Had such a fun day with my friends John and Debbie Dorr today!

John is an amazingly creative guy. We’ve worked together on projects in Zimbabwe.

I enjoyed showing them around the International Village. The Buford Highway Farmers Market is always interesting!

John grew up in Yemen and is fluent in Arabic. I had fun listening to him and my friend Ali carry on a conversation. Al Madina is another of my favorite places!

Went to the bank to deposit money. Thank you, LORD! Finances are looking better all the time.

Came home to spend some time with Kathy and Jesse. Then rested.

Spent a long time working on the financial report. We have started asking our donors to give money directly to Whirlwind Missions. Many still give through the North American Mission Board, although that is slowly changing. For now that means I need to track the donations that are given to Whirlwind through NAMB AND through Whirlwind (to give a total picture of ALL the donations) as well as ONLY through Whirlwind, so we can send them a letter for their taxes at the end of the year. Gets kind of complicated, but I have it figured out. Just takes time and patience.

Speaking of patience, mine ran out. Our neighbor has had a terrible looking couch and mattress in front of his house by the road for over eight weeks.

My sweet wife has given me no end of grief about it. I talked with my neighbors about it twice. Last two weeks I started putting mattresses or cushions in my garbage can, which promptly got taken away. All those years of construction paid off.

I can destroy nearly anything with amazing efficiency.

I put most of it in my garbage can for next week.

The rest, HOPEFULLY, my neighbor will put in his. But I’m not holding my breath on that. It looks a lot better for the whole neighborhood!

Had to stop briefly when it poured down rain.

Admin duties now. Looking forward to a restful evening with Kathy. I didn’t sleep well last night.