Jorge Castro is 30 years old and is a native of Santa Marta (Colombia). He arrived in Pamplona in September 2014 ready to train to become a priest. He had left his work, his friends and family to embark on a vocation he had been feeling for some time. Last February he was ordained deacon and, God willing, in August he will be ordained priest in Colombia.

One of the anecdotes he remembers from his arrival is the feeling he had of being new to everything. "It was the first time I came to Europe, the first time I rode a plane and suddenly I was the only Colombian on the seminar". However, he says he didn't feel lonely because he didn't have any compatriots nearby, but found himself with a home and a family of a hundred friends. He also recalls that it was very nice to realize that when you arrive at high school Mayor Bidasoa you are not only welcomed, "but you also help those who join you to be welcomed as well".

Jorge is graduate in Industrial Engineering in Colombia with the specialization in Logistics. His transcript is one of the best of his graduating class (2011) and he had always liked to practice. In fact, that is what he relied on when, after finishing high school , a good friend suggested he become a priest: "First I want to study degree program and, if the Lord keeps calling me afterwards, I will leave everything". And so he did. He never gave up his involvement in the parish nor did he forget the Catholic training received at home. He finished his programs of study and began to work. He even had time to change business. This change allowed him to have more time to dedicate to God. She began to pray about her vocation and finally it became clear to her. He told the business where he worked, six months before joining seminar in Santa Marta, so that they would have time to look for a person to replace him in his position. "They didn't quite believe that I was really leaving, not because I was unhappy, but because I wanted to be a priest," he explains.

His family, although not without some hesitation, was very happy with his decision. His friends, some even absent of religious beliefs, conveyed their affection and support: "I always saw you as a priest," a colleague told him at high school.

Throughout these years in Pamplona he has not wanted to stay away from the world of technology. At the University and at seminar he has always collaborated with the recording of lectures and with everything related to computers. He has always taken care of the time he has dedicated to reading and sports. He loves playing soccer and running.

He has just fill in the programs of study of high school diploma in Theology and next year he will begin the licentiate degree at Canon Law. Throughout these years in Pamplona he highlights something that has especially contributed to him: "For a while I was teaching Spanish to a seminarian who was from India. Today he is a priest there. The efforts of many make it possible for the Church to be rich in diversity. And that diversity means that the Church does not end in your diocese.

He is sample enormously grateful for the financial aid received from the benefactors who have made possible his training and stay in Pamplona. He takes with him with illusion all that he has learned at the University and at the seminar International Bidasoa. Also the pastoral activities he did during two summers in Fatima and the workshop World Youth Day in Krakow. "Bidasoa is the young face of Christ, it is worth continuing to support this work, not only financially, but in prayer and in the heart."