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BLACK FOREST ACADEMY
Black Forest Academy is a boarding school
for missionaries’ children located in Kandern, Germany. It celebrated its 50th anniversary
in 2006 and is one of the most prominent and established MK schools in the world.
I attended BFA as a student in the 80s and
found it to be more than just an educational institution with high academic standards
and international recognition. It is a safe place where students can gain a sense
of belonging, a deeper understanding of themselves and their faith, and social interaction
with likeminded peers—all vital elements in the development of teenagers, particularly
those most acutely affected by a life on the mission field.
I returned to BFA in 1991 and have spent
the intervening years teaching, directing, and nurturing the students I’ve come
to love so dearly. As I wrote in “Shards of Shell,” MKs are a multi-faceted amalgam
of innocence and world-weariness, contradictory in their fragility and strength.
They are endearing, bright and complex, and working with them is both a calling
and a reward. All the struggles I faced as the child of missionaries, the challenges
I failed and the hurdles I overcame, have found their completion in my work with
the young people who live and learn in this unique and inspiring place.
For more information about Black Forest
Academy, please click on the following link:
Black Forest Academy
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