Today was a GREAT day because I had Jesse AND Ashley with me!  Woot!

It was also terrific because I got to see some of my best buds!

UNITE is a gathering of evangelical churches and ministries working together to help change our city.   Today we met to talk about the Compassion In Action outreach in the fall.  Never too early to start planning!

After the meeting, we went over to First Baptist Atlanta to set up the Whirlwind Missions display for the local Missions Fair this weekend.

We set up the exhibit and had some fun with one of the signs!

Then over to meet with another of my favorite partners:  Derrick Posten.  He’s the local missions director for the FBA.  He’s done a wonderful job of organizing Impact Atlanta.  This year we’re hosting two events, one on April 25 and another in the Fall.  We’ll be covering 15 apartment complexes around the metroplex.

Derrick and I worked on the master list of the materials we need for the event, then Jesse and Ashley and I went over to the local Kroger to place the order.  We have to get them the list early because the store doesn’t normally have hundreds of packs of hotdogs and buns!  The managers were real friendly and excited to help with the project.  I gave them the list of what we need with a buggy full of one of every item.  I’ve learned over time that that really helps them make sure everything is right.  We’ll pick up the stuff next Thursday and sort it out the following Friday.

I have to make sure everything is sitting on dead ready for the event because I’ll be speaking at a conference in Detroit that weekend.  It’s very important to me that I never become a “choke point.”  I want to make sure that if something ever happened to me, everything would keep running smoothly.  Weekends when I’m away are tests for me to see if what I’ve set up actually works.  I’m confident it will.

After setting up the supplies, we went over to the mall to look for some short pants for Jesse.  Ashley is good at getting her brother to accept new things. . . like shorts and flip flops! Otherwise he’d wear his blue jeans and black boots all year long.  That’s ok for most of the year, but in the summer you have to dress for the heat!  And let me tell you, they don’t call it Hot ‘Lanta for nothin’!

Went by the mission to check on the kids. They were all fine.

Came home and worked on my email on my iPhone outside.  It was beautiful.  Haven’t seen my doves.  Hope they’re ok.

My new case for my phone came in tonight.  It’s called a Clarifi case.  It has a little lens that goes over the lens on my phone so I can take close ups of things, in particular business cards.  I’m looking forward to working on that!  It’s all about having a system and being disciplined to actually use the systems you set up!

Ashley went to a Salsa Dance at her school tonight.  She covered it for the school newspaper.

She’s a beauty!

And now. . . I nearly get burned alive! Stooooory Tim!