Ashley and I went to speak to a Youth Director’s conference today at FBC Jonesboro.

We had an opportunity to talk about bringing teams to come work with us. We dressed up in our Indian outfits.

It was a good group and several showed interest in coming.

My car said it got hot today.

Ashley and I went to the Buford Highway Farmers Market to buy a variety of taste treats to make a goodie basket. Went to the Post Office to mail the gift to Larry Lawrence, the leader of the conference. I think people appreciate that.

I didn’t put these items in the box.


I did like the sound of these.

Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission.


Today Nur had hard homework that I really had to think about. It’s good for me. Freshman math. Then Minhaz brought in something from his engineering class on converting binary to decimals. 10011001–any idea what that would be in base 10, which is what we normally count in? The eight digit string of 0s and 1s is binary. It was hard to figure out, but the internet cleared it up for me in less than ten minutes. Living in the future, baby!

Ashley and I met up with Jesse, Kathy and Miles at El Torero for Mexican food. Always fun!


Admin duties now.

I liked the moss on this curb.

Hmmmm.

Beautiful crescent moon. With the sunset just to the right of it. Believe it or not, the camera makes a better picture if you shoot the moon with a flash.

Isn’t the blue streak cool?

I worked around my house this morning.

It’s my parent’s anniversary today. I enjoyed talking with them!

Went through all my email and messages.

Cleaned the fish tank.

Did the grocery shopping.

Took my Venus Fly Traps outside for some sun.

Then went to Piedmont Hospital to be a support to Ian and Ruthie North and their new little baby Jack! I took pictures to help my find my car.

I waited in the Antepartum room.

Happy Dad!

Mom is doing great!

Never a sign I want in any room I’m staying in.

Went by Azalea to check on the kids. Ashley and Jesse and just finished. Ate supper with Jesse.

Kathy’s not feeling well this evening. She said she was nauseated.

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Jesse came over to the house last night. His new Kindle came in!

I also saw the Space Station this evening. My third time!

Not the easiest thing to see. You have to know where to look.

Had fun recording a new podcast!

Always one of my favorite things: listening to myself talk. Ha. A fun story that has many implications. Check out Two Fish!

Just click on the title and groove!

Ran 5.06 miles this afternoon. Always something beautiful to see.

I liked these tracks.

Went by the Post Office to pick up stamps.

Then to the mission! Helped the kids with their homework.



Then they helped us put the labels on the newsletters.


Gave the kids a doughnut.

Kathy and I enjoyed watching Rocket Man, about a boy in Laos. Cool flick.

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Well, hello there!

Printed out the labels for the newsletters.

Still need to get the stamps.

Had a great time with my friend Chip Sweeney today! We enjoyed Plaza Fiesta with Ashley!

Ashley and I recorded the order and notes from the briefing.

Enjoyed working at the mission with the kids.

Brandon is starting to get the hang of the 2 times table.

Enjoyed El Torerro with Kathy and Jesse this evening.

Got to see the International Space Station. Super cool. It’s the third time I’ve seen it.

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My toe is healing nicely. It’s about 1/8″ of scar tissue. Still really hurts if I stub it on something.

Kathy and I enjoyed going to Westside Baptist Church this morning!

Always great to see my friend Ben Lehman. He’s one of my very favorite pastors!

It was a special Sunday because they were almost ready to retire the note of the money they borrowed to build the education building and gym.

A special prayer time at the altar.

Came home to rest and work on the newsletter for this month.

Enjoyed seeing Guardians of the Galaxy again in 3D! Great movie!

Enjoyed watching Mandela this evening with Kathy.

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Friday I did the shopping for the family.

Went to visit Ruthie North. Enjoyed our time together. I shared some ideas for dealing with the pain of childbirth with her. I like their neighborhood.

Enjoyed a restful day.

It was hot. Decided not to run.

Worked in the garden.

Enjoyed time with K. We watched Perception.

Saturday I went to the Dream Cars exhibit at the High Museum of art. I love being in downtown Atlanta.

They added this swing installation. I liked it.

This kind of scared me when I first looked over.

Wonderful cars!








