He loves bike rides, volleyball and movie soundtracks. Great devotee of St. Therese of Lisieux, the Holy Curé of Ars, St. Oscar Romero, St. Teresa of Jesus and Blessed Alvaro del Portillo. Calm and orderly. That is Luis Enrique Valle, the youngest of three brothers from a family of Salvadoran origin. He is 25 years old and is a final year student of high school program in Theology at the University of Navarra.

He arrived in Pamplona five years ago, on August 30, 2014, at night and with three other companions, all of them willing to prepare to become priests. "I was very struck by the care we received both in the high school Mayor as well as at School. The atmosphere is very welcoming and I feel at home," he assures.

He recalls that his life began to change the first time he experienced Holy Week "in depth". He was 13 years old and it was in the town of Cantón El Jardín, north of San Salvador, where he went motivated by a cousin of his.

When he returned from the trip he began to attend to the celebrations of his parish. There he met again with a childhood friend who was an altar boy. He began to collaborate and to feel admiration for the priest. "He was a new parish priest. I saw how he attended to the needs of the people and how he lived the priesthood. I wanted to be like him," he says.

He says that a year before finishing high school he already knew what his path would be: he wanted to become a priest. "Although it was especially hard for me to tell him at home," he explains. He had always liked accounting and even as a child his teachers told him he would make a good accountant. "But God's plans are different," he says.

After a year and a half studying Philosophy at seminar, the bishop of his diocese suggested that he come to study theology at the University of Navarra. Last February, after five years of training, he was ordained deacon and, God willing, he will be ordained priest when he returns to El Salvador this summer.

He is sample infinitely grateful to God for all that he has been able to learn both in the School of Theology and in the seminar International Bidasoa, where he resides. Also for everything he has received from his teachers and professors, for the dedication of staff of the University and for the friends he has made here. And he assures that he takes with him as a special gift the experiences in Fatima in which he made volunteer activities with people with disabilities and the trip to Ars with his companions of seminar.