BFA Life Podcast

A second group of our new staff share stories of how they made it to Germany amidst the global health crisis brought on by COVID-19. God's hand moved mightily to bring them here and we hope these stories strengthen your faith.

We are back at the beginning of this school year with stories of how our new colleagues made it to Germany amidst the global health crisis brought on by COVID-19. God's hand moved mightily to bring them here and we hope these stories strengthen your faith. 

Jiska is a senior this year and a leader of the worship team here at BFA. She recently shared the disappointments she's experienced since the beginning of the COVID-19 response and the beauty of trusting God through it all. 

Nathan chats with Caleb, Lisa, and Sam about the ways BFA's athletics programs raise the value of the BFA student experience.

Listen to this compelling conversation with a leader in the field of educating, training, and caring for missionary families and their children. We talk about the unique perspectives and challenges that face missionary kids as well as ask many of our students about their lives as global citizens. If you would like to contact Michèle Phoenix, please visit www.michelephoenix.com.

Listen as Josh and Nathan glean wisdom and insight from these two long-time BFA former staff members. We will talk about the origin of some of BFA's core programs, transitions in vocational ministry, and about how God has led Art and Beckie over the years. If you would like to reach out to them, you can email artbeckiemelli@mac.com

Each year students get to visit WW1 trenches, a WW2 concentration camp, the beaches of Normandy, Florence, Rome, and Venice. Listen to students and staff reflecting on the field trips that contribute to the academic, social, spiritual, and philosophical development of our student body.

We gathered as many testimonies as we could with our new staff sharing about their journeys that ultimately brought them to BFA this year. 

For the last 3 years, Andi Custer and Shawn Newby have served BFA during our annual Spiritual Emphasis Week. Andi has been the speaker and Shawn has brought a worship team with him to lead our community in worship for the week.  Nathan and Josh got to sit down with them, along with Andi's wife Jen to talk about their experience having been BFAers in the early 2000s, their passion for the Gosp...

Josh sits down with our chaplains for the 2019-2020 school year to get insight into how God is reaching BFA students, and how they've been called to partner with Him. 

In this episode, get to know these sisters as they reflect on their upbringing, navigate transition, and dream about the future. 

In this episode, we sit down with Kat. She has a love for God, her friends, her family, and her island. 

He grew up as a white, christian male in apartheid and has given his life to reaching the world for Christ through education. Get to know the new Black Forest Academy Head of School who began his term service this past academic year. 

In this episode we unpack the meaning of graduation here at Black Forest Academy. Our guest speakers are Abby, class of '17, and a current senior named Liz. 

In this episode, the students who participated in Service Project Trips unpack their experiences and process how life might change as a result. 

BFA has been blessed for many years with Rich and Lynn Peachey as directors of our boarding program. In this episode we get to know the amazing new directors who will be stepping in at the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, Trey and Randi Israel.

BFA offers annual springtime opportunities for students to participate in a service project in locations all over the world. In this episode we ask six of our students to reflect on their experiences in places like Uganda, Russia, and Thailand. 

From the tribe to the classroom. In this, our first episode, we give you an inside peek into a life of a BFA student.