This car can mold itself into different shapes!

This one is for sale.



I think the egg was my favorite.

I also visited the Skylight galleries. Excellent pieces!

A large parabolic dish with hundreds of mirror shards. Very interesting effect that changed constantly depending on who was in front of it or out in the gallery.

Great shot of Dali! The last time I was at the High, I saw the Dali exhibit.

This was formed by putting an electric spark directly onto photographic plates.

Beauty!

I liked the tile in the building.

Could you tell it is a 90 degree angle?

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Really?

Fun time this morning!

Recorded a new podcast!

Are you a good multitasker? Did you know that that’s not really possible? We can only focus on one thing at a time well. Gain more focus with Mrs. Direction. Just click on the title and groove!

Met up with Ashley for lunch at Perimeter Mall.

Just up the street from Dunwoody Baptist Church, which was our first assignment.

GREAT to see my good friend Mark Paul.

He’s hilarious.

They have a lot going on there.

Then to Peachtree Corners Baptist Church.

They have supported my ministry for over 17 years. We’re working on mobilizing more of them.

Also enjoyed visiting with my friends Debra and Jacquie at Perimeter Church. Two more wonderful partners!

Always great to have more time with Ashley. Thursday is my favorite day of the week. That’s when we do church recon in different areas.

Worked with the kids at the mission. Always fun and interesting. It’s rewarding to help kids that WANT to be helped.

Enjoyed watching Royal Pains with Kathy this evening.

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More than a 1/4″ of rain yesterday. Always good.

Had a restful morning until I ran. Pretty warm outside. Heat Index was 102 because of the extraordinary humidity. Still beautiful! 5.07 miles.

The crepe myrtle has been spectacular this year.

These reminded me of waterfalls.

Very different type of pine cone from the ones near my house.

Came home. Cooled off. Ate a sandwich. Then off to the mission! Man, the place has been busy. My wife has said that I “tolerate chaos better than anyone I know.” I will literally be dealing with six children all of them asking me questions at the same time. I feel like Google.

Enjoyed a fun supper with Ian and Ruthie North and Jesse!

Brookhaven has a food truck Wednesdays. We ate at Ibizas and got coconut chicken. I liked it.

Came home to work on admin duties. Always something.

Downloaded a new book on Audible. Ready Player One. Jesse really liked it so I’m really looking forward to it.

I like the sound of this.

Order up!

Put new batteries and reprogrammed my meteorological station.

Almost exactly an inch of rain.

Took a check to be signed by my treasurer.

Cleaned the carpets today at my house!

Got down on my knees to scrub the spots. I was using a sprayer, but found it was better with a rag that I could soak in the little container of oxyclean.

Then got the carpet cleaning machine and did the house.

Enjoyed working at the mission today.

Miles came to help too!



Jesse, Kathy and some of the kids took the ALS bucket challenge!

We went to Penang for dinner with the Ian and Ruthie North! Great to spend time with them! Never too much Ashley and Miles! And my sweet wife Kathy and beloved Jesse were there too. A good time was had by all.

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I found this branch in the yard. It had fallen from the tree during the storm.

A pair of vultures were sitting in the yard down the street from my house. Interesting.

This morning I had a 5.03 mile run around my neighborhood. Beautiful outside!

Kinda hot though.

I like my new hibiscus planters.

Worked with Ashley and Jesse at the mission. Lot of homework. I’ve been quite surprised by how much homework for the first week!

One of the projects we worked on was a show and tell about yourself. I took pictures of them and with their family for the poster.

They also told 8 Fascinating Facts and a list of everything that they liked.

I taught Julie how to hold a pencil and start writing the letter A. Haven’t done that in a while.

As I was on my way home from the mission, Kathy told me about the big storm in our neighborhood that knocked out the lights. Sure enough, near our house I saw where this tree had fallen on the wires.

I found it interesting watching the men string new wire and tie it into the system.

Power was out for about 5 hours from 6:30 to 11:30pm. My room by candle light.

It was kind of interesting being so quiet and dark in the neighborhood.

Sometimes the mistakes turn out to be the coolest shots.

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