M2016 Firas

My name is Firas Al Shomali, I'm from Beit Sahour (Palestine) and I'm 25 years old, I am from “Our Lady of Fatima” Parish, and I own a shop that sells phones, tablets, and computers. I heard about the event (WYD) from our parish during Sunday mass, Father Bashar talked about the event during the mass… I chose to participate in World Youth Day because this year is the year of mercy, and recently I've been closer to God and I'd love to meet the pope… I wanted to experience something great a spiritual experience especially in the year of mercy… I ask the people there to help us, to pray with us for our land, for Palestine… for the land of mercy and the land of peace. I am a leader in the scouts and a leader of the bagpipes group… I coach the group and I lead meetings for them… and also I offer them my experience in the scouts. Recently I've been feeling that I am closer to God and I feel that this trip will close the gap between me and God even more so and this might help me as a leader in the scouts and as a member of the youth group so that I can help the members grow spiritually.