Visit to our sister school, Nossa Senhora da Piedade

Perhaps the best part of being in Ilheus was the opportunity to pay a visit to our Ursuline sister-school, Nossa Senhora da Piedade. The Ursuline school is located on the highest hill in the town and is an awesome sight to behold.
Like our school, they have a new building - it has a student "cantina" on the first floor and will have special language classrooms on the second floor when it is complete.

We were welcomed warmly by the principal, our dear Sister Georgina, as well as the teachers and students of Piedade. Even though this was a casual visit, everyone at Piedade took the time to greet us and to celebrate our short visit. There was a beautiful reception prepared in our honor by one of the talented math teachers who will soon visit us in Dallas. The visit gave us time to reunite with old friends (many of whom have visited us in Dallas) as well as to make new ones.

It was no surprise to discover that our students were already skyping the students back at Piedade the next day from Salvador - what joy to make new Ursuline friendships!!