Cleaned the fish tank this morning.

Met up with Ashley for lunch.

Then off to visit churches! We emphasized the opportunities for service and the need to help with some car repairs we’ve had recently.

Great to see friends! We visited One Heart Church, First Alliance of Decatur, Briarcliff Baptist Church and First Baptist Atlanta. Fun!

Then over to help the kids with their homework. They’re always a lot of fun.


Admin duties now.

The new QT near my house continues construction.

The Spanish language continues to evolve.

I thought this was sweet.

Had a good 5.01 mile run this morning! Always something interesting to see.

I run and listen to audio books.

I also pick up trash.

Kind of a gray day.

Ate lunch with Kathy. She paid! I liked the cheesecake.

Went to FBC McDonough this evening. I’ve really had this feeling that I needed to talk with my friend Charlie there. It was great to see other friends while I was there too like Austin Aldridge and the Blevins family.

Kathy rode with me down there. It was good to have company.

She was exhausted by the time we got back. She went straight to bed.

Admin duties now.

Finished up the last of the collation of the bank statements and payroll over the last three years.

Now Ashley has the challenge of entering it all into Quickbooks.

I watched more Safari Live from S. Africa while I collated the documents.

Met up at the mission for lunch. I enjoyed talking with Ashley’s student at her ESL class. I thought she did great!

We finished the last of the items in the mail out and got it into the mail.

Ate lunch at Perimeter Mall, and let Jesse check out the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 with the Oculus headset.

He had fun!

I don’t think he followed the rules.

Very warm this afternoon for December!

Went to Roswell to check on our church friends at Roswell United Methodist Church. We had a good talk with Mike Phelps who is the Missions Coordinator. I talked to him about our fund raising efforts, he seemed open to the idea. The church has had a major capital fund drive to repair some parts of the building. It’s hard to spread the money around too much when it’s been spent.

Also drove to the North American Mission Board to see friends and also ask for their financial support.


I think it’s a good time of year to ask, especially if you need the help!

Enjoyed working at the mission with the kids.

Beautiful sun set.

Admin duties now.

This is a scene from Far Cry 4, a video game I’m playing which is set in the Himalayas.

Big ol’ tires!

At a cell phone repair place in the mall.

I wonder how you get certified as “golden?”

I’m not sure I want anti-freeze on my ice cream.

I like the sound of these.

Would you take this job?

This morning I worked on collection of the banking records from our files.

Printed labels for the newsletter.

While I worked on those records, I watched a LIVE stream on the National Geographic channel from Kruger Park in S. Africa. I couldn’t believe it was actually live! Living in the future, baby!

The results from my raking yesterday.

Had a fun Ashley Day! Woot!

We met up for lunch. While we were at Perimeter Mall, I checked out the Oculus powered headset that fits with the Galaxy Note 4.

Went by CD Tower to get some new Chinese paper to send with our mailout. I think they’re beautiful.

Then to Dunwoody Baptist Church to talk their Director of Missions about helping us out with a Christmas gift. We want to give the kids in the neighborhoods a great Christmas, as well as help the ministry.

We spent a lot of time in the parking lot returning phone calls. Really interesting conversations with friends in Gainesville and in Memphis, TN.

Also got to see my friend Shay at Peachtree Corners Baptist Church. She’s always a blessing.

Dropped by Office Depot to get some envelopes.

Went by the Post Office to get stamps for the newsletter.

Then to the mission to label the newsletters and help the kids with their homework.

I got the kids doughnuts. Everyone gets one, whether they help with labels or not. So they always look forward to “sticker day.”

Incredibly warm today. The temperature gauge in my car said 74. Wow.

Had a fun supper with Jesse this evening.

He was very excited about the prototype Oculus display. Never too much Jesse.

Home now. Kathy was super tired. She went to bed early.

Took me nearly an hour to figure out the label issue this evening. I printed out a three pages of my address labels on 30 sticker paper instead of 20 sticker paper. Bottom line is that most of the addresses were cut off by about 1/3. Bahd luck. So I had to print the three pages of address again and put them on envelopes.

But I had about 15 more blank envelopes than I needed. It was hard to figure out where the count was wrong and which pages were not put on. Ended up having to alphabetize the entire 100 envelopes. When it was all said and done, I found exactly ONE extra. It had a short address and fit on the label, so you couldn’t tell it.

Admin duties now.

Beautiful colors for the sunset.

Saturday, K and I enjoyed lunch with Jesse!

Did the family shopping.

Always something interesting to see.

Went home and watched the Baylor vs Texas Tech football game. Man! Sure am glad we won. Just barely! 48-46.

Worked on collating the bank records and payroll for Whirlwind Missions. Lots of documents to retrieve.

I got the parts to fix a chest for Jesse.

This morning, K and I enjoyed Westside Baptist Church.


We’ve really enjoyed that congregation.

Raked leaves this afternoon. Massive job.

The jacket didn’t stay on for long!

Got cleaned up and rested.

Beautiful rainbows.

K and I enjoyed watching an episode of the Mentalist.

Admin duties now.

I spent the day with Ashley! Yeah, baby!

We met at the Atlanta Metro Baptist Association building.

Joel Harrison does our printing for us. He’s a blessing.

