On Friday morning, we met with the administrators at Colegio Santa Ursula to say thank you and farewell. The students told Sr. Angela and Sr. Maria Isabel all about their wonderful experience in Chile. All agreed that the trip was too short and that the memories of the school, their friends and their host families will last forever. Sr. Angela surprised our students with a farewell gift of a prayer card of St. Angela with a prayer in Spanish as well as a very beautiful medal of one of the German Ursuline saints. The girls were moved very much by these thoughtful gestures and the sad reality of leaving began to set in.
But before we left, we had another fantastic weekend - the students with their families and the teachers with Ms. Raczinski and Sr. Angela in Colchagua Valley (much like Napa Valley). The students enjoyed lots of dancing ("real"dancing as they have told us) at parties as well as a lovely farewell swim party and luncheon at one of the homes of the host families.
Today we are back home in Dallas, happy to be home and profoundly grateful for the special time that we shared in beautiful Chile with our dear friends.
Queridas Amigas Chilenas, Muchas Gracias por todas sus lindas atenciones - las queremos mucho y las echamos de menos!
SO SAD! I didn't want to leave! :( Thanks for everything Ms. Nipp, Mrs. Thompkins, Mrs. Vargas, and Mrs. Bower!
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