Kathy and I had a fun, long weekend together!

I really needed the rest as I’m still getting over my trip to India.

My voice is still pretty rough, but I’m sleeping better at night.

We enjoyed Sugar’s for ribs!

The trees were spectacular!

I particularly enjoyed going to Reflection Riding at the base of Lookout Mountain.

I enjoyed looking through the antiques at the Knitting Mill on the N. Shore of Chatta.

I found this fascinating!

K and I also went to the zoo. The weather was awesome and the animals were amazing. I really am enjoying my new camera!

We stopped at the Tellus Science Museum on the way home. One of my favorite places!

Glad to be back home. Pretty much kept up with my admin duties due to my iPad and iPhone! Great not to be too swamped when I got back home.

Last night I had the pleasure of opening up a box from Apple! My new iPhone had arrived!

Fortunately, I have my uber son, Jesse, to set up everything for me.

It is an amazing device. The voice recognition software is absolutely amazing!

Today I worked on completing the Indian Trip experience. That meant writing notes to all our supporters who made it possible for me to go.

I also included a piece of hand painted Indian artwork. I thought the kids who painted on these leaves did an awesome job!

I’m still having trouble sleeping. I went to sleep at 3am last night and woke up about 7:30am. Rested again this afternoon. Kathy told me I needed to stay home rather than going to the mission. I laid down for a short nap after lunch and slept another 4 hours. I reckon she’s always right.

K and I are looking forward to a fun weekend together.

I enjoyed a breakfast supper with Ashley and Jesse this evening!

Had a bad night’s sleep. Woke up at 3am and finally went back to sleep at 6am. Stupid jet lag.

Got all the photos uploaded. Amen to that!

Also edited and uploaded the video from India 2011. Groovy!

Also burned dvds of the video.

Jesse, Ashley, Miles and I worked at the mission with the kids.

Admin duties now.

What marketer came up with this name?

The American way: overstuffing.

Beauty tree!

Feeling pretty worn out.

Uploading nearly 2,500 pictures.

Edited my India video. Still working on uploading that.

Ashley, Jesse and I went to Azalea to help the kids with their homework.

Also threw candy to them for Halloween.

Home now to rest.

Beautiful trees!

Who can resist this?

Or this?

Arrived into Atlanta about three hours ago! A warm homecoming from my sweet family!

Waded through over 600 emails.

I’m uploading my pictures now. I took over 2,500 pictures and videos. I shot about 20 Gb. I’ll be posting my favorites soon.

Steve Jobs is a hero of mine. I just read his sister’s eulogy for her brother. You should tool

Thanks for your prayers! We had over 700 conversions of Hindus and Muslims. Absolutely amazing!

This morning I did one of my favorite things: recorded podcasts!

I released this one today: “Men and Women.” Want to get along better with your significant other? Listen!

I recorded a second episode today called “Invite Love.” It releases on 10/24, Jesse’s birthday! If all goes well, I’ll record two more this evening. My goal is two a week. I want to keep them coming even when I’m not there!

I had a great response to my You’re Awesome, baby! video. My buddies said I should do a longer version. So I did! I think you’ll like it!

The kids at Azalea said they really liked it too. I thought that was funny.

Abraham, one of my kids, said, “I watched 2 hours of Story Tim today!” I got a hoot out of that!

I went to Sunrise Baptist Church this afternoon to pick up the list of the people that had donated to my trip to India!

People are SO kind to me.

Bought a portable speaker to take with me on my trip.

Then went to my doctor’s office to get my third Hepatitis B shot. Kind of hurt.

I reckon because my arm was still sore from the flu shot.

Signed the new contract for our apartment at Huntington Terraces.

Great to see Bayo and the children at the mission.

Then to Azalea to see MY kids and work with MY family.

Never too much of that.

Came home to do my final packing for my trip to India: TOMORROW!

K and I watched a really good movie tonight called “I am David.” It’s about a little boy who escapes a prison camp. Amazing show.

I liked this phone card.

It was right outside the mission.

