May 2010

• Women's 11th Step program presented by Lee White:
• Lee, your style, message and pacing are perfect.  You’ve been given such a gift of creating a space in which we each can have a personal experience.  Thanks for letting it happen.
• Lee, I felt so safe and comfortable with you!!  Thank you.
• Lee was wonderful.     

April 2010

• Food is wonderful!  Thank you for an opportunity to retreat, rest, look inward and to feel renewed.  I leave in peace.
• This is a gracious and wonderful place. Thank you. Love the labyrinth.
• Just a wonderful place and the staff is terrific! Thank you.
• Loved the “homey” feeling. Fabulous, warm, welcoming staff. The food ROCKS! And all the very thoughtful extras. Can’t wait to return.
• Trails are beautiful.
• Please continue your lovely service. I have been here a number of times - always a treat.
• What a great place!
• Love, Love, Love!  Peace to you.
• Thanks very much.  It is a gift to have this retreat house.  Bless you!
• A wonderful place to meet with excellent facilities.
• As usual this was a powerful spiritual experience just to be here with you.
• I love my room #14 - Especially the silken smooth pink sheets....Thank you!! 
• Everything was superb with attention to every detail.
• Impeccable hospitality, and the spirit which pervades this space greatly enhanced our experience.
• Perfect in every way.  What a ministry.
• The warmth, the beauty, the attention to detail, so many details is so appreciated.  Thank you, Namaste, Blessings. Y
•  Blessings and gratitude for this beautiful tranquil space! 
• I love this place! 
• Your flowers are beautiful and the grounds are well maintained.  The meals are terrific!  Thank you!
• I felt warmly welcomed - informed and helped.  I especially enjoyed the presence of flowers and the views of the grounds. The soft colors and small personal touches in my room helped create a relaxing space.   The food was wonderful!  and bounteous.  Thank you!

• Couldn’t ask for more!  Excellent in every way!
• All wonderful!
• Was a wonderful peaceful weekend.  Thank you!
• Please with God’s blessings continue to be.
• This place is awesome!  The food is awesome!
• I will miss this place - what a marvelous place to retreat!  The food is excellent, service wonderful and the atmosphere just right!  Thank you.  Thank you!  
• Excellent!  
• Meals are always phenomenal!
• When you decide to install an elevator (which you really need) let all of your visiting groups know so we can all hold fundraising events!  

March 2010

• Very deep work, more satisfactory than I expected.
• I need to spend time processing all I have learned.  His (Paul Weiss) teachings are valuable keys to higher living. They have come to me at a timely passage in my life.
• A very mature and skilled teacher (Paul Weiss).  He creates a safe environment for powerful group work.
• Wonderful facility and mission to support all approaches to the Divine.  Remarkable.
• Wow!
• Bought a cookbook, too!  Thanks, Leslie, Denis and staff!!  I like the new welcome cards in the rooms.  Love the rocking chairs.  Thank  you, Sr. Line for welcoming us.  May you continue to flourish and grow in your new duty.
• Loved always able to have coffee and snacks. Wonderful food and comfortable room.
• Another wonderful weekend at  your place, thank you and everyone involved. 
• Thank you for this wonderful experience.
• Very peaceful place.  Enjoyed access to library and chapel, grounds.  Would like to learn more about the history of labyrinths.  I had a very comfortable, pleasant stay.  Thank you.
• I loved everything, the food is the best I’ve ever had.  Thank you so much! 
• The staff is great! What a nurturing environment.
• It is a delight to be here!
• This is always such a wonderful place to come to. Thank you so much for your hospitality.
• Thank you for the welcoming atmosphere.
• Everything is always wonderful, perfect - here.  I always enjoy an opportunity to meet at Living Wate
• It is always a pleasure to be here.
• Excellent as usual!
• Wonderful retreat - what an awesome place!  Thank you
• Beautiful - relaxing - I feel filled up again after weeks of stress - commitments.
• Excellent in every way!  Great job!  I love it here.
• Wonderful as always.
• Bless you all!!
• Everything is awesome.
• Room was welcoming. 
• Incredible. 
• Thank you for your exceptional hospitality.  Thank you for the gluten-free delicious food!

February 2010

• What beautiful grounds and homey retreat. 
• As always, food was very good.
• I enjoyed the weekend greatly.
• Keep up the good work.
• Above expectations
• I enjoyed the weekend it was very restful.
• As usual, wonderful
• I love the fact that I am always challenged.
• Food was excellent and wholesome.
• Felt at home, thank you.
• Very comfortable room.
• Very interesting.  Good Program

January 2010

• This is one of the very nicest places I have stayed at. Thank you!!
• Very nice accommodations.
• I didn’t know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. Very nice serene place. Very comfortable for all day training. Great staff.
• I will return and will recommend this place.  It has been everything I need for this 24 hour fast alone and silent.  I am very grateful - thank you for kindness and for this true sanctuary.  
• Welcomed wonderfully! The door was being held open.  The ambiance is warm and colorful and neat.  The introduction and explanation clear and kind.  
• I was very happy with the program it felt well paced and full on content.
• Your presentation allowed me to grow in inner awareness of my needs.
• Welcome: Beautifully, very warm, Great! friendly & great smiles, made me feel at home.
• Program:  Delightful,  very impressive, wonderful surprise, excellent, David Peloquin is fun, informative and inspiring. 
  It’s great and very relaxing. It exceeded my expectations.  I really appreciated how honest Kerri Oliver was regarding the intensity of the program and participants.  Continue the scrapbooking weekend.  Would be possibly interested in having a periodic time together to do this class (knitting).  You both (Sherri Vigue and Susan Sargent) did a great job!  

November 2009

• All of your programs are structured to meet needs of people on a spiritual journey.
• A million dollar weekend for $185!  Unbelievable!!
• Janet Blakeley is a wonderful spiritual director. I look forward to another retreat with her.
• Janet has terrific insight, perspective, and wisdom to share. Janet did a wonderful job. Thank you.
• A wonderful full retreat
• They (Mary Carol Griffin and Elaine Theriault) were grand, opened up the world. A nice welcome even cookies.
• Thank you. thank you for the blaze orange vests.  
• I totally felt the sacredness of this place.  Thank you.
• Walked around the grounds - they are very peaceful!!
• I truly feel at peace when I am here.  I need to come more often and feel all the love that surrounds me.  Thank you for making this possible.
• The meals and food are amazing, healthy, homemade, and utterly delicious. 
• Sr. Line was very welcoming. Thank you
• Everything was wonderful as it usually is here. Keep up the great work!!
• It is a great place to relax - pray - and just be!
• Wonderful and I’ll be back.
• Hospitality is always very good. Food is always excellent. Facility is perfect. I’m happy to see more catholic offerings.
• Love the rocker gliders, delicious food, cleanliness, peacefulness. Thank you!
• We, I, loved the day. Refreshing thought provoking and very spirit-filled. Amen.
• Great!
• Wonderful food!  Nice quiet room to sleep in.
• Appreciated Sr. Line’s time with us.
• Great place - always can get so much done in such a rest filled placed.  God is here!!  Thank you
• Always fabulous!! Love it here!
• Awesome food and hospitality.  Thank you again.  Can’t wait to come back.
• What more to be said - wonderful.
• Love it here, thank you!
• I’ll be back.
• Thank you so very much.

