On Monday afternoon everybody stayed at the centre and sang songs with Forrest.
Tuesday afternoon, there was a music rehearsal for the fairytale: the coworkers practiced the songs on the bells to fit in with the story. Some people painted and the others did clay.
On Wednesday morning the farm group went and got greenery for the Christmas wreaths. In the afternoon we broke into our two groups – one group did reading and writing and another group did painting.
This week in our Thursday morning college, Felix taught us about the Hutterites. We learned that a priest named Jacob Hutter started the Hutterites in Germany. In the 19th century they moved to Canada. They were a Christian community who had one goal and that goal was to be with God. They lived in Manitoba and some lived in the U.S.A. They grew their own crops and livestock. We learned that the women wore long dresses. Also, they wrote their own music and sang it. The Hutterites were isolated from the rest of the world. They did not pay any attention to politics or war. Today there are 347 Hutterite communities across Canada and only two of which are in British Columbia.
After a short break, we practiced the bells for our fairy tale. In the
afternoon, Hanna showed us how to make a Christmas wreath.
Friday morning, everybody made Christmas wreaths and in the afternoon some of the companions went swimming and others stayed back to finish their wreaths.
