Truth be told, I didn’t get to go to World Youth Day 2019 in Panama this year. However, seeing posts about it, pictures on Instagram, and the Pope’s Twitter feed reminded me about my experiences from 2013 in Rio De Janeiro and 2016 in Krakow. In case you don’t know what World Youth Day is,
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Back in the summer of 2013, I went to my first international World Youth Day! On top of that, this was my first international pilgrimage! We had a set and busy schedule involving things like attending the various World Youth Day events, getting insider info as to when and where the Pope would be, chasing
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