October 2009

• I will be back - Thank you!  Your hospitality is a prayer.
• Always so nice to be here.
• Very welcoming experience with an excellent presenter.
• Thank you so much - please keep your work on the move!
• The Living Water Spiritual Center is consistently excellent in all aspects.  I would recommend it to everyone interested in a peaceful nurturing environment. 
• A lovely experience.  Very welcoming.  Comfortable - would come again.
• Lovely setting, comfortable, dinner/lunch excellent, hospitality lovely.

• Meals: Good - wonderful - generous
• One of my favorite places to spend the day.

• Everything was excellent.
• I had a great overnight!
• How blessed and fortunate I feel having a day of prayer (Sabbath) and good food - thank you!
• It was wonderful!  Thank you!  Claire Andrews.
• Grounds are lovely.  Bedrooms are extremely comfortable
• This facility will no longer be a secret.
• It is always a pleasure to be here. I am always impressed by the efforts to be eco-friendly. Living Water certainly does its part in addressing the need to cut back.
• Your wonderful hospitality and beautiful settings here are gifts of heaven.  To each of you go the most grateful thanks.
• "Living Water" is a real find for me and I know I’m not the only one.  Thank you.  

September 2009

• Thank you!  It is always a joy to be here! 
• As always, everything was wonderful!  Thank you.

• This is my 2^nd time coming here.  Again a wonderful time - place.  The rooms & facility were clean and  comfortable.  Thank you so very much.
• This is a warm, inviting, facility.  I always look forward to returning.  The staff is welcoming and warm.  We love it here!
• We didn’t get out much - but LOVED the screen room.  Thank you.  Blessings.
•  Very deep - A perfect setting for the program. 
•  I am leaving with a glowing HUGE jewel of wisdom
• Such a nurturing place to elicit insightfulness.
• Megan is a gift of the spirit - a guide to the deep waters of my soul.  I have gained so much and will practice and remember to say yes.
• Living Water exudes love and warmth. It is so comforting to be here. It was awesome to get a private room with a sink. I will be back again and again.
• So peaceful and welcoming.  It has been a joy to be here! 
• Sharon is fantastic - she is so caring and thorough - I wish I could have met her in person. :-)

August 2009

• Staff was most accommodating.  Thank you.

• Thanks to Sr. Line and the staff, especially Leslie Peters, the excellent chef!
• Lovely hospitality. Thank you.
• Excellent - Thanks!
• Great facility.  Nice people.
• Loved all your signage.  Very helpful and attentive.  Taking some ideas home with me.  Love the rockers!
• Everything here is absolutely lovely, wonderful, and peaceful.  Thank you so much.
• Thank you for your gracious welcome, the clean neat rooms, and the delicious food.

June 2009

• Very nice facilities and meals.  Thank you.
• Thank you – Thank you – Thank you – For the gluten free food.  The cookies and dessert were excellent.
• Everything was lovely.  Very welcoming and everyone commented on  how excellent the meal was.  The conference room was excellent.  Restful and cool.
• Fist time here – wonderful facility!  Thank you – Thank you!
• Meals:  Beautiful, delicious, abundant.   Thank you so much.
• Such a wonderful place. Very peaceful. Thank you for your hospitality.
• Thank you! There are so many blessings here! Tranquil, great food. Like being home only better. Trails were delightful. People helpful and calming!
• As usual, the meals were wonderful.
• As always: Magnificent!
• Always enjoy being here. Thanks for the warm hospitality. 
• All wonderful.
• Great as always. Food is outstanding.
• The comforter on the bed was delightful. Thank you.
• Meals: PHENOMENAL!!! Excellent accommodations as usual. Always a pleasure to be here.

• It was better than I expected.

• Get the word out, so more people come!  

• On the money - Just what I needed!  Every time I come here I am renewed with my spirit and I am rejuvenated by the food and atmosphere of this peaceful place.  Thank you so much.

• Sr. Jeannine is a welcoming and loving woman with experience from which we all can learn.

May 2009

• As in the past, the facility was spotless and accommodating, the food was excellent and the atmosphere fosters a relaxed restful and spiritual frame of mind.  Everything was wonderful, and we look forward to visiting again next year.
• Thank you for being such good stewards
  – for using Fair Trade Coffee
  - for such healthy meals
  - for the peace which embraces you from the moment of entry.
• The meals, were, once again, delicious, nutritious and wonderful.  I love spending time at LWSC and appreciate the delightful place and people who are so generous.  God is blessing you and may you receive the bounty available through His Holy Spirit.
• It was good to be back.  
• It was truly an enlightening experience with many gifts.  Thank you.
• Very informative.
• Peaceful and caring environment. I look forward to retreats at Living Water.
• As always, your hospitality is extravagant!
• Everything was great – THANK YOU!!
• I love it here!
• Another great retreat in a wonderful setting!
• I love this place! Thank you so much!
• Grounds:  Loved the flowers.
• As always – wonderful, thoughtful hospitality. A home away from home.
• God bless this place!
• This is a good place to be. Thank you.
• Thank you for your hospitality!
• Meals: Off the charts! Best center I’ve been to.
• Look forward to coming back!
• Very safe.  good facilitator. 
• I have had a wonderful time on this retreat. I have met some wonderful women and am grateful to have had this experience. I know I will be back at a later date. Thank you all for having this 11th Step retreat!
• Healings for me this weekend. I feel pounds lighter, rested and relaxed; it seems I’ve been here away from the world for weeks. My food limitations were met 150%. Finally, someone (Leslie) understood and met par excellence.
• I’ll be back. Thank you.
• I am interested in talking with someone about offering retreats/workshops at Living Water.

April 2009

• This was so perfect for what I needed!  Many thanks for your nurturing hospitality.  Grace and Peace.
• The landscaping, especially flowers and lawn are lovely.  
• Wonderful!
• It is always a pleasure to come to this beautiful and spiritual place.
• The popovers are to die for! Yum! All food superb! Thank you!
• The food is delicious and the rocking chairs are so comfortable! I always enjoy coming here.
• Such a wonderful, inviting place!
• Joan was great. Thank you for taking such good care of us.
• As always, excellent food, comfortable rooms.
• Great Program. Rhoda-Neshama was knowledgeable and inspirational.
• Excellent – Drumming & Chanting! Great group.
• Wonderful room and location.
• Great drumming and singing.

