Thanksgiving

Hello Friends and Family,

Since my last blot post, we had another dorm parent weekend off, but rather than the normal 3-day weekend, they were gone for 5 days in Greece. By God's grace, we had help when we needed it, and I learned an important lesson of not biting off more than I could chew.

Because I'll be sending out an update letter to you all soon, I'll just give a bit of information in this post. First, tomorrow is when BFA celebrates Thanksgiving. It is a more neutral date for this international community than the Thursday of American TG. The Central Kitchen is providing the Turkey and mashed potatoes, but we are making all of the sides and dessert. It's been a blast! Today, I made my TG day favorite, corn pudding, and my first 3 pumpkin pies from scratch. :)

November is known for being the toughest month at BFA. While Spring semester has a 2-week Spring Break for students to spend some time with family and therefore to break up their long push, this semester has no such break. With the cloudy weather and the feeling that Christmas break is so far off, many of the students (and staff) become a bit down and edgy during this month. That made one recent conversation with one of my girls incredibly encouraging. As we sat and chatted on the couch in my room, one of my juniors encouraged me that I was exactly the answer to her prayers last year, and that she was so glad to have a staff member that she cold talk to. What a blessing, and what an affirmation in this dreary month. I'm really enjoying the chance to get to know these girls better as time goes on.

Thanks so much for all of your prayers.

Grace and Peace.