Last week, students and staff at BCA wrapped up 2012 with a beautiful and fun Christmas program, with the entire elementary performing The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Mrs. Amy Duncan, and the high school choir, directed by Miss Johanna Fessel, performing Christmas songs during intermission.
The ribbons and bows on the package were: a
joint choir production with a local Romanian Christian school...
...the staff
Christmas party...
...senior Christmas-grams, and the all-school Christmas
chapel on Friday. The secondary students even delivered gift baskets to
our new neighbors (in the snow!).
BCA Basketball team is off to a great 2-0 start under the direction of Coach Kooiman! They played at AISB Bucharest on Nov. 26, 2012 and showed great defense, team work and heart as they won 52-21!! Great job guys!!
Thanksgiving week was a most appropriate time for BCA to begin classes in our newly completed, very own building. We are truly thankful! The Lord has done amazing and wonderful things -- including using YOU to pray and give and share our cause with others.
Below is a link to a video that recaps our Opening Day ribbon-cutting and celebration. We hope your heart swells with joy as ours does when we remember the incredible journey the Lord has brought us through to this point, and the good things we know He still has in store for BCA.
The Big Move has officially begun! Now that our new building is complete, this week BCA staff and volunteers packed and began moving the school out of our rented building and into the school's first building of its own.
Next week, November 12-16, classes have been canceled and students are working on assignments at home while the move is completed. We are looking forward to a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the first day of classes in the new building: Monday, November 19.
Thank you to everyone who has prayed, given, believed, worked, and persevered. We serve a faithful God!
The Harvest Party is a fall tradition at BCA. Last month, the senior class and other secondary student volunteers again sponsored this after-school frenzy of games for elementary students and dinner for the BCA community.
In mid-September the secondary students of BCA had a retreat in Bran with guest speakers Debbie and Ken Cunningham. Debbie shared from the 7 "I am" Statements in John encouraging us in our relationships with Jesus and to grow more deeply in Him,
A video slide show of the retreat
Here are some things the students learned on the retreat:
--Nothing will happen in my life that God doesn't already know about
--I need to stop thinking about what I want and who I want to be, and be who God wants me to be
--I learned the importance of a devotional life and different ways to give glory to God
--That Jesus is the Bred of Life and just like we need bread to eat every day, we need God just as much
--I cannot do anything on my own
--Everything that happens will work out for a good purpose
--I saw I was longing for man's approval and not God's approval
--I learned that Jesus is in my life, and He is the only source of salvation
--The same power that rose Jesus from the dead, lives in me
--I need to make a difference in others' lives because of how God has blessed me though a knowledge of Himself.
Here are the latest pictures of progress on the inside of the new building! Things are moving along. Pray that there we could get a lot done on the inside of the building this summer!
On May 9, 2012 the BCA Class of 2012 had their senior chapel. Each graduating senior was invited to come and share for a few minutes on what BCA has meant to them and any challenge or advice for their fellow students. Enjoy the following testimonies of God's grace and challenges to follow after Jesus!
Cameron Smith will be attending Biola University,
in CA.
Marie Kim will be returning to Korea for university.
Abby Mitchell will be attending Taylor University in IN.
Rebekah York will be attending Eastern Mennonite University in VA.
Ji Eun Lee will be returning to Korea for university
Samuel Park will return to Korea for university.
Daniela Popa will be attending Oral Roberts University in OK.
Each year the senior class raises money for their trip by having students vote with money for who should get a wipped cream pie in the face. Here are two films from this years contest
Lots of progress on the building with steps and a fire escape up and ready to use. We are praying for the building to be completed this summer, and that we would receive the occupancy permits by this fall. Please pray with us for these things! It is exciting to see all the progress!
The snow is long gone and work is proceeding again!