March 2009

• What a wonderful opportunity to refocus!!! Thank you.  Your facility is generous in so many aspects, quiet, respect, comfort.  The pastoral setting enhances reflection and introspection.
• As always a joy and a gift to spend time here.  Thanks to everyone for all they do here.  I shall come again.
• Meeting rooms were very comfortable
• Program: Was more than my expectations.
• Appreciated the time to reflect in love and grace. Brought attention to the cycles of/in my life and need to be aware with gratitude.
• Group sessions seemed to be well-directed to get relevant insights from people and to connect the threads of the retreat. Leaders knew how to ask the right questions to get people thinking (and speaking). Great glider chairs!
• Greatly enjoyed the beginning, the middle, and the end of this retreat. Surely the Holy Spirit was moving in, on, and around us this weekend. Thank you.
• This was a lovely retreat. I loved it all.
• Thank you for being here...for living the love...
• Very much enjoyed the presentation of books and resource materials to and “at home” work and blending of daily rounds.
• The program far exceeded my expectations!
• Good balance of prayer, share, quiet. Presence and gifts of leaders, excellent.
• The presenters were excellent. Both demonstrated deep spirituality and knowledge related to the topic which they were able to impart to the group. It was an enriching experience!
• Thank you for the presentation.
• Thank you for sharing this inspiring Center with all of us.  Superb food, company, and joy filled grounds.  Lots of lights, space, and happiness.  Lovely quiet chapel and labyrinth.
• Loved the experience and will definitely return again.
• As soon as I saw the comfy rocking chairs I knew I’d be coming back again and again.  This place focuses on COMFORT which is awesome.  The food was very good.  Sr. Claudette made us feel incredibly welcomed.  I will defiantly be back.
• Paul Weiss is outstanding!
• Great facility, great program.
• More Ken Wilber.
• Great program, atmosphere, and food! Thanks!
• Great! Too short.
• David Peloquin's presentation style was clear and delivered at a very “receivable” speed.
• Very informative and entertaining. Very worthwhile.
• David Peloquin made Wilbur understandable which in my book is a great feat. Through his humor the discussion was kept alive. Thank you.
• Excellent!! More!
• Through humor and excellent communication techniques, David Peloquin explained the complexities of Ken Wilber in an enjoyable, comprehensive way. What had formerly given me “brain cramps” in trying to understand the books, has now become clear and understandable.
• Liked the program. Could have enjoyed the insertion of a few more practical suggestions. O.K. David enjoy your many voices. Liked your charts. Very helpful.
• I really enjoyed David Peloquin – very helpful, fun and a great teacher!
• David Peloquin is a fun, fantastic teacher. I’ll be back!
• Excellent food and hospitality. Thank you.
• Great place for small group meetings. This opportunity to lunch and meet was perfect!
• Each time I return to Living Water I feel more at home, more welcomed, more blessed. Thank you for all you do!
• Wonderful facility. A very warm and welcoming atmosphere!
• Thank you!
• Was great!
• Lovely space – I look forward to coming again for another class or for one of Living Water’s events. Thank you!
• Wonderful Gem. I’ll be back.
• Awesome.

February 2009

• The staff infinitely helpful, ready to answer my uncertainties, friendly. Such a fine team you are! And again, the extraordinarily good food! Grateful I am.
• The entire experience was a good one.  The facility was perfect for our needs.
• Nice, cozy rooms!  I really enjoyed the quiet time.  The food was amazing!  The cooks/servers did a wonderful job keeping the dishes filled.  Thank you!  
• Sister Claudette – You are wonderful!
• I absolutely love the rocking chairs!! J
• Love the facility, rockers, Sr. Claudette the meals were amazing.
• Thank you kitchen crew!  Thank you for your hospitality.  Sr. Claudette you are a joy and certainly a gift from God.
• This is an excellent facility and I have thoroughly enjoyed my stay.  Sister Claudette is an excellent host.
• Thank you.  Very nice.  I even saw a fox J  I wish I had more time to explore the trails. 
• Great!
• A wonderful experience.
• Excellent Job!!
• Don’t change!  Thank you.
• This was amazing!!! Thank you.
• Great facility – Sr. Claudette rocks!
• Always love coming here.
• It was a pleasure to stay with you.  Peace, Joy & Love.

• Thanks for your wonderful hospitality! 

• Everything was great as usual.

• Thanks for doing what you do.

• Thank you.  I would definitely return.

• Meals:  ALWAYS outstanding!  Thank you.

• Meals:  SUPERB.   Trails:  Look lovely from inside!  Bedroom:  I could not get to sleep – MY problem! 
  A great setting.  That old Steinway could be even more of a treasure – so glad to use it.  Blessings on you all.  Thank you. 

• What a great experience, Michael combined his personal experience with a coherent and incisive presentation of the personality types which I believe touched us all at many levels.

• Always a great time here.

• I have found the two weekend retreats that I have attended here to be extremely relaxing, educational, and spiritually fulfilling.  The staff and presenters have been very accommodating and the food is top notch.  I look forward to coming back AT LEAST a couple more times over the next year.

• Nice small group discussions.  Very peaceful environment.

January 2009

• The meals were a 10 of 10 for me.  The bedrooms were “home” for me.  Thank you. 
• This feels like home.  Thanks to all of you for offering this opportunity to be with God in beautiful surroundings.
• A wonderful place for prayer and rest.  I enjoyed your hospitality and goodness.  God bless each one of you.
• Excellent space - Thank you!!
• I’ll be back.
• Thank you!
• Would love to learn more about how the brain works in regard to creativity, as well as the brain and aging.
• Wonderful! Lots of fun! Great food! Good people (group)! Thank you!
• I learned so much in such a short time, and enjoyed it as well. Thank you.
• Very well done. Thank you.
• Very enjoyable day.
• A most helpful weekend – Thank you.
• Excellent. Would enjoy a full weekend of these drawing exercises if you would consider offering in future. Thank you so much.
• More than met my expectations. Gave me much food for thought to approach my art.
• I loved the labyrinth exercise.
• Good presenter – Enjoyed the group sharings as well.
• As always, my experience with Living Water was an exceptional one!
• Great.

