Ashley and I enjoyed giving our initial briefing to our team from Clinch River BC this morning!

Then over to the Buford Highway Farmers Market, always a favorite!

We enjoyed lunch there too!

Then to the missions!

Ashley and I also went to Walmart to pick up supplies. Checked on the teams and got them onto their sites.

Dropped by Lowes on the way home. Picked up some deck sealant and stain.

Worked on my deck for about three hours this evening. Finally finished up the first coat about 9:30 pm. Tired now!

Admin duties and rest.

Nice name.

Enjoyed going to Clarkston International Bible Church this morning. It was Patriotic Sunday.



There was a group there from Mississippi. Always fun to see the teams.

We had the Lord’s Supper. My piece looked like England.

Pastor Phil preached from his series on Acts about evangelism.

He told about Gamaliel telling the Sanhedrin to “Let it be,” and not continue to fight against the Jesus people.

Came home to eat some KFC grilled chicken.

Did some creative writing and posted it to my Twitter feed: over 80,000 followers.

Enjoyed a restful day.

Admin duties now.

Ate breakfast with Kathy. Always fun to spend time with her. Haven’t had a lot of that lately.

Dropped off the Financial Report to our treasurer.

Came home to put together my new pressure washer.

Then I had to clear all the stuff off the deck.

Started with the railings. They weren’t in great shape.

I sat and rolled around.

I used a sock so I didn’t have to hold the handle the whole time.

Then the main deck.

When it’s good and dry, I’ll put on the preservative coat.

I also pressured washed the side of the house near the deck.

Rested after that long challenge.

Watched Costa Rica and Netherlands play football. I was pulling for the Ticos!

Enjoyed watching Perception with Kathy this evening.

Then watched coverage of the Argentina and Belgium game. And also Stage 1 of the Tour de France. Yeah, baby!

I enjoyed a restful July 4th. Happy Birthday, America!

Finished editing three videos. Burned DVDs and got the packets in the mail.


Got all the videos uploaded to the web.

Cleaned my fish tank.
Gave myself a haircut.

This is actually the before picture.

Repaired my Whirlwind Simulator and established the best protocol for using it. Used black duct tape to repair it.

Bought dry ice to check it out.


Went shopping at Walmart.

Had a quiet evening at home listening to bangs outside. I have fireworks, didn’t set them off.

Watched Elementary with K and went to sleep early.

I liked this sign.

And this one.

Ate some pi on the 4th!

Wrote checks for bills and got them in the mail. Packaged the DVDs to send to the teams.

Ashley and I enjoyed our final day with our teams! We shared about Catholicism and showed them some of the folk religious items.

Ashley presenting the “Whirlwind Missions Golden Egg of Eggcellence” to the team leaders.

Bubbleation!

“Hold the Rope!”

Passing the baton. “It’s up to ME!”

Signing the Landing Pad is always an important part of our time together.

Then to Plaza Fiesta!

Ashley and I went by the bank to deposit money and Office Depot to pick up envelopes.

Went to check on the teams and say our good byes.

Stopped by Dollar Tree, Party City and Toys R Us to check on bubble equipment and big plastic eggs. Struck out on both.

Enjoyed watching the new Duck Dynasty and Suits with K this evening.

Admin duties now.

Work on video editing.

When Ashley was a little girl we called her, “Pico.”

Ashley and I enjoyed briefing our teams on Islam and Hinduism this morning.

We had some bubbleation!

Even some bubble juggling–a new art form I created.

Then to Al Madina and Global Mall!


Silverdale ate at Ashiana’s Indian Restaurant.

Ash and I went by Best Buy. We needed to pick up some cables for our phones and computers. We use Ashley’s Mac Air in the presentations in the morning.

Hazy, hot days.

Then to Sandy Springs to check on our team. They’re doing great!

Went to Walmart to pick up some supplies.

Did some paper mache this evening. I quit early. It was turning out to be a really huge mess. So I just stopped.

Admin duties now. Want to edit another video.

Ate supper with Kathy and Jesse. Always good.

WOW!

This is in real life.

Ashley and I enjoyed briefing our team on Buddhism this morning.

Then took them to Asian Square to experience it in real life!

Enjoyed lunch at Penang.

Met up with my good friend Marco Solano and his son Luis!

They joined us as Ash and I did a recon of the missions that the Perimeter/Gold Rush teams will cover next week. We got almost all of them confirmed.

Home to work on editing video and admin duties.

Enjoyed supper with Kathy and Jesse. Had a long talk with J. Miss my time with Jesse.

I had a fun time giving my final briefing for the FBC Hattiesburg team!

Sadly, I didn’t have my partner with me. Ashley was giving the initial briefing to the two new teams from Gateway and Silverdale! Gateway has been bringing their middle school team here for the last three years.

I gave Seth the Golden Egg of EGGcellence!

I always enjoy our passing the baton “It’s up to ME” tradition as well as signing the Landing Pad.

I took my team from Hattiesburg to Plaza Fiesta.

I said, “Adios” to those guys and met up with my team from Silverdale at the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

I took the team from Gateway over to Sandy Springs to work at some missions there.

We had a great time together.

Came home to work on admin duties. We have really been busy lately. I need to work on editing the videos from last week. I’ll start that tonight.

I bought this pair of Santa Muerta statues this morning for my birthday. I think they’re amazing.

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Perhaps you can see my Venus Fly Traps in the background?

Ashley and I enjoyed briefing our team on Islam and Hinduism.

Then took them on a tour of Al Madina and Global Mall. Since today is Sunday, the Hindu temple had a service going on.

It’s Ramadan so there was no food being cooked at Al Madina. Bahd luck. I thought this light up mosque was cool.

Ashley, Miles and I ate at Global Mall. Veddy, veddy beautiful.

This car had just been blessed by one of the priests.

Then back to get the bus on sites at the missions.

We had a bus break down.

I spent most of the afternoon running the drivers around to get the supplies they needed or helping them getting it started. After several hours, we were able to get the bus back to the hotel parking lot where they bus company’s mechanic can take a look at it.

Ashley did a wonderful job of coordinating the two remaining buses to pick up and distribute three buses worth of kids. Yeah, Ashley!

The teams are doing great at the missions. I enjoyed working with our group from Carmel BC. They were awesome!



Ate Chinese food with Ashley and Miles for supper. Double blessing for me today!

Came home to rest. Enjoyed bubble juggling this evening.

Admin duties now.

This mushroom was at the hotel where the team was staying.

Ashley and I enjoyed briefing our teams from FBC Hattiesburg and Carmel Baptist Church this morning! We had a group of around 200 people in all!

We took them on a tour of the Buford Highway Farmers Market.


Then to the missions!

Ashley and I got the newsletters folded.

Built a new mobi-cool for Kathy to help her car not be so hot. I’ll put it all together tomorrow.

Kathy and I enjoyed watching Duck Dynasty. The “Woodchipper” episode was super funny.

Admin duties now.