Ashley and I had a fun day today!

We met up at Azalea and drove over to Marietta. We ate lunch with David Tate who is our new regional director for the Marietta, Cobb County area.

We went to the Columns at Bentley Manor and Dwell on Franklin apartment complexes to meet with the managers.

After our tours of the property, we dropped David off and went back downtown to walk around the square and get some ice cream. It was awesome.

Got gas. I usually fill up when it’s on 1/4.

Went back to Chamblee to work with the kids at the mission.

We had a visitor from Perimeter church come to enjoy soccer with the boys at the mission.

They seemed to have a good time.

Stopped at Walmart. Yesterday, I got home without deodorant. Today, I went back, showed them the receipt and got my deodorant. It’s a smell thing.

After years of faithful service, I’m finally retiring my iPhone 5s holster. I had it when I had an iPhone 4.

Not even hot glue seemed to hold it together any longer. The back was down to the metal that I wrapped with electrical tape.

Enjoyed watching Escape Plan with Kathy this evening.

Admin duties now.

Rained about 3/4″.

The gardenia I planted last week has a flower on it. Love gardenias!

The hibiscus is also a beauty.

This morning I had a vigorous 5.09 mile run! Got rained on a little. Made for some beautiful pictures. Always worries me a bit because I carry a camera and iPhone. Beauty abounds on the trail!

The tree landed exactly right on the sign.

Well, ok then.

Got a sandwich for lunch and went to Walmart to pick up some supplies. I liked these pants.

I also purchased a number of small succulents. They were all three or four dollars. Cheap! They were absolutely parched for water. Felt really sorry for them. Gave them a good drenching at the church while I was putting gear away.

Picked up the mail at the church.

Stowed our conference gear away.

Joined Ashley at the mission. Some hard math homework for some of the kids. Takes a lot of patience to help them through it.

Ate supper with Jesse. Always good.

Home to work on admin duties. Looking forward to a day with Ashley tomorrow.

Can you figure out what happened?

Beautiful full moon.

Kathy and I met up with Ashley in Clarkston then drove to Perimeter Church for their annual missions fair.

It was great to see my friend Chip Sweeney there. We go back in ministry seventeen years.

The people are great!

We had a very strong response with over 40 people signing up for more information and wanting to tour the International Village and work at Azalea.

One of the best conferences in a long time.

Perimeter actually had a bunch of skateboards for the kids to ride on. Wow.

We also taught some kids how to make balloon animals. They helped us give out over 200 balloons.

Ate lunch with with the girls and Jesse too! We went by Azalea to pick him up.


Came home to rest and plan for next week.

Rained at our house. Went out afterwards to play with bubbles. When the air is so moist they last for several minutes.

It really is amazing.

Got a new case for my new camera. My new camera is slightly longer than my last camera.

Decided it was time to retire the old one, especially since my camera some how came out of it.

I’d patched it up a lot.

My new camera has some interesting functions. It can give six different versions of each shot. Then you can select from the group.

Last week, I ran five miles at sunset and early dark. I noticed a lot of bats on a couple of the streets. This evening I saw a bat on our street! I was quite excited by that.

I saw him by this streetlight.

Enjoyed watching The Butler with Kathy this evening.

Admin duties now.

Went to FBC Doraville this morning to pick up some items we’ll need for the Perimeter Mission Fair.



Then to Perimeter Church to take all my supplies and check out the scene.

I liked the theme.

Didn’t get to set up, because they were still setting up the hall. Left all my things on the table.

I liked this Porsche I saw in the parking lot.

Stopped by Subway to pick up a couple of subs for Jesse. Dropped them off at Azalea.

Did some shopping at Walmart.

I liked the sound of this.

Huh?

Added some new Rain X to my windshield washer fluid. It’s amazing stuff. Rain beads up on the glass. You don’t really even need the windshield wipers. You can still see.

Added new #2 triggers to my PS3 controller.

Brought this Dendrobium orchid home from my office. It was getting way too dry there.

Came home to work on pressure washing my driveway.

Did the first section. Looks better.

Enjoyed watching Anthony Bourdain’s new show on CNN, “Parts Unknown.” It may be my new favorite show. Amazing video and editing in incredible locations.

I’ve had a subscription to Wired magazine for nearly 20 years. They often have very interesting layouts. Can you read this?

Beautiful lichen.

This morning I worked in the garden. I replanted two large corn plants.

While I was doing that, I reached for my camera to document what was going on and NO camera! The case that I have on my belt was there, but not the camera. I searched for over an hour and a half. All through the yard, I’d even been up on the roof cleaning branches. Went back up on the roof.

