Another weekend at BFA!

It seems that there is always SOMETHING going on in the BFA community on the weekends! It's a nice way to catch up with other staff members, connect with a certain group of students and enjoy the activities of BFA.

This last weekend had busy moments, but also had times of rest and relaxation. Friday started out with Heather and I going to a student led worship night. It was an amazing night of worshiping with the students. These kids are super gifted in music and have hearts longing to know Christ more. Not only was it a time of great worship, it was an encouraging time to see these kids pour out their hearts to their Creator.

After the worship night Heather's small group girls came back to our apartment for a sleepover! It was fun to have the girls over. They played pit, had fondue and then watched a few movies. It is great to be able to have a place for these different dorm/home students to come together and have a night of just them.

Heather had made them chocolate/powdered sugar covered croissants for breakfast before they left. Having a few left over, and knowing how to make my absolute favourite cup of coffee, she brought me breakfast in bed! What an awesome roommate I have!

Once the girls had gone home on Saturday and the house was quiet once again, Heather and I found a link to watch our girls basketball team play in the European Championship Finals! It was an intense game that kept us on the edge of our seats until the final buzzer went off. The girls lost 37-36 in literally the LAST second of the game. While it would have been amazing for them to bring home 1st in their first time ever going this far, we are very proud of the girls for bringing home second!

The remainder of the weekend was very restful as I spent time reading a new novel, had the opportunity to worship at G5 and was able to get a few good naps in.

To end off a great weekend, we spent Sunday evening playing guitar and piano. While that sounds pretty normal on a Sunday for Heather and I, it was in fact quite different. I was playing the piano, and Heather was playing the guitar! The last few days we have spent teaching each other chords on the opposite instrument. Last night we were even able to play through some songs! It was indeed a great way to end the weekend.

Encouragement from afar...

This morning as always, I went and got the mail at the Post. I sorted through staff and student mail, along with bills and advertisements. There were about 10 envelopes left over that were only addressed to the school. As I do with any other mail like this I opened it up to see what it was.

The first letter said:

Hello, 

My name is April. I’m 6 years old in the first grade at "name of school". We learn about God every day. Each week we have chapel where our class will be saying a special prayer for your school. We want you to be encouraged about all the great things God can do for you.

God Bless you,

April

I read the other various letters that came in, and all were alike. They were from different aged students in Alabama who had chosen to write to our school in Germany for Heritage Day. So while I look for classes/teachers to hopefully write back to these American students, I can't help but be encouraged that there is a class of first graders who are praying for our school and the good work God is doing here.

A wonderful night at BFA!

Last night there was a lot going on at BFA! We had our basketball teams playing, there was a huge book swap in the auditorium, and the Junior Class had a coffee house fundraiser! I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in all of the activities at school last night!

As I told some of you in an update this past week I am continually amazed by the talented students we have. We don't just have athletes or musicians, we have students who are both! I remember seeing one student in particular open at the coffee house with some great guitar playing/singing and then saw him an hour later dribbling a basketball down the court! I am so thankful that our students don't have to chose between or another, BFA allows them opportunities to excel in both.

I have missed spending time drinking coffee and listening to live music. It was a wonderful treat to be able to do that last night while listening to our students play and sing! While I know it was a lot of work for them to put that on last night, I hope they do it again sometime!