Chapel

Riley and Jordan have chapel one Friday a month. I just love going and watching the kids perform skits, songs and get "character" awards. Last Friday Riley's class played "In the Jungle" on the marimbas. He did a great job! I recorded it using my camera so it is lower quality but you can still hear the song and see him a little bit.



We are definitely going to miss Cornerstone next year, but I know God is blessing us with another great school. We have decided to put them in public school in Missoula. We just feel like this will be a great way to get to know people and to be a part of the community. And because we have already purchased our lot, we know what school they will be going to. They will be going to Hellgate Elementary It is K-8 divided into 3 different schools. They have approximately 1200 students in all 3 schools combined. That will be a big change from their school of 90 students now. I trust God will protect them and give them grace during the transition. A lot of people have commented on the name of the school so I decided to research to find the origin. This is what I found on the internet. "French trappers, observing human bones strewn on the valley floor at the eastern canyon entrance, had a reminder of the bloody ambushes there. They started referring to the site as “Porte d’ Enfer,” translated as Hell’s Gate. The trappers claimed that it was “safer to enter the gates of hell than pass through this narrow confine.” The name Hell Gate would remain from that time on and be used to designate both the larger valley area where trading parties gathered, known as Hell Gate Ronde, and Hell Gate Village, the predecessor of the city of Missoula." At any rate, it has an excellent reputation of being a good school in Missoula so we are excited.