Ashley and I gave our briefings on Islam and Hinduism.

Then took the teams over to Global Mall to visit the Shiv Mandir Hindu temple.

Checked out Islamic N. Africa at Al Madina. Always fascinating, and delicious!

Checked on the teams at the missions.

Ash and I wrote and produced our newsletters for the month. Our friends at the Atlanta Metro Baptist Association printed them in color for us!

We had the kids help us with the labels and stuffing the envelopes.

Then we give everybody doughnuts . . . . whether they helped us not. They love ’em!

Admin duties now. Also need to write a letter to help a friend with their immigration issues.

The flowers near the mission are beautiful!

Everyone loves Ashley. Especially ME!

Chalk art = groovy.

Ash and I had fun briefing the team on Buddhism this morning.

Then over to CD Tower, the Hong Kong Bakery and Hoa Da–the traditional herbal medicine shop.

Ate at Penang for some great Malaysian food.

Then to the missions! It rained pretty hard for about fifteen minutes. Then cleared off and was sunny!

Came home early to work on the newsletters. Takes a few hours to get all that together!

Admin duties await.

There have been three baby raccoons eating the cat food by my office at FBC Doraville. Cuteness!

Kathy and I enjoyed going to Clarkston International Bible Church this Sunday. Pastor Phil blessed the students going to camp this week. After eating lunch with Kathy and Jesse, I went home to record a new podcast! Woot! “PreGeneration!” Verbal Surgery meets Metaphysics. Just click on the title and groove! Enjoyed playing a new video game Sunday afternoon called “Last of Us!” I can’t get over the amazing cinematic skill in these games! Did you know that video games make TEN times the money that movies do?

Enjoyed working with the teams this morning.

Ashley and I did our greeting briefing. Always fun! We have a team from Knoxville, TN–Grace Covenant Church, and FBC Mcdonough, GA in town this week. Groovy!

We took them to the Buford Highway Farmers Market. Love the cool things I see! They were sold out of the Frozen Pig Head, we had to make due with Frozen Lamb Head. Not as good.

Then to the missions!

Ashley in action!

I was glad K got to come today!

Home now for admin duties.

I liked this leaf.

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It came on a fancy apple paper that looked completely legit. This is a scam of people fishing (they call it phishing) for people’s account number and credit card numbers. BEWARE OF THIS!

Went for a 2.66 mile run this morning. I hurt my calf running to get to a plane going to Austin. Didn’t bother me until the middle of the first mile.

I liked the flowers on my run. Some of them tiny. Others larger than my head.

Some covered the whole tree.

Had a fun lunch with Jesse today. We ate BBQ.

I liked the lichens I saw on the logs. Interesting.

Came home to watch TV with K and rest. It was pretty mild this morning, but I still got tired and my leg hurts.

Had fun recording a new podcast this morning!

How do you get yourself to do something? I need to “Wind me UP!” Just click on the title and get motivated!

Took my car to get worked on. Unfortunately, their emissions machine wasn’t working. They did tweak my AC for me though! Cool!

Went to see Man of Steel this afternoon. Really disappointed in it. Overall pretty weak.

Talked to my Mom. She said that my Dad had been moved into the physical therapy floor so that’s good news. He’s still having trouble swallowing.

Enjoyed watching TV with K this evening.

Admin duties and rest now.

I liked the tiles on the tables where we ate lunch.

Been a wild week. My Mom called me last week that my Dad was pretty sick in the hospital and she needed my help.

So I jumped on a plane to Austin the next day.

I waited till after Ashley and I briefed the team What a great group!

I love our new bubble guns!

My Dad was in ICU and had his gall bladder removed last Friday afternoon. After the surgery, he was kept under total sedation for nearly three days. He had a tube down into his lungs that whole time. He’s doing better with his swallowing, but he’s still having some trouble. His physical therapist had him walk around the room a little bit today.

Many friends visited and supported us as we were in the hospital.

Spoke at a Sunday School class at Main Street Baptist Church. Many of the people there I’ve known for decades.

Got to hike one afternoon. Spent a lot of time looking for rattlesnakes and fossils. In that order.

Mom was sad to see me go.

I got back last night from Austin. Loved the clouds.

