tran - si - tion = process with centered trust.

The MVC 2006 Transition Retreat splashed along this past weekend at the Emmaus Retreat Centre in Arima, Trinidad.

Ingredients were as follows: 2 drivers/self-appointed tour guides, 16 scrumptious meals, 122 bug bites (pobrecitas!), 7 leftover "potential lice" eggs, 5 feisty Sisters of St. Joseph, 54 frisbee tosses, 4 loopy international volunteers, 23 interesting new plant species, 7 GIANT snails, 2 regional coordinators, several fishy-smelling nets, 1 UNBELIEVABLY BEAUTIFUL beach, 1 international director, 1 executive director, 1 stop at a local fire station (complete with a uniform race!), 1 flat Catherine, 1 frog prince (and one kiss to find out).