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* heading home ... it´s gonna be a loooong day *

We`re at CPH-CJA (school) today ... enjoying a BEAUTIFUL Andes morning here ... clear and sunny ... spending our last moments with all the new friends we´ve made. Classes end at 2 today, so we´ll all head to our own homes here, grab our luggage, then off to be at the airport by 6 for a 8:30 pm flight... we´ll be in Portland in about 25 hours. (the photo to the left is what is directly behind the school, the right is the school ... beautiful, no?)

Girls are busy saying good-byes and taking last-minute photos of all their friends. It´s becoming increasingly emotional ... but wonderful! I´m so pleased to see the impact of this trip on the lives of these young ladies! And I also know that their enthusiasm will spread to others so they will catch the vision of this great¨"intercambio" with Chile ... and any country.

I had a meeting with the founders and directors of the school today. They have been so generous and helpful ... there work here over the last 25 years has been amazing. And, as we all agree: The world is getting "smaller" as we move toward the future so international relations are becoming increasingly vital.

See you all soon!

Blessings from Chile ... for now ...

"Hasta luego, Chile"

And in the final words of Padre Hurtado

(soon to be Saint Alberto Hurtado):

"Contento, Señor, contento."