Had a rest day today. Feeling better, still kind of shaky.

Worked on podcasts. They’re based on my tweets which are motivational plus!

Had Mexican food for lunch. My best medicine.

I could tell they shot a lot of fireworks last night!

Rested again this afternoon.

Watched Tour de France.

Enjoyed watching a film in French this evening with Kathy, “Entre les murs.” about a teacher in Paris. It was a real documentary and very interesting. Fun to think in French again.

I had a good rest day today. Needed it. My throat feels a lot better. I just still feel tired. K went to Open Table church this morning. She seemed to enjoy it.

Late this afternoon we walked around the neighborhood. I thought the fresh air would do me good. I think it did.

Dog gets mighty scared with the fireworks!

We like looking at the flowers.

This evening K and I watched “Outsourced.” It’s a movie about a call center guy who gets moved to India. We really liked it. Reminded me of the old days in Kenya where many of my best friends are Patels or Shahs.

This could be correct. At least partially. . .

Slept in this morning. Still weak, but better. My throat feels a lot better.

K took me to Cicis for pizza.

We saw this canon in the parking lot.

I love this civil war stuff. I reckon they’ll be shooting it at Stone Mountain tomorrow. BOOOOM! Dig it, baby.

Watching World Cup now. Love me some soccer. Pulling for Spain. They’re playing brilliantly. Can’t believe how Germany totally owned Argentina.

And my favorite sporting event every year starts today: Tour de France. I love riding around France on a bicycle. Virtually!

I’ll work on editing some video and finish that project today.

Checked my blood pressure at Walmart.

Still not feeling my usual Tiger Tank self. Bahd luck.

Worked on my financial report today. Got that all done.

Went to the Post Office to mail it and by my treasurer’s house to take it to him.

Kathy took me to Red Robin for lunch. Made me feel better.

She spent the day in Clarkston working with refugees at Southern Place with another of our partners Mel Rhoden. She had a great time.

I’m back in bed. Working on editing video and resting.

I liked this map that shows Keene, NH where Jesse is.

I miss my wingman. He’s looking for a job up there right now. It’s been fun having K ride around with me!

I had a good lunch with my Angel Ashley today! Yeah!

Today I checked back on my team from FBC Hattiesburg. I had a fun time driving around shaking hands and shooting pictures and video.

It’s always especially meaningful to me on the last days they’re here because that’s when they really share the Gospel. Getting to see kids pray to accept Christ is always a very powerful thing!

My throat has been worse today. Didn’t sleep well last night.

I came on home early and went back to bed. I feel a little better now. I have a long day planned tomorrow, so I figured I’d better try and rest a bit before I really got worse.

Had a great day working with my team from Mississippi this afternoon! They’re doing a great job at the missions.

Then later in the day I went to meet up with my team from Princeton, Kentucky.

I gave them a briefing about the work and then took them over to the eight locations they covered in Avondale, Scottdale and Clarkston. Although this team has never done work like this before, they seemed to be really taking to it! PTL!

I’m back home now working on my admin duties.

My voice is still really rough. Been feeling a little weak. I’ve worked too many days in a row without a break I reckon.

Ever wondered why traffic suddenly will get bad for no apparent reason? Here’s why!

This morning I met the team from FBC HAttiesburg at FBC Doraville and gave them a briefing/introduction to the International Village. They’re an enthusiastic group!

Then we split the group into half and Kathy and I took them on a tour of the Muslim and Hindu sections of Atlanta. It’s always fun to take kids to different areas of the world, right here at home!

This afternoon K and I went from site to site to check on the teams and make sure everything was going well.

They seem to be a very organized group with a great attitude. They’re fun to work with.

Came on home to Stone Mountain and worked on getting Kathy’s phone working. Pretty simple problem: I didn’t know how to turn it on properly. Pretty embarrassing, but I’m glad it was easy to fix. We think she’ll inherit my old iPhone when I get my new one in about two weeks. Groovy!

I’m at home now working on my admin duties which means, email, phone calls and uploading pictures I took–about 220 today!