Jumped right back in this morning. Ashley and I gave our briefing on Catholicism.

Always something fun and interesting.

Ashley was her usual calm, sedate self.

The team gave her flowers! Groovy!

Pictures with the Sublime Blue Mariachi Hat.

Then over to Plaza Fiesta!

I bought a couple of new things.You can never have too much Holy Death of Love spray.

I thought these were nice. But I couldn’t figure out a way to work them into our briefings.

I’ll take one of each.

A new Whirlwind Missions tradition of posing with the mannequins at Laredo Western Wear.

Groovy hats, Jack!

Worked at Azalea and Cumberland Courts apartments this afternoon.

The kids love to see the teams!

It was good to see my kids again!

Back home now working on admin duties.

Texas flowers!

Beauty!

Got hot outside.

I liked this.

This sounded vaguely sexual.

I prefer my value extreme.

Say WHAT?

I thought these tiny mushrooms were cool!

Somebody needs to tell these guys where babies come from.

This morning Ashley and I gave our briefings on Islam and Hinduism. Always fun!!

We took them on a tour of Global Mall. Visited the Shiv Mandir.

Then to Madina to experience the fun of N. Africa!

On to the missions to work with the kids! Best part of the day!




Always great to have Kathy come with us!

Got hot this afternoon.

Powerful storms brewing.

I made my reservations to go to Austin tomorrow. I’ll fly in tomorrow around 6:30 pm.

Admin duties now.

Ashley and I had a wonderful time briefing the teams from Urban Plunge! UP is an event that my partner Mobilizing Students hosts.

They brought teams from five different churches in to the International Village with Ashley and me. Great to see them!

Ashley took her team to the Asian Square.
FBC Pelham has been one of my favorite teams!

Kathy and I took the teams to the Buford Highway Farmers Market. Always something fun to see!

Kissing the frozen lamb’s head. The frozen pig heads were sold out. Dang.

Some big ol’ tongues.

After lunch, the leaders took the teams around the city. The kids loved it!

I think their fashion sense is impeccable.

Ashley got some cup hair at the mission.

Warmer today!

It was still “surprisingly cool in the shade.”

I talked to my Mom this evening on my way home. Dad has been moved to the ICU in the hospital. Mom says he’ll probably have gall bladder surgery this Friday.

It’s not supposed to be a serious surgery. Still.

After I brief the teams on Thursday, I’ll probably fly on to Austin. Stay for a week while my Dad recovers.

At least that’s my plan for now.

I appreciate your prayers for me and my family.

Great to have two energetic teams in town today!

Menacing weather!

Ashley and I gave our briefing to a full house at FBC Doraville this morning!

Then took them on a tour of the Buford Highway Farmers Market. Always fun stuff to see!

We split up to take the teams to the missions. We will cover 39 locations this week!!

I also set up a new mission for tomorrow. We had a small glitch in the schedule that was easy enough to fix. That’s why we work so hard to get it right. I think Town and Country will work out well. It’s the sister property of several of the missions where we already have work. In fact, they are some of the best properties to do missions.

I had a good talk with my folks this morning! Dad seemed to be feeling pretty good when I talked with him. Hopefully, they’ll let him go home today. We’ll see.

Went to Azalea to check on my kids. Jesse is teaching a computer class to a couple of the brightest kids in the missions. I think it’s fun for all of them.

Gassed the car. Been putting a LOT of miles on the car these days.

Admin duties now.

Uploading video and beginning the rough edit for the movie I shot of them.

Looking forward to resting my voice. I get wound up doing these presentations. 🙂

K and I had a good time at church today.



Pastor Phil spoke about hope through a time of grief.

Rested this afternoon then went to Doraville to meet up with the leadership team from the Mobilizing Students team!

Always great to spend time with them.

Ashley did an amazing job of getting all the teams organized. Glad I’m on Team Ashley!

I took two of the team up to Sandy Springs to show them around the four missions that they will be covering.

Back home to work on admin duties and enjoy watching the Kardashians with Kathy.

My brother Jim and my Mom called me to let me know that my Dad was taken to the hospital today. The doctors still aren’t sure what’s going on, but they kept him over night for observation. They think it might be something related to his gall bladder. I appreciate your prayers for him and for the over 200 people we have in town this week!