Had fun recording a new podcast this morning!

I always enjoy doing that.

This episode features the power of smiling called “Easy Greasy!” Always works!

Went for a 5.39 mile run this morning. Beautiful weather. I actually tried to run in the sun it was that cool! Love the flowers!

Worked with the kids at the mission.

Enjoyed eating supper with Jesse. We got some equipment from the church for a movie night he’s doing for the kids. Admin duties now. Enjoying watching “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” on dvd.

I liked this map of Mexico.

K and I try and get away for a long weekend a month.

Doesn’t always work out that way, but it’s something we always look forward to.

Decided to try Dahlonega this weekend. We’re looking for places even closer to home. It’s about 65 miles from my house. Not too bad!

Went into the Consolidated Gold Mine.

The soil has a lot of iron. That’s what gives it the rust color.

Down 250 feet.

In one day they pulled 54 lbs 9 oz of gold out of this mine! It was the largest vein of gold ever seen. The gold is found in quartz veins like this one. A normal size line is about the width of your finger. A large vein is the size of your hand. In this mine, the vein was 24 feet wide!

Believe it or not they used children to scamper through the mine shafts to let the miner know when they were getting ready to blow up the tnt. I reckon that made them minor miners.

They had a scarecrow competition.




Loved the lighting on the old buildings.

Had a rainy Saturday. Enjoyed a restful day and some delicious food.

Smith House was great.

Clouds rising from the forest.

Kathy’s bike got a flat. Bad luck. We still got one good ride out of her!

Fantastic sunset at the top of Crown Mountain.

I liked the view from our hotel.


Cute little monkeys.

This tree looked sad to me.

Wow!

I thought the antique stores were fun.

I liked this sticker.

Had fun recording a new podcast this morning!

Ever get something stuck in your head? Just goes around and around? Lots of times is stuff we’re worried about. Ready to get off that merry go round? Then click on “Mental Floss!”

After recording I went for a brisk 5.39 mile run. Always something interesting to see.

I wonder what caused this pattern on the sidewalk.

Ate lunch. Deposited a check at the bank. Then went home to rest.

Worked on editing the promo video for Whirlwind Missions.

After I edit the piece, I send it to dropbox.com then Ashley can download it.

Mission with the kids was wild. LOTS of kids and some of them are really super loud. Still fun.

They had to write something about bullying. Here’s the illustration.

Ate supper with Jesse. Always good.

Then home for admin duties.

Watched the Mentalist with Kathy.

Beauty.

Full moon!

Spent most of my morning getting new tires for the Altima.

The front left tire was splitting causing a bad vibration and danger. The men at East Stone Mountain Tire and Battery did a great job!

We changed all four. They were all bad.

Now she’s running great!

Enjoyed lunch with Jesse!

Checked on the hotel rooms for the team from the Worship Place that’s coming. I’m really looking forward to them. Ash and I talked with April who is the reservations/sales manager.

Worked at the mission with the kids.

Ashley and Sanjida.

Sheney is learning how to read and speak English at the same time. Challenging!

Had to go get some protractors and small rulers so they could measure the angles. When I paid I noticed a Pay Pal button. First time I’d ever seen that.

Had supper with Ash and Miles, and Jesse! Good times!


Went to Walmart to buy the groceries.

Admin duties now.

Worked over an hour laying in the audio bed and the cover video for the promo DVD Ash and I are working on. The hard part is not the editing. That’s easy for me. It’s FINDING the shots you need that is amazingly challenging. Looks good! Ashley will put the final touches on with the graphics.

I thought this spider was cool. It was about as long as my index finger. No, I didn’t kill it.

Ran 5.18 miles this morning. Seemed pretty hard.

I always see something interesting.

It was great to eat lunch with the Ashley, Kathy and Jesse! We missed Miles!

What a car!

Ashley and I worked on the promotional video we’re sending to churches. The skies the limit to how much outreach we could do when we have more people coming!

Worked with the kids at the mission.

