Had an unusual lunch today. I met with two of my favorite partners from the Chamblee/Doraville Property Managers Association:  Rita and Charlene.  Didn’t really know what the meeting was for.  Before I got there, I told Jesse, “Watch and see. I bet they ask me to do something for them.”  Sure enough, Charlene said, “We need you to tell George that we’re going to get Rita to replace him as president of our organization!”  I looked at Jesse and he nodded back.

I thought, “This is just great.  I just had one of the worst experiences in my life with one of my partners last weekend, now I have to look a buddy in the face and tell him he’s being fired!  That’s just wonderful.”

Fortunately, George didn’t make the meeting, which is one big reason why we were getting a different president; he often had a hard time juggling a busy schedule with the meetings.

I talked to George on the phone later and everything was cool.  I told him, “Bro, it’s election time again and we’re going to nominate Rita.  Just wanted to make sure that your feelings weren’t hurt.  We want to preserve the relationship.”  He replied, “No problem, Tim.  I’m a big boy, you’re not going to hurt my feelings.  I completely understand!”  Groovy!  Wish my other situation would have gone half that well!

Oh, well.

Took Jesse over to the Guitar Center which is my second favorite store in Atlanta, after Barnes and Noble.  I always enjoy rocking out on great equipment.  Today J was looking at a “looper.”

It records music and then you can overdub over it. 

It’s a great learning tool and I’m sure he’ll get hours of practice and fun out of it!

Then we went over to the mission at Azalea to check on the kids.  We helped Clinton with a research paper which was totally copied from a web site.  I went through the paper with him, it was on Coke.  I asked him, “Do you even know what ‘carbonated’ means?” “Nope,” he replied.  “How about ‘awning’ or ‘chronicle?'”  No, Mr. Tim.  “Lordy, mercy sunshine!  Do you really think your teacher will think you wrote this?”  He didn’t have a good answer for that.

Cathy Wilson came over to the mission to check on Rosena and the baby.  Continues to be drama in the family over that.  Pray for them.

I also saw Bubba at Azalea.  He’s one of my kids that I’ve worked with my entire ministry here in Atlanta. He’s like another son to me.  Always great to see him.  I picked up Ruthie North and J and I and Bubba went out to eat BBQ.  Always a blessing.

After we ate we went back to Huntington Creek to take Ruthie home and bring Ian some food. 

He’s always fun to hang out with.  J and I both dig this sweet couple.

We’re setting up a new ministry for Ruthie North at Willow Branch with one of my best partners, Bennett Ekandem. She’s going to focus on helping the refugee Pastor’s wives learn a new skill and hopefully bring a little money into their family. We’re calling the program “Refugee Beads.” Pray for this new ministry for these leader’s wives. Ruthie will teach them how to make jewelry and learn the basics of starting their own business.

Got home about 9:30pm. Working on email, blog and financial stuff till after 11pm. It’s a weigh of life.

Love it!