So, we’ve heard about facebook for a while but just never had the time to look into it until now.
It’s really addicting and it’s pretty cool to learn some new things about friends and family.
If you have a facebook account, you can look us up on there because we all have pages now:

Prem Mukherjee
Cheridy Mukherjee
Mayz Mukherjee

Mayz might not be too responsive but…we’ll see.

Our church (Kensington Community Church in Troy, MI) is currently involved in massive fundraiser project that will not only help around local communities in Detroit and Pontiac, but also extend a loving hand to those that can’t help themselves. Part of the project is to help build small but fully functioning hospitals in one of the poorest areas and India and another one in Kenya. Places where people have no access to any type of medical care.
If you would like to learn more about that, you can watch the video by going to the site below and clicking on the “India and Kenya Hospitals” button at the bottom of the orange video list on the right side. Click here

Some people ask why we are so involved with overseas mission work when there is so much to be done right here. The answer to that is that there is work to be done everywhere and you have to help where your heart is calling you to help.
Cheridy and I just feel so blessed that we are here and that we have the opportunity to receive medical care and attention when we need it. Last week I had a cold and Cheridy was able to get me cough medicine and cough drops to help me to sleep better. It made me think of the people that can’t even have that. This morning actually I went in for some minor surgery and my biggest gripe was that my insurance company wouldn’t pay for my initial visit because it was billed as an office “consultation” instead of an office “visit”. Apparently they pay for “visits” but not for “consults” which is stupid BUT…when I think of these people overseas… we are just ridiculously blessed. In the video I mentioned above, they talk about a woman who died recently during childbirth because the baby’s hand was coming out first and both the mother and baby didn’t make it through the delivery. The nearest hospital was 50-100 miles away walking. That obviously reminded me of Mayz’ birth where Cheridy and I got to be in a nice comfy room in a hospital that we drove for 3 miles to get to. She had an epidural to keep her comfortable and when there was even remote risk of problems, she went in for a c-section and 20 minutes later we were all together as a happy healthy family. We are truly blessed!!

Here’s a photo of some kids that we met while working in a remote part of Nicaragua a few years ago. These are the lucky ones that made it and I would bet money that none of them were born in a hospital.

My dad let me borrow some of his old photo albums, so we decided to scan a few pics in and post them.

I think I was destined to be a photographer.  Here’s a couple of photos of me with a little green toy camera.  The yellow bunny must be my trusty sidekick Cheridy:

This one is of my dad (top), me (middle) and then Mayz (bottom)

So Mayz just has the craziest baby hair ever!!
Cheridy thinks it’s time to get it cut, but I’m voting against that because it’s just too darn cute. Please post your thoughts in the comments.
We feel like we haven’t gotten too crazy with taking photos of Mayz, but every week or two we get the camera out and take a couple of fun photos. Here are a couple from this morning.

I was reading the Bible this morning and came across Psalm 118:24 which says

This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

This passage was one of the common themes when we were working in Africa. The people there focus on it, and our team focused on it.
As it says in the footnotes, there are days when the last thing we want to do is rejoice. Our mood is down, our situation is out of hand, and our sorrow or guilt is overwhelming.

We have to choose how we want to react to these situations and although it’s easier said than done, we have to try to change our attitude to keep it positive. Cheridy and I have been blessed with many things…a beautiful boy, a great business, and a home that’s warm and cozy even on the coldest winter days. I’m sure that tough days will come and we hope that we will remember this verse and focus on it.

Here is a pic of some of the beautiful children that we met the first time I was in Africa in 2000. On that trip we were able to form lifelong relationships with some of the locals along with digging the foundation of a church which is now serving the community with a place of shelter and hope along with hosting medical clinics and care for aids patients when teams of people from our church head down there.

I love this guy!!!

(and apparently he loves puppies.)

Last night we got to hang out with our friends the Phams. Don treated me to the Pistons game and we watched them blow out the Pacers. I’ve never sat so close at a Pistons game before. I didn’t know that at the closeup seats you get a waitress to bring food and drinks…that was pretty cool.
Cheridy and Joanne hung out at their house.
Don and Joanne are from Take 1 Productions (www.capturingthemoments.com) and they were recently named in the top 25 videographers in the world…not too shabby!! Their work is amazing!!!

This evening we had a wonderful meal (Cheridy’s fav-Olive Garden) with our new friends Brett and Anna from MyExceptionalEvents.com. Anna is a fantastic wedding coordinator and Brett is a business guru. They recently moved their business up to Michigan and I would put money on it that they will do really well with their drive and dedication. They’re two smart cookies!! After they left, I told Cheridy that I would buy stock in their company if it was available.
If you haven’t heard of them, check them out!
I’ve been trying to do better with taking more personal photos to post on the blog, but I forgot once again, so I stole this one from their website.

This photo was taken by Zuma photography who is an awesome photographer out in Utah.

Tonight was Mayz’ first Superbowl.

Here’s a photo of Mayz looking at Tom Brady with awe!
(That look changed by the end of the game)

We thought that the back of his fuzzy little head would make a fun pic!

Actually…we don’t let him watch TV yet just so that he doesn’t get overstimulated, so we paused it just to take these photos.

I just finished making a new wall display of images that I painted using Corel Painter. These images will be printed at Simply Canvas on their gallery wraps which look really cool, and then we’re going to hang them in our bedroom.

Yesterday afternoon my good friend Frank Lombardo who is a photographer did some family photos with us. It was really run, he took pics, we took pics, and we were all coming up with ideas…it was a good time!! Here’s a link for the slideshow:

http://www.arisingimages.com/miscellaneous/personal/mukherjee_20080127/

Here are a few favs:

Below is a photo of my friend Todd. Todd is an amazing guy that is going out and serving the world. A few years ago, I had started a small mens bible study group that met every other week. When Todd first came to the group, he didn’t have much focus and direction in his life. Through some of the relationships that Todd had formed with the other men in the group, Todd reconnected with God and is now leaving his stable full time job, going to seminary school and serving the sick, poor, orphaned, and hurting people in the world.
Todd is planning on heading back overseas to do some more mission work and he needs to raise money to get him there, cover health insurance and other expenses while he is there.
If your heart calls you, please support Todd through prayer or through a tax deductible donation.

To learn more about Todd and what is doing, or to support him, go to his blog:
http://toddwatson.theworldrace.org/