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Winter 2023
Mushroom
Retreat hike
Playing Ball
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Classroom
Math 8
Middle School Fall Party
Fall Party
Family Day
Christmas Market
Merry Christmas
Final Exam
Kenyan Pastors
Kenyan Pastors receiving Bibles
Partner Work
Spring - Summer 2023
Getting Ready
Hiking with Ami
Visiting Rebekah
Lessons from Hans
Hiking with Daddy
Favorite Stuffy
Babies and Blackberries
Happy 1st Birthday!
Hot summer days
Christian, Lorelei, and David
David on the steam train
Zoe and I at All Staff Conference
Fall - Winter 2022-2023
Summer 2022
Spring 2022
Birthday Weekend in Lucern
View over Lucern
Covered Bridge with Friends
Photo-bombing Karen's picture
Lucern
Lake Lucern
M.S. Student/Staff Basketball
M.S. Girls vs. Staff
M.S. Boys vs. Staff
Orphan Home in Kenya
The elderly couple on right w/ director
Home sponsored by our church
Math 8 Presentations
Sunset in Slovenia
Slovenia
Spring Hike
Spring Hike
Science 7 Making Soap
Science 7 Making Soap
TeachBeyond End-of-Year Picnic
Recognized for a total of 10 years at BFA
Recognizing Ivy for 5 years at BFA
7th Grade Fair
Closing Chapel
Baby Shower
Graduation
Graduation
Winter 2021 - 2022
Hiking in the Rain: Church Retreat
Black Forest
Resource Students
Middle School Spirit Week: Book Character
Christian finds Christian
Christmas Market in France
Eating out in France with Lorelei, Rebekah and friends
Christmas Market in France
Math 8 (In-Class Support)
Fall 2021
Schluchtensteig Hike with Karen
Schluchtensteig Hike with Karen
Schluchtensteig Hike with Karen
M.S. Resource Escape Room
Karen's Birthday
Second hike with Karen - Path marker from 1867
Second hike with Karen
Second hike with Karen, who likes to greet the cows
M.S. Resource Writing a Summary together
Summer 2021
BFA's Academic Support Team 2020-2021
ASD Supervisors - Cara, Becky, Ivy
Happy Graduation to one of my students!
BFA's Graduating Class of 2021
One of my students with her family
One of my students with his family
Enjoying the sunny whether
Hike with Christian, Karen, and our nephew
Hike with Christian, Karen, and our nephew
Hike with Christian, Karen, and our nephew
Hike with Christian, Karen, and our nephew
Hike with Christian, Karen, and our nephew
Family Day
Family Day
Family Day
Happy 1st Anniversary!
Happy 1st Anniversary!
Happy 1st Anniversary!
Happy 1st Anniversary!
Happy 1st Anniversary!
Happy 1st Anniversary!
Family Reunion
Almost got eaten!
Games with Mom and Grandma
California Reception
Kayaking with Mom and Sisters
Arizona Sunset
Spring 2021
Birthday Hike
Birthday Hike
Karen (M.S. Teacher)
All Saints Abby
Our Mountain Hut
Birthday Celebration
BFA Good Friday Service
Good Friday
Good Friday
Good Friday
Good Friday
Spring Walk
Spring Walk
Kandern Spring
Middle School Spirit Week
Winter 2020
Snow in School - Staff Surprise!
Sweatpants Day - School Principal
First Snow
Kandern Nativity
First Snow
Door Decorating in December
Middle School Student
Winter Wonderland
BFA
BFA
"Remote" Learning on Campus - Blauen Dorm
"Remote" Learning - Palm Dorm
Jana and Brandon - Raising Support to come 2021-2022
Joy - New ELL Teacher
Online Learning w/ Heather*
Winter Hike
Return to Campus!
Back in Class
Biology
Fall 2020
Middle School Resource
Flag Ceremony
My Senior
Flag Ceremony
2020-2021 BFA Staff
Welcoming back the students
Worldviews: Senior Class
Welcome Assembly
First Day of School
Christian becoming an official member of NIC
Thank You from Parent
German Squirrel
Wiedmann Bible Exhibit
New Friend in Freiburg
Summer 2020
Flowers on Hike
Hiking
Hiking with Karen
Graduation
Graduation
Graduation
Remote Learning
Middle School Pet Day
Graduation
Legal Wedding - Standesamt
Signing the Paperwork
Legally Married!
