Whirlwind Missions

Monday, November 25, 2013

Mailout!

Tim A. Cummins @ 6:32 pm  

Rested almost all of Saturday. On antibiotics.
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This morning I got the DVDs in the mail to our teams from Georgetown, TX and Snellville, GA.
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Enjoyed lunch with Kathy and Jesse.

Wrote my newsletter for the month and sent it to our partner at the Atlanta Metro Baptist Association, Joel Harrison.

Went to Office Depot to pick up the supplies we need for our Christmas mailout.
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Admin duties now. Trying to keep warm.

Love the colors.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

West Side HOPE!

Tim A. Cummins @ 6:46 pm  

Edited video for my team from Texas.
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Jesse and I had a fantastic time with the HOPE team from West Side Baptist Church in Snellville.
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Pastor Ben Lehman and his team did a wonderful job of presenting the Gospel in a fun way. They use basketball!
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It was wonder to see our kids at the mission accept Christ.

It was pretty cold. I thought we had a good turnout.

Admin duties now. Enjoying warming up after the cold outside.

Watched the Baylor football game tonight. Depressing.

I thought this was interesting.
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Fascinating.
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Baby pine cone.
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Friday, November 22, 2013

Meds! J!

Tim A. Cummins @ 7:25 pm  

Still not feeling well. My voice is a little better.

Edited the video for the Worship Place. Upload it to YouTube next.

Enjoyed time with Jesse!
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We went to Walmart to do the grocery shopping and pick up a few things that he needed for Azalea.
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Came home to rest.

Admin duties now.

We’ll see if they help our dog’s breath.
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Worship Place Team! Plaza Fiesta!

Tim A. Cummins @ 9:29 pm  

Ashley and I had fun briefing the team on Catholicism and the interesting folk religion aspects of it.
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Pictures with the Sublime Blue Mariachi Hat. Another Whirlwind Missions tradition.
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Took them to Plaza Fiesta. Groovy!
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We enjoyed eating at Mi Tierra.
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Also stopped by Enigmas, another Spanish botanica. Always something interesting to see.
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Life size Jesus.
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One of our team members wasn’t feeling well. I took him to urgent care doctor. Dr. Shih did a great job getting him going again!
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They shared with the kids at the mission then headed to the airport. Traffic was brutal. Just heard from the leader that they’d made it to the gate and were headed back to Texas. Thank you, Lord.
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What a great group. Really one of my favorites!
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Admin duties now.

Still feeling under the weather. I sound terrible. Looking forward to a rest day tomorrow. Amen.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Clarkston! Global Mall! Mission!

Tim A. Cummins @ 11:00 pm  

Ashley and I enjoyed giving our briefing on Islam and Hinduism today.
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We dressed them up in some traditional Islamic clothing.
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We took them to Clarkston to visit with the Mommy and Me program. Kathy is the director of the baby room for the refugee women studying English.
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We have a thriving church campus!
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Ashley showed the team her house then we went over to the Halal Pizza shopping center.

Traveled to Norcross to visit Global Mall.
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We ate at Ashianas and visited one of the Hindu temples.
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Back to Doraville for a rest then on to the mission!
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I went home a bit early tonight. Didn’t sleep well last night and wasn’t feeling well. I got hoarse. That’s not zesty for a talker like me.

Watching TV with K about bigfoot. My kind of show, not hers.

Admin duties now.

Beauty.
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This struck me as interesting.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Asian Square! Renovation!

Tim A. Cummins @ 12:13 am  

Ashley and I enjoyed giving our presentation on Buddhism this morning.
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Always a fun doing our show and tell.
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Took them to CD Tower, Hong Kong Bakery and Hoa Da–traditional Vietnamese medicine.
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Had a fun lunch at our favorite: Royal China.

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Then over to the mission to start renovations.

Working on painting Jesse’s room.

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I scraped and cleaned the tub.

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What a job. I used a big razor blade and Goof Off–which is like souped up acetone. Powerful fumes. Glad I had a fan.

Worked with the kids on their homework.
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Becky did a great job telling the Bible story.
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Two of our team members from the Worship Place had birthdays today and our friend Kawsar–he turned 12. Happy Birthday, Luther and Steve!
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Fun day.

Stopped at the new QT on the way home. It’s a beauty.
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Still feeling sick. Glad we were able to take a rest for a little while this afternoon. Thank God for air mattresses.

Admin duties now.

K and I enjoyed watching Almost Human and Castle this evening. I really like the Almost Human show. Super cool sci-fi.

I thought these clouds were cool.
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The sun refracting through ice crystals.
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Africa in Chamblee.
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Monday, November 18, 2013

Worship Place! Board!

Tim A. Cummins @ 11:17 pm  

I had a terrible night’s sleep last night. I felt stopped up. Called Ashley early told her I’d be coming in later. Sure is great to have a partner that can cover for you.

Enjoyed working with my team from the Worship Place.
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We had a great time cleaning up the mission.

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Blood, sweat and tears.
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Well not so much on the tears.

And especially working with the kids.
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Had a great meeting with our board!
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We all made presentations. Is was fun to hear Kathy and Jesse speak. Ashley was awesome as always.

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Admin duties now. Need rest.

Interesting con trails.

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Amazing colors!
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Healing! Worship Place Team!

Tim A. Cummins @ 10:46 pm  

Feeling better this morning.

Stayed in bed for about 11 hours.

Met up with Jesse in Clarkston then rode out to the airport to meet up with my team from Georgetown, TX.
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They are a great bunch! I’m really looking forward to showing them around.

After checking in at the hotel, we took them over to Penang for some Malaysian food. Excellent.
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Came home to enjoy watching Almost Human with K. Really interesting show.

Admin duties now.

I love this big dinosaur skeleton at the airport.
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Never seen a big Diet Coke can before.
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Sick! Meds!

Tim A. Cummins @ 10:33 pm  

Didn’t sleep very well last night. Sore throat.

Talked with my doctor so I’m on antibiotics now.

Got gas for the car. Wanted to get ready to pick up the team from Texas tomorrow at the airport.
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I wonder how many people turn their phones off when they get gas. Zero?
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Admin duties now then rest.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Tim A. Cummins @ 12:09 am  

Worked on a new podcast this morning! Fun!
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We respond to events by how we define them. Check out “Bad” Things
Just click on the title and groove! p

Feeling a little under the weather. I have kind of a sore throat.

The PlayStation 4 was released last night at midnight. I enjoyed listening to some of the game developers. Went to GameStop to see the new PS4 hardware. Pretty groovy. p

Enjoyed lunch with Jesse.
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Always interesting conversation. We are getting ready for the board meeting. We discussed his presentation. He’s done a lot at the mission!

Home to rest. Burned more DVDs for the promo project.

Enjoyed watching Elementary and White Collar with K this evening. Had a problem with the audio in my system coming from the DVR. Restarted everything and checked the wiring. Finally got it to fire back up again. Smile.

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Tell me what you really think. d

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