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Cheesecake 2009

October 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Every year around the time of Renee’s Birthday, my (Bernie’s) challenge is to make a Cheesecake of the Birthday Girl’s choice. I must say that this year’s choice was superb. Renee’ picked a Dulce De Leche Cheesecake with a Caramel topping. While it probably isn’t the prettiest looking cheesecake, I’ve ever made … it may very well have been the best tasting.

Good ingredients and good help are the key …
Ingredients

And of course we know the essential ingredient is Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese. Nothing else will do. We imported this for just this occasion.
The Key Ingredient

My first assistant was Cori’s Puppy who made sure that nothing edible was left on the floor.
Floor Cleaner Upper

Cori makes a lovely server.
The Lovely Assistant

And it was a delicious final product that we all enjoyed immensely.
Dulce De Leche

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Closing Down the House

May 1, 2009 By 1 Comment

This week I (Bernie) traveled to our team-mates Jeremy and Renee’ Bergevin‘s home in Bulgan, Mongolia. Jeremy and Renee’, along with their four little girls will be going to the States for a one year home assignment. They live in a beautiful home located in the serene pastoral setting of central Mongolia. Myself and two other team-mates helped to board up and shut down the house. Here are a couple of shots of our time there…

mongolized

So there is actually a word in Mongolian that would describe “creative jerry-rigging when you lack the proper tools and supplies to do a job the way a real carpenter (mechanic, plumber, et al) would do it”. It’s ” to Mongolize”. That’s what you’re seeing in this particular window. Bob the builder or Tim the tool-guy or whoever the latest carpenter-star happens to be on HGTV would have a fit. We were actually quite pleased…

… so we took a break on the front porch…
Chilling

… with Mongolian take-out …
Chilling

… seriously. That’s two bags of stir fry and 25 fried meat pies. Hold the fries.

You just can’t get good help anymore.

All of that to say, blessings on the Bergevin family! Have a great time in reconnecting with family and friends. We will miss you while you’re gone … and I don’t think anyone will be able to open your windows.

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Grand Opening

February 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment

We are officially open! After what has seemed like a really long wait, we are grateful to God for a successful grand opening. We just wanted to share a few photos for you from today. There will be more to come, plus a bit of video. This event has been fairly well publicized around town. The local news station was here, as well as our own C&MA video team. We heard from a representative from the Ulaanbaatar police department, a representative from the teaching community (one of our old language school teachers who has started her own business), as well as our own CAMA Mongolia director, Dennis Maves.

We’re excited and grateful to God for His help, direction and wisdom. Pray for us as the real work of making disciples moves ahead. We’re so grateful for all of the support, prayers and gifts that we have received from our partners!

Ribbon Cutting 1

Help

Onon

Bi

Meetings

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To Korea Then To Cold

January 23, 2009 By 2 Comments

Today we will actually have Friday Photos on Friday!

We have several pictures to share with you today. First, on our way back from the US we had to spend the night in Incheon, Korea (town near the Seoul airport). When we arrived at the airport to catch our flight back to Ulaanbaatar, we ran into a couple of families who are friends and whose kids go to school with our kids. Jonathan and Cori had a good time in the airport reuniting with friends.

Friends in the Korean Airport

Here are the MacBook twins …
Mac Rules, PC Drools

After arriving in Mongolia, the temps have dropped pretty drastically. This thermometer is right outside our window and is in reality about 15-20 degrees warmer than the actual outside temperature. This was in reality about what yesterday’s high was! I am personally happy that I have a new coat and hat…

today's high is...

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Anderson Stateside Holidays

January 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas and New Year holidays. We have spent the majority of our time so far in Tennessee with Mom and Dad Majors. We were at their home in Adamsville, TN for Christmas. Here are a few pictures taken during our gathering with them:
Majors Christmas

Cousins

Andersons

We all enjoyed time with parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, with good American Christmas cooking!

We spent New Years in Gatlinburg, TN. We were able to watch the fireworks and festivities from the balcony of our room. Here’s a shot a few minutes before mid-night.
New Years Eve, Gatlinburg

And the fun just keeps right on rolling…

After a stop in Chattanooga, TN (speaking in a church there), we head to Atlanta for our final couple of weeks with Mom and Dad Anderson (AKA, Grammy and Pop). We are looking forward to spending time relaxing and reacquainting with them before shipping back to Ulaanbaatar.

We appreciate your partnership with us!

We wish all of you a blessed 2009.

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Happy Reunions, Joyous Fellowship

December 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Last Sunday we had the opportunity to spend some time with new and old friends at Faith Community Church, our church home. It was a blessing to see so many friends. We reminisced and had the privilege to share our current life and ministry in Mongolia.

Below is the original group of folks that we joined with in 1993 to “restart” the Franklin church.

FCC Reunion w/o kids

Of course, at the time Jonathan was only a year old and our friends John and Darlena Fox’s son Jarod was about 6 or 7 and their daughter Emily was a newborn. None of the other folks in the picture above had children. Of course that’s changed somewhat since then.

FCC Reunion with kids

Finally, here is a shot of our family with David and Natanya Yoder and their family. David has taken on the job I used to have, pastoring the church in Franklin. We’re happy to be in joyous fellowship with Pastor Yoder, and look forward to years of working together – although on different continents, we serve the same purpose.

Anderson-Yoder

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