A Very Nice Letter From Jose, You Have to Read This Letter

Posted by Ernest Hauser

Jose is home and has sent us a very warm letter with lots of wisdom in it. Be sure to read it all. What a great program, Rotary Youth Exchange. Very rewarding to all.

Thank you so much for everything. My flight in Atlanta got a couple hours delayed, but it was no big deal. Had no problems at all coming home. So there I was on the airport ready to see everybody again. The first one to see me was my mom, but she didn't come to hug me at first. She was jumping up and down clapping and crying all at the same time as if she didn't believe I was back. After that first moments of excitement, my brother told me why she was so anxious. They had to wait for more than two hours at the airport so my brother decided to make the joke that I had been stopped by the police when they were going through the stuff in my bags and my mom couldn't stop crying after that. From the airport, I went to my aunt's house in Brasilia where we had Brazilian barbecue for lunch with my family. I got to my city, Paracatu, around 7:00 or 8:00 pm. And guess what?? More Brazilian barbecue with family and friends until 1:00 am haha

The worst part for me was when the airplane landed in Brasilia. I finally realized that I was actually back to Brazil and that my exchange year was over. I couldn't help the tears in my eyes, but I quickly stopped them and reminded myself of a great sentence I once heard over there "Don't be sad because it's over, but happy because it happened!"

Already miss y'all,

Jose