Kathy and I had fun today! We met up with some of our family to celebrate Ann and Jason Sullivan’s wedding!

Good company!

I got a mini drone. I’ve had fun playing with it. It’s much smaller than my previous drone. Pictures soon!

Edited the video I shot of FBC Jonesboro’s choir “Frontline.” I’m processing the edited video now.

K and I watched “Whiplash” this evening. Pretty intense movie. Makes me want to get some buckets and bang ’em.

Admin duties now. Still editing.

Ashley and I had fun briefing our teams on our final dedication day!

We pass out the baton and say, “It’s up to ME!”

Sign the Landing Pad.

Off on our Cultural Safari to Plaza Fiesta!

Then to work at the missions!




Deposited money in the bank. AMEN!

Concert back at Plaza Fiesta! GREAT!

Come home to rest!

Admin duties.

Back at it for our final day with Clinch River on Friday. I saw these folks practicing Tai Chi near my office.

Dropped off some of Jesse’s stuff at Azalea before going to the church.

Ashley and I briefed them on approaching people at the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Had a good time.

I sent most of the team on to the Farmers Market. Two of the young women helped me clean and mop the fellowship hall.

This was Melinda’s fourth year to work with us!

Came home to work on admin duties.

Talked with our mortgage company about the accelerator program. I just refinanced my house.

Also emailed my brother David about amending our will to reflect the house.

Went with Ashley and Miles to see Jurassic World in 3D. I really liked it. After the movie, we at Mexican food with Kathy.

Admin duties now. Started working on editing the videos for the teams. Finished burning a disk and uploading of my team last week. Got the disk in the mail.

I wonder why.

I thought these were weird porta potties.

Sign near one of the missions.

New asphalt on our street.

Beautiful clouds.

Wednesday night I stayed up late to work on the finished product of my new book Power Prayer.

Designed the cover and starting putting the files from my computer onto USB drives! On the drive I have Power Prayer as a PDF, as well as an audio version of the book, 4 different prayer sessions, 20 of my favorite episodes of my podcast Verbal Surgery, 10 of my favorite videos from Story Tim, and a 450 page book of my proverbs!

Started getting two cups of coffee at QT: one for the road and one to sip on during the briefing.

Ashley and I had fun briefing our teams on Islam and Hinduism. We started with bubbleation!

Cultural safari to Global Mall to eat at Ashiana and see the Hindu temple.


The priest lets me lecture about Hinduism while I’m there. Talk about a classroom.

They choir sang Revelation 19 at the Hindu temple. Wow!

While we were there a fine young man walked up to me and asked if I remembered him. I knew his face looked familiar.

Nazrul used to live next to the mission about ten years ago. He’s looking great and in college. Yeah, baby!

Then to N. Africa to visit Al Madina.

Teams did great at the missions.

Ate supper at FBC Doraville, then off to Plaza Fiesta for a concert! Awesome!

Home now to work on admin duties.

Beautiful clouds!

Ashley and I had a great time briefing our team on Buddhism.

On safari to Asian Square!

Enjoyed a great lunch at Penang for Malaysian food!

To the missions!

We had our concert at the Buford Highway Farmers Market. AWESOME!

Home late, but feeling great!

Ashley and I had a great time briefing our team from FBC Jonesboro!

Took them on a cultural safari to the Buford Highway Farmers Market!

Sang there to the delight of the patrons!

We enjoyed hosting Pastor Ed who wanted to see how we do missions!

They did a great job at the missions with the kids!

Had a concert at Highland Knoll.

Got home around 10 pm! Had tech problems with my upload. Got up early Tuesday to fix it and work on names.

We had a restful morning. Didn’t go to sleep till after 3am. Getting wired up about the teams coming. Awesome!

Ashley and I went to our partners at Perimeter this afternoon to talk to the leadership from their youth group. They will be leading this summer’s Gold Rush camp.

Dropped by FBC Doraville to finish setting up for tomorrow’s briefing. Talked to the ladies from FBC Jonesboro who are cooking for the youth group that’s working with us.

Took Ashley home then came back to our house.

Flew my drone outside. My batteries have gone bad. It was still fun to fly for a little while.

Cleaned and filled my hummingbird and other bird feeders.

Super Nanny with K.

Admin duties now.

Enjoyed a restful morning.

Ate Turkish food for lunch at Cafe Istanbul. A food fav.

Went to the new Brain exhibit on at Fernbank. I knew way more than what was displayed.

Had a fun supper with K and J.

For some reason, the SD card with the pictures I shot today malfunctioned. Could have been user error. Bahd luck.

Over 1 1/2″ rain!

Shockingly cool for June!

Thursday, I ran 5.10 miles.

Working on the roads.

Always something beautiful to see.

Went for a late lunch with Kathy.

Then met up with Ashley at FBC Doraville. We checked on our team from Sandy Springs. They did a great job.

Enjoyed watching the Mentalist with K in the evening. Then admin duties.

Friday, Jesse and I went to Snellville to do lunch, then go to Barnes and Noble.

I liked the coloring books for grown ups.

Did research on my trip to Peru in September.

Went shopping at Walmart with Jesse. Somehow these stacked bricks reminded me of Madagascar.

Came home to work on admin duties.

Hmmm. In my neighborhood.

Recorded a new podcast this morning! WOOT!

Get rid of those ideas that hold you back. Take off your “Hurdle Girdle!”

Uploaded the show to FaceBook.

Enjoyed lunch with my whole family!

The girls having fun.

Ashley, Jesse and I went to FBC Doraville to pick up checks. Then over to Azalea to check on our team from ACCCN. They’re doing great!



We saw our buddy Shimanto at QT.

Looking forward to time with K.

Admin duties now.

Sanitation department.

Say what?

Got my coffee at QT first thing in the morning. It’s a beautiful thing.

Refills are a $1.05.

Dropped off the financial report to our treasurer.

Edited a video for my friends Ron and Debi Cole who sang the special music before I preached.

Uploaded to YouTube as well as burned a DVD for them


Also added material to my feed on Twitter. 80,000 plus followers.

And caught up the site www.VerbalSurgery.com/podcasts.

I had over 30 episodes that I had recorded that weren’t on my website. Glad it’s current now.

Met up with Ashley at FBC Doraville.

We ate Indian food today at Culcutta Palate. We’re always looking for good places to bring the teams. We did admin duties there as well. Included mailing thank you notes to supporters and calling Comcast to check on the internet at the mission.

Set up the locations for our team from FBC Jonesboro next week. Talked to a couple of partners. It can get dramatic at times. I try to be the voice of peace and reason.

Drove to Sandy Springs to check on the team from Tennessee. We had a little extra time, so we looked for maternity clothes. She got some cute stuff!

The team is doing great at the complexes. Proud of them.

The group from the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church is having a fun time with the kids at Azalea.

Came home to work on admin duties.

Watched Castle with K.

I don’t think so.

I did a double take on this one.

Fabulous clouds.

Bought a new orchid today. Only $10. Incredible.