December 2008

• Everything was excellent.  Meeting room perfect with rocking chairs in a circle. We hope to return.
• No complaints.  Love the rocking chairs.
• Great space!
• Great place!  Thank you!!  I will read your program guide.
• I thought everything was excellent and I felt very welcomed and comfortable the entire time.
• From the wonderful rocking chairs to the perfect, cozy bedroom and the wonderful fellowship and cuisine at meals and, most of all, Sister Claudette, it was an exhilarating retreat!
• Thank you for your EXCELLENT hospitality!  ALL the areas listed on the evaluation I rate as EXCELLENT!
• Meal quality & quantity, meeting rooms, snacks, grounds, and bedroom were the best.  I really loved having a room to myself.  What a treat to have solitude.  I was truly blessed to be welcomed and share in the joy of your very special retreat center.  A very special thank you to Leslie for creating so many wonderful food choices for me as I eat a gluten-free diet.  This spiritual practice of hospitality is truly a gift.  Thank you.
• God's blessing to you of peace, hope, love and joy.
• I wish I could be more helpful by having some criticism of some sort, but everything was just so perfect!  I particularly appreciated the food.  I felt I could eat really healthfully, which is often not the case when I go away.  The well-described trails were also a joy to my heart--it was easy to choose and follow the trail I had time for.  Of course, the stairs are an issue for some people, but I know you know that.   I wonder if those who need it could be more strongly encouraged to use the chair??  And yes, I will pray for a big bucks person to give you an elevator.
• I have nothing to say except thank you and God Bless You! This is my spiritual home away from home and to share it with this group of seekers on the WAY was almost more than I could bear..the joy of it all! For those of us with dietary needs...what can I say! I wish I had a million dollars to give to the wonderful cook...the ultimate nurturer. Special prayers of thanks in church are going her way. I am soooooo happy that Roy asked Sr. Claudette to join us for a meal....THAT made it even more special!
• We were welcomed warmly.  We were enfolded in the sanctuary of your caring love and we all felt blessed.  Thank you.
• Meals:   Presentation – very good, attractively and appetizingly displayed. Quality – tasty, nutritious and delicious.  Quantity – more than sufficient, I like buffet style so that I can decide the quantity of each dish I want.  Your exceptional attention to those with dietary restrictions was a further extension of the outstanding hospitality that was shown to us all. House/Grounds:  Meeting Room – a wonderful intimate space for a group as large as ours.  We felt comfortable and connected, while still having our own private space.  The rocking chairs are perfect.
   Dining/Snack Room: Thanks for allowing us to move the tables around to allow us to feel like one big family.  The hospitality of the Snack Room is incredibly welcoming and homey.  Adopting a mug also made me feel like I was home, since I use my mug at home for several days, and all over the house.  Bedrooms:  Perfect.  The large window and beautiful view contributed to the sense of peace and quiet.  While the comfortable chair and hand-made afghan were welcoming and comforting. Sister Claudette, Thank you for your amazing hospitality and the use of your facility this weekend.
• Thank you for a perfect weekend.
• Everything was above standard. I can’t wait to return.  The only complaint that I have is that we didn’t stay long enough!
• Thank you for an excellent and enjoyable 24 hours.
• It was a really wonderful retreat in a very wonderful environs. I loved almost everything about the Living Water Spiritual Center.  The only thing that would have made it easier for me is an elevator.  On the other hand, the stair glide was next best, if not for me then for my bag, so thank you for that.
  People make a facility...whatever it is.  The first person I met was the cook and she was gracious and kind.  And then Sr. Claudette appeared with her twinkling eyes, wonderful sense of humor and radical hospitality.  Thank you so much.

November 2008

• This is just a perfect place to retreat! All your needs are met... and then some!
• What a wonderful time!
• What a wonderful place and experience.
• This is a wonderful retreat center. The hospitality and food were wonderful. Leslie – thank you for accommodating my nut/pea allergy. You were too thoughtful and conscientious. Jeannine – Thank you so much for your support and for being so informative and keeping us on track.
• I had a wonderful time – great food and nice to have a sink in the bedroom and privacy. Thank you!
• Thank you for making this such a wonderful experience. I hope we’ll be coming back next year.
• Thank you for continuing to provide such healing programs.
• As I expected – everything about the Center was lovely, and the program was excellent.
• Excellent doesn’t really do justice. Thanks!
• Meal Quality: Always Excellent. Meeting Room: Love the rocking chairs.
• Could not be better! Sr. Claudette, Leslie and her staff totally accommodating. Rooms just right. Nice to have own space in such an intense workshop. Food was excellent with great variety, plenty to eat and drinks, snacks, etc.
• Thank you for your fine hospitality. I much appreciated having coffee available as early as 6:30 am.
• Thanks to Joyce, Claudette and the wonderful cook. The continued graciousness was beautiful and reminded me that God is present at all times.
• I will be looking forward to my next opportunity to visit Living Water. Thank you and God bless you.
• This is a wonderful place.
• All was lovely.
• Thanks from our greatly informed – and renewed hearts and spirits. Your love healed us with your special care!

October 2008

• Let’s do it again.
• Everything was wonderful!
• Thank you all so much for your fine and warm hospitality!
• Sr. Claudette is a gem – welcoming, warm, caring.  Meals are great – although I am used to more time between them!  Thank you.   
• A wonderful place to come – a week would be so good for the soul.
• A very warm welcome.
• Excellent food – could use more.
• Thank you again for gracious hospitality, good food, and a comfortable bed.
• Thank you.
• I think this may be the best retreat I have ever been at.  Such a warm environment.  Thank you.
• I enjoyed the entire experience here at the LWSC.  Wish it was for a week long as it was so enjoyable for me.
• I love the Center and hope to see it here for many years to come.
• Food was delicious – thank you!  Staff very friendly!
• Thanks!  It was great!
• Absolutely wonderful hospitality.  Thank you so much.
• I want to thank each and every staff person here at Living Water for the wonderful food and accommodations over the past two days.  You were all so very kind, caring, and welcoming.
• I felt relaxed and refreshed.  Thank you!
• The Center is absolutely awesome!  As always hospitality, nutritious foods, grounds.  Thank you for your generosity and for living the Spirit of Jesus.
• This is my 4^th stay at the retreat.  I have always found the Srs. of St.  Joseph most gracious at all times.  I have always felt welcome and at peace.  I usually try to spend a little quite time in the chapel to meditate.  And the food... magnificent!
• I’d rather be here than any other place besides home!
• Keep up the good work of welcoming people into your sacred space.  We appreciate your multiple gifts as retreat  hosts.  Thank you!
• You do it all so beautifully.  Thanks and God bless.
• Have been looking forward to coming again this year for a LONG time and I have not been disappointed.
•  I have been here many times and have always been blessed.
• A wonderful time of sharing and growth.  Each time I come, I am in the awe of what I take from the wonderful programs put on at this special place.  Thank you so much!
• Thank you for this quiet, beautiful sacred place and the wonderful hospitality one fees here!
• Everything about the weekend was absolutely wonderful.  This was just what I needed in my personal life – an opportunity to reflect and become closer to God and be a better listener.
• I love coming here.
• I am leaving a lot more peaceful than when I arrived.  This place is awesome.  Peace radiates from the walls. 
• Great, comfortable Conference chairs.  These glider rockers are the best chairs I’ve sat in.  And they’re arranged in a circle! Excellent, generous lunch. Very welcoming, inviting and quietly respectful meeting place.
• Thank you so much for this incredible day!
• Great presenter.
• I cannot thank you enough because I have been on a Spiritual Journey – since 1992.  You  helped everything I’ve been learning, reading and experiencing to Jell.  Great day!
• Wonderful day and workshop!!!  Please put me on your mailing list for your booklet and Wisdom from the Well.  Thanks so much. 
• I’m so delighted with today – with the facility.  Thank you.
• It gets better each time.  The walking paths are spectacular.

