Ashley and I had a great time briefing our team from Fellowship Bible Church in Nashville, TN!

We also had a family team come and do a presite visit with us!

We took them on a Cultural Safari to the Buford Highway Farmers Market. Always something fun to see!

Then to the missions at Azalea Place, Cumberland Court, Highland Knoll and Buford Heights!







Great to see Jesse! He’s not been feeling well.

Stopped at the Dollar Tree on the way home. Picked up some more large plastic eggs to paint gold for the teams.

Went by Walmart as well to get some more name tags and a couple of things for the house.

Uploading pictures and will start memorizing all the kid’s names wit their pictures.

Spring flowers!

Ashley and I had a fun time briefing our team from Virginia Tech this morning! Always love Bubbleation!

We shared about Catholicism and Buddhism.

After our commitment service, we took them to Asian Square.

And over to Plaza Fiesta!

Great to have Kathy with us this morning!

Then I went Crossroads Community Church of Dunwoody to try and find a charger one of the team members from Brookhaven Church had left. While I was there, I had a very interesting discussion with one of their church members about outreach in the apartment complexes. I’m looking forward to having her participate in our briefing tomorrow with Fellowship Bible Church.

I dropped off some packages and clothes for Jesse at Azalea, then went to Snellville to get the title changed over to my name for Lil’ Red. It’s much cheaper for me to insure the car than for Whirlwind.

I ended up having to get the President of my board to also sign the title as a representative of Whirlwind Missions rather than just me. Glad he lived close by!

Got my new tag. It reminds me of my Mom: Peggy.

Went by Dollar Tree to pick up some supplies for the mission, in particular permanent markers. Tried to find more name tags. They were out.

Took Kathy out to eat this evening.

Then went to Sports Academy to check on shoes. Ended up buying K some flip flops. The shoes I wanted I got on line from Amazon. Should have thought of that first.

I took a picture so I could zoom it in and try and make out the writing. My camera also serves as a microscope!

I edited the video I shot of VA Tech this evening. It’s one of the final pieces of hosting a team.

Enjoyed watching Elementary with K.

Admin duties now. Start with a new team tomorrow!

The team left a nice note for me at Azalea!

Edited and uploaded video from the Brookhaven team last night before I went to bed.

Ashley and I enjoyed briefing our team from VA Tech this morning.

We visited the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

I met up with my partner Derrick Posten. I needed to sign some forms for him as his supervisor.

Then we took them to the Hindu Temple.

It’s the third largest in the world and the largest in the USA. It’s a work of art.

We had some time left before the mission, so we also visited the Hong Kong Supermarket. It’s a cool place.

Then to the mission!

Ashley worked on another assignment, while I hosted the team at Azalea.

They did a great job!

Ate a burger at 5 Guys on the way home.

Also stopped by the ATT store to ask about getting my new phone. I’m on a new program now where I trade in my old phone and get the new model every year. Turns out to be a good financial deal and I get to use the newest technology.

Came home to watch the “Lunchbox” with K. It was a movie set in Mumbai, India. We liked it.

Admin duties now and rest.

My eye is doing better. Still very red, but doesn’t really hurt. My vision was always pretty good even directly after the injury.

Beauty.

Woke up a lot last night. Every time my eye was kind of sealed with crustiness. Cleaned it all off this morning in the shower. Hurt a bit but overall seemed better. PTL. My vision seems just fine. Sure was glad it just grazed my eyeball!

Ashley and I had a fun time briefing our team from Brookhaven BC, Mississippi. Sadly, our team from VA Tech had the church where they were staying in broken into and some of their stuff was stolen, including an Apple computer. Hate that.

We gave our briefing on Catholicism and had our commitment service.


I passed around the picture of Jesus for them to talk to. I’m doing a lot to try and personalize and make real the person of Jesus.

Passing the baton: “It’s up to ME.”

And signing the landing pad.

We gave the team leaders the “Golden Egg of Eggcellence.”

Then off to Plaza Fiesta. Love that place.


Always something interesting to see.



They were a great team. Hope to have them back SOON! I really enjoyed getting to know their leadership.

Never too much Ashley.

Ash and I went to meet up with our VA Tech team at FBC Doraville.

They helped us get out our special edition newsletter: reFUND MISSIONS! Please pray that people will give generously. My goal is to raise the total needed for our insurance bills: $37,080.00 That’s a ton of money, but the Father clearly told me, “You don’t get because you do not ask.” I’m hoping that it will be easier for people to donate when they have money back from the government.

I took them on a quick safari of the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Then to the mission at Azalea. They did a great job. They helped with homework and then had a craft and told a Bible Story.

Came home to eat supper with Jesse and Kathy. Haven’t had enough time with either of them. Too busy and trying to get to sleep early.

Admin duties now.

This morning I packed some palms to take to the church and rammed one of the sharp points in my eye. Really hurt. It’s bothering me now as I type.

Ashley and I did our briefing with the team on Islam and Hinduism.

Then took them to Al Madina.

And Global Mall.

After lunch at the church, we took them to China Town.



Then to the missions to work with the kids. They’re doing a great job.




Got home late.

Admin duties now. Hard.

Worried about making payroll again. Hate this. We have a special edition going out to our supporters tomorrow to consider giving part of their refund to help our ministry. I hope the response is positive!

I thought this was bizarre.

Blast from the past.

Ashley and I had a wonderful time with our team from Brookhaven Baptist Church in Mississippi!

After sharing with them, we took them on a Cultural Safari to the Buford Highway Farmers Market. Always something fun to see!