I had a 8th grader named Nixon who didn’t hardly speak English. Seems to be a pretty smart kid. Had to talk to the science teacher of one of the kids. He’s not doing well. Ash and I will have to spend a little extra time with him.

We took the Altima in to our mechanic. He said it was a problem with the left front tire, it could have come apart. Yow! I’ll take it to my tire guys tomorrow.

Admin duties now.

I like the sound of this.

This cat must have been in a a real hurry.

Ashley and I had an early morning and a fun day! We were mobile displays dressed in our Bengali outfits.

We arrived at Perimeter Church in Duluth right at 8:30am.

Set up our display and had a quick breakfast.

It’s always fun for us to meet new friends.

And say “Howdy!” to old ones!

Ashley had developed some new flyers for the folks to see.

Admin duties now.

Filled up and cleaned my three hummingbird feeders.

Great day!

Had fun working on a new podcast this morning!

It’s on the importance of touch, not just the physical kind. “Touch PLUS!” Click on the title and groove!

Ate lunch with the “Doverspike” clan. Bill and Debra, Ruth and David, Paul and Mona and K and I went to the brand new Golden Corral in Decatur. It was great to see my friends again.

Came home and mowed the yard. Pretty hard work for an hour or so. Lots of gas fumes and dust made it not zesty.

Better now.

Ate supper with Jesse and K. The Altima has a vibration in the front end. Could be an axle issue. J is staying home and not driving it until Monday morning when we can take it to the mechanics. Better to be safe than sorry.

Admin duties now.

Early morning tomorrow. I need to be at Perimeter Church with Ashley at around 8:30am.

I thought these water patterns were beautiful.

I’ve noticed that several avocado seeds have sprouted.

Know what this plant is? Answer at the bottom!

Had a fun day with Jesse today!

We ate Greek food together. J drove. He’s doing great with the stick shift although there’s a vibration we’re feeling in the front right wheel. We’ll get it looked into on Monday when my mechanics are open.

He helped me get Sugar inside the house before we left.

Enjoyed resting this afternoon.

Then went for a 5.11 mile run as it turned dark.

I thought the clouds were beautiful.

Two planets.

Got pretty dark in some areas.

It was a beautiful and surprisingly easy run.

Home now to work on admin duties.

The plant is a mango!

Had a nice run this morning. Did 5.14 miles. It was 72 degrees. That’s not bad!

Loved the flowers along the way.

Enjoyed a fun lunch with Jesse then over to Barnes and Noble to look at books.

We checked out a halloween place. I’m always in the market for interesting looking brains and skeletons.

I liked the shapes the fountain made.

Home for a brief rest then to Azalea to work with the kids.





I helped Maria make an atomic molecule. Magnesium to be exact. MG also stands for Maria Gomez.

Ashley and Jesse told the Bible story. They did a very creative job!

Plenty to keep us busy.

Worked with Jesse driving the Altima. We went around Chamblee, up and down Peachtree Industrial, on 285 and to Perimeter Mall. I reckon he can handle anything now. The key was the explanation to keep the RPMs up when shifting into 1st.

Admin duties now.

K and I enjoyed watching a show about the Chiefs of staff of the President. Interesting.

What’s up with this?

Groovy!

Thoreau and I share a birthday: July 12th!

Beautiful clouds.

I enjoyed an informative lunch with my friend Rob Martin today. Ashley joined us too!

After lunch, we delivered some pictures that Ashley had made for the apartment managers.

Always good to see them.

We also discussed the packaging we’re planning for getting the word out to large churches about our ministry and the chance for them to come to work with us in the summer.

I plan to include a dvd with a short video about what we’re doing to the youth directors. Ash and I tried out different backgrounds for the video we’ll shoot.

We weren’t satisfied with my office. We think we’ll do it with the zebra skin as the background.

Spent a bit of time at Biggar’s Antiques in Chamblee. I love places like this.

Had a great group of kids this afternoon at the mission!

Always fun.

Home now for admin duties.

K and I enjoyed watching the new episode of Duck Dynasty. That show cracks me up.

What?!

Beauty!