Kathy and I had a fun morning at Clarkston International Bible Church today.


I was sad that for the second week in a row our Pastor Phil didn’t speak. I miss his good words. One of our other pastors spoke. He did a good job too.

Kathy loves babies! Did you know she works with refugee babies three times a week?

She does a great job with them.

She got her baby fix today with this sweet little angel.

Came home to rest.

Just recorded a new podcast! I enjoy helping people feel good, NOW!

This episode shares how important it is to “Open your arms to LOVE!” Click on the title for a burst of positivity and LOVE!

Working on admin duties now. I want to go for a run, but when it’s SO hot, I just have to evaluate how good that is for me! Hopefully later . . .

Had a fun day today with some of my favorite people, Carl and Pat Barrington! Carl is the president of our board at Whirlwind Missions and the smartest guy I know. Pat is my doctor and the hardest working person I’ve ever seen! They were great to work with on our trip to Niger, W. Africa.

We had a meeting at Mary Macs to get to know the rest of the team coming from FBC McDonough. They seem like a really good group!

I’m looking forward to this trip back to India to do medical work and share the good news!

Promises to be a challenging trip with sweltering heat, typhoid, Japanese encephalitis and very rural conditions. My kind of place!

Enjoyed spending time with Kathy this evening.

I liked the way the bark was splitting away from the tree.

I worked till after midnight last night finishing up my article for the newsletter.


This morning I went over to Staples to make my copies.

And to the Post Office to get stamps.


Had to take a copy of what I was sending to get the right amount of postage. It only cost another .20 to mail the DVD! Awesome!

This afternoon Ashley, Jesse and I went over to the mission at Azalea. The kids always enjoy helping us do “stickers.”

They also enjoy the doughnuts!


Got the newsletters PLUS the DVDs in the mail today just in time to make it before it closed. Perfecto, baby!

That was really a whopper project. I calculated it took me an extra 26 hours to complete that project over the last two weeks. It was definitely a labor of love!

I actually have fun creating and producing things! Whether is podcasts, photography, articles or artwork!

I have another massive project going on now! Although I reckon this one will take me 365 days (plus!) to complete. You may have heard me talk about my One Year Bible. Kathy gave me my Bible when I turned 30. I’ve read the whole Bible all the way through 23 times!

Whenever anything happened of significance, I always wrote about it in the margin of that day in the Bible.

Over the last decade, I usually write something pretty much every day.

Transcribing that is a gigantic job. I bought a new Journal a few days ago.

I’ve literally run out of room to write. No more margin space!

When we had the fire at my house the ONLY material object I was concerned about was my Bible. So I’m putting all the info in a journal and then I plan not only to take a picture of each day, but also of the Bible.

At home now working on admin duties.

Looking forward to my meeting with the rest of the India Team tomorrow morning.

Hot one today!

Had a wonderful lunch with my brothers Tito and Lester Ruiz! Always great to see them!

We’ve played in the band Cruz together for years.

Don’t get to do that much any more.

Jesse and I took care of other errands. Like picking up a special dictionary for Ashley.

And getting pictures for my visa for India.

And more school supplies for the kids.

And a gift for some of the families for Eid—the end of Ramadan.

And a key and another fan for the mission. It’s still hot!

Before joining Ashley and Kathy to help the kids with their homework.

Some of the kids are less enthusiastic about doing homework than others.
; )

We had a new volunteer, Susan, to help us today. Welcome aboard!

Good times!

Back at the house to work on admin duties.

And to watch Burn Notice! Never too much Michael!

I thought this sign was amazing at Best Buy. There was a pick up truck parked there. Hmmmmmm.

Good day!

Worked on a new podcast! “Repair the Pairs: Love Me, Love You.” This one is really powerful. Just click on the title to listen!

If you’ve never listened to one of my podcasts, you definitely should check this one out.

Had a good run today, did 4 miles. As my Daddy would say, “I got through it.”

Great lunch with Jesse. What a wonderful son! We talked about travel, life and work. Can’t beat that!

Went to Staples to pick up more school supplies for the kids at the mission.