Back to the church for lunch and a second briefing on how to work with the kids at the mission and about Buddhism.

Then on to Asian Square!


And to four missions in our area. The kids did a wonderful job!



Admin duties now.

Filled out some tax forms.

Sent off a DVD to Chestnut Mountain.

Working on a special fund raising letter.

Uploading pictures.

K and I watched the season finale of Suits.

Do you like the time change? I like it light later, but it’s hard to get up!

Rested this morning. My voice was shot after being with the teams all day long Saturday. Tried to be silent as much as possible.

Went to the Dollar Tree to pick up some supplies for the speaking engagement this evening. I went to get markers, index cards and some boxes to put them in after the folks make their commitments. Also got some magnets to put on the back of the cards we’re sending our supporters and some sticky notes that we can use as name tags. Think that’s going to work out great.

Also picked up the gold spray paint at Walmart.

I found some fairly large eggs that I painted gold this afternoon. Had to take the labels off them first.

We plan on giving them out as a small gift of their Eggcellent achievements. I think it’ll be a fun piece of the week.

Collected my gear and drove to Griffin, GA–about 150 miles round trip. I look forward to working with Carver Baptist Church in the future. They gave me a very warm reception.



I’m sure I was the wildest thing they’ve seen in a long time.

I wore my gold kurta. Groovy.

Home now to work on admin duties and go to sleep early. I’m still not feeling that well. My voice was ok, but still a bit rough. I had a good wireless microphone so I didn’t have to strain too much.

Tomorrow I have to get up at 8:30am which is like 7:30am. That’s not groovy. I’m sure I’ll be fine.

My tulips are starting to poke out.

I loved this daffodil.

Ashley and I had a fantastic time with our partners from Chestnut Mountain Church in Gainesville, GA today!

We enjoyed briefing our teams on how to do the work at the missions and how to interact with people at the Buford Highway Farmers Market.


Also had a terrific prayer time and dedication service. Signing the “Landing Pad.”

Then off to the Farmers Market.

Ate lunch at Plaza Fiesta.

Then on to the missions! Perfect weather! PTL!

Came home to work on admin duties.

Looking forward to a relaxing night with Kathy.

My voice is tired. I get SO wound up when I have a team in town.

I’ll be preaching at Carver Road BC in Griffin, GA Sunday evening.

Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour!

Rainbows in my kitchen.

Spent a lot of time on Friday making phone calls.

I’m setting up the lodging for a new family at one of our missions: Southern Trace. The boss of all the complexes called me needing information as to what was going on and also to request proof of insurance.

Got on the phone to the Zamoras who are supporting this new family, to tell them what needed to happen and that our ministry would provide the liability coverage for the complex.

Talked to two managers to give them the number of our insurance rep so they could request the proof of coverage.

Also spent time with my tax man going over some questions about our return. Got all that straightened out. Good to get that going.

Wrote a special edition of our Outreach Update aimed at fund raising. I call it reFUND MISSIONS. I call for using part of your tax return money to cover our massive insurance bills. Every year insurance accounts for $37,080.00. Yow!

Went through the new promotion flyer that Ashley is working on. Tweaked a few things and added some ideas. She’s VERY good at this stuff.

Dropped off the Financial Report that Ashley generates to our Treasurer’s house.

Went for a 5.08 mile run, even though I wasn’t feeling super groovy.

I felt like I needed some exercise. Always something beautiful to see.

Watched African Cats with K that evening. Jesse came by to see us. I went to sleep at 9:30pm, which is very unusual for me.

Crashed early because I knew I needed to get up by 8am on Saturday.

Today is the five year anniversary of my podcast Verbal Surgery! I’ve recorded over 300 episodes and have had over 50,000 downloads! My twitter feed is also part of the VS project. Over 6,000 proverbs and over 80,000 followers. I think it’s some of my best work.Fun!

I had a fun morning and lunch with Pastor Ben Lehman. I’ve enjoyed going to his church and listening to him preach. He’s one of the few people I think is as intense as me!

I had a list of ideas for outreach for him. The President of my Board suggested that I help a local church with outreach as a bivocational position. This works even better as they gave me a large donation to help me with finances and I can help them in between the odd work schedule that I have.

Filled up with gas.

Met up with Ashley in the International Village.

We did all the shopping for the outreach with Chestnut Mountain Church this Saturday. While we’re in the Dollar Tree, we split up the goodies into 5 bags for the teams to take with them. Each has 36 drinks, 2 packs of cookies, a pack of sidewalk chalk, two packs of Easter eggs, a pack of permanent markers, a coloring book, big box of crayons, three pack of bubbles and a long jump rope (that I’ll get tomorrow.)

I came up with an idea for the craft and the story. We shop at the Dollar Tree and see what they have that can be used. Lots of Easter egg stuff. So the kids will decorate an egg for themselves. We’ll talk about how everyone is EGGceptional and EGGcellent! And how God can change just a little egg into a beautiful, new creation!

Then to work at the mission with the kids. Always fun.

We had to leave a little early tonight because Kathy and I had a meeting with a lawyer at our house to sign the final papers for our house refinancing!

Our interest rate is now down to 4% which is HALF what it was. I’m pretty excited about that.

Ashley and Miles came over to sign the paper as a witness.

Kathy and I both are feeling a little bit under the weather. Stuffy nose, scratchy throat and tired. Early to bed!

Admin duties now.

I like these big vultures.

Tow truck towing a tow truck.