Enjoyed lunch with Kathy today! I haven’t seen a lot of her since I’ve been sick. I’ve tried to stay to myself. Glad I’m feeling better!

Had fun going to Lowes and picking up a few more supplies. I’ll looking forward to seeing how easy it is to weld metals together.

Enjoyed working at the mission with the kids!

Admin duties now.

Ashley loves mustaches. I always think of her when I see stuff like this.

I had a fun Martin Luther King day! Fantastic weather. Redid the windmills in my yard.

New podcast!


“PROfrontation!” is the title! Click on it and stop confronting people—PROFONT them!

Enjoyed spending time with Jesse. He got a flu shot. Looks pretty good in short sleeves, right?

Did the grocery shopping.

Cleaned windows.

Rewired my stereo system so I get Dolby 5.1 surround sound again.

Repainted a wind chime.

Also worked on an art project.

I’m playing around with mobiles and things that spin in the wind. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to build something like this? My grandfather was an expert wielder.

Always happiest when I’m working on a project.

Getting ready to go to the mission to work with the kids.

Since when?

Yeah, baby!

Beauty!

Did some creative writing this weekend. Posted onto my Twitter feed. It’s automated so it posts five new tweets a day starting hourly from 7pm.

Over 84,000 followers @timacummins.

This morning, Kathy and I picked up Ashley on the way to the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church North West.

Ashley and I spoke to the College and Career class.

Then we preached to the English congregation.

I gave my Lost and Found sermon about the Prodigal Son and one of the girls that went missing at Azalea. I think I did a good job. Ashley also spoke to the group about coming and working with us. I enjoyed being with them.

Met up with Jesse to eat at Piccadilly.

Came home and did yard work. Broke up some trees and moved them.

Flew my AR Drone around in the yard.

Redid the windmills in my back yard.

Admin duties now.

Still not feeling up to speed. Little stuffy nose, clogged feeling ears and tired. Slept eleven hours last night.

Met up with Jesse!

We ate at Red Robin then went to check out books at Barnes and Noble.

I looked through books, saw recommendations and then put them on the Kindle app on my iPhone. So I read my phone. Ending up downloading Conversational Intelligence by Judith Glaser.

Then went to see Her.

Interesting take on artificial intelligence. I sure don’t feel about Windows 7 like he did for his AI girlfriend. (See note below.)

Home now for admin duties and rest.

Trying to edit video. When I had Windows 7 updated it broke my editing software which Avid no longer supports. I’m downloading a slightly different version of it so I hope it’ll work.

This sums up America.

I really enjoyed this cheese cake at Red Robin.

Ashley and I had a fun time briefing the team on Islam and Hinduism today.


It was our last day with the team from Virginia Tech. We had a great time of prayer together.

Took them to visit Madina and see a N. African store.



I thought these goat skins were cool.

And to Global Mall to visit with our Hindu friends.



One of the owners of a store there gave ALL the girls in the group some bangles. People are so kind to us.


One of the girls had a bad sinus infection. We took her to our emergency doctor in the area. He gave her several shots and loaded her up with pills. She was feeling a LOT better a few hours later. AMEN!

One of the vehicles of the team had a problem. Neighbors came to help. Got the car to the mechanic around 4:30 pm. They had the car fixed before 6pm! That’s a miracle!

Even when bad things happen, God fixes us up!

Mission was packed with kids today.

The team did a great job telling the Bible story.

We installed some new plugs and light switches in Jesse’s room at the mission at Azalea. The mission really looks great after the new paint job.

After they left, I vacuumed the mission and straightened up. I like to leave it nice for Jesse. Just seems the right thing to do.

Got home around 8:30pm. Still not feeling great.

I can rest tomorrow and Saturday. I’ll be preaching at the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church in Marietta on Sunday. Looking forward to that.

Admin duties now. That also includes working on the video for the team.

Ashley and I had fun with our team from Virginia Tech. We really enjoy working with college students.



We showed them CD Tower, Pho Da and Sweet Hut in Asian Square on Buford Highway.


After lunch, the team worked on decorating bags with John 3:16 and hearts for a Valentine outreach.

Ashley and I check on paint supplies and figured out how much we’d need to do the project.

They’re working on the mission at Huntington Terraces and finishing up at the mission at Azalea.

I met with a roofer this evening at my house. I have a section of my roof that needs repair.

Feeling a little bit under the weather. Scratchy throat, kinda tired.

Admin duties now.

Ashley and I had a great time briefing the team from Virginia Tech this morning.

