Volume 19, Issue 11-12

Eric Francis Gerh Dreckmann Jofre , Age: 17 years
Home Country: Chile
Favorite book: The Knight of the Armor Rust by Robert Fisher

What sports do you play?
Football and basketball.

What do you want to share with the locals here in Melbourne and Sydney?
[I want to share] the joy of us young people from Chile. I also hope that as a representative of my community, I do not disappoint my home.

What will you be doing after World Youth Day? How will you continue your encounter with Christ?
I will go back to my community and hopefully communicate to them all that we (pilgrims) felt, lived, prayed, laughed, cried and everything we encountered on this pilgrimage. I also hope to establish a youth group in the (local) chapel in the future and share my faith with others.

If you had a moment with the Pope, what would you say?
I think at that moment I would not say anything, but just let his tranquility touch me.