After working through many hardships to provide CMI with a great start Juliana has decided to return to the US and continue working to support us from there. She left Friday at 1pm. We were all sad to say good bye to such a great friend and leader.
After brainstorming ideas for special good-bye dinners we were lucky to get food at all due to two days of ¨Paro fuerte¨(strong striking) in which no stores were open, no vehicles ran (or they ran at the risk of being pelted by stones – I saw this twice) and schools were closed. We ended up at the homestay, playing games with our wonderful and loving host family and eating a cake Carmen, Tyler and I hunted down amidst strikers (we saw a woman in the street with a cake and rushed to ask where it was from, it turned out Mercedes bakery was operating ¨with doors closed¨ so as not to be targeted by strikers).
The next day, after leaving us with lots of advice (and her Spanish-English Dictionary) Juliana departed from the bus station. We received an email Friday night and Juliana is safe and well on her way to Lima. We will miss her!
Jessie
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