Our last night in Cuernavaca - a true Mexican Fiesta

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

When North Americans think about a night out or a party it usually consists of nice clothes, fancy cars, loud music, flashing lights, dance clubs, beer and booze. Today we did it a little differently.

For our last night at the Abbey members of the celebration committee got together and planned a fiesta of a life time. All members of Quest met in the dining hall around four o’clock and sat down with the Sisters of the Abbey and shared veggie trays and soda. Quest leaders and facilitators said thanks to the Sisters, to each other and to the group. We shared stories and jokes, laughed together and sat down to eat breakfast for dinner – something we thought the Sisters would find interesting and enjoy. It was fruit salad with French toast and bacon.


We had about an hour intermission for students to clean up the dining hall, do the dishes, do any last minute necessities and prepare for the second half – the talent show!


We all met again in the larger hall down by my room on the other side of the Abbey, to our surprise the Sisters had spent the day decorating. They had Canadian flags, and Mexican flags, sombreros and balloons. They had even set up a projector to share a slide show with a song of the different states of Mexico and their importance. Some of the girls in the group sang and so did the Sisters. Sister Guatalupe sang a song she performed in front of Pope John and all of Mexico. Other members of Quest danced, played the guitar, we even did camp games and two other Sisters performed a skit.



It was the most fun I’d had in a long time. To get such a great group of from different dynamics together to share such a special evening was phenomenal. Everyone was laughing and singing, sharing stories and making new ones. It takes a special group of people to get together and enjoy these activities as much as we did and I’m so grateful I was able to be part of it. Its times like these that strangers become friends and friends become family. I can honestly say I will miss the presence and company of every person in that room when Thursday comes and it is time to leave.