One of my favorite Spanish exercises is reading sentences out loud.

OYB!

Español!

Walked 1.44 miles.

I put all my equipment back in my storage room. I had pretty much done everything yesterday, but I still had the rug taped to the floor along with a couple of power cords. Put all that up and made sure that all the chairs and tables were in order.

Leave no trace.

Checked the mail.

Poison Ivy is a real problem. It certainly has torn me up! I texted the manager at Azalea about

I brought tables and chairs back in from the front porch.

Keeps going up.

Something was going on. Weird parking to make sure he can’t get away.

Took the grandgirls to Keswick (we call it “Goblin”) park.

Poison Ivy is exploding everywhere.

It’s fun to have fun. I like them to do athletic things.

The First Graders were the only ones who had homework. That includes Penelope!

Keep pushing. I expect to get third place this week if all goes well. The top two are very tough.

Cool.

The team was a complete surprise to me last night. I didn’t think they’d confirmed.

Today was good training to see how long it takes to set up for The Show. Took about 1.5 hours from leaving my house to having everything set up at FBC Doraville. This was the “light” version since I didn’t put up the curtains and I showed the slides on the wall. Someone had taken down the two loops of wire I had in the ceiling for hanging my screen. Replaced them.

OYB!

Paid a bill.

While I was setting up for The Show, I was pumping up the big globe and the little compressor burned out. Bahd luck. Ordered a new one immediately.

The team drove up from Pike County. Over 1.5 hour drive.

Donated to Wikimedia.

I enjoyed working with this team from Cottage Hill BC, Mobile AL.

After eating lunch and going on Safari at the Buford Highway Farmers Market, we went to Azalea to have a fiesta with the kids.

Picked up the grandgirls and got them something to eat.

Everyone had fun.

They seemed to pay attention pretty well.

I’ve made a lot of the top three. Lots of good students last week. This week looks similar.

Here are the top twenty people that I’ve competed against.

I rested today.

I thought this was cute.

OYB!

Español!

Cloudy and damp.

Walked 1.42 miles.

Ordered more handkerchiefs.

Tiny beauty.

Listening to podcasts from Spain. As I get better, understanding becomes more fun.

Lots of hard competition.

Glad I got this figured out.

Perfect weather.

OYB!

My Mom fell yesterday. I gave her a call this morning and we had a nice chat.

Swept the kitchen.

I looked through my stuff and found my orange maracas. It has a terrific sound. I’ve had it since the very start of my ministry here in the ATL.

I got to the church early so I could study Español.

I am going to use my iPhone to stream internet through my projector.

I got my big globe out this morning. Still leaking a little air.

Prayer and eating schedule for Ramadan.

Had a fun group from Christ Church today.

Masala for lunch.

We went by the mosque in Clarkston but didn’t get out. Most of us were wearing short pants and that’s just not cool over there. Especially during their holiest week.

Then to Azalea.

Listened to radio from Spain.

Edited the video I shot.

Posted all the pictures.

Wrote a letter to Ben with links to the gallery and video. I mark the team complete when that email goes out.

Crazy talk.

These guys are nuts.

Walked 1.27 miles.

Listened to podcasts in Spanish.

Tried to cancel this. Not sure what to do now. Apparently, they’re having a hard time getting it here even though it’s marked as shipped.

OYB!

Español.

I worked on the cookbook project today. Got the address. Labeled the package and got it into the mail.

Went to Al Madina to confirm they were open and make an order for my team of 12 people. Glad I did. Even though I talked with one of the workers this week and he assured me they would be open, the sign clearly said otherwise.

The place was shut up tight. We will go to Indian food at Masala instead. I preferred that anyway!

Recorded and release a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Childlike.”

Rained hard today. Remnants of the storm that clobbered Florida.

Rare plate here.

Several months ago, Everly tore the red thread off my arm. Seeing that this is a holy time for Christianity, Judaism and Islam I thought it was a good time to put on a new one. I got it from Jerusalem when I was there.

I brought my projector home with me yesterday. Today, I hooked it up to my computer and made sure everything was working perfectly, which it was.

I’ll achieve my goal of going over 10,000 points this week, but doubt I’ll make it in the top three. NBD.

This interests me, but I doubt I’ll go all the way to NY just to see it.

OYB!

Español!

Rained pretty hard while we were at Azalea.

Walked 1.27 miles.

I took my bag of dog food down my hill and put it in my storage can along with the bird seed.

Left a message with the arthritis doctor’s staff. Couldn’t get the information that I needed. I’ll call again tomorrow.

Worked on the clock again. It fell off the wall when Everly shut/slammed the door.

Made some sandwiches for J.

Had a fun chat with Anthony.

Listened to a podcast from Spain.

Had a good talk with my Mom.

I made photocopies of a lot of my Mom’s favorite recipes. I’ll send them to my Aunt Barbara soon.

(Nana, these were the only two I did not make a copy of due to the page not being completely flat and wouldn’t go through the machine properly. I’m not even sure if they were needed.)

Too rainy to do the after school program today. I had finished almost all of the kid’s homework with them earlier this week. I had two parties for the kids this week. PLUS we’ll have a team on Saturday!

Everly went with me to get the rest of the equipment I needed in my office in preparation for the team coming on Saturday. I’ll set up the projector with my laptop at home to make sure everything is ready to go and then put it together on Saturday before the team gets to the church. I wouldn’t leave all that stuff set up without it being securely locked up.

