Our last two days in Talavera were filled with many emotions. But in particular, happiness and sadness. Happiness that we had met such wonderful people who took us into their homes and made us feel a part of a new family for 5 days and sadness that we were going to farewell these same families so soon.
Everyone spent the day with their families on Sunday with activities including watching a bull fight (don't worry mum's and dad's there was no active participation!), much needed sleep ins, shopping in Madrid and escaping the hot weather at the pool. The day finished with prayer in the Basilica del Prado in Talvera on the Vigil of the Feast of the Assumption and an opportunity to spend time talking to Jesus during adoration.
And then the final day! Hugs, tears, photos, more tears, even more photos and hugs again as we bid farewell to those who had so graciously welcomed us only 5 days ago. The friendships formed over the past 5 days will no doubt live on for a long time, and our hosts in Talavera will never be forgotten. No sooner had the door on the bus closed and our new families disappeared into the distance and some people were talking about returning to visit. We give thanks to God for the families that opened their homes to us and made us feel so very welcome and hope our paths cross again some day!
It is an absolute pleasure to follow your journey with these beautiful blogs, thank you so much for sharing this with us.
ReplyDeleteTake care all and enjoy :)
Hi everyone,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you had an awesome time during Days in the Diocese. Also hope you're enjoying WYD itself.
I hope to also watch the final mass this Sunday.
Hope you're surviving the scorching weather in Madrid (I heard on the SBS weather report that it's meant to be 37 degrees in Madrid tomorrow). We've just had rain in Victoria, but we're about to approach a period of mild weather (around 20 degrees) for the remainder of the outlook (after a cold showery day tomorrow).
God bless you on the rest of your pilgrimage!