Off to Azalea with the whole family!

LOTS of kids. Glad we had some extra help.

I bought a bunch of new dry erase markers. Darlene gets comfortable when she draws.

Back home working on admin duties.

Today was my last day of taking the Typhoid pills. Glad that’s done!

Had a fun lunch with Jesse and Ashley!


Then over to the mission to work with the kids!

Plenty busy!

Back at home for admin duties.

This bus just looked wrong.

Interesting sticker.

This is supposed to be Thomas Jefferson buying Lousiana from Napoleon.

Interesting proposition.

Take care!

American genius.

Curly (the one on the left) was born on my birthday. Wooo hoo!

A thought to live by!

Ashley started school this morning! I’ll miss her riding along with me all day! Isn’t she gorgeous?!

Had a fun day with some of my favorite partners!

Met up for lunch with Rob Martin from Mobilizing Students and Ian and Ruthie from Huntington Creek. Had my son too! Can’t beat that!

We went to Penang to eat then over to Plaza Fiesta to explore Mexi-Mall!

Dropped Rob back off at his car and visited some more with the Norths. I liked Ruthie’s garden.

Then over to the book store for a while. Always one of my favorite places!

Maybe I need this book?

I loved this lightning bolt picture. The super charged the plexiglass to get this effect.

I was pretty sure about this all along.

Had a BUNCH of kids at the mission today. Sure was glad to have my family to help!

Easy homework? (6th grade)

Jesse caught this gecko while we were there.

Went to Publix on the way home to pick up more meds for my trip to India. This sign was outside their front door! Does it make any sense to you?

Make any sense for a store to say “no trespassing?”

Spent a few minutes at Goodwill looking at more t-shirts! Got some cool with with Hebrew writing on them. Groovy.

Not sure this software will sell anytime soon!

Back at home working on admin duties.

Fun!

Another hot one today.

Sure was nice to have some cooler weather last week.

Odd things I saw today.

As opposed to False World?

This was from the bus going to Mexico that stops at Plaza Fiesta.

I liked this saddle horn.

Spirit of Death on a black horse. Yow!

I always like the baby Jesus models.

Elaborate Jesus.

Had some rain yesterday. About 1/2″.

Kathy and I had a fun day in Clarkston today.

We went to Clarkston International Bible Church.

Great music and Kevin Riley did a good job too.

I like this stained glass at CIBC.

Finished up the DVD project! Glad to get that done!

Working on admin duties and resting!

I liked this bumper sticker.

I liked this frog!

Beautiful sun set last night!

Had a friend say how sad he was this week.

Decided to do a podcast on “How to be HAPPY!”

If you’re not sure you are, listen!

Had a fun time going through the Slotin Art Festival.

On the way in, I saw some fossils for sell. Groovy!


I really liked this little dinosaur!

And these incredible shells.

It’s the largest Folk Art exhibition in the country.

Enjoyed looking through the art.

I especially liked the robots.

And this combination of porcelain figurines.

My friend Andrei Palmer makes these cars. He even has as work in a gallery in NYC!

Tell me what you really think!

A whole lot of people like to park in the shade. Me, too!

Lot of rain on the way home. Flooding in some areas.

Back to admin duties. I’ve nearly finished the DVD project.

Been working most of the day on DVD production for our next newsletter mail out.

It’s quite an involved production.

You may remember a week ago I worked on editing, downloading and uploading the video that Ashley and I shot at FBC Jonesboro.

Now I’m burning dvds and making labels. I use Pinnacle Studio HD15 to edit video and Memorex Express It labeling software.

Have to print the labels.

Then you have to put the label on the DVD.

And finally pop them into a little envelope.

I think they look groovy!

I did all the photography on the project. That makes it special to me too.

It’s pretty cool how you can be your own publishing company!

Working on admin duties too.

Enjoyed lunch with J.

We got a smoothie for Ashley. Had some interesting stuff at Smoothie King.

It was only a matter of time . . . .

I liked J’s t-shirts all in a row.

I thought the grain on the wood was cool looking.