The Missing Star

One year at our retreat, the women returned after their Saturday afternoon free time for a late afternoon session.  This session was to be kicked off by the third act of the retreat skit.  As we began to set up–oh no!  Our lead performer and main character was nowhere to be found.  We had people running all over the hotel searching for her, since we didn’t know her room number or have her cell phone number on hand.  Finally, unable to delay the session any further, we had to rearrange our schedule to fit the skit in later.  Of course, we soon found our star, and the show went on, but we learned something.  Now, we make sure that we have a list of each person involved in the skit and their cell phone number with us at the retreat AND, upon their check-in, we make sure that we have their room number.  It is easy for someone to get confused on the time, fall asleep during free time or be otherwise distracted.  But shame on us if we don’t know how to reach them.