Kathy and I enjoyed going to church at Westside Baptist Church this morning. Pastor Ben is always a blessing. Super fired up guy. This scene from church preached to me. Little child, just resting in her father’s arms.

Ben has some really cute grandsons.

They move really fast.
Enjoyed lunch with Kathy.

Worked on posting some creative writing on my Twitter feeds. I always think of it as Ben Franklin on steroids.

This afternoon, K and I met up with Ashley and Miles at a house they were looking at.

I liked this tree.

Had a fun time with Jesse and Kathy for pizza.

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Ashley and I had fun briefing our team from FBC Mountain Park!

We took them to six missions: Azalea Place, Cumberland Court, Shallowford Gardens, Buford Heights, Highland Knoll and Shallowford Arms.

A great time was had by all!

This church has continued to be a great blessing to our ministry and to our family!

Home now to get the pictures on line, edit the video and send it to YouTube.

Kathy was a big help to us with the tax letters today!

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Our new QT station continues to make progress!


I loved the clouds today!

I delivered the financial report to our treasurer this morning.

Went to the Post Office to pick up stamps for the donors tax letters.

Then over to the Dollar Tree to pick up goodies for the Outreach Events we’re holding tomorrow with FBC Mountain Park. It’s their Disciple Now weekend and Whirlwind Missions is providing the mission opportunity.

I picked up supplies for six locations. Goodies included a couple of small balls, a long jump rope, bubbles, cookies, drinks, nail polish, hearts and heart stickers, crayons and pipe cleaners.

The team will tell the story of Zaccheus, Jesus being friend to the lonely. They’ll make little pipe cleaner men and act like they’re climbing a tree.

Then they’ll do a craft where they decorate hearts for their moms.

Also went to Walmart to pick up some of the supplies and do the family shopping.


After buying the materials, I split them up into separate bags.

Took them over to FBC Doraville, in preparation for the briefing tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be really nice: clear and nearly 60. Awesome!

Went by the missions to let the managers know that the teams were coming. Two new managers out of five. It’s a constant turn over.

Came home and the weather was so nice that I went for a 5.05 mile run.

I took the vest off almost immediately. Lovely weather, just slightly cool.

Enjoyed watching The 100 Foot Journey with K.

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I enjoyed working with Ashley today! I met her at her house and we went over the wording for the letters showing the contributions to our ministry from our donors. It took a while to figure out how a basic template would look. By the end of the afternoon, she’d done all of them! Way to go, ASHLEY!

I’ll take the letters, sign them and address the envelopes, and take them to the Post Office.

Came home to rest after eating lunch with Ashley.

Then off to the mission to help the kids with their homework.
Fun with googley eyes.

I liked the sound of this.

Enjoyed watching Elementary with K.

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I liked this sign from Ashley’s house.

Ashley and I had fun briefing the team from VA Tech on Islam, Catholicism and Hinduism.

We had our dedication service this morning. They pass the baton and say, “It’s up to ME.”

Then on safari to Plaza Fiesta.

We met up with the leadership missions team from Perimeter Church.

We talked about plans for next Summer with the large team for their youth conference “Gold Rush.”

Always something fun to see at Al Madina. We also took them by the Islamic bookstore.



Then to Global Mall to check out the Hindu temple.

Great day working with the kids.




Today the team did the salvation bracelets.

Grabbed a bucket of chicken on the way home. K and I watched the Mentalist. It’s the final season of one of my favorite shows.

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Ashley and I had a wonderful time briefing our team from VA Tech!

They’ve had a group come work with us every year (sometimes TWICE a year!) since 2011!

They usually do a substantial amount of labor for First Baptist Doraville as well. FUN to be working with Ashley again!

We took them on safari to the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

They loved Asian Square too! Here I’m extolling the virtues of the Cobra in a Jar in my new, red jacket.



My good friend Doug Allison came to visit us today. Always a blessing!

After Asian Square we took them to the Buddhist Temple to see the door that the Tibetan monks had carved.




I think the artwork is beautiful.

Then off to organize the mission.

I went to Lowes to get some more dry erase marker boards made.

I take the waterproof wall board and cut it into 12″ squares. I made 24 for about $15.

The guy that cut the boards for me was from Ghana.

I asked him if he spoke Swahili. He said that he didn’t but his girlfriend did–she was from Kenya! He called her on the phone so that I could talk with her. I had fun practicing my Swahili. The things I get into.

I stopped at QT to get a drink and saw my old friend Mrida from Bangladesh.

His family was the first to live at Azalea Place Apartments. Back in Bangladesh, he was a lawyer in the Supreme Court.

Now he drives a taxi.

And work with the kids!

The VA Tech team told the story of Jonah.

I thought the crafts were very colorful.

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Frozen weather.

Cleaned out the bird baths.

We were living in the clouds today.

Ashley and I had a fun lunch with my friends from 12 Stone, Shawn and Michael. We had great food at Al Madina, and also stopped by to see the men at Halal Pizza.

Met up with the parents of a partner of ours. Amanda had her parents, Doug and Laurie, down to visit.

They enjoyed seeing the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Also met up with one of our youth leaders who is from N. Georgia.

Always something interesting to see.

Then over to the mission to work with the kids.

Went to Walmart to buy a couple more pillows.

K and I watched the last of Emma by Jane Austen. We really liked it.

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I saw this hornet nest at FBC Doraville.

Ashley, Kathy and I enjoyed showing the Self family from Perimeter Church around the International Village.

Always something interesting to see.

Watched Jane Austen’s “Emma” with K this evening.

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Very cold weekend. Hummingbird Popsicle.

On Friday I worked on errands around the house. Also took my car over to my mechanic.

My car has nearly 250,000 miles on it. The compression is getting old and needs a thicker oil. They put a 40 weight instead of the 30. Runs better.

Super cold outside. K and I stayed in most of the day.

Enjoyed watching the last of the Upstairs/Downstairs series with K.

I’ve had fun playing Far Cry 4 on my PS4. Absolutely gorgeous landscape set in the Himalayas.

There are lots of wild animals in the world they’ve created. I especially like the elephants.

Saturday I met up with Jesse for lunch. We went to Repticon to check out the Poison Dart Frogs and other interesting animals.

Hard to believe the colors of these Poison Dart frogs.


And speaking of color!

I even got to pet an Ring Tailed Lemur and a baby armadillo. Groovy.

Who doesn’t love a piglet?

We stopped at Barnes and Noble for a brief visit. I thought this was mature reading.

K and I watched and episode of Emma, a Jane Austen novel. Also watched an episode of Call the Midwife. Not super into either of them.

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I thought this article in Wired was interesting.

Beautiful clouds and contrails.

WOW! It got really cold last night!

Lots of things froze.

I have all my plants inside. I was glad that my new gardenias seemed to be just fine.
We had a wonderful lunch with Ann and Katie.

Wonderful to see baby Meredith.

Had fun working with the kids at the mission. I had a big group of them that I was teaching long division. It’s very gratifying when you see a child suddenly get it.

We stopped by a friend’s house to see their baby, Daniel Jesus. Nice to have Jesus in the neighborhood.

Good supper with Kathy and Jesse. They both were a great help at the mission today.

Looking forward to more of Upstairs/Downstairs with K.

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