All through the house. Completely through the car. Absolutely baffling. I’m sure it’ll turn up, but if it’s outside . . . well that’s never good. I’d gotten a little over two years out of it and it was actually a free replacement of another camera! That’s why I always get the insurance.

It has some different features than my previous camera. Better quality HD video for one. It also has wifi, although I’m not sure I’d use that. It’s the Canon Power Shot ELPH 340 HS. I’ve shot this family of cameras for years. They are amazing.

It was a sad day because of my camera. It served me well! Looking forward to using my new one!

I also repotted one of the hibiscus.

Put a 12 pack of begonias into little pots.

As far as my inside plants go: the orchids, Venus Fly Traps and African Violets seem happy.

Good color saturation in the new camera.

This little orchid is still a juvenile.

I got her from a orchid grower in Florida. It’s blooms are amazing and they’re supposed to smell like gardenias and orange blossoms. Yeah, baby!

Came home to work on admin duties.

Sure has been damp! Another 1/4″ of rain at my house last night.

Worked on a new podcast!

I always enjoy that.

Perhaps the most love filled podcast EVER! Check out “Unbridled Love!”

Just click on the title and groove!

Ashley and I got together for lunch to talk about promotional material. She’s great at graphic design.

We went to Office Depot to make color copies, but their copier didn’t look very good. So we decided to print our own. I was astonished to see that the color cartridge that I bought only printed 40 copies before streaking. That breaks down to about $1/copy just on ink. Yow! So we may farm out some of these copies to Kinkos.

Went by the bank to authorize the new Whirlwind Missions card. The bank sends us new cards about once a year. Hacking is such a problem. Do you have the same problem?

Also went by the Post Office to mail off the promo material to Dr. Johnny Derouen from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Then to the missions to work with the kids. Lively bunch today. I worked with Tembir. He’s one of my favorites. We sure do have some sweet kids at the mission. They really do become like your children. Pamela wasn’t to happy about the homework.


Admin duties now.

Had a tough 5.03 mile run this morning. 90% humidity is challenging. Rained 1/4″ last night.

It was still gorgeous outside.

Praying Mantis eggs.
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I like ants.

The clouds were tremendous today!

Liked these double zipper clouds. Don’t see that very often.

Fun working with the kids at the missions.

Really rained hard in Chamblee.

Did the grocery shopping on the way home.

Recorded a new podcast this morning!

Our brains house the most complicated neural network in the universe! The ability to run that hardware efficiently is a skill! Check out “Mind Pilot!”

It was fun working with Ashley this morning! We met up with Andrew Fillinghim and his friend Logan for lunch at Plaza Fiesta!

We also took a tour of the Global Mall, Al Madina and Asian Square! A whirlwind safari for sure!

Met up with Jesse at the mission. Always great to see him.

We had a good group of kids today!

Picked up my friend Bayo Otiti this evening. We met up with Jesse, Ashley and Miles at the Kathmandu Grill in Clarkston.

It was fun to talk about the ministry and see what God is doing!

Admin duties now. My stomach is burning from the Chicken 65 at Kathmandu!

Saturday evening I started cleaning off a table in my room for plants.

Sunday I went to Grace Fellowship Church.

Due to the Labor Day weekend, the pastors that I went to see weren’t there. Bahd luck.

Still, I enjoyed the service.

Went to Lawrenceville for lunch. I saw this near where I ate.

That was the first video camera I owned. It was pretty slick for the time.

Came home to edit the video of the team on Saturday.

Beautiful moon.

I saw it while I went running. Sure was a lot better than running in the full sun! Ran 5.05 miles.

Rained nearly 1″ over the weekend.

Went to Walmart and Lowes to pick up supplies.

Sent off money to a friend of ours in India.

Mailed a package to my Mom and the DVD I burned to Skidaway Island Baptist Church.

Got gas. Great to see the prices going down.

Put all the lights together and set out the African Violets.

Then went outside to dig holes for the two gardenia bushes I bought today.

That was mighty close to work.

This part of the yard is the only section that gets any full sun at all.

I hope they like it there.

They’re called Jubilation Gardenias.

Also repotted the two hibiscus plants.

Enjoyed watching Non Stop with Kathy.

Admin duties now.

I guess we know who this is.

Friday I had a restful, fun day! Included a 5.38 mile run. It was really hot. And beautiful!




They redug this lake to handle the run off during heavy rains.

This looked like dinosaur tracks I’ve seen in museums.

Saturday morning Ashley and I briefed our teams and took them to the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Then on to the missions!

Bad wreck on the way home. This is exactly where Ashley’s car spun out.

Admin duties now.

What?!

Five pine cones joined together.

As well we should.