Saturday, K and I enjoyed lunch with Jesse!

Did the family shopping.

Always something interesting to see.

Went home and watched the Baylor vs Texas Tech football game. Man! Sure am glad we won. Just barely! 48-46.

Worked on collating the bank records and payroll for Whirlwind Missions. Lots of documents to retrieve.

I got the parts to fix a chest for Jesse.

This morning, K and I enjoyed Westside Baptist Church.


We’ve really enjoyed that congregation.

Raked leaves this afternoon. Massive job.

The jacket didn’t stay on for long!

Got cleaned up and rested.

Beautiful rainbows.

K and I enjoyed watching an episode of the Mentalist.

Admin duties now.

I spent the day with Ashley! Yeah, baby!

We met at the Atlanta Metro Baptist Association building.

Joel Harrison does our printing for us. He’s a blessing.

We also met with Sandy Defoe. She’s a Board Member of Whirlwind Missions and our Treasurer. She taught Ashley how to create Journal entries in Quick Books. I watched and listened. Ashley is amazingly adept at learning new things.

Finally broke for lunch around 3:30pm. I took Ashley out for Subway.

Went to the mission to check on the kids and drop off supplies. It was great to see Abraham. He lived at Azalea for years. Rashawn and Angel were also looking good.

Sure do love these kids.
Had fun conversations with my brother, Jim (it’s his birthday!) and my mom Peggy. Always great to keep in touch.

Home now for admin duties.

On Monday morning I produced my news letter and promptly went back to bed.

I’ve been sick with a headache, stuffy nose and sneezing since Monday. I stayed in bed pretty much the whole time this week. Kathy took me out for lunch for Mexican food on Wednesday.

Thursday morning we got our things ready to go to Ashley’s house to celebrate Thanksgiving.

I’ve missed seeing her since I’ve been sick.

Miles cooked Cornish hens for lunch.

Good food and great fellowship was had by all.










I’ve missed J too!

I’m feeling better, but still weak. Back in bed for more rest.

Admin duties before I go back to sleep.

I’ve been enjoying playing Far Cry 4 while I’m recuperating. I especially like flying this little one man chopper. Cool.

Saturday I enjoyed a good 5.06 mile run. Even though I don’t feel great, slow jogging helps me to feel better. Always something beautiful to see.


I thought this was cool.

Enjoyed watching Baylor football. We clobbered OSU.

Went to sleep early.

Had a hard time sleeping. Stopped up nose and headache.

Sunday, I met up with a team from Perimeter Church.

An all girls team is always better than an all guys team.

Took them on a tour of the Buford Highway Farmers Market. We also ate lunch there.

Always something different to see.

Then over to the mission at Azalea. I helped round up the kids. You can tell a Bengali family lives here.

They had nail polish for the girls. Most of the kids were from Bangladesh. We had an interesting discussion on the common roots of Christianity and Islam, which is Judaism.

Everyone had a grand time even though the weather was cold and rainy.

Came home to work on admin duties.

Ashley and I enjoyed showing our new friends from Roopville Road Baptist Church, Pastor Stephen Peeples and his friend Tony Padgett around the International Village. I also had a friend of mine from FBC Mountain Park, Eddie Mayfield, come with us!

We showed them around Asian Square and Plaza Fiesta. Always something interesting to see.

What? Camel milk yogurt?!

They left to go back to Roopville and Ash and I took Eddie over to Global Mall and Al Madina.

Eddie rocked the Sublime Blue Mariachi Hat.

Then to the mission to work with the kids!

Came home to work on admin duties.

About 4:30 am I woke up with a really bad sore throat. Got up and gargled and took some tylenol.

Friday morning I met up with Eduardo Zamora and Jeanine Crawford at FBC Mountain park to do a walk through of their mission house.

We are expecting a family from Venuezuela next week who will be helping us with missions.

Went to Walmart after the house exploration to get some groceries and a cable for my computer. Don’t know why a heavy duty cable would suddenly just cease to function, but it did.

Came home this afternoon and rested for a couple of hours.

K and I enjoyed watching Elementary and the BBC version of Sherlock Holmes this evening.

My throat is feeling better, but I still feel kind of weak.

Admin duties now. Then rest.

They are making progress on the new QT station that is opening near my house. Awesome!

Tuesday was a big day for us, it’s our annual board meeting! Did more printing and worked on the presentation for the board.

It was also the coldest day of the year dropping into the teens. When I woke up, it was still below freezing. That’s not zesty.

We had over 1.5″ of rain. I was glad it dried off before it froze. Atlanta doesn’t do well in that kind of weather. You know when it’s cold when the water in the gauge freezes solid.

Recorded a new podcast! WOOT. Did you know that you can hold your body in different ways and actually change your mood? I explore the newest research on the mind body connection in Verbal Surgery -299- “PROsition!”