Had a great time at Sunrise Baptist Church this morning!

Kathy, Ashley and I went to Lawrenceville to worship with this great congregation.

The church prayed for our team of six people going to India on Tuesday. We’ll leave around 2pm from the church to go to the airport.

We’ll be gone for nearly two weeks returning on the 30th.

We enjoyed hearing Dr. Carl Barrington teach his Sunday School class! REALLY interesting!

This evening we got together to split up the medicine that we’ll be taking to India.

We had to weigh each bag carefully.

These bags are ready to go on the plane!

We also went through our duties. I’m part of the triage team. I help determine what’s wrong with the ill person so that the doctor will know what to do.

I’ll also be telling them about Jesus and praying for them. Sounds like a plan!

Enjoyed watching the movie “Opa!” with Kathy this evening. It’s about an archeologist trying to find the cup of St. John on Patmos Island. I loved seeing the country and hearing Greek!

This sticker might work in Greece!

Had a fun day with one of my favorite partners: 12 Stone Church! The parking lot was packed with people anxious to serve!

Great worship experience this morning.


Then on to the missions! We served in Olde Salem, Greens at Hillcrest and Alexander Mill in Lawrenceville, GA.

Great outreach!

Came home to rest for a bit.

Then edited the video that I shot of 12 Stone.

Posted the pictures for the event.

And went to Staples to make the copies of my November newsletter.


Ashley will write hers in about two weeks, print and put them in the mail while I’m in India.

Working on putting the Financial Report together for my treasurer. Ashley has been a HUGE help with that lately.

Looking forward to some rest time with Kathy this evening.

Woke up to a fantastic fall morning! Clear and cool–AWESOME!

Jesse and I had a delicious lunch at one of my favorite places, Cafe Istanbul!

We had a fun day today at Fernbank! Some big ol’ dinosaurs! This one is Argentinosaurus.

I always enjoy seeing the science exhibits and today was no exception.

They had an interesting display of skeletons and plants that Darwin had collected on his journeys.

I love these articulated skeletons.



I used to work with Gaboon Vipers like these in Nairobi.

Did you know he was only 22 when he started his journey?

This is a model of the HMS Beagle. He sailed on it for over 5 years.

He loved carnivorous plants. Did you know I’ve kept Venus Flytraps since I was 8 years old?

This is a replica of what his study looked like.

I’ve seen some of the Australiopithicene skulls when I used to work at the Nairobi Museum. Did you know I knew the Leakey family?

I love bones and skulls.

Some people are really angry with the Theory of Evolution. I figure God can use whatever tool HE wants to. He still made it happen!

We topped off our afternoon with an IMAX showing of the Hubble telescope.

I thought the pictures were absolutely amazing.

What a beautiful world God has created!

While I was in San Diego, my friends insisted that I come up with a Tim APP! Their idea was that I give some of my “Timisms” to the camera so they could put them on their iPhones and play them whenever they got depressed. Why? Because you’re AWESOME, baby!

Here’s the raw video that they’ll use.

Since I’ll be out of town for nearly two weeks while in India, I decided it’d be a good idea to get everything ready for the newsletters early this month.

Got all the labels printed and took them over to the mission so the kids could help me.

Also went to the Post Office for stamps. And to Staples for envelopes.

Got a flu shot this afternoon. Dr. Barrington thought it’d be a good idea. Jesse went with me for moral support!

The kids are always great about helping me with the labels!

Angel gets carried away with the labeling.

Ready for writing!

Then we worked on the homework. Great to have my whole family there helping me!

Jesse also helped get the N64 controllers untangled. What a job!

Came on home to work on admin duties and enjoy some time with Kathy.

I’ll work on my article tomorrow and make sure it’s printed up before I leave.

I picked up my car from the mechanic’s today. They never could find anything wrong with it. Bizarre. Pray that it doesn’t suddenly cut out on me while I’m driving in bad Atlanta traffic! Worked perfectly today! Amen!

I think these clouds look like frosting.

Love the beautiful trees!