I had a wonderful meeting with Johnny Crist the senior pastor of the Atlanta Vineyard Church and his director of missions Luanne Thompson. We went to several of the missions near his church so we could start planning on outreach in the area. He’s an amazing pastor and one of the very few senior pastors that has gotten out and actually see the mission field where we work.
Went by First Baptist Church of Doraville to check my mail and to pick up some painting supplies for a painting team that’s going to be working at Oak Forest tomorrow morning. I’m all about using free labor.
Also checked out Super 8 a motel near the International Village. The Sales Manager for this hotel used to work at Comfort Inn/Best Western Inn near FBC Doraville. Their price has really gone up since they became a Holiday Inn express. I’ve been looking for a new place to put teams and I think this one will do fine. It’s not as secure since it’s a motel, but I think it’ll be fine for most teams.
Worked on editing the video I shot this weekend at Kensington Station. I have the movies complete and burned to DVD as well as put on our video web sites at Google and YouTube. I can put the higher quality video on Google since they have unlimited storage capacity. For free. It’s a beautiful thing, baby.
I worked out on weights and ran 4 miles after lunch.
Went to Kensington Station to help Bennett and Ashley with a group from FBC Central Florida to host a concert and dramas. We had about 14 adults and children receive the Lord! Fantastic!
Kathy and I watched You, Me and Dupree this evening.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
My wife’s sister Ruth had a birthday party today. We got most of Kathy’s brothers and sisters and their families to eat with us at Asian Buffet. We had a great time and enjoyed seeing all the relatives together.
Went to the dentist this morning. He didn’t really do anything, just said that I need a root canal/crown put on the tooth that I broke. He is pretty sure that that’s the reason I’ve been suffering. Apparently the nerve that runs to that tooth also goes up to the jaw area. I’ll need to go to another dentist that specializes in that. Guess that’s better than having a brain tumor.
Ashley and I went over to our treasurer’s house. We also went to lunch after the dentist and talked about our marketing plans for the ministry. Ashley is so creative.
If you’re not on our newsletter list and want to be, send me an email at timacummins@gmail.com. It’s worth getting the snail mail edition of the newsletter. This month we start with a special fridge magnet that will post a monthly prayer reminder. Ashley will be in charge of that. I think the magnets are pretty cute.
Thanks for praying for my tooth issue. I’ve really suffered with this thing.
I met with a new partner today, Matt Johns. He’s on our team with the North American Mission Board. We spent about 4 hours together getting him set up with an assignment and working on his newsletter.
Also met with partners at the Salvation Army. A team from I-Pod and Global Events Group works on soccer training/computer skills in a couple of apartments around Doraville. I’ll see what I can do to help them out.
Kathy and I went out for ribs last night at Famous Daves. That stuff was really good.
Jesse and I got these remote control tiny helecopters we’ve enjoyed from Thinkgeek.com. Fun!
I had the good fortune to work with Ashley most of the day. We went to Briarcliff Baptist Church to pick up some food that was left over from the last block party.
We dropped the food and some clothes that we had collected to the mission at Azalea and visited with the kids for a little while.
Then over to FBC Doraville to check on mail and partners at the office.
Banking was next. As my pastor Steve says, “We live by faith, but we live ON money.”
We ate salads and sandwiches at Perimeter Mall. Then I followed Ash around to watch her shop. Shocking as it may sound, we have very similar tastes. I’m an arty kinda guy. I know bad art if it’s on the wall or on your body.
We got home around 5:30pm. I started working on email and other office admin work.
I figured out how to add slides to the Video Seminar. I’ll work on that this evening.
Worked out on weights this morning.
Got my polarizing filter in from Sony for my camcorder. Extremely sweet. I look forward to shooting video now more than ever. I was really irritated by glare in the lens. These have a a special coating plus the polarizing aspect.
Made a road trip up to Gainesville today. I checked on partners up there. It’s incredible how much like Mexico that place is now. Arrow Tires have been a big help to our ministry in that area.
Working on details for the Video Seminar.
Still having some pain in my jaw/ear. Haven’t taken any pain meds so far so I must be getting some better. My left eye seems pretty much healed up too. I had a bug fly in it a few days ago when I was running.
Caught up on all my phone calls and email since my days off this weekend. Everything seems to be running smoothly! Excellente!
We slept in again this morning. I did much better last night. PTL. I’ve come to realize I’m not that good with pain. I would have told the Nazis everything.
We cruised on into Atlanta and ate Indian food at Vikhyat near Northlake Mall. Super good.
Ran 4 miles.
Peace.
Saturday, June 9th, 2007
I had a really hard night. Didn’t sleep well at all because of the pain in my jaw.
We slept in a little later. Felt better when I got up.
We drove over to the W. side of the Chattanooga where the art and bookstores are. I really enjoy that place. It reminds me of Austin. Kind of a hippy flavor to it. The folk art in particular I find absolutely fascinating.
I got a couple of really cool pieces including some toy robots that are just the bomb.
We ate pizza at Mr. T’s in St. Elmo, one of my favorite American towns.
Friday, June 8th, 2007
Kathy and I get her mom over to her sister’s house in the morning.
Then we went over to Marietta to get our team started on the two Franklin Road properties. Worked out pretty well.
Kathy enjoyed a gyro at the Mediterranean Deli while I got them squared away. Then we drove the other 100 miles on up to Chattanooga.
I briefed my team from Willowbrook BC, AL this morning at FBC Tucker. Then we went over to the Buford Highway corridor and I took them on a Prayer Walk. They had a fantastic time.
We ate lunch together at the church then we went over to Highland Gardens, Azalea Place, Woodgate and Pear Lane/Don Juan. I made sure the driver knew how to make the circuit around the town. I shot video and pictures of the team. I’ll post them on the web this evening. I already edited the video and burned DVDs for the team.
I’m back on the antibiotics and decongestants plus some pain killers. I can’t take the pain meds when I’m working because it involves a lot of driving. Good thing is that usually during the day it doesn’t hurt much.
Had a good rest when I got home.
Working on the media, uploading, editing, burning . . . it’s a way of life.
Jesse and Bennett Ekandem and I went to Duluth this morning to work on a couple of issues. One is our new portal for our E-Learning Multi-Housing Seminar and the other was the micro-loan project. Both are big deals and I was excited to have two of my best partners working with me on this.
I’ve been suffering with this ear infection or whatever it is. I’m back on antibiotics and got some pain pills. I’m against pain. I hear it’s helpful, but I can’t really see the upside right now.
Still uploading the higher resolution video to Google. The files are actually smaller than YouTube and yet look better! No wonder Google is rich.
I need to get some exercise. Ran 4 miles yesterday.