I was glad that K got to come with me to the mission today. She had fun playing with Penelope.

Got up at 6:15 AM this morning to get ready to take Nana to the airport.

OYB!

Cool this morning.

Got to the airport with perfect timing.

Wheelchair access is fast.

I liked this.

You can track everything on the web.

I’ll miss my Mama!

Good flying weather back to Austin.

In all I probably walked around three miles today, most of it pushing a wheelchair.

Headed to the mission after the airport.

Got to Chamblee and walked about 2.05 miles while I studied Spanish.

Took a shower and rested for a couple of hours. Didn’t feel like I ever went to sleep, but still helped. Amen.

Listened to some podcasts from Spain.

Dig this.

Español.

Got some McDonalds for the kids. They didn’t eat too much. I thought the fries sucked.

I did the candy throw for the little kids yesterday. I had a pizza party for the middle school today. Went to the Dollar Tree to get supplies and Lil Caesars for pizza. Picked up three cheese and three pepperoni pizzas. I let the big kids go first then let everyone else have some.

Helped the kids with their homework.

Ajmain and Adit came to help again.

Looking forward to wearing these.

Went to my office to get the mail, process checks, and bring supplies up from my storage area to the conference room next to my office. I have a team on Saturday. Looking forward to that.

Got gas and added some oil. I’m hoping to get it changed on Friday. We’ll see. A lot of times T and G gets super busy and can’t work it in for hours.

Went to pick up my groceries. Unfortunately, when I got my replacement phone it put the wrong Walmart from where I usually go. Had to drive an extra fifteen minutes each way to get my stuff. Bahd luck.

Deposited checks.

I haven’t had this much competition in a long time. Several hard workers.

Español!

OYB!

Nana and I drove over to the Mission this morning to be with Penelope. She’s still on antibiotics and wasn’t supposed to be out much. We enjoyed Waffle House.

Love these girls SO MUCH!

Penelope’s art work is fantastic.

Good times.

I went to Walmart to get candy for the Easter candy throw.

Deposited checks.

Walked 1.25 miles in Chamblee.

Got Nana checked in with her flight.

Nana, Penelope and I went to Taco Veloz. Delicious. While we were there I thought about my good friend Rollin Hooper. He’s another MK from Nairobi. I immediately gave him a call. We had such a good visit. My Mom and Rollin really do love each other.

I welcomed the kids off the bus and told them we were having the Easter egg hunt and candy throw asap. Great fun.

Everyone got a ton of candy. One of the kids told me he to 97 pieces. So funny he counted it. Of course my girls got a lot.

Helped the kids at the mission with their homework.

I had a couple of the kids from the old days come to visit.

Got in touch with another buddy of mine who’s like a brother to me.

Cleaned and put more superglue on K’s glasses. They still work. I used super glue, super glue fixer (makes the glue harden immediately) and super glue remover to do the job.

Ordered groceries.

We are testing out depositing money directly.

I found this sentence interesting.

Today while I was waiting for the bus, I had a long conversation with three of the construction guys working on the new apartments across the street from Azalea. They were all from Agua Calientes in Mexico. They asked me if I was a gringo. When I said no, they started naming cities in Mexico where they thought I might be from. I only realized this evening how wild that is! I told them that I was from Nairobi, Kenya.

Competition always starts out strong. It’s interesting for me to see how it shakes out.

Came in #3 this week. I’ve actually been in the Top 3 fifty-three times.

Listened to a podcast in Spanish and looked up some words.

OYB!

Cloudy and cool.

Español!

Interesting clouds while I walked 1.25 miles.

Took my Mom on Safari to Clarkston, Decatur and the BHFM! Fantastic Indian food at Masala at the Patel Brothers shopping center.

Her sweet favorite Vietnamese coffee.

I sent my phone back to ATT today. Had to get a receipt of shipping at the Post Office. It was so weird, I went into the lobby and no customers were there. I thought that was awesome. Then I realized there were also no Post Office Employees either! What?! I rang the bell. Buzzer. Yelled. Finally, someone came up from around the back. Super bizarre.

The buildings across from Azalea continue to evolve.

Nana and I took Everly to Chic-Fil-A. Penelope had to stay in with her Dad. They’re still both contagious.

We took a tour of the Huntley Hills are where Everly goes to school.

Then back to Azalea.

The little Pink Magnolia seems to be doing well after her transplant.

I helped the kids with their homework. Nana stayed outside with me.

My house went up in value by $25,000 last year. It increased my taxes by about $100/month.

The grass was getting high because of the birdseed and the rain. Had to hoe that stuff down.

Over 2.25″ of rain last couple of days.

Seems like the week always starts with a lot of effort by people. I just make about the same amount every day.

Happy EASTER! He’s not dead! He is risen!

Keep working.

A couple of my favorite Spanish podcasts.

Always new words.

OYB!

Walked 1.28 miles.

Put new batteries into Everly’s camera.

Miles and Penelope went to the doctor. They both got on medicine and have to stay home for at least one day.

Egg hunt for Everly.

Great to have Ashley and Nana here!

Beautiful weather. Little on the cool side for me.

Got my Medicare card in. Amen.

Added windshield wiper fluid to my car.

Picked up Thai food for lunch.

My new raccoon shirt came in. Everly helped me pick it out.

Should come in #3 on Duolingo this week.