Chris and Sarah serve in Germany, where Chris is the HR Manager at Black Forest Academy (BFA). There are 25 new staff arriving at BFA at the end of July. Pray for them as they raise support and prepare for the move. Pray for Chris as he will be involved in their orientation and staff training days. Praise God that Chris and Sarah are feeling more settled in their church and have been able to get to know the pastors and others better recently. They have also started hosting a home group for those living on their side of the border and are praying that more people would join the group and that they can support and encourage each other well. They will be coming to the UK for a month over the summer. Please pray for them as they take a break, catch up with family, and visit a couple of churches and supporters.

Chris and Sarah serve in Germany, where Chris is the HR Manager at Black Forest Academy (BFA). They have been getting to know the students from one of the dorms, whose families serve across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Recently the school chaplaincy team organised a weekend away in Switzerland with all the high school students and the chaplains, mentors and other staff. Sarah was invited to go along to lead a senior girls’ (Year 13) small group. Praise God for a great weekend of teaching, worship, games and beautiful scenery, and a good reminder that BFA prioritises the spiritual formation of these young people, many of whom wouldn’t have local churches or youth groups to attend where their parents are working.  Pray for Sarah as she continues to offer coaching and debriefing to AIM missionaries via Zoom and is looking for more ways to get plugged into local opportunities

Chris and Sarah Power serve in Germany, where Chris is the HR Manager at Black Forest Academy (BFA). This year BFA has 178 staff from the US, Canada, South Korea, Germany and other places in Europe. The 269 students represent almost 60 different countries from around the globe. Around 85% of these students come from families engaged in mission work and it’s a blessing for the Powers to be part of a ministry that truly has a global reach! In addition to their roles, Chris & Sarah are “dorm friends”, supporting the dorm parents of a boys’ dorm. Twice a month on Friday evenings they join the dorm as they eat together and then hang out with the 20 boys, aged between 15 and 18 years old. As you can imagine, the dorm parents appreciate the extra help. It’s been fun for Chris & Sarah, meeting the boys and hearing where they have come from – Russia, Turkey, Spain, Kenya, the Middle East… Pray for these boys as they are away from their families and as Chris and Sarah get to know them and point them to Jesus.