Had a fun Valentines Day!

Enjoyed eating with both my girls and Jesse at Kathmandu Grill!

Came home to work on a new podcast.

“Love Life!”Want more love in your life? Do you love your life?

This podcast will help you gain more of both!

Click on the title, and enjoy life!

Ashley got home late last night and enjoyed a fun Valentines with Miles, but she was missed at the mission!

We had our friend Josh come to help.



I worked in the 5th grade room with Ashley’s kids. I was worn out.

We had a good time together doing math and working on the Lusitania diary project with the kids.

I then told them the story of Noah. Kids seemed to enjoy it!

Josh, J and I ate Vietnamese on the way home.

Admin duties now. Looking forward to a day off tomorrow. Team comes into town Saturday morning.

Nearly a 1/2″ of rain yesterday.

I had a great time with some new partners from 12 Stone Church today, Matt and Danny!

They’re working with the youth group that will help us host block parties in Lawrenceville on March 2nd!

We went by Olde Salem and Hills at Greencrest apartments to check out the locations and meet with the managers.

It’s always fun for me to make new friends!

Great to see the church. I liked these Breakthru signs.


And this angel with Gideon. Cool!

Went to Best Buy to take Ashley’s camera in for repairs. Also checked out the replacement camera. I’m going with the Elph 110 HS. For $149 that’s a great camera! They were out of it so I ordered it from another one of their stores. Hopefully, I’ll get it on Friday.

Picked up Jesse on the way to the mission. Wild day, since we didn’t have Ashley to help. She spoke at a church this evening. I know she did a GREAT job! She’s got amazing talent.

Kids seemed even wilder than usual. Welcome to the mission field.

Some work got done too!

I liked Sakib’s Ocean Floor project.

Enjoyed watching Castle with Kathy.

Admin duties now.

I told Jesse how ridiculous is was to me when I was his age that anyone would CHARGE for water! It reminded me of this.

Had fun recording a new podcast today!

YEAH! I love this one.

It’s called
“Know the Future!” I had a tremendous amount of energy with this one. Click on the title and check it out!!

Carpet guys came by to redo the stains.


ZeroRez cost us a LOT more (like triple) what we normally spend. Didn’t last at all. Today they made it sound like it was impossible for those stains NOT to come back. I’m like, “Then why didn’t you tell us that in the first place before you went on and on about how it would fix it?” : ( Anyway, it’s clean again for now.

Tremendous amount of work with the kids at the mission today. LOTS of projects to get done, for the next day! I hate it when they wait till the last minute.

Enjoyed supper with K, Ashley and Jesse tonight. J and I both had an upset stomach before eating. Not sure what caused that.

Admin duties now. Looking forward to a fun day tomorrow with my partners from 12 Stone Church.

I thought this was a cool sign.

This is a new year’s greeting in Chinese.

We had a fun weekend traveling to Columbia, SC! Actually, just outside of Columbia to a little town called Irmo. Gateway Baptist Church worked with us last Summer and has been a wonderful partner for us this year!

I wonder where they heard this from?

I spoke three times on Sunday morning on the Prodigal Son–I gave it an African twist.

Then talked about one of our mission kids that got lost. Finished off by praying for someone that the congregation knew that was lost. Seemed to be effective!

We enjoyed lunch with the congregation and other missionaries.

Ashley spoke in the evening service. She did great! No surprise there!

It was good to get back home. We unpacked the car and headed straight over to the mission at Azalea.

GREAT to see the kids. It was fun to see the reaction to the valentines that the kids at Gateway had made for our kids.

The girls were working on musical instruments.

It was good to go out of town. GREAT to get back home!

Admin duties now.

I liked this poster outside of Kathmandu Grill in Clarkston.

This sign was in my hotel.

Everyone needs changing these days.

This kind of grossed me out.

Good thing its gluten free.

Scary lips.

I liked these boots.

I was surprised someone only got this much gas. Reminded me of high school days!

Big ol’ tires!

Had over an 1 1/2″ of rain this weekend.

Had a fun day with the whole family! We gave Ashley a heart for her and Miles!

