Almost the End

Thursday marked the reality that the trip is rapidly coming to a close. The boys are starting to miss home just a bit and they have missed out on some cool things going on around school. That is what makes the sacrifice of going on an immersion trip so special. While most of their friends are back in St. Louis doing very noble work, the reality is that they can pull up roots and go to the Volleyball and Lacrosse games. These guys in Montana are having to follow via twitter from Mr. Merris. We were all excited to hear about Volleyball Thursday night and that followed with a measure of disappointment that they would not be back in town in time to see the Finals.

During the day on Thursday we attended Mass with the school at Little Flower Parish. Fr. Ed gave a nice homily and the boys were great examples of participation and behavior in Mass. Afterwards 2 of the classes left for field trips and we stayed behind to mow the parish's grass and to weed eat around the grounds. They also did some other manual chores around the building as the DSLSBS will close for the summer next week.

After school we headed back to the Mission, the next objective was swimming in Two Medicine River. This river is fed by the Glaciers in Glacier National Park and flows down eventually joining the Missouri River. The water is extremely cold but our boys (and Mr. Gerdes) braved a swim or two or three. Since it was apparent no one was swimming across, several boys jumped off the bank and floated down to the gravel bar. Take a look at the pictures witch will have photos of the escapade.

We then came back cleaned up a bit, packed a bit, had supper and then the boys journeyed to the Buffalo Jumps again with a little help from a ride from Bro. Ray.

The night concluded with some star gazing before we all turned in for the night. My final thought is that Friday is going to be jam packed with work at the school, cleaning up the rest of the way and going to the Park and catching the train.

We will be home soon.