Had a fun time with my partners at Roswell United Methodist Church!

Kathy and Ashley and enjoyed working with their youth group.

I look forward to hosting them in March at our missions in Chamblee!

Great reception from the kids and from their leaders, Dan and Shelly!

Admin duties and watching some Oscar presentation.

I liked this glass door at the church. Beauty!

Had a fun day with teams from 12 Stone Church in Lawrenceville!

Gave them a briefing and had a prayer time.

Then over to the Buford Highway Farmers Market! Always fun!

Had lunch at Carneceria #1. Love their Quesadillas!

Then to the missions!

The group did a wonderful job. I’m sure they’ll be awesome when they go to Guatemala in May!

Had a short break, then went over to Roswell to meet with supporters there.

Always awesome to hang out with these guys!

GREAT to see some of my best partners!

I love this tree on their campus!

Got home around 10pm.

Time for admin duties! Early morning tomorrow as I need to be back in Roswell by 9:00 am!

Even though I know that, doubt I’ll be able to go to sleep any earlier than I normally do, which is around midnight.

I stayed up till around 3am last night finishing up the newsletters.

Got them in the mail this morning. AMEN!

Had about a half inch of rain last night. Excellent!

Every once in a while I need a ME day.

That normally means I eat at Red Robin and hang out at Barnes and Noble for a couple of hours.

Groovy!

I enjoyed some time alone reading and watching people.

Then to Best Buy to do some research on video editing software.

I’m getting severe sticker shock over these gas prices! Yow!

Also did the family shopping. Saw some friends at Kroger. Seems like at least once a day I run into someone I know from some church I’ve spoken at.

I guess that’s why I’m secretly famous.

I finally found blank cassette tapes in the 60 minute variety!

I’ve been making regular tapes to one of my best friends from Baylor for over 30 years! I reckon that shows how extraverted I am. Even when I’m by myself, I love to hear myself talk.

Ran about 2.5 miles this afternoon. Beautiful weather!

Admin duties and then hanging out with Kathy this evening.

This should be the job of the church.

Hauled some big trees that had fallen in our back yard to an area I’m filling up this morning.

Went to Staples to make copies for the newsletters!

Went over to Walmart to buy some supplies for the mission.

Not sure what makes bubbles “miraculous.” Any ideas?

Or what makes vapor action “advanced?”

Bought some bird seed. Every time I look at the millet I think of my trip to Niger in 2007. This is basically their food!

Saw this Smart Car in the parking lot. Groovy.

Can you believe it runs on premium gas?

Always happy when the sunscreen starts making an appearance!

Warm weather is coming!

Had fun meeting up with the kids for lunch. Always a blessing!

Worked on writing notes to our supporters this afternoon. Then J and Kathy and I went to Azalea to help the kids.

Melissa always tries to scare me with this face. Think it works?

Looking forward to a day off tomorrow. Hopefully, I’ll get the letters written tonight.

I’m working on my new computer that Jesse built me tonight. I call it the “Flying J.” Groovy!

I liked the clouds this evening.

Had a fun day today hanging out with one of my favorite partners, Doug Allison!

He’s doing a great job directing the missions in Villa Rica! He’s a blessing!

I took him out to eat at Cafe Istanbul, one of my food faves!

Man, those cats can cook!

Went over to Super 8 to update the owner/manager information for our web site.

Then to Roswell for Roswell United Methodist Church’s Mission Conference.

I have some great friends at that church. I’m really looking forward to the weekend with them.

Mike is the Missions Director.

I enjoy speaking Swahili with my Kenyan friends.

I got there a bit early. I like some of the antique stores in the area. This lion was out front of one store.

I resonated with this old sign.

And this.

I don’t see these very often. It’s from my alma mater: Baylor University.

I saw this sign on the side of a truck.

I wonder what they do? I reckon they’ll do it tomorrow, whatever it is.

This made me lol.

I wonder what’s trying to come up here?

Beautiful evening!

WOW! Three pictures of Tim in one post! What a blessing!!

This morning I worked on writing and producing my newsletter for this month. February is a short one, so we have to get an early start!

Had a great lunch with my sweet chilluns!

Can’t get enough of those two! Kathy was riding her bike the ten miles to Clarkston in lieu of lunch.

Metro Cafe Diner has pieces of cake nearly the size of my head! (No, I didn’t eat the whole thing! That’s a three day job.)

