Lost in France

For some reason I often get turned around and a bit lost ( even with a GPS )in France.  I have taken this wrong turn many times and I do not think I could even drive here on purpose, but this is one wrong turn that always makes me smile!   Lady Liberty!  She stands  in the middle of a rotary seemingly unnoticed without a place to pull over and admire her.  Sometimes I just drive around the rotary a few time to have a look, but its hard to do that unless you are the passenger, luckily this time I was !

Near Colmar France, at least I think, I was lost.

Matt Helping

Matt helping us make tomato sauce for a lasagna at Maugenhard dorm.  Its more fun to cook for large groups when you have a lot of help !!

Advent Wreathes

A very generous mom of one of BFA's students  shares her talents with many in the community.  Last year and this year she has gathered all of the ingredients to make beautiful Advent Wreathes and teaches us how to make a them.  This year 95 women from the BFA community and local German women from Kandern got together to be creative! 

Thanksgiving Dinner at the Dorm

We were blessed to enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner with HBR one of the two dorms that we help out at.  Here are a few photos from the night.

Thanksgiving in Germany

At our Bi-Lingual school we share how Americans and Canadians celebrate  Thanksgiving with our German students and families.  We do this with a Thanksgiving Day Festival.  We also learned about  how the  local German community gives thanks at this time of year.    The kids have a fun filled day of crafts, games, and a traditional Thanksgiving meal.   

 Games in the front of our school, we were blessed with a day withOUT rain!! 

  This is the pumpkin craft that I helped with.