Ash and I had fun giving our briefing on Buddhism.


Then over to Asian Square.


We visited CD Tower, Hong Kong Bakery and Hoa Da–a traditional Chinese pharmacy.



Enjoyed Malaysian food at Penang.



Then to the missions!

I hope to get my car tomorrow. Believe it or not, I have not enjoyed riding in a car with no AC!

Admin duties now.

K and I had a good time at CIBC Sunday. It was Youth Sunday.

Ash and I enjoyed briefing the teams today. I always get a bit extra wired up when I have a room full!

Ash was her usual excellent self!

We took them over to the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Then to the missions!

Ash and I also went to Penang to organize the lunch for 70 people tomorrow. That should be extra groovy.

I clobbered my head getting into Ashley’s Mustang today. Ouch.

Home now to rest. I borrowed Jesse’s car today. It has no AC and drink gas like crazy. I’m worn out just from the heat in the car.

Powerful weather in the area!

One of my favorite things this morning: PODCAST! I really enjoyed making this edition. In honor of July 4th, this episode is called “IndepenDANCE!” Click on the title and GROOVE! Our van passed the emissions test. Unbelievable! Enjoyed lunch with Kathy. J and I hiked up Stone Mountain. We were nearly to the top when I noticed black clouds headed right toward us. We ran the mile down, jumped into the car and fifteen seconds later it was POURING rain. Called that one! I really enjoyed finding the interesting mushrooms. Flowers were awesome. I liked the delica Looking forward to Fall! Admin duties at home now! The orchids in my yard like this weather.

It rained a lot today!

Took the Financial Report over to Jon Paul’s house. Ashley does a great job on those!

Had a fun lunch with Kathy and Jesse today!


I thought the sandwich K got was beautiful.

Went shopping for groceries. Over 40 items on the list. Yow!

Birds were happy.

Enjoyed watching movies with K today!

Admin duties now.

I thought these signs were interesting.

Worked on a new podcast!

Are you going through troubles? This podcast will help!

Check out “Fiery Irons!” Just click on the title and GROOVE!

K and I were thinking about getting out of town to Chattanooga this weekend. Then my car went dead. It’s running, but now it needs a valve job on one cylinder. Jesse helped me take it over to KC’s in Tucker this morning.

Looks like it’s going to cost around $600 to fix the valve problem. Otherwise the car is in great shape! The mechanic said that the year that Chrysler made my car was a really good one. So that was good news.

J and I went by Ashley’s house after lunch. I wanted to see her new dog, Mowgli. She’s a little sweetheart! The dog’s nice too.

Tremendous rain on the way home.

Yow! Already had 1″ in just a couple of hours.

It rained about 1/2″ yesterday.

Home now to work on admin duties.

I liked these flowers.

A sign for the left hand and a sign for the right hand.

Lone Ranger opened this weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing it.

Packaged and mailed off the dvds to the two churches that worked with us last week. I edit video then post it to YouTube as well as mailing a hard copy as a dvd to the church leader.

Got gas. Prices seem to be going down.

Had a good time talking to my team from Union Baptist Church in Griffin, GA this morning!

Sublime Blue Mariachi Hat!



Took them to the Buford Highway Farmers Market!

Always something fun to see!

Then to Plaza Fiesta, where we ate our lunch.

The Whirlwind Missions Tradition of posing with the mannequins at Laredo Western Ware.

Petting the official Whirlwind Missions fake horse. Her name is Storm.

Asian Square, CD Tower and the Buddhist Idols was next.

On to the missions! They served at Azalea Place and Cumberland Court.





Great team!

Talked to my mechanic. Apparently, one of the valves got bent when the water pump seized up. It shredded the timing belt stopping the engine. So another group works on the internal parts of the engine.

Probably take it over to the other guys and see what they say.

Have to figure out if it’s worth putting more money in or going with something different. I know what I’ve put in on my car. I know that it’s been taken care of well.

Funny.

We’ve had about 2″ of rain in the last three days.

Last night the electrician came over to my house to fix a wiring issue. Part of our house had no power.

Minor’s Electrical did the work. I’d recommend them.

He had to take a lot of switches and junctions apart to find the wire that was loose.

Even had to go up in the attic.

Turned out to be the exterior plug on my porch that was the culprit.

Here’s what it looks like now. I’ll put an exterior cover on it as well.

Ended up costing me about $200 to get it fixed.

My mechanic is working on my car. Thinks it’s the water pump that seized up and the timing belt that it sheared off. Probably be around $1,000 when it’s all said and done.

Recorded a new podcast today!

Man is a group animal. I talk about the importance of our tribes in “WEsolation!” Just click on the title and GROOVE!

Ate lunch with Jesse. Always fun to hang out with him! We also visited Barnes and Noble. I liked this quote by Henry David Thoreau.

Went by Lowes to pick up the cover for the exterior plug.

I liked the flowers at Lowes.

Home now to work on admin duties.

Editing video of the teams from last week. It’s a long process of editing, compressing, uploading to YouTube . . . . A lot of the time is waiting for things to upload or process.

I took a picture of my lighted keyboard. Noticed some interesting . . almost 3D effects when shooting at a slow shutter speed on my camera.

Ashley and I spoke at Union Baptist Church in Griffin, GA this morning!

Sadly, on my way to go pick up Ash, the Chrysler started over heating, seconds late the check engine light goes on and the car loses power. Never zesty.

Called Ash to pick me up, then we shot over to Griffin. We got there in plenty of time.

Ash and I gave our initial briefing to the kids, many of whom will come on the mission trip to work with us in the International Village.



We had lunch with the youth director and his wife. Delightful!

I called AAA on the way to pick up my car. Ash waited with me for the tow truck to come.

We towed it on over to T&G.

We’ve also had some problems with the electrical system in our house. Ever since the powerful thunderstorm when we lost power, the power has been off in one line that runs a couple of lights and also some plugs. Hopefully, I can get an electrician to help me out.

Home now to work on admin duties, edit video and rest.

Last night there was a powerful thunderstorm which knocked out our power till about 10:30pm. I didn’t have access to my computer.

Ashley and I did a recon of the locations a week from now.

Went to eat Thai food while in Sandy Springs.

Cool place. Food was good. Service was slow.

Then checked on our team from Grace Covenant.

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Had the power outage to deal with when I got home.

This morning Ashley and I briefed our team from Oakland Baptist Church, GA.

Took them to the Buford Highway Farmers Market. Always a groovy thing.

Would you like some chili with that molten lava?

This one makes you stop. That one makes you go.

Shark attack.

They did a great job at Azalea with our kids.

Best part was that I got to hang out with some of my original youth group today. They guys really are like sons to me.

This is how I see myself.

Beautiful trees at sunset.

Does he look like he’s breathing fire?

This is how dark it was at our house.

Skating into the future on a long board.

Ashley and I had a fun time briefing our teams on Catholicism today!

Then off to explore the wonders of Plaza Fiesta!

New shots with the Sublime Blue Mariachi Hat.

Best part is always the missions!

My car passed the emission test. Had to get tie rods replaced and the rotors turned. Yow!

Dropped off the Expedition. It passed too! Now we have to get our van in. It’s the oldest. Pray for safe passage!

Admin duties now.