Whenever I (Chrissy) am frustrated about something that is out of my control or going crazy because I can’t find a certain object, Chris will often look at me and ask “Where are you right now?”   The conversation will usually go something like this….. Chris: Where are you right now? Chrissy:  (getting as narrow as possible) In [...]

Every year the National Honor Society students at BFA plan a group service project. This year they decided to do a repeat event at our elementary school by organizing a Valentine’s party. Chrissy is the adviser for the NHS chapter at our school.  Her and the NHS officers came up with the theme “Love [...]

At BFA we are blessed with a warm and tight community that provides comfort, friendly assistance, helping hands and listening ears. Students are cared for at school and their home in the dorms, and those typically seperate areas aren’t so here. This creates a consistent and protected environment in which to grow and learn. I [...]

The BFA basketball season is still going on and this year we have put together a new cheering squad. It’s the 1-3 year old staff kids!  The front of their shirt says “BFA KID” and the back says “GO FALCONS!” The home games continue to be a highlight on Friday nights. The kids mostly enjoy the [...]

Our church at BFA is going through a series of messages by Pastor Harrop that all relate to how church should be. Speaking to the choir is he? To a crowd of missionaries that depend on churches to be where they are? Well I just bumped into these to blog posts that fit hand in hand with [...]

School is back and in full swing and Chris had his Smallgroup over for dinner. Chrissy made yummy Spinach and Tortellini soup for the guys. Chris’s co-leader was back from visiting his new grandchild and we where an almost complete round of 11 guys. (one guys had another meeting) We kicked off the year with a few [...]

Some of our family members called us  about the news of a “big snow storm” in Germany and wondered how we were.  We live more in the south of the country , so we didn’t get  too much snow.  But it was just enough to have fun with. Jonathan actually liked the snow this year.  He [...]

Even though this happened a few weeks ago, I thought I would write a post about it anyway, because it’s one of those things that you may not see in the states. What do you do with your Christmas tree when Christmas is done? Here in our town we have a Christmas tree pick up day.  One [...]

On New Year’s Eve 2001 Chris and I had our first date.  We went out for fondue and then to a friend’s house. In honor of that first date, we have made a tradition of having fondue on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s day with friends or family. This year we had a fondue [...]

This is always a nice time of year when “old” faces start showing up around school and town. Many alumni stopped by BFA on their way home for the holidays. Some of their visits were just too short. Here is one of the alumni gatherings that we went to. A few guys from Chris’ small [...]

A few days after Christmas we had our annual holiday get together with our family in town.  We gathered with Tim and Sandee and family (Chris is Tiim’s nephew) and Tony and Melody and family (Melody is Sandee’s neice). We had a delicious meal of soup, homemade bread and vegies.  THen we played a fun game [...]

We learned quickly how much “fun” it is to take pictures with a genuine two year old.  I thought it would be funny for you to see the results of the fun we had trying to take our Christmas picture. The final result……   Merry Christmas from us to you!

Our little boy turned two last weekend! To celebrate the occasion, Chris’ parents “Oma and Opa” came for the weekend on their way to the USA.  They took a train from Austria and arrived Thursday night and then left early Tuesday morning.  We planned on having a little birthday play time in the gym at school [...]

THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving day we had a nice dinner with other m’s that are here with our same agency.  We had missed a previous turkey dinner at the dorm a week before (due to the quarantine), so we were looking forward to this one.  The food was great and it was nice to be together. CHRISTMAS BANQUET The following [...]

A few weeks ago we had a week of rain and cloudy skies every day. The weather was miserable! Finally the sun came out and I realized that I had not taken any pictures of Jonathan in the fall leaves. So, a friend and I went for a walk around town and I [...]