We also met with Sandy Defoe. She’s a Board Member of Whirlwind Missions and our Treasurer. She taught Ashley how to create Journal entries in Quick Books. I watched and listened. Ashley is amazingly adept at learning new things.

Finally broke for lunch around 3:30pm. I took Ashley out for Subway.

Went to the mission to check on the kids and drop off supplies. It was great to see Abraham. He lived at Azalea for years. Rashawn and Angel were also looking good.

Sure do love these kids.
Had fun conversations with my brother, Jim (it’s his birthday!) and my mom Peggy. Always great to keep in touch.

Home now for admin duties.

On Monday morning I produced my news letter and promptly went back to bed.

I’ve been sick with a headache, stuffy nose and sneezing since Monday. I stayed in bed pretty much the whole time this week. Kathy took me out for lunch for Mexican food on Wednesday.

Thursday morning we got our things ready to go to Ashley’s house to celebrate Thanksgiving.

I’ve missed seeing her since I’ve been sick.

Miles cooked Cornish hens for lunch.

Good food and great fellowship was had by all.










I’ve missed J too!

I’m feeling better, but still weak. Back in bed for more rest.

Admin duties before I go back to sleep.

I’ve been enjoying playing Far Cry 4 while I’m recuperating. I especially like flying this little one man chopper. Cool.

Saturday I enjoyed a good 5.06 mile run. Even though I don’t feel great, slow jogging helps me to feel better. Always something beautiful to see.


I thought this was cool.

Enjoyed watching Baylor football. We clobbered OSU.

Went to sleep early.

Had a hard time sleeping. Stopped up nose and headache.

Sunday, I met up with a team from Perimeter Church.

An all girls team is always better than an all guys team.

Took them on a tour of the Buford Highway Farmers Market. We also ate lunch there.

Always something different to see.

Then over to the mission at Azalea. I helped round up the kids. You can tell a Bengali family lives here.

They had nail polish for the girls. Most of the kids were from Bangladesh. We had an interesting discussion on the common roots of Christianity and Islam, which is Judaism.

Everyone had a grand time even though the weather was cold and rainy.

Came home to work on admin duties.

Ashley and I enjoyed showing our new friends from Roopville Road Baptist Church, Pastor Stephen Peeples and his friend Tony Padgett around the International Village. I also had a friend of mine from FBC Mountain Park, Eddie Mayfield, come with us!

We showed them around Asian Square and Plaza Fiesta. Always something interesting to see.

What? Camel milk yogurt?!

They left to go back to Roopville and Ash and I took Eddie over to Global Mall and Al Madina.

Eddie rocked the Sublime Blue Mariachi Hat.

Then to the mission to work with the kids!

Came home to work on admin duties.

About 4:30 am I woke up with a really bad sore throat. Got up and gargled and took some tylenol.

Friday morning I met up with Eduardo Zamora and Jeanine Crawford at FBC Mountain park to do a walk through of their mission house.

We are expecting a family from Venuezuela next week who will be helping us with missions.

Went to Walmart after the house exploration to get some groceries and a cable for my computer. Don’t know why a heavy duty cable would suddenly just cease to function, but it did.

Came home this afternoon and rested for a couple of hours.

K and I enjoyed watching Elementary and the BBC version of Sherlock Holmes this evening.

My throat is feeling better, but I still feel kind of weak.

Admin duties now. Then rest.

They are making progress on the new QT station that is opening near my house. Awesome!

Tuesday was a big day for us, it’s our annual board meeting! Did more printing and worked on the presentation for the board.

It was also the coldest day of the year dropping into the teens. When I woke up, it was still below freezing. That’s not zesty.

We had over 1.5″ of rain. I was glad it dried off before it froze. Atlanta doesn’t do well in that kind of weather. You know when it’s cold when the water in the gauge freezes solid.

Recorded a new podcast! WOOT. Did you know that you can hold your body in different ways and actually change your mood? I explore the newest research on the mind body connection in Verbal Surgery -299- “PROsition!”

Just click on the title and groove!

Picked up supplies for the house and the mission.

Walmart has some interesting Christmas decorations. Dinosaurs? Really? I want one.

The start of freedom!

Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission.

Then off to our office at FBC Doraville to meet with our Board!

We each made a presentation.

They are real soldiers of the LORD. What a blessing Carl Barrington, Tito Ruiz, Jon Paul and Sandy Defoe are to our ministry!

I got home from the meeting and eating with Jesse at about 10:30pm. Went straight to bed.

Wednesday morning it started to warm up. Yeah, baby!

K and I spent most of the morning going through all the files for 2014 for Whirlwind Missions.

We had to break out some banking and tax information and collate it. Sure was glad I had her help!

I had a great meeting with my friend Eduardo Zamora. He’s the missionary in charge of the work at Huntington Ridge.

Had a good time with the kids. Kawsar wrote an essay called, “Counting my blessings.”

He was thankful for three things: his family, education and Mr. Tim. I thought that was sweet.

Jesse has a good time instilling a love for science and education into the kids.

Came home to watch Castle with Kathy.

Admin duties now.

I’ve really enjoyed the clouds the last couple of days. Unusual ripple patterns.