Enjoyed lunch with the family.

Came home to rest. Still not feeling that strong. We were supposed to go to visit with our Bengali friends, but I just didn’t have the energy.

We go to Columbia, SC tomorrow. I’ll be preaching three times on Sunday, so I’m trying to get rested up.

Admin duties now then sleepy time.

Still not feeling that great. My throat feels better. Yeah! Even though I didn’t drink this.

Had a fun lunch with Jesse. Always good. I liked this sign.

They didn’t have to worry about me doing that today.

Went shopping for some supplies for the mission at Walmart. Also got some stuff for Valentines Day.

Worked with the kids at the mission. Started out slowly. Full house by the end!

Angel looked scary in his jacket.

I told the story of Cain and Able today. The kids seemed to enjoy it.

I love having MY kids with me!

I thought this was a sweet note.

Admin duties now.

Looking forward to a day off tomorrow. Although we’ll go to a Bengali party in the evening. Just hope I have more energy.

Not feeling that great today. 94% is actually generous. I feel sort of like this balloon.

Scratchy throat and kind of weak. Hopefully, I’ll get a good night’s rest and feel better tomorrow! Pray for me!

J and I met up with Ashley at the mission. Kids sure were loud today. Yow!

I helped my 6th graders with the solar oven project.


I wonder if I can cook pizza in this?

I helped Sakib work on a pottery project.

Rest of the kids had plenty to keep them busy.

Great to have Jesse with me on the drive home.

Admin duties now.

Beautiful sunset at the mission.

I liked Orion this evening. Can you see this constellation?

Kathy, Jesse and I had a fun lunch in Decatur. While we were waiting for food, I went outside to check the traffic which was terrible. I saw a elderly lady take a hard fall right on her face. I raced over to help.

She had broken her front teeth. I gathered up the fragments I could find and got her some ice to help the bleeding and swelling. Sure felt sorry for her. It reminded me of when my Dad caught his foot on a curb and fell when he was visiting us in Atlanta.

I liked the decorations. The food was just ok.

We had a good visit with Jesse’s new doctor. I feel confident that we’re really getting a handle on this medical situation and he’s going to be doing better all the time.

Worked with the kids on their solar cooking project.

The 4th graders have a musical instrument project I’ll be helping them with. Lot of work!

Great to have the whole family to help!

Ashley locked her keys in the car. GLAD we have AAA!

Had a good time with Ashley and Miles this evening. They had a really long day! They went to Warner Robbins to speak to a church. What a great team!

Admin duties now.

I liked these pansies.


And this car!

I thought this dragon looked funny!

Had a fun day with Ashley and Jesse today!

We met up with Ashley at FBC Doraville, then went over to Marietta to meet our team leaders from the YMCA!

We’ve worked with them for several years. We plan to help them with a week in the Summer in the Marietta, Roswell and Sandy Springs areas.

We took them by several complexes to see some possibilities of where they might be working. Also met with some of the managers and leasing people.

After working with my YMCA partners, J, A and I took a quick look around Marietta. My favorite antique store was closed. : (

I still liked looking in the window at the old cameras.

Helped the kids with their homework. Nishi had a Frederick Douglass project to do. I thought she did a great job on it.

Stayed late. Lots of work to take care of. Always great to have Ashley and Jesse to help!

I liked Darlene’s picture.

Working on admin duties now. Looking forward to relaxing with K this evening.

Kathy and Jesse and I had a good morning at Clarkston International Bible Church today! Kathy rode her bike home. GO K!

Pastor Phil spoke on the church at Sardis from the book of Revelation.



Nothing good to say about that church. Help us to be better than them!

We ate lunch at Kathmandu Grill in Clarkston.

It was some of the best Indian food I’ve had!

Came home to rest and then have fun recording a new podcast! Yeah!

Check out “Expect-Accept!” What you expect to happen, generally does. ACCEPT that you are a wonderful person who deserves those good things!

Working on admin duties now.

Also plan on finishing up my taxes to send into my tax preparer. Glad to have that job just about done!

Beautiful, windy day today. Had about 1/8″ of rain yesterday. Always good!