It is so Awesome to see and hear about how many couples and priests were so positively affected by our International Convention this past weekend. We are still swimming in deep emotions that have us smiling and thanking God for all of our M.E. family far and near. What an absolutely and as Fr. Jim put it, “marvelous” time enjoyed by all. We are grateful for all of you and appreciate all of those couples that put so much into this incredible labor of love to celebrate 40 wonderful years of WWME. You made history and forever etched in our minds God’s desire for his faithful people. God Bless You Always!
Love, Joe & Teri Cruz

Hello Lovers 
We just wanted to take a few minutes of your time to express what a wonderful time we had at the convention. What a memorable experience to share with such love, happiness, caring, smiling and respectful people... ! The whole weekend was wonderful.  Being able to see the different cultures and the garbs the other countries wore was fabulous.  If time would have allowed, we would have loved to sit down with these lovers from different countries to see how we differ as well as how we are alike.  Seeing all the priests and bishops during mass filled me with happiness and joy. It even brought tears to our eyes and a lump in our throats. Being able to enjoy this experience with my family made it that much better. It’s not every day that we can say we were part of a celebration of the Holy Eucharist with more than 70 priests and three bishops. We hope we are able to attend the next wonderful ME moment, wherever it may be. I can remember seeing the look on people’s faces when they would see our brightly colored shirts with the big “OC” on it, it seemed as they envied us, or perhaps its that they needed their sunglasses from too much glare! We love you all, and we are privileged and honored to be in such a warm and loving family. 
With much Love and Respect,  Angel & Grace Garcia

Hello Lovers
One word to sum of the convention is inspirational.  It was so awesome.  We really enjoyed ourselves.  It was great to see couples we have not seen in a while and also meet a lot of other great couples from the different sections.  We are ready to go to the next convention.  There was so much love in the convention center.  The masses were beautiful.  we recommend going to a convention to all couples who have not been to one, it is a once in a lifetime experience.
With love
Dawn and Robert Cruz   Stockton,ca   Section 12  

We are completely overjoyed that we  had this opportunity to share a few hours with our OCME family!  We have  missed you all so much over the past few months and now we can go back to VA  with a renewed fire and passion for our ministry. Words can't begin to do justice to the multitude of feelings that we've  experienced over the course of the past three days.  From the moment that  we saw you all again to the closing celebration of the Holy Eucharist with  more than 70 priests and 3 bishops our emotional cup just overflowed and continues to do so.  We have felt exhilaration, passion, excitement,  sadness, torn......, hopeful.  We have so much love for all of you and  for our holy mission.  We know more than ever how very special you all  are, how much you all sacrifice and the pure joy of having had the opportunity  to have served with you.  ......."can you feel it?"  We can!    
Love, George & Rosa Dutile