Fiesta Adiós!

Last week the school took some time away from their regular schedule to throw us a good bye fiesta. It started with the school band playing tribute to our whole family. Their performance was excellent. Then Raramuli, a math teacher who has hosted us in his home and several excursions sang to us with two of his friends.

The school´s Mexican cultural dance team performed a couple numbers. We felt so honored by all the effort that went into the fiesta.

Then towards the end of the performances, Ranulfo and the Vice Principal Romiro presented us with white polo shirts with the schools logo on the front. On the back written in both Spanish and English was the commitment of unity of La Huacana Technical School and OSU to education and culture. Ranulfo´s wife had made the shirts for our family along with a minuture school banner.

As we reflect on our time here in Mexico, we have all agreed that we have been treated with the upmost respect and honor. We have made friends that we hope will visit Oregon and that we will be able to return in the future to La Huacana. We were told by several people before we came that we would really love the people. One person even said that we would be treated so well that we would not want to return. At the time I heard it, I didn´t believe it. But now I do. Good thing the highest tempertures of the year here in La Huacana are approaching in April and May. It seems like it is getting hotter each day. Even though we have been treated like royalty, the heat is making these Oregonians all the more eager to get back home.