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<a href="mailto:webcontact@johnandleah.com">webcontact@johnandleah.com</a>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-25094901784087645502009-01-14T14:48:00.002-05:002009-01-14T14:52:43.768-05:00Happy New Year!Hi everyone, it's 2009 and we're so thankful for all of God's blessings on our family. Things are going great, the kids are growing so fast, and we're just trying to keep pace. Please forgive me for my tardiness in updating this Web site, but please continue to take a look at the pictures in the Flickr.com feed on the right-hand side of the page. We update those regularly! I can't say so much forJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-10040365819154726842008-04-30T22:22:00.002-04:002008-04-30T22:28:07.330-04:00April NewsletterDear Friends and Family,The last four months have been a whirlwind of activities and growth in our family! We had a very scary experience in January with Rowen in the hospital battling RSV, as many of you knew and prayed about, Christie celebrated her second birthday in March, and Rowen is now six months old! The Lord is so good to us!Respiratory Syncytial VirusOn New Year’s Eve 2007, Rowen was Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-70503206715227840392007-12-19T22:14:00.000-05:002007-12-19T22:28:01.472-05:00Happy Christmas!We continue to be thankful to the Lord for blessing us so richly this year! Rowen and Christie are doing very well and are both growing so quickly! Rowen is almost 7 pounds. Christie is a big helper and loves to participate in household duties like laundry, cooking, or attending to baby Rowen. Our sleep continues to be interrupted every three to four hours during the night, but that should Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-28975026203176380142007-11-21T18:54:00.000-05:002007-11-21T18:59:39.526-05:00Rowen is home!Rowen is finally home and is doing very well. Just in time for Thanksgiving! She's up to 4 pounds 10 ounces and is eating well. Praise the Lord!Christie enjoyed meeting her little sister for the first time today. She was very interested in her and wanted to see her up close. She really wanted to give Rowen back her pacifier, which had fallen out. How cute!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-19288478523936190872007-10-17T14:39:00.000-04:002007-10-18T11:57:27.438-04:00Rowen Min AndersonWe're proud to announce the early, but not so surprising, birth of our new baby daughter, Rowen Min Anderson! She was delivered by C-Section, October 17th, at 2:39 p.m. She weighs 3 pounds 8 ounces. Praise the Lord that both baby and Mom are healthy and doing fine!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-6827918189368678132007-08-13T18:43:00.000-04:002007-10-18T12:07:04.360-04:00Summer Missions Wrap-upI returned two weeks ago from our second mission trip of the summer, this one to Norfolk, Virginia. We had a great time and were able to accomplish several much-needed construction projects. The students all worked hard and were a great witness to those we were serving with their good attitudes.I could describe the trip to you, but I'd rather let the students tell about their experiences in theirJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-74745347252945218712007-07-18T16:14:00.000-04:002007-07-31T22:24:31.024-04:00Back from NYC, off to Virginia!We returned last Saturday from a fantastic week in New York City, ministering and watching God work. All of the students did a wonderful job and were a pleasure to lead. Us adults were all exhausted by the end of the trip, but the Lord gave us an extra measure of strength to keep up with the young'uns.We traveled to Baltimore, MD on Friday, staying overnight at Long Green Baptist Church and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-73063493872380603392007-06-28T14:30:00.000-04:002007-06-28T15:08:05.555-04:00Off to New York City!Tomorrow morning, I'll leave for New York City with a dozen or more student and adult leaders from Waxhaw Bible Church. We'll be in NYC to be trained at NYSUM (New York School of Urban Ministry). We'll have the opportunity to serve in food kitchens, homeless shelters, and to do homeless and Jewish street evangelism. We'll be there until Friday, July 6.Please pray for me and the members of our Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-52522133634835438612007-06-10T21:32:00.000-04:002007-06-10T21:35:12.067-04:00May NewsletterDear Friends and Family,The month of May was a great time for us, as we enjoyed a camping trip with friends and the pleasure of announcing a new baby on the way! Yes, that’s right; we’re expecting again and enjoyed seeing the first pictures of the new baby last week in our first ultrasound. The projected due date is December 19th.What we’ve been doingIn the past six weeks or so, I have had the Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-41362244844668766132007-06-07T22:37:00.000-04:002007-06-08T10:58:19.362-04:00New Baby on the way!We're proud as can be to announce a new baby on the way! Leah is about 12 weeks pregnant, and all is going very well. We had our first ultrasound this week, and the due date is expected to be about December 19th. We're nicknaming this one "Jackrabbit" because of the way he (or she) was bouncing around in the womb. If you're one of those who can actually see much in an ultrasound picture, click Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-9133647516399842572007-06-07T22:34:00.000-04:002007-06-08T10:55:07.686-04:00Camping at Panther Creek FallsIn May, Leah, Christie, and I, along with several friends from Waxhaw, traveled to Toccoa, Georgia, where we met up with another friend for a great weekend of camping at Panther Creek Falls!We came prepared for what you might call "car camping", with two big tents, a large cooler, lots of camp chairs, a baby bassinet, etc. What we found out was the trail down to Panther Creek Falls is more Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-67240633508923734122007-06-07T22:32:00.000-04:002007-06-08T10:50:01.236-04:00Davao PicturesA friend of ours took some great pictures of Davao, Philippines during his recent travels and was kind enough to share them with us. There are several of Faith Academy - Davao, where Leah will be teaching music lessons, and a couple of MICA, where I will be teaching computer and business courses. Check them out!