Social Distancing
BFA Wedding Reception
Church Ceremony
Prayer with Bridesmaids
Church Ceremony
Wedding Party and Parents
Spring 2020
Empty Streets
Shops closed due to COVid-19
Teaching American Literature Remoting
Quiet Hallways at School
Sent a postcard and chocolate to our pastor's family
Home Office
Happy Easter
Hiking with Karen
Social Distance Hike w/ Christian's Parents
Springtime in the Black Forest
Hiking
Abstand Halten! (Stay 1.5 m apart)
Everything will be OK
Kandern Businesses
Solidarity
Juniors and Seniors Return - Photo Credit BFA
New Class Setup - Photo Credit BFA
Library - Photo Credit BFA
Winter 2019
Supporting our students with autism
ELL Class Observation
Ivy's 26th Birthday
Traveling around Germany with my mom
Mom in Germany
Old Buildings
Visiting a Christmas Market
Christian and I
Christmas Decorations
Christian's Birthday
Last dinner with my mom
Last Dinner together
Newly Engaged
Announcing my engagement to my small group
Ring
Engagement Photo
Resource Student
Frankfurt with Crystal
History Class Observation
Spirit Week
Spirit Week
Fall 2019
Fall Sunset
New bike. Rode it twice before the weather got too cold.
3k Race
Race team
Karen (middle school math) walking her cat
St. Blasien, largest dome outside of Italy
Inside St. Blasien
Cool car
Real fairytale mushrooms
Tessa and I resting on our hike
11th Grade trip to Normandy
12th grade trip to Rome
Spiritual Emphasis Week
Spiritual Emphasis Week
Cross Country boys with their trophy
Stephen Spanjer (sharing at a Reformation conference)
Summer 2019
Spring 2019
Small Group Girls
Hot Coco on H.S. Retreat
Mexican Food!
H.S. Retreat
Small Group Photo
Ice Cream!
Scheibenfeuer
Mallorca
Mallorca with Lorelei
The caves
In the caves
Mallorca Coast
Mountain Town
The Fort
The Tower
Cooking Class
Staff Appreciation Night
Women's Retreat
Women's Retreat
Women's Retreat
Women's Retreat
Prague Zoo with Nephew
Prague Zoo with nieces
Prague Zoo with Nephew #2
Ronny (brother-in-law) and I at ICEC Prague
Leading a workshop on writing IEP goals
Prague Clocktower
Feeding the Monkeys in France
Mmm. Pop Corn!
Hiking with the Macomber's
Winter 2018
Happy Thanksgiving
Christmas Market
German Village
Christmas Market
Reading with Benjamin
Visiting Benjamin (and his parents)
Costco! First time in the USA!
The 3 Shastas
Visiting the burn area
Dinner together
My driving skills
Tall Trees
Patrick's Point (Pacific Ocean)
Sunset over the Pacific
American Christmas Lights
Merry Christmas
German Cookies
Grandma and Evan
I think I got Nathan the right gift!
Opening Presents
With the Thompsons
Family time
Walking with Parents
Clear Creek
Hike with Parents
Childhood friends
Last time "home"
Waiting to Return to his homeland
Snow in Kandern
Painting for fun
Escape Room with the Linders
Mission Schwarzwald: Complete!
High School Production: The Miracle Worker
Resource with Juniors
Teaching Piano 1 the Minuet
Minuet?
Fall 2018
Opening Ceremony
Small Group: First Day of School
Cara and I: Ready to Go!
My Senior!
Small Group Girls: Spiritual Emphasis Week
Worship in Chapel
Fall Party: Bell and a Raven
Head of Schools "Dunk Tank"
Maleficent and her Raven
Target Practice
Pumpkin Carving Silliness
Pumpkin Carving
Fall Hike on our Church Retreat
First Snow in the Mountains
NIC Retreat: John Speaking
NIC Retreat: Lunch
NIC Retreat: Games
Fall Colors
Summer 2018
Ivy's first time to Sausenburg
Hiking with Christian
Hunting-stand (about 2 stories high)
Last Small Group Outing
Eis Cafe
And then there was that time...
Class of 2018
Too Cool Now!
His School Grads!
Rebecca and Rebekka
Chillin' on the swings
Lake Tahoe with Parents
Hiking by the Lake
Waterfalls by Lake Tahoe
Fransens
Bentons
Grandma
Thompsons
Receiving gifts of love, support, and encouragement.
