Retreat, continued...

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At the end of each afternoon, the older kids would come down and do a puppet show for our younger kids. The kids were captivated!

Our big craft on the second to last night was to decorate pillowcases. The kids loved having each other sign their pillowcase and it made such a good keepsake! Here's a picture of precious Bailey as the kids are decorating in the background.

Each night, we would talk about a different country. After our discussion, we would learn the song "God is So Good" in that country's language. Our last night, we put on a production for the parents in which we did two skits and sang "God is So Good" in four different languages. We had posters with the words that the kids held up with each verse. We ended in English and held up all the posters. It was so cute and the kids did such a good job!

After we were finished for the day, the teachers would go downstairs to the cafe/restaurant and have hot chocolate. We did this the first two nights and had our wonderful waitress Julia each night. She asked us the last night if we were coming down again for cocoa! Of course we were, so we had to take a picture of our small tradition. She spoke a bit of English. When we left, the staff at the hotel said we were the best group they've ever had stay there. They said they could tell our hearts because of the singing they heard and how we treated each other and them. What a compliment!

For more pictures and stories about my Switzerland vacation after the retreat, click this link to access my Shutterfly pictures. The captions tell the story!