Longridge Circle Support Youth

President John Lea presents cheque from Longridge Circle

Natalia reports

From Krakow with love and prayers…

After a 37 hour coach journey we got to the accommodation, only to get less than an hour to ourselves, to find our rooms, get refreshed and changed. However, we did not mind one bit because we laughed a lot, travelled through some stunning countries and made a lot of new friends on the coach.

The weather was very hot during our stay in Krakow and every evening we made a dash for the showers competing with some French girls to get there first. The reason being that during the day the temperatures would rise up to 30˚C in the shade and sweat was dripping down our faces.

We were able to go and visit some important places, one of them being Auschwitz. We were touched by what we saw after all these years since it had been liberated.

After a night under the stars our group walked back 16km to where we were staying because the trams had been stopped. On our way home the heavens opened and we got drenched. Yet, our spirits were up.

Pope Francis celebrated mass with us and what he had to say to us made us cry and rethink our lives. His words made us realise that some changes had to be made to our lives.

Kerryann (the taller of the two girls) commented that the trip to the World Youth Day was amazing, the best time in her life and that she is so grateful to everyone who has supported us to go with Youth at the Manor, at Castlerigg, to Krakow. A sincere Thank you from both us.

 A testimony by Natalia Pilecka