Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
7 5 Seniors graduated from Black Forest Academy on June 12th. Over the weekend, hundreds of students traveled, some to the country where they will begin college, some to the country where their parents work or minister, and some to their passport country. All of my students are enjoying their summer break. The good-byes have been said. All of their resource room progress reports have been written and sent home This week, the BFA staff will come together to accomplish a number of construction projects and deep-cleaning tasks around the school campuses and dorms. On Thursday, there will be a year end bar-b-que before many of them also leave for the summer, for a year of home assignment, or for a more permanent time. This year has ended well.
Side Notes...
Summer Plans? Several of you are already wondering about my summer plans. I will be staying in Europe this summer. In June and August, I will be working at BFA, mostly in my office preparing for next year and creating the Resource Room Manual. I will also be working with my immediate supervisor to determine what changes we might like to make to help improve the resource program. I will be working with the math department head to create a specialized Algebra course for one of my students. And I will be serving in the front office for one week to help cover during the time when the office staff are gone. In the middle of all this is JULY! And my parents are coming to Europe! They have offered to bring me along with them on their travels. We will be visiting Vienna, Prague, and parts of Bavaria, before they come here to Kandern at the end of their time.
Just a note about newsletters: I will take the summer off from writing monthly updates and will post the next one near the end of August or beginning of September. Feel free to email me if you want to hear how things are going over the summer.
Please Pray...
For my grandfather's health and relationship with Jesus
For safety in the summer travels of myself and my parents
For the students time at home with their families
For the work I would like to accomplish to prepare for next year
For another resource teacher to still be hired
For a refreshing summer for all, so that we are ready for what the next school year will bring
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