I also download all the video shot today onto my computer’s external hard drive. Then when the week is over, I edit all the video together. It’s a labor of love. But mainly labor. I do think it’s those extra effort things we do that makes people keep coming back to work with us year after year!

We’re looking forward to Lie to Me coming on tonight, our favorite TV show.

This morning I felt flat worn out. My throat was a mess after all the yelling I did at the Outreach Event trying to make myself heard. So I spent a quiet morning.

Also worked on knocking out all the videos for the four teams I had last week.

Got them all edited, burned DVDs and by this evening I’ll have all the videos uploaded to YouTube. Mission accomplished.

I watched England get clobbered by Germany. Ouch! Watched some of the Argentina vs Mexico game but fell asleep. Just tired.

Got up and went in to Doraville to meet with my team from FBC Hattiesburg, MS! They’re a terrific bunch!

Ian North and I took the two big buses around the cities where they’ll be serving to make sure they know where they’re going.

It’s always a stressful job when you’re dealing with those buses. But it all worked out great!

Then I took Ian and Ruthie out for supper. Always enjoy hanging out with that sweet couple. It’s their anniversary weekend: 6 years! I’m SO glad to have them back here in the ATL! They plan to go to Chattanooga for a couple of days to celebrate. I told them all my favorite places to stay and hang out. I hope they have half as good a time as K and I do up there!

Now I’m finishing up my admin work before I crash out. I’ll be back at FBC Doraville at 9:30am to do a briefing and then take them around the International Village.

My team from Kentucky arrives Tuesday evening. Ashley will be coordinating that team. Glad I have her!

This morning Kathy and I went to the Post Office so I could mail our newsletters to our supporters!

Always great to finish a job!

We went on to Clarkston to help our team from Eagles Landing Baptist Church at Southern Place.

We had a great group of refugees at the Outreach Event. It was a fun time!

I was also glad to spend some time with Bennett Ekandem and his family! I finally got to meet the three boys that he and his wife Idong hope to adopt. They are some really cute kids!

This afternoon I watched Ghana beat the USA in the World Cup 2-1. I was sad about that, but I’m glad that there’s still an African team in the running!

This evening we went to Jason’s Deli to celebrate Kathy’s sister Ruth’s birthday. We had a fun evening hanging out with our family.

I’ve been editing video since I got home. Always admin jobs to do. I still need to edit the video I shot for Clinch River BC and for Valley Ranch BC. Just knocked out the video from this afternoon.

I thought this cloud was cool!

This morning I focused on producing this month’s newsletters. Ashley and I wrote our articles and laid out the pictures.

Today is my “day off.” Didn’t really work out that way. But I did have fun for an hour studying the brain–one of my hobbies.

I’m interested in neurology and how that fits with our spirituality. Especially in the field of prayer. “How can we communicate more effectively with Jesus?” It’s something I think about every day.

Seems to me the brain is the heart of the matter.

After producing the newsletter, I went to Azalea to check on my kids and have them help me label the letters. Also picked up stamps for the letters.

I usually buy a couple of dozen doughnuts as their reward. But, honestly, every kid gets doughnuts whether they help or not. They mainly help because they just love me.

Ironically, I see my mission kids less in the two months of the summer than any other time. I’m busy checking on all the other missions with the teams in town.

Did I mention it was hot?

I came home, put the finishing touches on the newsletters and went to Staples to make the photo copies.

Now I work on admin duties and then to newsletters.

Yesterday I also edited the video for my team from FBC Salado, TX. That DVD and the links to the video on YouTube and the pictures in the Photo Gallery are all on line now. When those duties are done, I consider the team officially “complete.”

I still have to work on the teams from Clinch River BC, TN and Valley Ranch BC, Dallas, TX. Once the newsletters are complete, that’s my next priority.

I have my team from Eagles Landing Baptist Church coming to Willow Branch, Clarkston tomorrow. I’m looking forward to helping with that and hanging out with Bennett.

Looks like storm clouds are moving in!

I liked this bumper sticker.