Got the newsletters in the mail stream this morning! Nice to see an empty box!

Kathy and I folded all the letters last night while we watched Running the Sahara. What an amazing documentary!

Had a good lunch with Frank Childs from Mississippi today.

I enjoyed showing him around the International Village.

Always wacky stuff to see there!

I made a short presentation to the people who were attending the people group conference at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church. Made some good contacts. Very worthwhile (and pretty much totally unexpected) bonus.

Fought my way through traffic to get to the kids at the mission.

Eduardo decided to see how high he could climb on top of me.

Miles cut his hand when he was working at the zoo today. He’s fine, but I must admit I was pretty worried about it. Ashley took him to the doctor to make sure he was ok. So I was at the mission by myself today. No big problem. We always seem to get through it somehow. I worked by myself for years. Sure don’t miss those days!

Drove home in the rain. Hate that. It’s hard to see in the dark.

Enjoyed watching Castle with Kathy this evening.

Have a long day tomorrow since it’s the first day of the missions conference at Roswell United Methodist Church.

Not sure I want this in my hair. Who comes up with this stuff?

What an exhilarating day I had!

Started out kind of rough. Nearly flat rear tire. Fortunately, I have a small compressor to pump it up.

I had a meeting with my partner Trey Sapp at Eastside Baptist Church.

It was fun to hear of the exciting things happening at his church and how they related to our mission!

They even have a couple of new missionaries coming on staff to help, including Joshua from Brownsville, Texas. Wonderful!

Dropped off a package for Jesse at the post office.

I saw these odd shaped clouds while I was there.

Then was on the way to my next assignment at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church.

Went there to see my good friend Jon Daniels from Mississippi.

Then to Azalea to work with the kids! Always fun.

I had many of the make a message for Jesse and shot pictures of them for him.

Also went to Rashawn’s house to help him with his router. It’s times like these that I REALLY miss Jesse!

Picked up our newsletters that our friends at the Atlanta Metro Baptist Association had printed for us! THANKS!

I enjoyed eating a pizza with Ashley this evening.

This shot reminded me of Africa.

I enjoyed speaking Swahili and Kikuyu to some Kenyans I saw today in Marietta! Mzuri!

Kathy and I went to Clarkston International Bible Church this morning.

We missed seeing Pastor Phil. We listened to a report from the Gideons instead. Interesting, but not nearly as good.

Took K out for Chinese food in her old neighborhood when she was a kid. I skipped this.

Saw her old elementary school Hooper Alexander.

Then over to the Zoo.

Traffic was horrendous. Soon we realized that it was the $5 zoo day. The place was PACKED.

We went through the member’s express line and headed straight to the tiger cubs. That’s really what we wanted to see.

They were fantastic!

Pretty much came straight on home after that. It was sort of like 6 Flags meets the Zoo. Definitely not zesty.

We did stop for a brief ride through Oakland Cemetery.

I liked the houses near the zoo.

And this church.

I thought this was funny.

This sticker was on the mailbox.

Admin duties now.

I had a fun day today. Accept for paying bills.

Started out with a Red Robin hamburger. It looks like it’s smiling at me. And I was smiling back!

Enjoyed going to the bookstore.

What’s your favorite aisle?

I was in an eclectic mode today. Started in the Business section. Moved on to Marketing. Helped myself to a big dollop of Psychology. Laughed at the Humor section. Even went through some DVDS.

I also liked these quotes I saw. Thoreau and I were born on July 12th.

Sounds like something I’d say. In fact, I may HAVE said it.

Although I wondered how a person could write this and actually get paid for producing it.

I saw this bumper sticker on a car.

Maybe they need a bumper sticker on their buttocks.

I liked this chopper.

What other kind of 4 wheel drive is there? Slow mo?

We had a saying about 4WD in Kenya. “Four wheel drive only gets you stuck in more inaccessible places.”

Ashley came by to visit me today! Woot! Always awesome to see her!

Set up a speaking engagement for 3/18. Look forward to sharing with the good folks in Hapeville!

This morning I recorded a new podcast!

One of my favorite things and an important topic: FEAR! “Fear LESS!” Don’t be scared, click on the title!

We’re working on our newsletter for this month. I took the paper over to the Atlanta Metro Baptist Association office so they can print it up for us on Monday morning. Ashley already has hers done. Way to go, ASH!

Couldn’t believe gas prices jumped up .15 in one day! Yow!

Went to the $1 store to look for little gifts for friends. I saw this box and thought the pills made you go to the bathroom. Silly me.

On the way out from the store I found this on the ground.

Wonder what language this is?

Enjoyed watching multiple episodes of Big Bang with Kathy this evening along with one of her favorites, Chloe and Lamar. Those krazy Kardashians!

Admin duties now!

Had a good morning. Ran 3.25 miles. The weather was amazing. I can’t believe it got to nearly 80 degrees and it’s February 23!

Saw some beautiful flowers on my trail.

I also liked these berries and leaves.


Sweet ol’ Sugar dog got pretty tired.

Some things puzzled me, however.

If they’re trying to locate something, why are there two arrows?

This sign was at an elementary school. Seems to me it should be at a retirement home.

What became of the owner?

Why would you put a sign like this by your front door?