Just click on the title and groove!

Picked up supplies for the house and the mission.

Walmart has some interesting Christmas decorations. Dinosaurs? Really? I want one.

The start of freedom!

Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission.

Then off to our office at FBC Doraville to meet with our Board!

We each made a presentation.

They are real soldiers of the LORD. What a blessing Carl Barrington, Tito Ruiz, Jon Paul and Sandy Defoe are to our ministry!

I got home from the meeting and eating with Jesse at about 10:30pm. Went straight to bed.

Wednesday morning it started to warm up. Yeah, baby!

K and I spent most of the morning going through all the files for 2014 for Whirlwind Missions.

We had to break out some banking and tax information and collate it. Sure was glad I had her help!

I had a great meeting with my friend Eduardo Zamora. He’s the missionary in charge of the work at Huntington Ridge.

Had a good time with the kids. Kawsar wrote an essay called, “Counting my blessings.”

He was thankful for three things: his family, education and Mr. Tim. I thought that was sweet.

Jesse has a good time instilling a love for science and education into the kids.

Came home to watch Castle with Kathy.

Admin duties now.

I’ve really enjoyed the clouds the last couple of days. Unusual ripple patterns.

Ashley and I had a fun time hosting Loren Hildebrandt of Chestnut Mountain Baptist Church in Flowery Branch. I actually met Loren in Amsterdam at the Schipol airport! He was on his way back from Uganda. Brandon Bridgewater is the youth director. They’re both awesome! We’re looking forward to working with this great church!

My ultra-beautiful daughter.

We went to the Hindu temple at Global Mall. Ate at Al Madina. Then over to Plaza Fiesta. These pictures were at the Shiv Mandir.

Prakesh is the main priest of the temple.

They liked the boots at Laredo Wear in Plaza Fiesta!

Ashley and I then went to our office at FBC Doraville. We’ve been preparing for the annual Board Meeting of Whirlwind Missions on Tuesday evening. This afternoon we went through our notes to make sure we had everything covered.

Then to the missions! Always fun!



Practicing cursive. Does anyone still use that?

Came home to watch Grey’s Anatomy with K. It’s kind of a new show to me. Really powerful stuff.

Admin duties now.

Saturday I received the largest package ever from Amazon: a lawnmower.

I’ll put it together when it gets a bit warmer.

Enjoyed a nice lunch with Jesse for Greek food.

Saturday evening K and I went to a party that her ladies at the Mommy and Me program had. It was fun to meet some new folks. I took her out to eat Vietnamese food after the party. I like the decor at Saigon Cafe.


Sunday morning I rested. I’ve been getting a lot of sleep. I’m feeling better.

Enjoyed watching Meadow BC on TV this morning. Good message by Jeff Lyle from 1st Timothy. Always good to fan the flame.

Did some creative writing.

Went for a 5.06 mile run. I guess that’s the proof I’m getting better.

First winter trees.

In this season I start seeing bird’s nests.

This reminded me of some kind of Pink Floyd album cover.

I had a restful morning and a fun lunch with Kathy today.

We dropped some food off for her sister Ann who just had knee surgery.

She washed the car on the way home.

Went for a 5.01 mile run this afternoon. Got pretty cold at the end—in the 30s. This was our high.

Beautiful. I ran just before sunset.

I thought these clouds were interesting.

I saw this taped to a mailbox.

I got this for the kids at the mission. I thought we could teach them some things about aerodynamics.

This one is for me.

Admin duties now. Feels good to be under the blanket.

It almost looked like this tree didn’t have a top.

One of my favorite things this morning—RECORDING! Always fun and challenging.

Have you ever noticed the titles that we give ourselves? “I’m bad at remembering names.” “I’m not good at math.” “I’m shy.” These titles are accepted because WE are the ones saying them! Take a listen to Verbal Surgery -298- “INtitled.”

Just click on the title and groove!

Met up for lunch with Jesse and Kathy. Always good. Ashley got her hair done and met us there. Beauty, beauty, BEAUTY! YEAH!

After lunch, we went to Walmart to get supplies for the party at Azalea for the kids and Ashley.

I thought these images were interesting.

We worked on homework.

Then had the party!

The kids sang Happy Birthday in English and Spanish. When I asked them to do it in Bangla, they said, “We just say Happy Birthday.”

Blowing out the candles in the dark is always a dramatic point of the evening.

I was glad that Miles could be with her today at the mission.

After working with the kids, Ash, Miles, Jesse and I met up with Kathy in Snellville to eat at Provinos. We ate lunch at Always Fresh. BOTH of these restaurants gave Ashley a free dinner and dessert. Yeah, baby!

Home now to work on admin duties.