A PIECE OF HEAVEN - THURSDAY

What a day we have had today.  Our walk up the mountain was a workout but the view from the top was worth every step that we took.  We had great conversation and prayer on our journey.  We were able to pray the rosary with our Dominican brothers and sisters on the top of the mountain.  We did every other decade in a different language - Spanish - English - Spanish, etc.  We are now exhausted and ready for a nap.  We left at 7 am to avoid the worst part of the sun  - we returned just in time for lunch at about noon.  Everyone is doing so well.  Last night we had an intense time of sharing - lots of tears.  The thought of leaving this place is beginning to hit the students hard.  They miss home and want to see family and friends but the thought of never seeing the people they have come to know as "family" here is heartbreaking.  This afternoon we will be attending an English school to converse with the students and then tonight pizza.  Tomorrow we will spend most of the day at the school.  It is so hard to believe that tomorrow is our last day here.  The time went so fast.  Hard to believe that the students had tears the first day because they were so afraid that they weren't going to "connect" with the people here and now they have tears because they don't know how they will leave.  It has been a GREAT week!!