These guys were at our neighbor’s house. Talk about a crappy job. Literally.

This reminded me of my haircut yesterday.

I watched Gone With the Wind this week. Do you know who all these characters are?

I got a sandwich at Quiznos. I found this sign odd.

Went to the dentist this afternoon. 100% perfect teeth. Yeah, baby!

This picture was on the wall near the chair I sat in. I felt like the cactus was shooting me the bird.

I got stamps for our newsletter. The kids enjoyed using them.

I saw these at the pet store. I never occurred to me that Sugar may need to share my vitamins.

It got so warm I actually wore flip flops! Wow!

Here’s my feet at the start of the season.

Had fun with the kids at the mission.

They enjoy helping me with the “stickers.”

On my way home, I stopped to pay my respects to David Sullivan. His mom “Pete” died this weekend.

I liked this sticker.

Admin duties now.

Enjoyed watching the season finale of Royal Pains with K and watching multiple episodes of the Big Bang–one of my favorite shows.

Beautiful sunset!

Glad to see we got a little rain. I like my new rain gauge!

This morning I had a fun time doing one of my favorite things! PODCAST.


I set time each week to be creative. Keeps me sharp, baby!

You’ll like this episode! It’s called “Generate GREAT!” A new favorite!

Dropped off the financial report to my treasurer’s house.

Sure am glad Ashley helps with that! You go girl!

Gave myself a haircut. How does it look? (Testing your XRay vision!)

The birds had bombed my car with a ton of poop.

Washed it!

I parked in a different place this evening!

One of the most exciting things to me lately is the new QT near my office!

I’m getting a care package ready for Jesse in California. Bought his neighbors some items from the Chinese shop. I liked these replicas of old coins.

Miles came and helped me with the kids. Sure am glad he was there.
They didn’t have a lot of homework, but they just kept coming in . . .


Admin duties now.

Enjoying time with Kathy. Although I’m not super crazy about her choices of what to watch. Wife Swap? I dunno . . . I guess it’s a way to show love.

Kathy showed me some pictures that her mother had given her from when she was a girl and some others from when Ashley and Jesse were kids. Here are some of my favorites!

This is what Kathy looked like when we met in Kenya.

Here she is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro!

I had a fun time with the leaders from a team from Shirley Hills Baptist church in Warner Robbins, GA today!

I always enjoy showing people the wonders of this city!

There’s always something new and extraordinary to see.

After they left to go home, I went to Best Buy to pick up a new camera for my friend Bayo His camera broke. Bahd luck. I’m sure he’ll enjoy the new one. Canon rocks!

Then to my office a FBC Doraville to check on the mail.

And to Azalea to meet up with Ashley and Miles to help the kids. Always fun.

Enjoyed eating supper with them in Chamblee before heading home to Stone Mountain and Kathy. She was really tired so went to sleep early.

Jesse called. Talked with him for nearly two hours. What a blessing he is! He’s been having a fun time with some of my friends who live in California as well as making a bunch of new friends! Sure am happy for him

Had a fun lunch today with one of my favorite partners: Steve Nolan! We worked together for years in the Duluth/Lawrenceville area. It was good to talk about ministry and share contacts that could help.

Did the shopping. It’s a weigh of life.

Came home and took Sugar for a 2.25mi run.

Perfect weather. Makes me miss Kenya!

Beautiful flowers.


I liked this daffodil poking her head up through the cedar hedge.

I love running in our neighborhood. Georgia is so beautiful!

Sadly, the freeze wiped out many of my favorite blooming trees and bushes. Heartbreaking for a flower freak like me.

Admin duties and continue watching Gone With The Wind with Kathy this evening. We live in Scarlett Woods subdivision, off of Tarleton Drive, near Rhett Butler Rd. Our address is on Pitty Pat Ct! What an amazing movie. Last time I saw it was in Nairobi, Kenya almost 40 years ago!

Kathy showed me these pictures that her Mom gave her. She’s second from the left. What a cutie!

Kathy was griping at me today saying how bored she was. I was definitely going to change that today!

We started out at Clarkston International Bible Church. Great to meet Ashley and Miles there.

Pastor Phil preached from Joshua on not playing it safe. Good thought!

We had lunch with the kids. Always fun to spend time with them. Miles regaled us with behind the scenes stories from the zoo. Did you know they check the lion’s blood pressure using his tail?

After lunch we decided to go check out the circus. I did some research and the cheapest seats were $14 each. I thought that was reasonable.

We suffered through horrible traffic to get down to Phillips Arena. Apparently there was a national cheerleading championship going on at the Georgia Dome.

We found a free (!) place to park. If you know that area that’s a miracle in itself. We made our way to the arena and were already about 20 minutes late for the 3pm show. I checked out all the lines and went to one that looked promising. The family in front of me were buying tickets. When they were done, he turned to me and said, “You want these tickets?” I said, “Sure!” Checked to make sure they were real and K and I walked in!

It was fun to have experienced the zoo yesterday seeing the elephants and tigers and seeing the circus today! It’s amazing how you can train animals!

It really was a cool show.

We came home to rest and enjoy our company. Kathy said, “I wasn’t bored today!” Mission accomplished, baby!