Had a productive morning. Finished compressing and uploading the video that Ashley shot last weekend. Looks and sounds good!

I ate lunch with two new friends, Ricky Bowman and Jack Larson.

They’re interested in doing work at Forest Vale, an apartment complex in Norcross.

We met with the management at the complex. They were excited about us coming.

Prayed over the complex with them, then left to to meet up with Ashley at the ATT store.

Her iPhone was really acting whack. Fortunately, we were able to upgrade a couple of weeks early on her plan. So they’ll be sending her a new iPhone 5.

Finished ordering the phone and went to the mission to help the kids. Kept us busy!

Back home now to work on admin duties.

K and I watched “A Royal Affair” about the King of Denmark in the late 1700s. Pretty interesting!

I liked this sticker!

This was different.

The video from the conference that Ashley spoke at last weekend is on line!

You’ll enjoy listening to one of my favorite missionaries: ASHLEY!

Enjoy!

Worked on a new podcast today!

This is a GREAT episode.

What would you do? Listen to this! “Would Chopper!”
Just click on the title!

I also edited the video that Kathy shot of Ashley speaking in Nashville, TN! I finished the edit and it’s now processing. Then I’ll upload it to YouTube and put a link to it here on my blog! Never too much Ashley!

Ashley and I enjoyed lunch then did a recon of five different apartment complexes for Gold Rush in July.

After we finished setting up the five locations for teams, we went to Plaza Fiesta. I needed to get some more white paint for my shoes. My Dad gave me my shoes, so I try to keep them looking good.

Also picked up a new cable for my iPhone 5. It was shorting out.

Worked at the mission with the kids! Not too much work. The kids and I tried to clean up the mission a bit.

The dogwood by my office looks beautiful!

Not sure about this.

Some of these kids were in Jesse’s class at Parkview.

This is something that they do in Georgia that we never saw in Texas.

Kathy and Ashley got back safely this afternoon! GREAT!

Made a bunch of phone calls this morning. I’m always setting up stuff.

Got gas. Good price.

Picked up this shirt at Goodwill. I turned 20 in the Masai Mara.

Saw this in a store by Goodwill. I used to love my IBM Selectric.

Helped the kids at the mission.

I liked this.

This is outside the mission. I’m not sure what it means.

The kids stacked up some wood like a fort.

Picked up some groceries at Walmart. I saw some friends of mine there.

I mix my own bird see for zero waste.

Had supper with Kathy and Jesse.

Admin duties now.

Nearly a full moon.

This surprised me.

Worked in the yard today. Mowed our property which is about a half acre. Just looks brown now.

I did several hours. My yard is almost exactly 1/2 acre.

Picked up a lot of sticks. Jesse and I are going to try a mushroom kit project with the cut up tree.

Here’s what the gate looks like after getting hit by a tree.

Did my front yard too.

Enjoyed lunch with Jesse. A new place we found on Yelp. Really good.

Painted my shoes white.

Admin duties and rest now.

I think St. Francis likes my flowers.

Scary!

I like this.

Cool license plate. Gandhi was driving pretty fast.

Took care of paying bills.

Enjoyed a Red Robin hamburger with J!

Always fun to hang out with Jesse.

Also went by Barnes and Noble. I enjoyed reading more about the Machu Pichu area in Peru.

I’m figuring out how much it’ll cost to get there (I think around $600.) and cost per night (Lonely Planet guide said $55-100/day should cover food and lodging.) A lot of the fun for me is thinking about the logistics and planning out the days, at least in broad strokes.

Downloaded the second part of Enders Game on audi

Came home to just beautiful weather. Went for a 4.27 mile run. Felt good!

I ran, listened to a Jack Reacher novel and bounced a Lacrosse ball from one hand to the other.

Beautiful flowers all around!

Interesting rain effects.

Came home to clean up and work on admin duties.

Still disappointed I couldn’t get the washing machine working before the girls got home. He may be able to fix it Monday morning. That could still work.

I think this big bone for Sugar is funny.

Woke up to a dark, rainy day. Cooler too! Mid 50s!

Our girls are on the road again! Kathy and Ashley are speaking at a conference in Nashville, TN. GROOVY! But we miss them!

Worked on a podcast!

Check out “Weather Faith!”

J and I ate lunch at Waffle House.

Also picked up some dog food and a little treat for Sugar!

She was scared of it at first!


Went to see Oblivion with J. I liked it ok. Little slow at parts. Interesting twist.

Admin duties now.

I liked the clouds.

Beautiful clouds this morning! High cirrus like that means rain soon!

Had a great lunch with the whole family!

Ashley and I spent time working on the Health Savings Account plan for Whirlwind Missions. Basically, you set up an account and put money into it as a type of savings account. Then when you spend money on your health bills you take money out from that special HSA account. The money that’s put into the account is tax free up to $5,000.

Not the easiest thing in the world to set up, but certainly not THAT hard.

Also called back on guys that had wanted more information about bringing teams to our area in the International Village. Always glad to do that. Ashley handles almost all of it now!

Went to the office to check on the mail.


Ashley, Jesse and I worked at the mission with the kids. I still ended helping a few kids for the whole time. It’s a joy!

Are you smarter than a 2nd grader?

Sweetheart little girls!

Home now to work on admin duties and rest. I have the weekend off. Sadly, Kathy and Ashley are going to Tennessee and will be gone for 5 days. : ( The boys will miss them!

Sugar’s always glad to see Ashley!

This morning I worked on admin duties. Checking email, making sure everything is still on task.

Went for a 3.59 mile run. Beautiful weather. I listened to one the newest Lee Child books on audio. I run, listen, throw, bounce and catch a ball. Fun! Certainly takes more concentration.

Worked on updating my website: http://verbalsurgery.com/podcasts“Verbal Surgery Podcasts!”

I added the last six podcasts to the webpage. I also came up with a TOP 10 PODCASTS list.

It occurred to me that having 208 podcasts to choose from, the choice becomes almost overwhelming. So I thought a list might be helpful.

Ate a salad a McDonalds. It was actually pretty good. Ranch & Bacon.

Came home to rest for an hour and then back to the mission with Jesse. We had a full room of kids, so that was good.

Silly girls with stickers.

The girls had some projects.

We weren’t sure if any kids would be around.

Came home for admin duties. Looking forward to time with K! ; )

I feel like I’m in this business with people!

This surprised me.

I’m enjoying playing Bioshock Infinite. The art is amazing. I thought this fountain/statue crying tears was an amazing image.

Didn’t sleep well last night. Kept waking up. Can’t say I was worried about anything. That’s good!

This pollen season has been outrageous! Over 8,000 on the pollen scale last week. I’ve been glad that I haven’t been plagued with headaches. But it’s really hit my voice. Feeling pretty hoarse.

Worked on my email and phone calls this morning.

Decided it’s best to rest today. Not much homework with the kids at the mission because of the CRCT test next week. Just the 1st and 2nd graders have work. Kathy said I should “take a break.” She and J will cover for the few kids we have there today. Smiles to my team!

Admin duties now and try to rest some more.