This weekend I’ve been at N. Peachtree Baptist Church at their missions conference. Kathy and I spoke to the youth group this morning. We had a great time with them. I hope to get many of them into the mission field this year.

We also went over to K’s brother Bill’s house after church. It was good to see him and his friend Deborah.

Yesterday K and I rode our bikes to Stone Mountain. It was a lot of fun and a pretty hard ride. We spent time at the Stone Mountain graveyard. It’s a fantastic place started in 1850. Check out the pictures. Ever seen anything like them?

The graveyard is on a hill in the city of Stone Mountain. A bolt of lightning hit this tree. Check it out!

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I just got back from the North American Mission Board in Alpharetta.  I spoke to the Missionary Candidates for this month.  I speak on how do we mobilize volunteers.  We normally host over 2,500 people each year so it’s something I do regularly.

I’ll go to N. Peachtree BC this evening for the second night of their Missions Conference.

My treasurer let me know that we’re tight financially right now.  God is able!  Is he laying on your heart to support us financially?  If so, go to the home page and at the bottom left hand side there are buttons for donations!  Let God bless you by blessing us!

Peace.

We had some issues with our server yesterday. Sorry the web site was down!

We’ve had really cold weather here in Stone Mountain. Check out these pictures from the top of my car.

I had a great day with the young men at the mission yesterday. I went over to the Atlanta Art Institute where Tabias is going to school. I took him there along with Jouvens to buy him some books. Jouvens’ girlfriend Macaila also goes to AAI.

The rest of the day and evening was spent at N. Peachtree Baptist Church. They’re having their Global Focus celebration this week. I set up my display and enjoyed talking the to church members about our work.

Today was my Ashley day! We went over to Lawrenceville to spend some time with one of our big supporters–Todd Harrison. He’s a great guy and is SO generous to our ministry. He gave us a bunch of chips, drinks and cookies to take to the missions. What a help!

We took the goodies over to Bill Hickey at Huntington Ridge. Ashley and I also went to Walmart to pick up a new bike for Bill ( he sold his so he could buy food!) and a new basketball goal for the mission at Azalea. I usually have to buy a new goal about once a year or so. It’s heavily used and just gets beat up.

Good day, made even better because I got to spend it with my sweet Ashley!

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Another one of those “hauling stuff around” days.

Went by Perimeter Church (one of my favorites!) to pick up 20 small grills.  They’ve been so generous to us over the years!  You may remember when Jouvens and I picked up over 300 chairs that they gave us!  We’ll be using the grills in large events in the coming year.

Just finished working on my email and phone calls.  Teams are already starting to line up for Spring Break and Summer ministry.  Great!

I’m headed over to Azalea now to check on the kids.  Deborah Hayes, my partner at the Doraville Pregancy Resource Center helped me with a project for Navila.  What a blessing!

Worked out on weights this morning.

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Fabulous weather! It’s nearly 70 degrees here in Atlanta!

Went by the bank to take care of some deposits.

Over to the Post Office to pick up some Passport forms. Just in case. . . . I’m working on filling those out.

Dropped off some financial forms I filled out for our treasurer. We’re moving towards using a paycheck company to help Whirlwind keep up with the tax obligations we incur. Our CPA didn’t do a good job with keeping that going in a timely manner.

Had a great conversation with our pastor here at FBC Doraville. Sam’s a great guy. I enjoy working with him. He gave me that word that Chamblee Doraville Ministry Center/Atlanta Intercultural Ministry is officially dead as of end of February. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully we’ll get some great new partners there.

I have a meeting next week with the director of the Atlanta branch of Columbia International University. I’m hoping their students may help us here at the FBC Doraville campus.

I’ll be headed over to Azalea to check on the kids in a moment.

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I’ve had a good weekend.  Rode my bike and ran.

Great time with Ashley, her boyfriend Miles and Kathy at Famous Dave’s Ribs.  Yumbo.

Been watching the debates.

Pray for this country!

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I had to take my Chrysler back in this morning. The engine light came back on. Hopefully it’s something minor.

K and I had a good hike up Stone Mountain this afternoon. Fabulous up there. The ice runoff the mountain was fascinating.
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Had a good talk with Alex on the phone. He’s one of my partners working in Clarkston.

Ashley and I worked on the financial report of the newest donations.

Tonight is the first caucus in Iowa. Let’s see what happens. . .

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Took care of a bunch of admin work this afternoon. Went by FBC Doraville to pick up the weekend mail. Thanks to our generous donors!!

Went by the bank to deposit checks.

Met with Fred Jones at First Baptist Atlanta.  He hurt his knee recently.  We had a prayer together.

Over to the Corners apartments to sign our annual lease.  I think the ministry is on track there.

Talked with managers at Azalea and New Peachtree about the outreach we had with Campus Crusade yesterday. They were appreciative.

Turned in my financial report.  I track expenses/donations every two weeks.

Man, it was really cold! This morning the wind chill was 7 degrees. Ay caramba!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I started my year off with a bang! This morning I went to the Marriot hotel where I met with about 750 Campus Crusade college students. I had a great time firing the group up about doing outreach! We covered 67 locations–largest in the history of the Atlanta. We covered 17 cities in the metroplex.

I met my wife and most of our extended Atlanta family for lunch at Moes. Anyone for a Joey Bag of Donuts?

Came home and worked on my financial report. I have that ready to take over to my treasurer in the morning.

Cold day today. I would have loved to run, but too cold for an old African like me.

Peace.