Jesse is helping me transfer my files from my old (really slow) computer and my new (hot patootie) desk top. I appreciate having a supergenius for a son! He built it!

I liked this egg!
J helped me with the kids at Azalea this afternoon. We were swamped with kids.

The parents try to help. Emphasis on “try.”

I took this picture of Rosybel so she could know what color her eyes are. When you ask the Latino kids for eye color know what they say?

“Black.”

They ask me, “What color are your eyes, Mr. Tim?”
I tell them, “Look really closely. See. They’re gold suns in a blue sky.” Sounds better than “Hazel.”

I showed the kids my newest toy. White people head. It’s made of styrofoam so I immediately ran it back to the car when the kids acted like they were going to stab it with a pencil.

No offense to white people. They’d stab anything that sat still long enough.

Barbara helps me teach the other kids reading.

Stayed late. Again. Good thing I love my job!

Enjoyed watching my recordings of House and Castle with K this evening, before diving back into admin duties.

I have a conference at Roswell United Methodist Church tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. PLUS a group from 12 Stone Church also on Saturday.

And you wonder why I have little tolerance for people who tell me they’re “too busy.”

It’s all about desire, baby.

I liked the way this mirror was reflecting.

$5/Gallon gas!?? If that happens, I’d better start a mission near my house.

Worked on podcasts this morning. Always one of the highlights of my week.

Make sure you know where the bomb is before you light the fuse! A really interesting show about using emotions! “Light the Fuse!”

And something that I live my life by every day. “Success is a journey, not a destination!” Give “Success is a Journey” a test drive!

Jesse and Kathy and I went by Huntington Terraces to help Bayo with some computers for the children.

Always great to see this man of God!

We worked on labeling the newsletters today at the mission.

The kids are terrific helpers!

Then we helped them with their homework. They had a LOT. We finally got out of there around 7:30pm.

One of the Bengali families recently returned to the USA from Bangladesh. They brought Kathy a present!

What a beauty!

I liked this grill work. Maybe I should do this on my car?

Continuing the flame motif.

Not sure it fits on this van!!

Another beautiful sunset at the mission!

This morning Kathy and I went to Clarkston International Bible Church. I like the logo.

Pastor Phil talked about being a deacon.

We brought in two new deacons today. Always a good thing.

Went to lunch at Piccadilly. I kept seeing people I knew! Two of my favorites from FBC Mountain Park pretty much always eat there after church on Sundays: Eddie Mayfield and his family and Doug Cox and his family!

Great guys!

Also saw Ellynda Lipsey who’s the pastor at St. Timothy’s UMC. She’s a good friend who is also a missionary kid.

Plus Paul Doverspike and his family! Lots of fun!

I liked this tag.

Another uber day!

It’s always great to get to hang out with my extended family here in Atlanta!

We met today at Jason’s deli to celebrate Ann and David’s birthdays. Two of my favorite people, for sure!

All SIX brothers and sisters! They rock!

Then over to Azalea to meet up with some groovy college students from 12 Stone Church–one of my favorite churches!

We had fun working with the kids at Azalea.

We also had a little ice cream and popcicle party! In the middle of February! AWESOME!

Then I took them around the International Village to show them the sights. Fun group!

Came home to rest and spend time with Kathy. She and Jesse have both been kind of sick. They’re both resting now. Pray for them!

I’m working on a big project for my partners at Perimeter. Lots of paper work!

Admin duties never end, they just get collated.

I liked this picture of my brother, Bill!

And Ashley’s toes and shoes!

Had a fun day today with really great weather! Is it really mid February?

Actually wore my flip flops! Suh weet!

Spent the morning getting the house prepped for a carpet cleaning. Moved chairs and furniture to the deck and vacuumed.

Quick lunch and did the grocery shopping.

I enjoyed reading this book during lunch. I have fun showing kids this stuff.

Then supervised the carpet guy. He did just fine!

Ran about 2 1/4 miles. Felt good!

Then took Jesse and Kathy out for delicious Italian food at Provinos!

Saw some friends of mine from Pure Fun over there.

What a great group!

We watched The King’s Speech this evening.

What a GREAT movie! Highly recommend it to you. I’ve seen it and True Grit. I think the King’s Speech is better. Very inspiring!

Working on admin duties now. Oh, yeah!

I liked this bumper sticker.

And this horse picture! Yow!