This is me, 4 years ago, 27 years old, 1,52mts, around 50kgs, and as typical as any latin american girl, with dark eyes, skin and hair; my first time leaving the country, with all the illusions that this fact made on me, with lots of expectations and this kind of fear that made you feel strong and afraid at the same time. As soon as I arrived to Montreal, after more than 15 hours I left my Peru, I was hoping someone was holding a little post with my name or the foundation´s one, but no one. The gate looked less crowded than I imagined. I started to walk around with my little “car”, my big suitcases and my “english brain” ready to born. When I was in Lima, I saw the Foundations´ website with our pictures, all the scholar´s ones and the board of the foundation. I kind of recognized Malcolm Moore, is this guy from the picture? But he didn’t look at me (too short for him maybe), I gave up the idea I have a good memory… Nobody looking for me… then I saw again this tall guy (almost 2mts!) close to a man who definitely looked like James Wright. I came in front of him and said: “are you Jim? This is Sandra, from Peru…” He got surprised and open his arms and smile as he was family, the best welcome I could have ever had. He said they were said my flight will arrive in 2 or 3 hours and because of that they weren´t looking for me, and it was so perfect I recognized them… My first thought was: “is everybody around here so tall?” Jim was the first person to bring me the welcome to another world, the first smile I received, and for all the following days I stayed in Montreal, I received the same smile, the same natural way of make you feel at home, familiar and loved. He loved so much all of us, we loved and respected him as a father, our “Abu”. He was really a gentleman, the kindest guy and the perfect person encharged of deal with more than 15 young and foreign people. I have in my heart the best memories in the Sauve House, at Jim´s house in the Lauretians with his beautiful family. He took the guys who couldn´t go home for holidays to his family´s Christmas, the best ones! The first and the only winter Christmas I had, and I can assure you, the warmest one. That was Jim, the same as Nancy and his children, a unique person who enjoyed life so much and share with everybody this love for life and for people. I love you Abu Jim and I will always have you in my mind and in my heart, alive for ever… Muchas gracias querido Jim, siempre te querré!!! “Sandruca” Sandra Lizardo Perú