September 2008

• The Center was immaculate, putting any Jesuit retreat center to shame!  I was impressed with the silence and with the attentiveness of the staff.  Given the age/condition of the group, the stairs posed a real problem for some, and I am sure that you have an elevator on your “dream list”, but I am aware of what an elevator would cost to install.  I enjoyed my week at Living Water and I would recommend it highly to anyone wanting to get away for a time of quiet and prayer. 
• For me, all is well.  When we come again I want the same room #10.  Thank you much.
• It is such a spiritual delight to come here yearly for our annual retreat!!!  I do not feel that anything can be improved upon – it is “all” here, and one leaves here spiritually and physically refreshed.  Thank you, dear Sisters of St. Joseph for your precious spiritual gift to us.  Prayerfully and gratefully in Jesus, Mary & Joseph.
• As I age, steps become more difficult and painful.  An elevator here would be ideal.
• Enjoyed hospitality and time here at LW so very quiet and peaceful.  The Spirit of the Lord resides here!  Had a wonderful time – hope to return.
• Excellent place – peaceful/friendly/refreshing.
• I am a return visitor. I found everything to be in wonderful order.  We had an excellent retreat made possible through facility, staff and location!  I’m sure we will be back!  God Bless, til’ we meet again. 
• It was so good to have the snack bar open at all times – food for the body – food for the soul.
• I loved the theme of the weekend.  I left with growth on this topic as it relates to my life. 
• I stand in awe of Susan and “Saint” Leslie and all the staff that make this a wonderful place.  I pray for continued success of all your ministry.  Thank you, Thank you.
• I really enjoyed this program and found God here this weekend.  The food, center, and staff were all excellent!
• Susan, you did an excellent job as always of creating space for the sacred to inhabit.  Thank you for your gentle guidance and permission to have us follow the Spirit as we needed. 
• Sr. Claudette – Thank you for your lovely welcome and inviting ways to feel at ease here.  God bless!
• This was a wonderful weekend for me, for what I need right now. 
• Everything was great.  The food was delicious and beautifully presented. I felt like I was at someone’s home – the bedroom was bright and inviting and comfortable.  There were many places to go to sit and reflect or read or just sit.  May God continue to bless your ministry.

August 2008

• As usual, it was a joy to be here. The hospitality and atmosphere of the house is very peaceful and prayerful. I realize another reason why I feel so “at home” here is the fact that we share many values, it is good to see and use the compost bin, the Fair Trade coffee & tea, etc. The food is so healthy – it’s good to come here and reconnect with people that I have grown to love and appreciate. God bless you all in your ministry.
• Thank you so much for making the day of renewal so affordable. Thank you for creating and maintaining such a peaceful space and sharing it with others. Thanks to Sr. Claudette for the welcome!
• Once again, the friends who greeted, seated and fed us were and are wonderful. Pleasant, professional, helpful are just a few terms that very aptly fit the staff & the facility. Thank you again – it was wonderful being back. I look forward to the next opportunity.
• So very hospitable and delicious food.
• Wonderful facility. 
• Your use of local products for meals and provision of fair trade coffee witnesses your love of all people.  Thank you for all your kind attentions and let us pray for each other. 
•  This is a beautiful place – thank you for having us.  The food is excellent and I really appreciate the locally grown produce! 
• This is a delightful place to come – filled with the welcome which I would associate with what Xianity is meant to bring.  The food is interesting and delicious with new things to try.  The “snacks” and delicious cookies always make me feel cared for.  The bedrooms offer good light (a clock! Thank goodness) and charm – again there is welcome – welcome and peace.  With thanks.
• Wonderful: Kudos to everyone.
• The facility is wonderful in its simplicity.  Sr. Claudette and the staff were gracious and welcoming – I truly felt “at home”.  And the food!  Wonderful! 
• It was delightful to be back!

July 2008

• I had never had this kind of retreat before.  I truly enjoyed it. 
• It was a totally different retreat.  Another new experience with “wonderment.”
• Meals:  Beautiful & appetizing.  Bedroom:  Very comfortable.  Your hospitality was very warm and supportive.  Leslie’s food was amazing and she was very helpful with my dietary (diabetes) needs.  Thanks so much Leslie.  Betsy was a great leader – very well organized and prepared and very open to retreatants needs.
• I came for rest and peace and I got both. 
• Betsy lead us in so many different experiences of prayer.  Her input was very good and I enjoyed her free spirit. 
• Thank you for this sanctuary that you have created here at Living Water.  The retreat was wonderful and refreshed my mind, body and spirit.  Our presenter was excellent. She struck a good balance of information, prayer exercises, and fun.  I would attend another retreat here and look forward to seeing what you might be offering in the summer of 2009.  I found the trails, cosmic walk and labyrinth to be very spiritual.  The pool was wonderful, too.  I got to float with God.  The food was inviting, fresh and healthy.  Yum!
• Thank you for a great week.
• The food was excellent.  Non-greasy, nutritious.  Room:  Nice and quiet with no one on either side.  
• This retreat time was excellent all the way around for me.  I really enjoyed and learned a lot from the content of the retreat.  I found the presentations very well balanced.  I liked the input sessions – one in the mornings – one in the evening.  This provided much food for thought.  Betsy is well versed in her subjects – her information does not just come out her head – one can experience that she personally has pondered her subjects as well as living what she shares.  I really appreciated the balance between the times of silence and aloneness – as well as our communal experiences of shared information and rituals.  I also enjoyed our evenings together in a more social exchange.  Betsy certainly puts herself and all of her resources out there for all her participants.  I appreciated her generosity.  I like the idea of a field trip as part of a retreat.  I enjoyed every aspect of our visit to the art museum yesterday.   If and when you invite Betsy Quinn to lead another retreat here, you can sign me up!  Between her excellence and the excellence of this place it is a win-win situation.  I would like to thank everyone on staff here for all their heart full work!  It made my stay with you very pleasant!  You cook is a marvel!  The meals were a joy – my taste buds really enjoyed all the food served at every meal. Thanks a whole bunch Leslie!  I have many fond memories while here these past 8 days.  How warmly I was first welcomed here at Living Water two years ago.  I love this place and I love its people – thank you all for creating a home away from home for me and for all the people you serve!  Your Sister and friend.

June 2008

• Leslie as amazing.  She prepared feasts for 8 days.  Trails were excellent, I escaped tick free!  Once again, this was a wonderful 8 days for me. Both directors are very gifted.  Everything one needs is here. 
• I had a spectacularly lovely time.  I appreciated not only the contemplative quiet but also the orderly, clean comfort of the building and all the great nooks, crannies, chairs, rockers, and other places for quiet spirituality to choose from.  I was certainly not disappointed by the direction sessions, the food, or the polarity session with Yolande.  All fit together become food for body and soul.   
• The quiet and unscheduled pace helped me to pray to be with God. I loved the trails but wasn’t prepared with “tick proof” clothing.  Now I know!  The food was wonderful.  My director led me into a new space.  Thank you.
• What else can I say, I have been coming here for 10 years and hope to be back.  Everything is very conducive to prayer.   
• Keep up the good work.
• Thank you, especially for your wonderful attention to hospitality and a well run program. 
   

May 2008 

• We enjoyed our retreat and were welcomed and treated like royalty.  Looking forward to coming back.
• Had a great time!
• Love it here!
• Thank you for the wonderful weekend. You are all great.  Blessings!
• Thank you so much for a wonderful, restful, renewing weekend.  I Plan to return many times for your spiritual retreats.
• Very comfortable place to create and reconnect. Looking forward to coming back in the fall. 
• Thank you for a wonderfully gracious weekend!