They’re a great team! And it’s so much fun working with Ashley!

Took them to see the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Always something new and interesting to see.

We ate lunch there.

Then went to the missions. I took my team to Azalea and Ashley took her team to Huntington Terraces to help our friend Bayo.

My group painted the main room, one bed room and the hall at the mission. Twelve people can sure do a lot of work in a hurry. Tomorrow they’ll finish up the kitchen area and paint the other bathroom.

Turned out looking really good.

They had a great time helping the kids with their homework.



Then told them the story of David and Goliath. I shot some great video. They were very dramatic.

Home now working on admin duties.

Fun day.

Wow. I’ve really had a lot of computer and Internet problems. I think I have it squared away now! AMEN!

Enjoyed talking with my friend Mike Riggins at the North American Mission Board. I got some clarifications about the new monthly payroll change. Comes down to lack of manpower. In the last ten years personnel at NAMB has gone done from 300 to around 100. I certainly understand having to do more with less.

I had fun working at the mission with the kids. Lot today. But not much homework.

Rainy weather.

Supposed to be better tomorrow. I hope so since we have a team from VA Tech on the scene starting tomorrow.

Are you smarter than a second grader?

It’s rained a lot in the last few days.


I have had major computer problems, not only with my main computer, but also with my back up.

I’ve taken my main desktop in several times.

Looks like I’m going to have to take it back in. Problems with one of the user accounts. What a hassle.

That’s the reason I haven’t been blogging.

Had fun working at the mission with the kids.

The kids have enjoyed playing with the puzzles.

Always picking up school supplies.

Enjoyed CIBC this Sunday with Kathy.

Talked to Mike Riggins at NAMB about the new monthly payment schedule. That’s a problem for some of my partners.

Also checked in with Derrick Posten about a team coming into town.

Went back to get my computer. I’ll take it back in before I go to the mission.

Went for a 2.69 mile run on Sunday the 12th.

Beautiful sunset.

Second grade work.

Power line grid patterns interest me.

I’ve been having a lot of problems with my main computer. The graphics card went dead and I replaced that. When I picked the computer up the repair main said there was a virus on it. I knew that because it had highjacked my home screen. I ran a malware program and somehow it crashed the browser. So it’s back at HL Computer trying to get the virus issue squared away.

I’m working with my Vaio now. It’s a pretty old piece of hardware but seems to limp along somehow.

Went to church at CIBC with Kathy.

Had the Lord’s supper. I always think how I would try and explain this to Muslims.

Pastor Phil spoke on resisting temptation.

I’d lost my coffee cup. I found it the following week at church in the bathroom. Oops!

I like the names of the children.

And signs like this in foreign languages. This is Dari.

Met up with Ashley and Miles at church then went to eat Nepali food at Kathmandu grill.

Over this cold weather snap, their pipes froze. That’s a problem with old houses, even when you drip pipes there can be freezing. Especially if it gets down to 9 degrees!

Had a good conversation with my friend Brian Finley from FBC Kerrville, TX. I’m encouraging them to bring a team to work with us in Atlanta.

We’ve had several confirmations of teams coming to work with us recently. Ashley always does such a wonderful job of customer service with these guys!

Enjoyed working with my microscope. Always something new and interesting to learn and see.

I don’t remember ever having weather this cold.

It froze the condensation around my windows.

Ice gauge.

I’ve been reading a lot recently. Finished Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson. Excellent! And about half way through Nexus, also a lot of fun. I read from my iPhone. Here’s how I prop it on on my desk. Dinosaur fossil and stone axe.

I took Kathy to Red Lobster. Actually, she paid. She said it was for our anniversary back in December. Did you hear the rumors about Red Lobster closing? They’re not sure about it.

Tuesday evening I took Jesse for Chinese food and then to see the Hobbit–Desolation of Smaug.

Really liked it. Well paced. Tauriel was a great addition to the movie. Evangeline Lily was the best part about the movie imho.

Wednesday morning I went through my calendar to set up our TK marriage enrichment weekends. Always fun to get away with my sweet wife. I put the dates on her Duck Dynasty calendar I bought her for Christmas.

It’s the coldest I’ve ever seen my room. I run my little space heater constantly, but this cold weather is pretty intense. I don’t have central air in my room in the basement.

Sent checks in to the North American Mission Board.

Working on admin duties. I’ll head over to the mission soon.

These mushrooms sprouted right before the hard freeze.

This hawk was waiting for careless animals at my feeders.