dorm Cooking

Thursdays ~ Dorm night !  WE are really enjoying our time on Thursday nights with the guys at HBR dorm.  It has been a pleasure getting to know them and their parents as they come for a visit.  During study hours Rob helps the guys with homework if they need it and I usually bake and prep lunches for the next morning.  Last night I had some help from mom that was there visiting  her son for the week.  We baked about a 150 muffins, with crazy amounts of flour & butter~~  so glad they have a super huge mixer!  The guys had some for a snack after their homework,  some went with the wrestling team for their away match in Italy and the rest for Saturday morning breakfast.  I really must bring my camera next time !

Photo Class

This semester I am teaching a photography class at the middle school and here is a photograph of our class.  Take note of the sunny day, very very rare this time of year.   We worked on an assignment and enjoyed the sun !  ( this is the middle school in the background )

Striking a pose.

                                                         
                                                            Having fun in the SUN !

                         
                                                          Checking out some images.

Wrestling

Guten Morgan,


Please say a prayer or two for the boys Wrestling team, as they head out today for a match 10 hours away in Italy.  It seems there is a truckers strike against rising fuel prices and economic reform.  Please pray for  safety as they travel and for the strike to end. As this affects so many people in Italy.  Many roads are blocked, gas stations out of fuel and markets without food.     They will be traveling to a US base so I believe once they are they there gas will be available.  Andrew is on the team ~ Thank you,  worried mom

The Greatest Gift

God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God.
  --Ephesians 2:8, NLT

BFA Christmas Banquest 2011

Every Year Black Forest Academy holds its annual Christmas Banquet.  It is a wonderful night where the students share their musical gifts, the school awards some Christmas wishes and this year the students were given some dance lessons.

No, the dance lessons were not the Chicken Dance.  This is the granting of Carl's Christmas wish.

Andrew and Priscilla were the freshmen class king and queen at the Banquet

Andrew and his "brothers" from HBR.

One of Heather on this side of the camera.  She spent the remainder of the night photographing the evening for the kids

Rob here grants the girls' wishes of making the daily announcements.

Rob grants a couple of wishes.  Here he is in pajamas, as he grants a wish of pajama day at BFA.  This one being the playing of the "Friday" song between classes on Friday.

Emmalee gets her Christmas wish as Mr. Greenhoe sings, "It's Not Easy Being Greenhoe!

Elle & Sunshine share a Christmas song with us.

Kandern Decorated for Christmas

This is a view of Main Street in Kandern.

Elementary School Christmas Concert 2011

Here are a few images from the Christmas Concert at the Elementary School.   The students in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades are a mix of local German children and Missionary Kids in the bi-lingual program.  They sang songs both in English and in German.  We also had a visit from Frosty the Snowman who through snow balls into the audience ( fake but filled with candy ! )