Spring 2018
High School Retreat: Small Group Girls
Small Group Time
Games
Dinner with Friends
Chocolate Cake we can all eat!
Sheep Crossing
Karen and I in Ireland
Irish Coast near Dublin
Christ's Church
Northern Ireland Coastline
Northern Ireland Coastline
Rope Bridge to an Island
Dunluce Castle
Ashford Castle
Ashford Castle
Home where Quiet Man was filmed
May was 6 when her parent's home was used for the film
Kylemore Abby
Cribbage and Cafe with Christian
Little German Village
Cloister
Christian and I
with Christian and his sister
Heidelberg Castle
Cherry Blossoms
Spring Blooms
Buttercups
Sunshine and Spring!
Enjoy the worm weather
Spring Blooms
Middle School Chapel
Algebra 2
French
Chemistry
Anatomy and Physiology
Sunset over Kandern - Picture by BFA Advancement
Winter 2017
Christmas Banquest
Christmas Banquet
Christmas Banquet Selfie
Impromptu lesson on the phases of the moon
Snowy Day
Snowy Day
Trip to Strasbourg Christmas Market
Nativity Sets at the Christmas Market
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg
Strasbourg Tree
Painted some Christmas cards
Opening stockings and gifts from my sisters
Christmas Day
Amazing Sunset
Rachel - Sporting her new hair cut
Emily - Staff Dinner
Crystal and I ready to watch Swan Lake (a birthday gift from her to me)
Valentine's Day
Last Home Game
Poetry Analysis
Intermission Crowd
Fiddler on the Roof
Tevye
Bottle Dancers
Fiddler
Fall 2017
Ivy - New ELL Teacher
Opening Ceremonies
Staff on the first day of school
Welcome by the Head of School
First Day of Their Senior year!
Fall Weather
Pottery Market
Local Pottery
Local Pottery
Local Pottery
Fall Colors are beginning
Fall Colors
Flat Stanley came to Resource
Flat Stanley in the Black Forest
Resource Staff Lunch
Resource Staff Lunch
Canyon!
Church Retreat
Ivy and My Mom
No Hands!
Hands!
Reformation Day Walk
Summer 2017
Good-Bye Hike with Johanna
Good-Bye Hike with Elizabeth
Sausenburg Castle Ruins
Basel Zoo with Christian and his nephew
Babysitting
My Pastor's Girls
The Hiking Begins
Amazing Views in Northern Italy
We are still happy hikers
Venice Area - Burano Island
St. Mark's
Romance
Christian joined us for a few days in Venice
Croatia
Amazing Dalmatian Food (not the dog, the region)
Zagreb Church
Boat Ride on Lake Como
Lake Como Villa
Lake Como Villa
Lemon Soda - More lemon juice than sugar
Almost the end
Spring 2017
Juniors!
The student I dressed as...
Job well done!
Half-way there...
My small group girls did a fantastic job!
Enjoying the wildlife park
Christine and I (my supervisor)
The Gathering
The Gathering
Small Group Campfire
Small Group Bonfire
Kandern in the Spring
Kandern in the Spring
Spring Hike
Spring Hike
On top of a Castle with Johanna
Hollenzollern Castle - Prussian
Hollenzollern Castle
Wollbach's 1250 Anniversary
Traditional Dress
Winemakers Club
Men's Singing Club having fun!
CSK - Christian School Kandern (BFA bilingual elementary school)
Kandern Sunset
A Day on the Bodensee (Lake Constance)
Old Town
Last Small Group
Graduation
Good-Bye Hike w/ Elizabeth
Miette (Crystal's Birthday dinner)
Winter 2016
Emma, my intern
Math Class
Making Advent Wreaths at Church
Jamie's Birthday
Rachel's Birthday Dinner
BFA Christmas Banquet with Johanna
Fall 2016
Trip up the mountain with some awsome teachers
First Small Group of the Year!
Fall Party: FalCon
Freshmen Team Mtg
Hike in the Alps with Church friends: NIC Retreat
BFA 60th Birthday Celebration
Summer 2016
Good-bye Germany (for the summer)
Hanging with Rachel at London Heathrow
Maybe I should go to California for the summer...