April 2008 

• Wonderful, peaceful, safe environment for exploration of self and spirit – and the relationship between the two – thank you!
• Thank you so much. The snacks and food were excellent. The pace of the workshop was relaxing but stimulating, the environment was peaceful.
• Thank you!
• Well presented! Good job!
• More people need to know about this place and more information about retreats.
• I greatly appreciate your environmental consciousness – using mugs, fair-trade coffee and teas, providing recycling containers. I had never thought to recycle toilet paper cores until I visited here but I do now!
• Wish there was an elevator.
• Very gracious in every way.
• Everything was beautifully done! The food was wonderful and well prepared. Keep up your excellent work!
• Nice and clean accommodations. Friendly staff.
• Everything was great and I really enjoyed meeting Sr. Angela. The staff is wonderful.
• None! Thank you, Thank you!
• Wonderful hospitality. Delicious food! Bread Pudding – wow! We love coming here.
• As always, very home like atmosphere with smiles and an awesome welcoming spirit. Thank you.
• For the last 7 years – it is/has been just as wonderful – as always. THANK YOU for your loving care and WONDERFUL food.
• Wonderful facility.
• As always, a welcome respite. Thank you.
• I have been here before and once again have enjoyed my stay.
• As always, your hospitality is outstanding. Thank you for this ministry.
• Wonderful! You offer gracious, holy, delicious hospitality. Thank you!
• I wish we could be here longer!
• Grounds beautiful.
• I always feel renewed spiritually and physically whenever I am here. Thank you!!
• For your ministry to those of us who need rest and a spiritual rebirth. You are all a blessing to all of us.
• A great spot. I will return.
• This is such a wonderful retreat place. Thank you!
• The snack room is a delight!
• I appreciate the many little items throughout the house that convey hominess as hospitality – I love coming here! 

March 2008 

• Very comfortable, inviting, homey meals very nutritious, abundant environment gives feeling of safety and openness.
• Leslie – you’re the best! And thanks to your helpers, too.
• Everything was great!
• My first visit and I would come back!
• Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful retreat center and your even more beautiful hospitality.  I look forward to return ASAP. 
• This was a beautiful experience. Thank you so very much!
• I felt very welcomed here.
• This was a wonderful experience in every way.
• This is the best place I’ve been on a retreat.
• Your hospitality and warmth were awesome.  A perfect environment to do my work!
• This was an amazing, awesome weekend. I will come back to visit and stay again. Thank you all so much!
• This is a very special place. Thank you.
• Repeatedly I have heard comments of how delighted the ladies are with this facility.  With gratitude.
• Thank you and especially thank you to Leslie.
• As always a warm welcome a clean and holy space – delicious food lovingly prepared. Thank you.
• Everything was wonderful.
• This is a wonderful place to come, rest, relax, share community with one another, so welcoming, hospitality is outstanding. Thanks be to God.
• You were wonderfully welcoming. Your meals were superb, and I really appreciated the fact that you labeled what things were so we could avoid things we were allergic to and you provided alternatives.  Wow!
• WONDERFUL weekend enhanced by comfortable room, bed, towels, restful place.  SUPER meals with attention & creativity for diet limitations.  And great gathering space.  All of us warmly welcomed and prayed for by your sisters.
• As always I appreciated your caring presence – including your prayers. Thank you!
• Thank you once again for your warm hospitality.  The meals were nutritious, balanced and delicious – great variety.  God bless this house and you all.
• Thank you! Thank you!
• I always feel so blessed being here.  Thank you for your prayers, your TLC, & this place.  God bless you.
• Always the nicest of accommodations. Many thanks.  Perfect Environment.
• Loved my room.  This was the first time I came for an individual retreat.  It was such a relief to be here. To know that you were praying for me was a gift. Quiet was a gift.  I’ll be back. 
• Thank you so much for the spaciousness and ease in the physical sense and the spiritual sense.
• Many thanks for your beautiful, caring, space. I have loved being here.
• Food fabulous!
• Fabulous sacred space for growth/renewal/transformation.
• You answered my needs beautifully!
• This was my first private retreat.  It worked very well for me.  Thank you and blessings.

February 2008 

• This was a great place – quiet, great food – comfortable chairs.
• A wonderful place to meet. Thank you for your hospitality.
• Bright, airy & homey meeting spaces.
• Thank you for a great facility and experience!
• Sunday brunch is a great idea.
• The presentations were wonderful, the food was great.
• Lunch would have been wonderful but I was still full from breakfast.
• Had some nice quiet time.
• Well structured, moved right along, nice mix of groups and meetings, as always, well enjoyed.
• Incredible.
• Rewarding.
• Thank you.
• Milestone retreat.

January 2008 

•  A wonderful day.  Keep up the good work.

• Thanks for your hospitality, and thanks for running Day on the Psalms. 

• I find the commentary on the Psalms helpful in my efforts to pray them

•  I plan on returning next year!!

• The Center is very relaxing, it’s great to come for a weekend and get so much done but be relaxed at the same time.  Looking forward to returning next year.

• Wonderful

• The food was wonderful.  I will definitely be back next year for another relaxing weekend.
   

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December 2007

• I love this kind of program and appreciate the additional time of coming in the evening before. I would actually like to extend the time for another day allowing for more quiet, reflective time to process conversations, ideas, etc. Thank you, Jack for you good work!
• I so appreciate the warm, welcoming space that you’ve created.  The rockers are bliss!  The food is exquisite! I enjoyed every aspect of my stay here – (even the spider was a blessing! J ) My room was so comfy.  Thank you for the wonderful hospitality – I am excited about returning in March! Y
• Thanks for hospitality, welcoming excellent, good and accessibility to cooks.  The comfort factors were very soothing.
• I appreciated so much the energy and tone of the entire Center.
• Beautiful sacred healing space meeting my needs for regeneration, renewal, growth, transformation, community.  Food: The best food I’ve had this entire year.  Flavorful, great variety, creative unusual recipes PLUS fabulous for a vegan (I was one of that group). Met all my needs for nourishment, comfort, enjoyment, celebration. Thank you. Namaste.
• The work we are doing can be very hard. It is also made much easier when care is offered and provided with such grace. Thank you!
• The hospitality is excellent, the meals are outstanding.
• It is a very welcoming, supportive, nourishing, environment. Food & service in dining room was wonderful. Thank you.
• I felt so welcome and comforted here. Thank you for your caring and compassion.
• Thank you for nurturing me in this quiet haven you have created.  Your clarity of purpose and commitment to support is evident in the rooms, the food, and the welcoming spirit with which you greet your guests.  Thank you.
• Very nurturing – met my needs for comfort, nourishment.
• Such a lovely welcome – calm serene environment. The food was delicious and beautifully done. Thanks.
• Thank you for providing such a loving “clean” place.  It’s a pleasure to be here and I appreciate all that was done to give us safety and warmth, peace and abundance.
• I have never been here before and found the retreat center to be very lovingly attentive. Food – fabulous.  Hostessing – fabulous. 
• I enjoyed my stay here very much. You met my needs for comfort, being welcomed, peace, beauty and more. Thank you very much.
• The Living Water Spiritual Center has met my needs in ways I could not have imagined.  (Beauty, comfort, light, personal warmth, ease, simplicity).  Deep thanks to all the staff – I look forward to my /our return in March. Y
• It is such a joy to be here – and your Mission Statement meets my needs for shared reality and community.  Thank you for opening your sacred space to us.
• What a wonderful, welcoming place to have our workshop – The meals were spectacular – you’ve thought of every possible need.  We’ll be back again.  Especially, thank you, for your prayers. 
• The food was really exceptional – beyond expectations – vegetarian friendly.  Beautiful presentation, great touches (orange ginger butter for example).  Cooks present to receive compliments.  Your prayers for our work, for all beings, touched me deeply and fill the Center everywhere with light.  Thank you. 
• I appreciate your hospitality very much. I didn’t know what to expect and you definitely went far beyond them.  The meals were wonderful and I felt so nurtured.  The privacy of the bathrooms and bedrooms was something I didn’t expect and really appreciate.  My room was absolutely fine with so much attention given to the fine details of comfort.  You’ve provided magic.  Thank you.
• I loved the feeling of home here and the quiet tangible support and care around me.  Blessings given, blessings returned.  Thank you.

