End of School Year Fun

The following pictures are snapshots of cool school activities and family highlights as the final weeks of school drew to a close.

Middle school talent show: Luke together with a small group of 6th grade boys performing "Thriller"

7th grade girls performing a remix dance

Sue and her small group of senior girls meet for the last time for ice cream!

Alison arrives home to Germany for Hannah's graduation!!! We are glad to have her back after a hard semester at Taylor U.

Spending our last evening "subbing" up at the Blauen Dorm with students and other dorm staff.

High School Spring Party- Theme: Vikings!!!!

The Games:

Senior Girls' Mother-Daughter Tea!

Luke's 12th Birthday Party with his 6th grade buddies...

...and Luke's mom and dad were able to join in the celebration!

Our former co-workers in Italy, Anne and Riki Knowles came to visit us from Scotland for Hannah's graduation.

The High School Choir sings one last time at the Honors' Ceremony.

May Flowers

Cherry blossoms from our tree in our back yard:

Hannah turns 18! (our little girl blossoming into a woman!)

Six students professed their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior and desire to live for Him through water baptism. It was exciting to hear each of these students tell how they came to the place in their lives when they realized their need for salvation as well as the importance of commiting their lives to living for Him. Five out of six of these young people were baptised by their dads and prayed for by their mom's. The other was baptized by her dorm parents.

" And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. (Matthew 28 18-20)

Spring Break Missions Trips

During Spring break many of our students and staff went on missions trips.

Here are some photos taken on the missions trip to Kenya- these were taken by Bernie who runs the school called Helping Hands. Half of our team worked here while the other half worked at the orphanage. Aren't these little kids beautiful?! A number of them are physically handicapped and all of them do not have many worldly possessions. They were delighted to be able to play with balloons, to blow bubbles, to make The Wordless Book, to play games together with our team, and most of all, to receive a lot of love and attention from our team members!

We are so thankful to be a part of the vision of the Black Forest Academy to equip our students to impact the world for Christ!

Spring time yet?

From the Gospel of John 17:1

"Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."

It is Spring time on the calendar, but the cold weather has not left us quite yet. We are on Spring Break here at the Black Forest Academy. Those who are boarding students here, like Luke who lives with us, have all gone home to their families in the surrounding countries - as far as Asia and Africa. Some from the senior class have gone to the USA to check out colleges. Other students went on Missions Trips to: Romania, Russia, Jordan, Burkino Faso, Kenya, and in Duisberg, Germany. Our Hannah and Sue are in the USA visiting colleges. They will get to be with Alison for Easter. Marshall and I have remained behind to catch up on some projects at the school, and to hang out and spend some father - son time together.



Here are some pictures of activities at the school and in our family from the last few weeks:



Middle school music recital (yea more music pictures :)



Marshall on the piano.














Luke and the 6th grade and their percussion performance.












ACSI Choir comes to Kandern.


Hannah had the priviledge of participating in the Association of Christian Schools International Choir again this year. Two years ago she went to Spain with the choir. Last year she went to Prague. This year the choir came to Germany and was hosted by BFA.



All the students got a t-shirt, .... which says it best:








There were eight schools that sent their students to participate in the Choir:







They performed at BFA on Sunday afternoon and in the local German Lutheran church in the evening.







English Camps 2009 Promotion.
Students and staff who participated in English camps last summer shared about their experience during Friday's chapel to promote for this summer's camps. Hey, YOU could come this summer and help out! Let us know... and we'll put you in touch with the person in charge.





Here's a shot of the German kids who came last summer:










New Baby in town!

Vincenzo and Daisy from our local pizzaria had a beautiful baby girl which we would love to show off to you:









The Bible and Science!



I had the priviledge of taking my fossils (and other interesting rocks) to Mrs. Capp's very enthusiastic fourth grade class to talk about Creation, the Fall, and God's judgement on the world through the flood.

























Ski Trip!

Only an hour west of here in the Black Forest there is still a good bit of snow. Bob took Marshall and Luke, and Marshall's buddy Jordan for an afternoon of skiing. The boys had a few good wipe outs but it was a fantastic day!

Enjoy the Music!

From the book of Philippians 4:8

"Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy; meditate on these things."