What a long day today! We checked out of our apartment and were at the hotel b y 7am to meet the kids. As predicted, they were so hyped up about being together, swimming and shopping all day!
That's pretty much all we did during the day. Lots of lovely goodies coming your way tomorrow!
The farewell was great and very emotional for some to say goodbye. They were all such lovely families who tried so hard to give our kids the best possible experience they could have.
Taine spoke on behalf of the boys, saying how much the boys appreciated all that was done for them and then Jazmine stepped up and spoke on behalf of the girls! They both spoke really well and we were very proud of them.
We said goodbye to Taine and Deanna and left them with their new families. Bill and I met both of them and spoke at length with them. Taine will probably hate his extra time in Noumea. He's going to a large house with a pool and a boat! Deanna was worried when she heard she was going to a family who live in 'the barracks'! She thought it was a type of prison because her host father is in the gendarmerie - the french police. Vero and I took Deanna around there on Saturday to see for herself that it wasn't a prison, although you had to drive through gates and past the sentry box! Her family are excited to have her and are takig her over to another island in their big boat next weekend and best of all, they're taking her horseriding. She's looking forward to that.
The longstayers
It's 11pm so am off to bed with the alarm set for 3.45am! Yuk!
We land at 11.35am tomorrow morning and aim to be home at 4.30pm.
See you all then!
Colleen
Goodbyes are never easy, but they all have a visit from their billets to look forward to. We are super excited to see you, Odelia, and to hear all about your experience. Thank you dearest Pujol family, for caring for Odelia while she was with you. Safe flight all, see you soon!
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ReplyDeleteWell done to Taine and Jazmine for doing the speeches and Thanking your host Families who have looked after yous while over in Noumea.
ReplyDeleteBoth families that Taine has been with and is now with are Awesome. I Thank them for looking after Taine. I think Taine will be abit jelly of Jazmines new host family as Taine really wants to be a Policeman when he's older!! But as for hating his extra time, he don't want to come home as it is!! Hahaha
Thank you for letting Taine be part of this experience.
Opps sorry I mean Deanna's host family.
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