November 2007

• Warm, loving environment!

• Always a pleasure to meet and hear Brother Rex.

• Meals were excellent, as was the hospitality. The Sisters truly are angels.

• Thank you so very much for your kindness and generosity.

• Keep up the good works.

• It was very uplifting. Thank you.

• The care, food & service was outstanding. Thank you and God bless!

• Very nice. Would recommend. 

• Another wonderful experience. Blessings on this wonderful center, its staff – all of you – and Susan MacKenzie!  What a gift this beautiful place is!

• I look forward to my times here – everything meets my expectations including a teddy bear in my room!! 
  I can’t think of anything I would wish otherwise. God Bless Living Water Spiritual Center.

•  Loved the quiet!  The books! The labyrinth, the lamps.

• A spiritual place.  Susan was inspirational.  I appreciated her interactive approach, readings, global spirituality, stretches.  Taize was new, simple and calming. I also enjoyed Susan’s direction, candles, ritual. All of the above – excellent. Thursday-Saturday was a good schedule for me.  Labyrinth experience +. Massage with Rebecca – she is gifted! 

• Thank you Susan, for a beautiful spiritual experience.  A wonderful renewal in all ways, body, mind and spirit. 

• I had a wonderful time. The silent brings so much to me of which I appreciate. I love it. Living Water provides a wonderful space to listen, reflect and grow.  I would like to spend a longer time in silent retreat. Thank you Susan for your good work. It means a lot.

October 2007

• Thank you! I always feel so welcome here – and at peace with freedom to slow down – pray, walk, meditate, visit, learn from others and just do one thing at a time. The food is excellent – beautiful, nutritious and delicious! Thank you for the wonderful atmosphere. Wonderful Retreat.
• This is a haven of hope, hospitality – truly a place where God lives in all who greet us.
• This feels now (after my second stay) like a home away from home. It is an environment (inside & out) that encourages slowing down, quiet, reflection, and community. Deep thanks to Sr. Angela and all the staff.
• Great Service! Really nice staff and wonderful food. I think I gained 10 lbs.
• Always a pleasure to come here! Sr. Angela is the patron saint of welcomers!
• Love this place.
• Enjoyed this retreat spot very much. Love your rocking chairs! Food especially good.
• Excellent food. It’s so nice to have a full salad bar when we want to have just salad.
• I really like coming here... I can’t find anything to complain about! Guess I’m just a fan.
• I do hope we return next year. Everything about this beautiful Center is ideal.
• Love this place! The nuns, the food, the outside and so very clean inside. Thank you.
• Always glad to come here.
• This is such a wonderful retreat center, very warm and welcoming. I commend you for the “green” aspects of this haven. You are ahead of so many places. Keep up the wonderful work. Hope we can come back next year.
• Perfect!!

• Very spiritual & comfortable & safe.

•  I loved it all! I had a wonderful time.  I’m coming back!

• Wonderful environment to just be & leave the busy-ness of life behind for a short time!  Staff is welcoming & very hospitable.

• I thought this session was a really quite good session and I’m really glad I attended. Presenter had lots of good resources for us to take back, and also lots of good discussion.

• Done very well all around. Will come again.

• Very informative & helpful for follow-up presentations in our church. Well worth coming for. The blend of participants worked very well with the material. Leader was very approachable, knowledgeable and generous with materials lent out.

• Elaine is a beautiful quiet presence, unassuming and competent. It is a joy to be with her.

• Superlative hospitality – Program a welcome respite from my usual world.

• A wonderful weekend... very refreshing and relaxing. What I needed!

• Relaxing weekend.

• Coming here allows me to take a break from my hectic lifestyle & re-evaluate my course.  I feel taken care of and supported by the comforting and thoughtful environment and staff.  It's a gift I give myself.  You folks are wonderful. In the six years I've come here - I've always left refreshed and at peace. Thank you.

September 2007

• Once again, it has been a blessing to be here.  Blessings on all of you who work to help us feel welcome, safe, and nurtured. 

• God provided much direction.  I followed and was touched by God’s hand and heart.

• Food:  Is there a higher rating?  

• Everyone was incredibly helpful.  The meals were outstanding! 

• I’d like to come to a group program sometime.  Sr. Jeannine is a very wise counselor and gave me some important advice and encouragement. 

• The quietness is very healing!

• I’m so glad to know about Living Water and look forward to a next retreat.

• Such wonderful topics and participants!

• The food was exceptional – what a treat!  This is a beautiful place! Very conducive to reflection and peace.

•  Spiritual Center – preservation of natural habitat – a wonderful work.

• The lunch was really outstanding, thank you!

• We are so grateful for you space! Thank you!

• Love it, great space, great food, great attitude.

• A wonderful place to reflect and a safe place to do the work I came to do. Thank you.

• Leslie and her crew are a Godsend!  

August 2007

• Very good location.  Free to use grounds and explore the trails.  No pressure to talk if you don't want to.  Very good library.

• Everything was wonderful!

• My second retreat here.  It is a grand and lovely place!

• Well worth the long early ride. 

• A beautiful place!

• I want to come again for certain.  God Bless all who made this wonderful day possible.

• Food was fabulous.  We were welcomed warmly and helped with all our needs.
• A wonderful day - to conduct difficult discussions.
• Wonderful meeting facility.  Feels calming.
• I was very impressed with your meal – light, healthy, variety.  Perfect – and love the fresh fruit choice for desert.   Good food keeps you awake for sleepy afternoon meetings – even in comfortable rocking chairs.  All people caring and friendly.  True hospitality.  Thank you!

July 2007

• Very relaxing, welcoming and enriching.

• This is a truly special place. I feel God’s grace & presence here all around.

• I look forward to returning again soon.

• Very prayerful atmosphere, a very peaceful setting, plenty of time to rest and pray.   Good pace and fresh insights.  Very non threatening and affirming.  Very solid. 

• I could not have been anywhere else at this time where I would have benefited from and enjoyed a retreat more than I have these 8 days.  Blessings upon all!

• I am going to buy several cookbooks for Christmas presents for some of my loved ones.   Wonderful retreat!  Holy, peaceful, loving.

• This has been for me – a retreat that I shall never forget!  Like no other!  Thank you!  We were surrounded with so much love!  Thank you, Sr. Catherine for all your input!  Thank you, too, to Jeannine for so many services; and to our excellent, caring Leslie & Jackie!

• Thank you!   A special thank you to Sr. Jeannine and Sr. Laurette. Both of you have been very kind to me and I appreciate it.  God bless you and your ministry here.  I feel more healed in many ways. 

• Sr. Catherine is the best retreat director I have ever had!! Please be sure to tell her so!  She truly was Jesus among us!

