Nate joins in with other villagers to give a warm "hippie greeting" to 30 students from St. Olaf Lutheran College in Minnesota, who have heard that this wilderness retreat center is full of 'em!
The high school girls, including Maya, join in the hippie festivities, waving peace signs and doing a welcoming "interpretive dance," for the benefit of the two busloads of students who are spending their J-term studying Christian Ethics and Christian Practice in Community during their stay here. Everyone got into the act, with drummers drumming, tie-dye clothing flowing, and flowers and peace signs enough to really set the tone for these (possibly frightened?) college students. There was delight taken in giving them a "What have I done?" feeling when they arrived. Within a couple of days, however, these wonderful college students have gotten the idea, and have joined in on all kinds of fun in the village, as an antidote to the intense studying they are doing in the mornings.
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