We Brought Jessica Over from Chile to Work in our Bar/Resaurant.

Thursday 13th September

Olivia:

Hi, About 15 years ago I brought a 16-year-old girl here from Chile. Her name was Jessica and she was my niece. Jessica worked with us in our bar in Estepona, West-Marbella for about 2 years. She was a hard worker, but very immature and very miserable, in fact I only kept her on because she was a relative and she really needed the job to support her family back in Chile. She was very poor in Chile and there are only really 2 choices open in such cases; the first is to stay where you are together with your family and remain poor, the second is to emigrate and earn good money to send back to support your family, but you must put up with and gradually overcome the dreadful home sickness that comes with leaving your loved ones behind.

When she had completed the 2-year contract in our bar she decided to go to Malaga city to try her luck there and broaden her experience. We kept in touch of course, but close we certainly weren’t. She found out quickly enough how cushy life had been working in our bar in Estepona in comparison with working in Malaga and within a year she was back with us. It was obvious that she still wasn’t happy with her life and eventually we sat down and had a heart to heart, she poured out all her tears and in the end it was decide that she should go to Madrid and work in a Pizzeria/bar. She very quickly found her feet staying at first with Maru another girl we had brought over from Chile a few years earlier. She enjoyed the hustle and bustle of big city life and quickly found a bar/restaurant job. Jessica’s job in the pizza/bar paid quite well and she was able to eventually pay for her Mum and dad to come to Spain along with her little brother Leo.

Jessica’s Dad Carlos started off life in Spain working part time in our bar and doing a bit of tennis coaching here and there, whilst his wife Isabel found a job in the kitchen of a large hotel and Leo was enrolled in the local school.

Carlos and Isabel have good jobs now, Leo is 17 years old and Jessica has been courting a guy in Madrid for several years. The whole family are so happy and Jessica has changed from being shy and miserable into a woman who is really happy with her life. Jessica visits me every few months and we get on really well these days.

In fact she came to the bar to see me yesterday, as she has a few days holiday and told me very proudly, that she has been promoted to manager of the pizza/bar in Madrid. What an incredible journey, from a little poor 16 year old in Chile to manageress of a busy restaurant in Madrid. Let’s all wish her a great future!

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