• Hospitality and welcoming: joyful, smiling, uplifting, warm & sincere.  Dining room: good there is always someone behind serving table.  I, and others too, often have a practical question about the food.  Snack room: Food, refrigerated and hot drinks always available without disturbing anyone is optimal.  Retreat itself: Director’s presentation way beyond any expectations.  Content was the Spirit calling  - for knowing what I needed more than I knew – a blessed eight days. 

• The Director was very well presented and much time with God.  Chapel: Conducive to Pray.   Was great to be here and have some quiet time.  Please keep me on your mailing list.  

• I truly appreciated the staff esp. the cook and all their efforts every day and every meal.   I did enjoy the trails. It nurtured a deep hunger I have to walk the trails even briefly.   The Center displays a wonderful concern for the environment.  I appreciate that.

June 2007

• The gazebo was a WONDERFUL meeting space! Everything was gracious & perfect! Thank you!

• I love the quiet and the great food.

• It is always a joy to visit Living Water Spiritual Center. Thank you all for your gracious hospitality!

• The rocking chairs are a marvelous idea. The food is outstanding.

• Saturday night while looking for fresh sheets to put on the bed Sunday morning, I discovered 2 foam pillows on the closet shelf. Thank you.

• You all try so hard, even down to the smallest details, to make our stay here so wonderful.  Thank you so much. God bless you.

• Leslie has an outstanding gift of preparing & presenting food. Trails were excellent this year. The staff at Living Water makes this a 5-star spiritual center. What a gift to have two excellent musicians and homilists for the liturgies. A wonderful eight days spent in the Kingdom.

• I loved the quiet, prayerful atmosphere of this retreat house. I loved the beauty that surrounds it and the beautiful, prayerful liturgies.

May 2007

• I love coming here!
• Surely the presence of God is in this place!
• A very hospitable space!!  I love the low-key simplicity of being here.  I was fed in body and soul.
• Like the plentitude of vegetable at meals.
• This has been a wonderful place for me to come.  I have been longing to come here. I hope to return soon!
• I am grateful for the opportunity to share with & learn from a diverse collection of loving beings.  Learning about an aspect of our humanness that is not taught from childhood, nor in most educational settings is what I welcome.  Yolande has a gift. 
• Very insightful presentation, was helpful in my spiritual journey!  Also enjoyed those who attended!
• Is there a part 2?  Loved it!
•  Excellent, powerful presentation.  Thank you so much for sharing your gifts.  I am happy to know a bit more about myself.  So much more to discover.  I need another long session.
• Beautifully exhibited mission statement!  “With care and love, we offer sacred space for all, to seek the Divine and to embrace the interconnectedness of all creation!!
•  The whole house is clean!  I enjoy the simplicity of the décor.
• Food, welcome, & facilities beyond excellent!! 
• Leslie does a wonderful, creative job with fresh herbs, spices, and food choices. 
• Meals are delectable beyond the imagination.  Challenging any intentions of self-restraint. 
• As always, a fully wonderful experience.  You provide an environment where we are totally well cared for from clean, comfortable rooms to gourmet eating to walking the labyrinth and river trails. Thank you!
• I couldn’t have had a better weekend. This is such a spiritual place. What a blessing to have been here and have you care for me. I’ll be back!
• I felt like I was at a special house/home made just for me. Thank you.

April 2007

• The hospitality here is wonderful.  It is such a treat to be here.  A wonderful place for retreat, refresh & quiet time.  We are blessed to have a place like this to come.
• Such a welcoming retreat.  It was a joy to spend time here and appreciate your ministry of hospitality.
• You are a very welcoming “home”. Thank you so much for sharing.
• The quality of the building and rooms is A-1 – immaculate; the linens chosen for real quality and taste. The rooms very comfortable and tasteful. The staff friendly and helpful. Food is terrific and very well presented.
• This was a wonderful experience. The facility is superior.
• The food, as always, is marvelous, the Canadian rockers perfect, great spot and facility.
• Wonderful!
• Hope to come back soon!!!

March 2007

• I felt welcomed and also inspired.  Thank you for a wonderful presentation.
• More, more, more!  Wonderful, thought provoking workshop.  Inspired to learn more. 
• You have so much to offer. Thank you for your ministry.
• We love coming here! 
• Thank you for your hospitality. What a gift!  Food is excellent!
• Absolutely excellent. The best experience ever!  Thank you.
•  What a great place! I don’t want to leave & I’ll be back for sure. 
• I was welcomed with open arms.  Everything was wonderful.  The accommodations, the food.  I felt very special and safe here.  I definitely felt God’s presence here.  My room & bed were very comfortable.  I loved my experience. 
• I have no suggestions only praise.  The many, many touches – extra soap, special delicious foods, magazines in the bathroom!  I felt so cared for and supported.  There is a place for pride – pride in work – and I loved the pride in hospitality that I felt here.  Wonderful.  Five star kindness, grace, and generosity.
• Absolutely wonderful food!!  Loved the rocking chairs!
• 5 Star meals.
• I just loved the program – the prompts opened up so many thoughts and opportunities to reflect on life, faith, and my spiritual journey. Thank you so much! We will be back again.
• Food is so good!!
• Absolutely thrilled to be back – THANK YOU for your hospitality!
• It is always a pleasure to come here.  Thank you so very much for your hospitality.  God bless you!
• Keep up the good work!
• I love coming here.  The rocking chairs are great!
• Wonderful weekend.
• I always look forward to the food – so tasty and imaginative.

February 2007

• Thank you!  Wonderful space, bedrooms, lovely hospitality.  Thank you.
• Just loved it – the rocking chairs are the best.
• We are very grateful for your hospitality.  Our accommodations and your welcoming spirit meant much to us.
• Please convey my heartfelt appreciation for the splendid chance you gave us to discover our spiritual roots in your center. 
• This was my first time here and it was a pleasurable experience. The welcoming I got when I first walked in the door, was wonderful.  Most of all though, I loved the food! As a vegetarian, I always find myself not getting enough but it was fantastic. Thank you for everything.
•  I would look forward to events that are being held here.  I did not walk the trails, but the grounds are beautiful.  Thank you for the great environment and hospitality.
• Nice facility, and the food was excellent.
• Amazing choices for meals with healthy choices included. The serenity & calm of this retreat is wonderful. 
• The staff is unbelievably kind, friendly and warm.
• Keep up the wonderful work you do.  In the crazy world we live in, we need places like this to get off the merry-go-round from time to time!

January 2007

• Thank you so much for offering your beautiful home to us...it allows us to relax and feel God’s presence.
• The facility is very conducive to introspection and retreat.  Seclusion/private areas and group interaction areas are very homey and comfortable.  Meals, snacks and beverage service are awesome and nourishing.
• What a pleasure it is to stay here for the weekend.  The food is amazing and everyone here is so kind.  I hope to return for many years. 
• Everything was great. Will be back, I hope.
• Really appreciate the fridge and ability to use the microwave to heat my own food.  Thank you.   
• How can you improve on something that is already outstanding?
• The food was delicious!  The best of any retreat I have attended!  The staff was very friendly and helpful.
• This is a wonderful, spirit filled retreat house.  I love coming here every year.  The food is very good and the accommodations are very comfortable.