Whirlwind Missions

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Service! Norths! Azalea!

Tim A. Cummins @ 11:15 pm  

We have one of the hardest working teams in town this week from Virginia Tech!

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They’ve done an amazing job of helping build a parking lot for our partners working at Pearl Lane apartments.
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I’ve really been proud of their stellar work.

They also helping paint the mission at Azalea! Sure is nice to have a clean place to work!
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The old man actually stepped in to give them some pointers.
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Met up with Ian and Ruthie North today and their friend Emily. Even better because I had Ashley with me all day!

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We had a great meeting at Madina. Enjoyed some excellent Somali food.

Had fun at the book store.

Then I took Ian and Ashley over to Gallery 63–home for the Discovery Channel’s reality show “Auction Kings.” I think that show’s a lot of fun.

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I’ve been there before to meet the stars of the show. It was fun to get to see Cindy and Paul again. They’re always super nice to me.
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They were filming today. Most of you probably know that my background is in the news business for CBS. I knew exactly what was in the shot and just “happened” to look at stuff in the background.
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Later the Production Assistant had Ian and Ashley and I sign release forms in case they use the video with us in it. It was a fun part of the day!
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I liked the pictures they shot of us.
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We dropped Ian off at his apartment complex and Ashley and I went to Azalea to meet up with Kathy and Jesse who were meeting us there.

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Kids didn’t have much homework, but we enjoyed listening to them read their practice books.
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Kathy’s van had a flat this morning. I have a portable pump for just such a problem. I pumped it up and K took it over to Tires Plus to get it repaired. Cost me over a $100. Had to get a new tire. Stupid nails. She actually had nails in three tires. There are just SO many construction trucks where we work. I throw nails out of the road at Azalea every day.

C’est la vie, baby.

K and I watched the season finale of Castle. I recorded it last night. Beckett better not be dead.

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