Prospective student

Tonight was our last home basketball game. Here is our youngest spectator...."Come on Falcons! You can do it!"

"Go BFA!"

Tim interviewing the prospective student(whose older sister was playing basketball tonight)

Black Forest Academy from the air

Here are some photos of BFA taken from a helicopter. Our campus consists of three buildings: the one with the silver roof consists of classrooms, studios, offices, and a library. The red-roofed building houses our gymnasium, central kitchen, cafeteria, and auditorium. The gray-roofed building contains classrooms, offices, and a student center.

BFA Skate Night

On Friday night our High School went skating at an outdoor rink in Basel (Switzerland). Many of our students know a lot more about playing soccer than ice skating because of where they grew up! However, they had fun trying a new sport, some of them for the first time! The locals must have wondered what happend because there were so many of us and we kind of took over the whole rink!

BFA Skate Night cont.

Hannah, Christa, and Esther

Tyler and mom

Tyler and Tim

Christa and Esther

I took a drive....

This past week I had an appointment in the nearby town of Badenweiler and took a few pictures......
that's France in the background, German orchards in the wintertime in the foreground.

Church in Badenweiler


Castle ruins in Badenweiler

Back to college....

We took Luke to Zurich on Wednesday, January 2, only to find that his flight had been cancelled! Can you imagine the chaos when a huge plane cancels an international flight....at high season?! We were initially told by our airline that Luke would not be able to get another flight until 4 days later! But then later in the day we found out that they had a seat for him in Business Class the next day(Thursday). So.....we were able to spend an extra day with him which was wonderful! And....he flew Business which he had never experienced before! And...because of flying Business he was allowed more weight, so I stuffed more "stuff" in his suitcase. And...because of flying Business he was able to spend his 6 hour layover in D.C. in the Red Carpet Lounge!

Our last evening together before Luke headed back to Taylor University.

HAPPY NEW YEAR from Germany!

Shortly before midnight on New Years Eve our town comes alive! 100's of people come out to set off their fireworks. It is very loud and very smoky and a whole lot of fun!


Tyler setting off a bottle rocket!

New Years Eve

Hanging out with friends until midnight approaches!

KD hanging out with Luke

What a great Christmas we've had having Luke home with us. He leaves to go back to college on January 2.

Christmas at our house

Seen around Kandern

Taken today in the town where we live......

Why we love Basel.....

Today we spent the afternoon in Basel, Switzerland - a 25 minute drive from our house. What a great city! And its even more beautiful at Christmastime!

Basel some more.....