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-6769280443939933182007-04-24T13:05:00.000-04:002007-04-24T13:49:17.105-04:00Our April NewsletterDear Friends and Family,Much has happened in our journey with the Lord since our last update! We continue the process of following God’s call overseas and we’re learning, as a family, more about how to trust Him to provide for our needs. We celebrated Christie’s first birthday in March. It was a fun time with family, friends, and of course, cake! She continues to grow strong and healthy. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-2470977085749407782007-04-02T18:00:00.000-04:002007-04-02T18:13:30.849-04:00Acquire the FireLeah and I went with the Waxhaw Bible Church student ministry to the Acquire the Fire conference in Winston-Salem, NC. We had a great time of worship and challenge with the students, plus a fun time traveling and hanging out with them. Check out some of the pictures from the trip!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-35496034866386304072007-03-29T18:30:00.000-04:002007-04-02T18:27:54.933-04:00Family Photo SessionOur friend Dustin Ledo was kind enough to shoot a whole session of photos of Christie and me while we were visiting his family recently. His photography business, Bella Loren, shoots weddings, events, and portrait sessions, and he's very good. What a nice gift! Click here to see the whole photo session on Flickr.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-25454024611837620512007-02-07T21:00:00.000-05:002007-02-07T21:08:37.626-05:00Our First Newsletter!We're excited to share with you the first edition of our family newsletter! We hope you'll enjoy reading about what's been going on in our lives and seeing some pictures of our family. Click here to read the newsletter in PDF format.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-59092972763570367392007-01-19T13:53:00.000-05:002007-01-19T14:12:13.465-05:00Christmas at the Outer BanksThe Christie and Anderson families spent a week together in Avon, NC. We enjoyed the Outer Banks in the off-season, relaxing and visiting area attractions, such as the Hatteras and Ocracoke lighthouses, the Wright Brothers Memorial, and Jockey's Ridge. Take a look at some of the pictures from the trip.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-1163874083409294212006-11-18T13:07:00.000-05:002006-11-18T13:21:23.420-05:00Lake House PicturesOur small group spent a great weekend at Wilson Pointe, a lake house on Lake Marion in South Carolina. Check out the pictures here.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-1155866471159500302006-08-17T22:30:00.000-04:002007-06-07T22:39:04.415-04:00August UpdateAfter two months of having our family of three here at home, I'm happy to report that things are going great! Christie is over ten pounds and is happy and smiling almost all the time. She's really a great little girl, and is very healthy. All of her doctors have released her, and we're happy to not have to make any more frequent visits!There are some new baby pictures on Flickr, as well as Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-1149968200234829292006-06-10T15:32:00.000-04:002006-11-15T15:11:53.166-05:00She's Home!Christie is finally home! We brought her home yesterday afternoon, three months to the day from her birth, and one day before her original due date. We now begin the process of getting adjusted to each other and getting into a routine here at home.Check out the homecoming pictures on Flickr. I could still use that Pro account...Update: The Flickr Pro account is established for the next year, Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-1147050290215209762006-05-07T20:57:00.000-04:002006-05-09T17:20:36.786-04:00Almost five poundsChristie is almost five pounds now, weighing 4 lbs. 14 oz. last night. She is eating from a bottle now and is doing really well. She's still targeted to come home around her original due date, June 10. We're ready to have her home!Here is the usual link to the latest pictures on Flickr. My camera access has been intermittent recently, so there are days that go by without any photographic Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-1144705725494053662006-04-10T17:44:00.000-04:002006-05-07T15:55:18.870-04:00Three pounds and counting!Christie has broken the three pound mark, weighing in most recently at 3 lbs. 1 oz. We're overjoyed! Leah and I are doing well and are staying near the hospital most nights to be able to visit her more.Take a look at the latest pictures to see how much she's grown!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-1143601165823131782006-03-28T21:58:00.000-05:002006-04-04T10:10:27.793-04:00Making faces.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } Christie is up to 2 lbs. 6 oz. and is learning to make faces at her dad.See for yourself in the latest pictures!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-1143345282817797212006-03-25T22:43:00.000-05:002006-03-25T22:58:05.336-05:00An update on all of us.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } Leah and Christie continue to do well, and I'm gaining weight and tolerating my feedings... wait a minute, that's Christie I'm talking about! Seriously, she's up to 2 lbs. 4 oz. and is taking to the feedings they're giving her throughout the day. We have been Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965666.post-1142373742798870422006-03-14T16:57:00.000-05:002006-03-22T00:09:32.590-05:00Leah is home!.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } Just a brief update... I brought Leah home this afternoon and everything is going well. Her blood pressure is under control and she's resting, even though she'd rather not be. Christie is doing great(!) and there are some pictures of Leah holding her last nightJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688855375635019125noreply@blogger.com2