Staff Appreciation Dinner

Bethany and Meagan...will miss those girls when we leave!

(At our table) Starting from the back; the Kronks, the Leavitts, the Stefans, and us. We had the most entertaining table!

A couple of weeks ago, the school treated all the teachers and staff to a nice dinner at a banquet hall with catering. The food was excellent and so was the company. It was nice to get together in this setting and just socialize. What a nice ending to the school year....well, we have 2 weeks left, but feeling the end is closer and closer.

Junior Senior Banquet

(left to rght) Blauen girls with Lexi, one of the Resident Assistants. Hannah Kim, a cutie and my teacher asisstant

(below, lft to rght) Blauen girls again being silly :) Jack and Ellyn..BFA's cutest couple

Ariel and Andersen, both girls in my 1st period class. Ernie and Josh, both in my 7th period.

(lft to rght) Meagan and Brandon Post. Deloris and Nakul, both in my 7th period class.

The HBR dorm boys. All in my class. Koreans representing: Ernie and Sooji (middle) in my class.

Natasha and Bethany, both in my 1st period class.






Sign team. They are awesome and use my classroom after school to practice on Fridays. I get to hang out with them!

Nolan and I with Deloris and Ivan...dorm parents at Blauen, where we help out Mon. nights

Cameron Prenger and I....she is one of my juniors in 7th period American Lit.

Stephanie Miller and I....she is another student in 7th period

And another sweetie in my 7th period....Ellen Purpero

(lft to rght) Meagan, Stephanie, Me, Emily, Ellyn, and Hannah. Beautiful, young girls!

Banquet hall where the students and some staff ate dinner and watched the program. Nolan and I sat in the balcony

Last Sunday was the Junior Senior Banquet or JSB they call it here at BFA. The students get all dressed up with their dates and have a nice dinner. The school rents out this banquet hall where the food is catered. The juniors decorate the banquet room for the seniors. Their is a program where the juniors in each dorm pay a tribute to the seniors who are leaving. Some of the performances were really heart felt and nice to watch...others were interesting to say the least....

Teeanagers will be teenagers :) The whole evening was a success and Nolan and I enjoyed ourselves.

Baptism Services

Mikeala, one of the Nolan's middle school students. Her father is bible teacher at the school

Lukas, one of my 11th grade students. His parents are missionaries in Germany. Here is his mother praying and sharing with the the audience

(sorry for the blurriness) Lukas and his dad during the actual baptism

Lukas' dad sharing with the audience

Lukas giving his testimony

Lane and Jack Young. Lane and his family have been serving at BFA for 5 years. He works in Residence Life. Jack is one of Nolan's guitar students. This family has become special to us!

Lane and Meagan Young (the middle child) right before being baptized

And this particular bapitism brought tears to everyone's eyes. Pastor Herrop of the school's church and his daughter Hannah (5th grade and Nolan's student). Pastor Herrop cried as he shared about his daughter...sweet, sweet moment!

This past Sunday was the baptism service for students. Even though we are a Christian school with missionary kids, not all students come as believers in Christ. Sometimes teachers or staff have the privilege of being a part of a student coming to know Christ. And then also have a part in watching students make a public profession of their decision. Sometimes students partake in baptism because they have made a recommitment to Christ. But for various reasons, it was special to witness students in this event. What made it even more special, was some students' parents flew in so they could be a part of the service. Talk about bringing tears to the eyes as parents shared with their child in this occasion. Watching parents pray over their child was also heart touching!

The procedure was first the student gives his or her testimony, the father peforms the baptism, and after the baptism, the mother prays over the child. In some cases, not all parents were able to come, so a bible study leader or teacher would pray. Here are some pics from the service.

Blauen Dorm

Deloris pooped out on the sofa

Starting left....Vangie from Alaska, Lexi from Pennsylvania, and Deloris and Ivan from ???? Can't remember :)

Here is the whole map showing where all the girls, RAs and dorm parents are from..pretty cool, huh!

Not sure who is on the left, but Brad Pitt and Dr. Phil have their presence at Blauen. This was actually part of their theme night for open house

I guess the girls were offering their grass-cutting services to the German community?

We go every other Monday night to a girl's dorm to help out. We love it! I love hanging out with the girls and Deloris, the dorm mom. The 2 RAs and Ivan, dorm dad, have the night off. We usually get there around dinner time, and eat with the girls. We eat at a long table, and it totally family style. Crazy, but it is the only day of the week where Nolan and I actually eat a table. I know what you are thinking, we should take more time together and eat the dining table :)

After dinner, Nolan usually plays the piano with some of the girls who are quite talented! I usually help Deloris out in the kitchen, baking something for breakfast or snack. One particular night I had to bake for weekend event, and I calculated 3 dozen muffins and 2 cakes. I have never baked that much before! I was dreaming muffins in my head when I went to sleep. Anyway, so I baked a blueberry coffee cake last night, and it was yummy. Deloris always lets us take a little home with us!

It is such a treasure to hang out with the Blauen girls and Deloris. What a blessing to know such people! Here are some pics of the dorm. Next time I will get pics of the girls rooms, but I didn't want to disturb them during study hours.