Non-Famous Couples

 Ok so I realize my last blog post was in September. I officially stink at blog posts.

Instead of trying to update you on everything since then (so sorry), I will just tell you about an event that happened this past Monday. 

This past Monday, February 11, we held our dorm’s annual event, Famous Couples. For some reason though, this year the girls decided the past years’ events had been too ‘couply’ or something and wanted to change some things up and then call it Non-Famous Couples. So this past Monday, we held Non-Famous Couples at our dorm.

This year’s Non-Famous Couples looked like this:

The theme: Kid’s Birthday Party.

Who: 38 high schoolers, 19 girls, 19 boys.

Where: Wittlingen Dorm.

Decorations: Loads of streamers, balloons, and kid drawings.

Food: Popcorn, pigs in a blanket, veggies and dip, cupcakes, and soda floats.

Here’s out it went down: Each of our 19 girls had a guy invited over suggested by one of their friends. Neither girl nor guy knew who was going with whom.  The guy was just told to bring a certain article, like a teddy bear, and when he arrived, he would need to look for a girl who likewise had that article, say, a teddy bear; and wah-la—the two with the teddy bears would be a pair for the day.

The day was filled with fun activities! Our 8 senior girls got to plan most of the event.  And going with along with the desired theme of a Kid’s Birthday Party, our Non-Famous Couples was filled with musical chairs, pin the tail on the donkey, party hat making, and a piñata!! (The piñata being outside pretty much translated into a giant snowball fight).  Needless to say, it was a lot of fun (besides the fact that the stick we were using to hit the piñata broke in half, flew across the yard and stabbed me in the stomach. J haha).

 

First Week

School is back in gear!

All the girls are back!!

Plus 5 new girls!! We have 4 new sophomores and 1 junior, for a combined total of 21 students!  We also have a new RA, Sarah, who will be joining us in January. J

The school year started off with Flag Ceremonies on Tuesday, September 4.  It’s such a fun ceremony—always gives me chills: all the seniors line up and enter the auditorium carrying a flag that represents either where their parents are working/serving, their passport country, or where they have lived at one point.  In total, currently, there are 53 nations represented amongst the roughly 300 students that attend BFA.  That’s about the international demographics/statistics of APU, and there are thousands of students that attend there.  Isn’t that amazing?!  These students are so world-aware, and seeing them stand and represent all these different countries reminds me why they are here, and ultimately why I am here.  So many of the nations they come from do not offer the best educational resources for these kids, and it makes me so happy that they have a place like BFA to grow and learn.  

Come Friday, the school put on a Chillin’ and Grillin night where the students got to meet and greet with each other, play games, and enjoy some BBQ. 

Saturday, we loaded up our 3 vans and drove to a shopping center in France to do some school shopping.  Later, we ate some Malaysian curry and watched A Knight’s Tale in our newly decorated TV room. 

Sunday, after church, Kandern celebrated Budenfest, or the festival of new wine supposedly.  All the dorms went and got to eat bratwurst, schnitzel, and other German goodies.  And then later, the girls decided to celebrate my birthday (which was 3 weeks ago) with a chocolate cake and a tubbing—meaning they all picked me up and dumped me in an old tub full of water in the backyard. ;)

This is our newly remodeled TV room! 

Sarah, Emily, and I grocery shopping.  I don't think you're ever too old to sit on a cart. ;)

This is the first day when the 5 new girls arrived. There's the 3 of us RAs, and then 4 of 5 new girls. 

We played the game the Human Knot on the first night. :)

Opening Ceremonies. The 1st, 3rd, and 4th from the left are Witt girls.

Opening Ceremonies. 1st and 3rd are Witt girls.

The 2 in the middle are Witt girls at Opening Ceremonies.

Chillin' and Grillin'

Chillin' and Grillin'. Random boy popped into the picture.

All of our 8 seniors.

Over the weekend, a few girls and I painted our nails. 

Budenfest on Sunday.

Emily, Sarah, and I eating brats at Budenfest.

This is me getting 'tubbed' for my birthday celebration.  The all picked me up and dumped me in!

The whole gang: this was taken at our first dorm fellowship Sunday night. The girls might kill me for putting this up--many were in their pajamas and weren't so fond of taking a picture. ;P

This concludes the highlights of the first week of my second year!  

Easter-ness

We had a blast the weekend before Easter break!  Quite busy, but loads of fun. 

The weekend started off with a Talent Show the school put on.  Saturday, we all headed out to Lorrach for a full day of soccer games!  Burnt and Vitamin D filled from the sun, we all enjoyed a delicious meal in accordance with our theme of “What Would Jesus Eat.”  We prepared all kinds of grains, fish, bread, and fruits, and imagined we were eating right on the Sea of Galilee with Jesus 2000 years ago.  After dinner and clean up, we all resorted back to childhood and died about 100 eggs for our Easter egg hunt the next day!!

Come Sunday, we had a picnic after church on the school lawn by a creek and then drove to a nearby town called Schliegen to browse through their street fair.  Later that day, we finally had our grown-up-like version of an Easter Egg hunt.  We split the girls into 4 different teams, with 1 of our 4 seniors the head of each one.  Each team then had to find approximately 25 eggs.  Each egg had a letter on it.  Once they found all their eggs, they then had to play bananagrams with them.  (If you’ve never played bananagrams, the girls essentially had to make words out of their all their letters, with each word connecting to another—kind of looks like a crossword puzzle).  It was a blast!  Shorter-lived than I imagined, but a lot of fun.  Sometimes I wish I could be kid again; I loved those Easter egg hunts as a kid!

To finish the day, we prepared a Seder meal.  I had never heard of a Seeder meal before, but supposedly a Seeder meal, according to my dorm mom, represents Passover with each food item representing something (for example, the celery symbolizes the bitterness of slavery.  You should look up a Seeder meal.  Quite fascinating!).  I guess a true Seder meal last hours; ours only lasted about 15 minutes—just enough for the girls to get an idea of it).  Then we had a nice, big “Jesus” meal afterwards. 

Busy weekend, but lots of fun!