Had a meeting with the cops and managers this morning. Specifically with the Dekalb County Center Precinct and the managers that work in the Memorial Drive/Clarkston area. We usually meet at the Red Cross on Covington Highway. The RC has had a cut back in personnel which resulted in the building being locked up when we got there! I made the suggestion that we meet in the mission at Kensington Station which is just around the corner. I was sure hoping that Ashley had cleaned it up great before she left! I took about 15 managers over there, plus the manager for KS, plus all the cops and the mission looked PERFECT! Way to go, Ash! So it was a good testimony of what we do and our professional standards. There were pictures on the mantle piece of Jesus on the Cross (drawn by some little kid) plus hand written Bible verses of John 3:16. It was a beautiful thing!

Left that meeting to meet with my partners from the UNITE churches. This is being led primarily by my partners from Perimeter: Chip Sweeney and Drue Warner. I’ve worked with Chip since the beginning of my ministry in this town. The Father is really using these two men to lead our churches to work together to reach this city for Christ. We sure do have a long way to go!

Great to meet other partners and see how we can get together in other areas as well.

Also got together with Tito Ruiz and my partners from Crosspointe Church, Steve and Ruth Nolen. They are three of my favorite partners in Atlanta and I am expecting really big things to happen from this partnership. We went over to check out the opening of a new mission off of Satellite Blvd: Gwinnett Crossings. The place is nearly 600 units and primarily Latino. We’re looking forward to having a block party there this Saturday with the help of Crosspointe. In the future we’ll start ESL classes over there with the intention of planting a church in that area.

It’s Kathy’s birthday today! We celebrate for about two weeks. Ironically, on her birthday we usually have a time of somber reflection. Just kidding! She did think she’s getting old. I actually think she’s in the best health she’s been in years.

Her mom’s still not doing well. Having a lot of chest pains. Hard on all of us.