In the Maryknoll parish of La Asuncion, the parishioners thought that we Maryknollers priests , Brothers and Sisters would leave and go back to the United States during these difficult times in Chile.
In fact their was a sign by the Concepcion airpot, "Yankees Go Home"... but we never did.
The Chilean people were very kind to us an couldn't do enough for us. They try to make us feel at home during these difficult times..
The photo above is ot the Gonzalez family in Villa San Martin. The Mother Sra. Carmen would invite me over to her home many times and I became a son of the family. She and Tito her husband have four children, Juan Carlos, Patty, Tito Jr and Paola. They are all married and have their own families.
I visited them last January and they thought that I would never return to Chile. Actually i had the same thoughts in my mind that I would not return as well.
But I was taken by surprise at all the changes that have taken place within the country since I left there in 1986.
My own parents came down to see me in Talcahuano and this family was a wonderful host to them even though my parents didn't know a word of Spanish.
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