Visiting with Carol
Back with Jasmine and Kayla
Spring 2016
Birthday Hike
H.S. Retreat: Small Group
ICEC Conference: Tim Shuman ACSI
ICEC: Missionary Teachers to remote field in Africa (C&MA and Pioneers Partnership)
ICEC: Workshop
ICEC: Turning the Gym into a dinining area
French Chateau: 3 day trip to France with Crystal
Crystal (took me on a birthday trip)
Entering the Chateau
Old Church
Vezelay
Vezelay Church
Auxerre, France
Math Activity Day
Math Activity Day
Math Activity Day
Cherry Blossoms
Enjoying the Cherry Blossoms
Crystal and the Blossoms
One Foot in Germany - One Foot in Switzerland
German Big Bird?
"Danube Well"
Titisee, Black Forest, Germany
WWI Trenches
WWI Trenches
Last Small Group
Graduation
My Graduating Senior
My Graduating Senior
My Graduating Senior
Winter 2015
The Gathering: Monthly Dinner
Teaching Algebra
Having fun...
High School Christmas Banquet
Small Group Christmas Party
Swiss Alps
Christmas Morning
Surprising my family
Home in Redding
My nephew and his new guitar
My Niece
Kitchen Toys
Other Nephew
Working with a student
Martzell (up the mountain from Kandern)
Fall 2015
2015-2016 BFA Staff: High School, Middle School, Boarding Program, and Support Staff
Student Body President giving an welcome address to students and staff
IKEA trip with new staff friend
Impact Day: Clearing gutters
Impact Day
Fall Party: Old Town Fair
Fall Party: Dorm Staff
Lunch with Small Group Girls
Fleiskäse - Traditional German Food. Literal Translation: "Meatcheese"
Small Group Pumpkin Carving
Festive Pumpkins
Fall!
Badenweiler Castle
Spectacular Fall Colors
The Resource Team: James, Barb, Myself, and Elsie
Visiting the sixth grade resource class
James with some of his seventh and eighth graders
Observing Barb with some of her eighth graders
Summer 2015
Last dance class given to my middle schooler
Dorm Subbing at Sonne
BFA Graduating Class of 2015
We Conquered Hochblauen
Stadtlitag: Kandern
Parents came to visit me and Europe!
Time with my mom
Exploring Prague
Fun Hiking
Exploring Castles
Good-Bye
Spring 2015
Amsterdam Central Station
The Hiding Place
Tulips and Van Gogh
Holland Windmill
Kandern Train Ride
Ready to Ride
Natural History Museum, Basel (I found Manny!)
Debbie (my supervisor and school psychologist)
Karmyn (my senior)
Winter 2014-2015
Freiburg Christmas Market with Ahna and Johanna (English and Music teachers)
Dinner with Friends
Janz-Team Chalet in Adelboden, Switzerland
First Hike: Up the trail with Johanna (music teacher)
At the waterfall
Alps!
At the cross, at the top
Sliding on top of the Alps!
After the snow in Adelboden.
Ski Tree
Colmar, France
Basel with the Beckers
Cathedral in Mulhouse, France
First Good Snow
Sparklers
And Fireworks!
Beautiful church seen on our hike
High School Resource Teachers
Black Forest Academy Middle School
Middle School Resource
Kandersteg
Hiking with Staff
Front of BFA
Working with a student
Birthday Hike: View of the Alps
Birthday Hike
Birthday Dessert with Sweet Friends
Fall 2014
HS Fall Party: Avenge's Black Widow
HS Fall Party: The Fines come as escaped convicts
Impact Day: Progress being made
German Village
Burg Rötteln
Burg Rötteln
Flowers still in bloom
Basel, Switzerland
Theme of Thanksgiving at my Church
Field Trip to Consentration Camp
Field Trip to Consentration Camp
Field Trip to Consentration Camp
Crystal: Neighbor and Missionary with GEM (Greater Europe Mission)
Herbstmesse (Fair in Basel that BFA takes all the students to)
Basel nightline
BFA Students performing High School Musical
Boys and there food
Happy Thanksgiving at Sonne
Best Dorm Subs!
Headed to Palmgarten for Thanksgiving number 2!
Thanksgiving Dinner Number 2
Girls and Food
Palm Girl
Break in the Rain
Summer 2014
Black Forest Academy Main Campus
TeachBeyond Commissioning Service
My front door is open. The large double doors lead to Greater European Mission (GEM) offices.
Open living room/kitchen
Living Room
Resource Room
Holtzen
Kandern
Sunset over Kander