Kathy and I had a good time at Clarkston International Bible Church this morning. Jacob, our youth director, spoke. He did a good job. Pastor Phil led us in prayer for the Philippines. About half of our church is made up of Filipinos.

I liked this tree.

Enjoyed lunch with friends of ours from Mountain Park the Coxs and Mattiesons.

Kathy rode her bike back from Piccadilly in Tucker to Stone Mountain.

Filled up the Expedition. Actually it still had about 1/4 to go.

Came home and ran 4.98 miles.

Beautiful weather. And Fall trees!

I’m trying new routes. This one didn’t have sidewalks part of the way. Won’t do that again.

Steep in Georgia.

Hydrants for firemen who don’t want to bend over.

The #1 variable for how beautiful the trees are in the Fall? Wind.

Admin duties now.

Did you know my name in Cherokee is Full Sun Moon?

The first word I said as a baby was light.

I enjoyed having lunch with Ashley and Miles today! We ate at Mo’s.

On the way over there I saw this really interesting cloud formation. As if it was being blown away from the center.

Jesse is not feeling well. Picked up his prescription and a couple of Subs to see him through.

Drove over to the mission at Azalea to give it to him.

Also did the family grocery shopping.

Watched Fat Kid Rules with K. Pretty good.

Admin duties now.

Had fun recording a new podcast this morning.

I’m a fan of competition, but it’s not nearly as powerful as cooperation. The whole idea of being number one can be very destructive.

Check out #1!

I enjoyed lunch at Red Robin with Jesse.

After lunch, we went for an early showing of Thor–The Dark World.

It was better than I was expecting. Really enjoyed it.

Home now for admin duties.

Greek to me! Closest I can figure out is Do Not Run for the first section.

Gross.

Had a fun lunch with my family today! Always great to spend time with them.

The Expedition had a charger light on, turned out to the alternator. Cost about $450. PLUS I had the Chrysler being worked on today getting a valve job done—that’ll be another nearly $1,000. Yow!

So Kathy and I for most of the day were down to using bikes! Good job we’re fit.

We had planned on going out of town for the weekend, but with all these expenses we had to cancel. Boo hoo.

After lunch, I got my running clothes on and ran a big loop. Ran 7.11 miles. That’s a long way for me.

Felt pretty good, but the cold air wasn’t that great on my legs. Sure was beautiful!

I liked the geometry.

Looks like Korean.

Wonder what laid these?

Working on admin duties now. Checking on one of the teams coming. Ashley has really done an amazing job with the logistics of the teams.

Rest now.

Beautiful flowers!

Ashley and I hosted a team from the Sharon School in Jonesboro,GA this morning.

Had fun giving our briefings!

Then off to CD Tower and Hoa Da pharmacy!

Cobra juice! A perennial crowd favorite!

Culminating with a trip to the Buford Highway Farmers Market.


Whirlwind Missions tradition of kissing the frozen pig head.

Great having them with us.

Went to a couple of antique stores waiting for the kids to get back from school.




Then over to Lowes to pick up some supplies to finish mounting the whiteboards in the mission.

Worked with the kids on their homework.

Admin duties now.

Enjoyed watching Duck Dynasty with Kathy.

It’s my Dad’s birthday today! Happy Birthday, Daddy!

A rare type of cloud formation called tsunami clouds. Caused by a slow moving layer of air with a fast moving layer right against it. Causes a wave effect.

Enjoyed a fun lunch with Kathy today.

Beautiful clouds.

Interesting.

Can you see the rainbow diffraction? Tiny ice crystals make the colors.

Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission.

Admin duties now.

Enjoyed watching Castle and Mentalist with K.

Looking forward to working with a team tomorrow.

New moon.

Woo Hoo!

I always enjoy recording podcasts!

Here’s my newest effort “Fall Awake NOW!” Ever wondered how much of your life is running on auto pilot? We are creatures of habit. There is a wonderful world out there, but we have to Fall Awake to see it!

Went for a 5.57 mile run this morning. Felt great.

Really easy and pain free. It’s a good thing. And always something to see.



The clouds were amazing to me.

Went to Lowes to pick up new white boards for the mission. It’s waterproof sheeting that’s used for shower stalls. Also works great as a dry erase marker board. So we got one big one and eight small ones.

Drilled holes then screwed a plastic holder into the drywall. Then screw into that holder.


One at both ends of the room.


Ashley was absolutely right to urge us to get them up. I know that they’ll be helpful for the ESL classes too.

Also changed a CFL lightbulb today. It was kind of dim. I’ve never seen one do that before.

Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission.



I brought my Perplexis EPIC puzzle to the mission today. The kids are fascinated by it. Me too! It was rated as the #1 new toy of the year this year.

I hate the time change. I don’t like it getting dark earlier. First day of it is always the worst for me. It just seems when I come home in the dark, I’m coming home later.
Hard to hold the camera absolutely still. Know which planet this is? It’s really bright in the Southern sky around dusk.

This shot always reminds me of Africa.

I go outside every day looking forward to seeing that golden sun streaking through those trees and being reminded of Nairobi.

Jesse and I enjoyed going to the Marco Polo exhibit at Fernbank today. It was pretty good.

They had books and maps over 500 years old.

I thought this sundial was cool.

Here’s me trying to tell what time it is.

Beautiful metal work.

I liked hanging out in the ger house.

Smelled like cow.

The Oriental and European versions of Marco Polo.

Rhino.

Hmmm.

I thought that was in Waco.

Always fun to see the dinosaurs!

But the most beautiful were the TREES! I love the bright colors against the cobalt blue sky.

How many Mr. Tims do you see?

Kathy and I are sharing a car. The Chrysler is getting the valve gaskets on one side redone. Glad that J was able to take me around!

I got him an ecosphere as a belated birthday present.

Never too much Jesse.

About a 1/4″ rain Friday night.

Had a great time recording a new podcast on Friday!

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Went for a 5.09 mile run. Always something beautiful to see! I love the colors of Fall!

Cool!

Installed our new internet service.

Wired in the new modem/wifi system and activated it over the web. Supposed to nearly double the speed of the web. We’ll see!

Had to pack the old modem up and send it back to Comcast via UPS.

K and I worked on setting up and using her new blood pressure tester that Jesse bought her.

Went to Walmart to buy her some music.

There is a CD player in the Expedition that has become her car.

I saw this dead fish as large as my hand in the parking lot at Walmart. Weird.

Raked leaves at my house.

Love Saint Francis.

And tiny mushrooms.

Had a fun day with Jesse today. We enjoyed Red Robin then went to Walmart to pick up the last of his costume. He’s going as Ian Malcome from Jurassic Park.

At Walmart they have a new system where you can scan your own stuff and then they have a device that reads your phone and checks you out.

We picked up J’s car. We think it was a security button that may have been causing the problem. Our mechanic told us how it work. Easy, once you know how.

Then dropped my car off. Check engine light went on again.

The check engine light should be in the shape of a dollar sign. $

The kids didn’t have much homework so we got an early start on the candy throwing, always a crowd favorite.

I don’t hand it to them I toss it to them.

Admin duties now. Kathy is riding her bike. She may want to go out for Halloween and see kids.

I liked the sound of this.

Yeah, right.