Still hurting with lower back issues.

Worked through all my email and calls.

I’ll get my financial report together tonight if I feel well enough.

I’ve really been looking forward to this afternoon!

Jesse and I went over to the Westin hotel near the airport to meet up with two great friends of mine from my mission days in East and Southern Africa. Jon Sapp was the Regional Director for E/SA and was a great leader for our missionaries!

I wanted to get his input on how to get our International Mission Board personnel that haven’t been deployed for visa or medical issues, and plant them in the people group they want to work with here in Atlanta.

Jesse and I went by my office at FBC Doraville to work on our modem that’s not working. ATT sent us a new modem and we have to install it. We got it all together, but apparently there’s a problem with the signal. We’ll work on it again tomorrow.

My back has really been hurting again.

I spent hours working on newsletters. I’m sure that plays into it.

It was great to work with Jesse today!

On March 1st, I entered the world of Twitter.

This evening I broke 20,000 followers! Cool!

Check out twitter.com/timacummins.

This morning I headed for Staples to pick up envelopes, ink and labels for our newsletters. Also went by the Post Office to pick up stamps.

Then to Reboot, my partner that helps us with us computers, to pick up two sets. I took the hardware to Azalea Place and to Huntington Terraces, two of our best missions!

Picked up Ruthie North, Ernest and Jouvens to hang out with them and take them for lunch. Also great to talk about work and friends!

The kids at Azalea helped me with the labels. THANKS kiddos!

This afternoon started writing the newsletters. C’est la vie, baby!

K and I had a fun weekend in Chattanooga!

Did a lot of biking.

Looked around the downtown area.

And as always my favorite Reflection Riding.

Need to work on my newsletter.

Went into Chamblee this afternoon to check on my team at Huntington Creek. They were doing great!

My goal was to go by all three locations, but I got a call from a partner who needed supplies for a block party this weekend, so I had to go to the grocery store instead of seeing them all. Bahd luck.

Got all the supplies and dropped them off at FBC Doraville which is where I met the President of our board at Whirlwind Missions: Dr. Carl Barrington. I’ve known Carl for over 20 years and went to W. Africa with him and and wife Pat in 2007.

Carl took me over to see the Italian team play the Mexican team at the Georgia Dome. It was the largest soccer game ever held in our city. Estimated about 35,000 people came to the game! I was pulling for the Mexicans–and they 2-1. Awesome. This picture was near the start of the game and a lot more people showed up!

It was beautiful to walk downtown as it was getting dark. The missing windows from this building came from the tornado that hit downtown Atlanta last year.

Kathy and I are headed out of town for a few days. Sure am looking forward to some time off. I looked at my travel notebook, and I think I’ve had about 4 days off in the last 28. Gotta take a break when it gets a little slower.

This week was my final week of the Summer Teams! Had some great ones! But I am glad to get back to “normal.” Whatever that is!

Woke up with my back still hurting. Took a bunch of tylenol. Feel better.

Met up with Ian and his sister Lisa North, Bayo and BOTH Ashley and Jesse. GREAT!

We enjoyed getting together and talking about the work.

Then over to see my teams from Inskip BC, TN.

And my group from Faith BC.

Ashley shoots pictures and lets me concentrate on shooting video.

Came on home early so I can rest my back.

Ashley’s taking Jesse over to Willow Branch so he can teach his guitar class.

Here’s Ashley’s sermon!

Part ONE

Part TWO

Part THREE

This morning Jesse and I gave a briefing to our teams from Inskip Baptist Church, TN and Faith BC, NC. After the briefing, we took the leaders to their four sites so they would know how to get there.

We ate a quick lunch then went to pick up our Faith BC team and take them to their location.

Over to the church to check on mail at the office then over to check on our Inskip teams.

Everything seems to be going great! We changed the Faith team from Woodgate to Chamblee Heights because the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church was hosting a week of ministry there. Great to see them still involved!

When we visited with the team working at Huntington Terraces we met our missionary living there, Bayo Otiti. He’s a great guy from Nigeria. He was wearing some dapper cowboy boots and kicked my big toenail right with the end. Broke the big toe nail right in half. Talk about get your attention! I cleaned it up an put some antibiotic and a bandaid on it. Boots 1, Flip flops 0.

While checking on my team at Huntington Creek, stopped by to visit with Ian and Eric North.

I got home and did something to my back. Lower back muscle hurts. Have no idea what I did. Guess it’s one of those getting older things.

Worked on editing videos today. Burning DVDS and posting them to You Tube. Very labor intensive.

Good a good morning with Kathy and Jesse. K hasn’t been feeling well. Glad she’s a bit better!

Here’s what we did yesterday!

Here’s ASHLEY!