Well, today was the start of many goodbyes. For one, we headed to volunteer for our last day at Brillo de Sol. We ended up finishing another room upstairs, which was considered the "space room". Towards the end of our time there, we were all taken outside and the kids and their professors had a good bye/thank you ceremony for us. At the end of that, all of the kids had made us cards and gave it to us along with bunches of hugs and departing words. It was absolutely precious to say the least and really made me realize how much these kids warmed up to us and really did love us being there. Following that we headed back to the school, which for the majority of people, was their last class. We took it pretty easy for the most part, and the only this I really had was an oral exam, which was fun and easy as always. By the time the bell rang 6 everyone was rather sentimental! We still had one last dinner with everyone but once they got on the bus it was nothing but good-byes and hugs and exchanging information for back in the states. For me and Austin, it was rather sad to see the majority of people leave who we had grown so close to over the past four weeks. The same can be said for a lot of professors that we wouldn't be seeing tomorrow as well. They too had become friends to us over time and it was sad to say our goodbyes to them as well. As the end of this trip comes to an end, I still hold the belief that saying goodbye is never an easy thing, especially when you don't know if you'll ever see these people again.
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