Thursday, September 6, 2007

Today was UT–University of Tim–day with Ashley.  Once a week she rides with me and I try to teach her more about ministry.  It’s always a blessing.  Never too much Ashley!

We spent most of the day with Stephen Bandela.  He’s the nephew of Sam Bandela who was my mentor when I first started doing this ministry back in 1996.  Stephen wants to do church planting here in Metro Atlanta.  I’m helping him get set up with partners, supporters and where to plug into ministry.  Finding new partners, getting them plugged in and helping them thrive is a major part of what I do.  Sam Bandela used to tell me, “What we need is 10 more Tim Cummins!”  I’m not sure the world really needs ten of me, but the idea of replicating yourself is a key part of our strategy at Whirlwind Missions.

Ashley and I went over to Stephen’s house to help him get the printer at his house working with his computer.  Took some time, but we figured it out.

I also worked with an older homeless man named William Hickey.  He reminded me of my Grandfather.  I sent him over to our mission at Glennbrooke in Marietta to paint the apartment and give him a place to stay for a couple of days.  We’ll give him some money too.  Helping people get back on their feet—another big part of what we do.

Kathy and I watched the Last King of Scotland this evening.  It’s a movie about Idi Amin.   I liked it because most of it was shot in Africa so it reminds me of home.  Amin threw so many dead bodies into the Nile River that the crocodiles couldn’t eat them all.  They jammed up the hydro electric dam and shut off power to the Northern part of Kenya!  I’ll never forget that from when I was a boy in Nairobi.

Does man’s inhumanity to man know any bounds?  I don’t think so.

Modern man has only figured out ways to kill men in a more efficient and wider scale.   Ay caramba.