Recorded a new podcast this morning!

One of my favorite things to do: talk! This is a great episode on how to change quickly. Try out “Morph!”

Just click on the title and groove!

Cleaned the fish tank.

I repaired one of my bird feeders.

Kathy cleaned my room. I organized and put back all my stuff.

Met up with Kathy, Jesse and Ashley for lunch at Kathmandu Grill in Clarkston. Delicious and great company.

We called my Dad while we were there. It’s his 84th birthday today. Jesse is 24, Kathy is 54 and Dad is 84. Exact 30 year spread between them.

I sorted through several hundred business cards I’d collected. Got about 20 people I’d like to contact.

When I got to Azalea, one of the families was bringing back the chairs and tables I’d let them borrow. Everyone got in on the act.

Worked with the kids at the mission.

We are trying to get the kids to wash their hands.

They love art projects.

Cleaned the mission before I came home.

Admin duties now.

Beautiful trees in the area.

I enjoyed a 5.08 mile run this morning. I haven’t run in a while since the weather has been so cold. Long way. Beauty.

I thought this was weird.

Hit and run I reckon.

Came home to rest. Then off to the mission to work with the kids!

Boys with the megaladon tooth.

Watched Wild, Wild West with K this evening.

Admin duties now.

I dropped by our treasurer’s house to leave the financial report that Ashley creates.

I have an old laptop I’m giving to a friend of mine in the UK. It appears I can’t mail it to him because it has lithium batteries. The duty on it would have been expensive as well. Looks like I’ll take it over there in my bag on my next trip. The US Post and UPS told me the same thing.

Ashley and I had fun showing our new friends from Southern Crescent Baptist Church in McDonough around the International Village!

Pastor Don Pickerill and their youth director House Houseworth and his wife Amy experienced a safari, Whirlwind Missions style!

Always something fun to see and experience!

Ashley and I had a few minutes before the school buses arrived, so we checked out an antique store in our area. Bizarre things.

Then to the missions to work with the kids.

Still not used to the early sunset.

Enjoyed watching Wild, Wild West with Kathy this evening.

Admin duties now.

Did the shopping for the family this morning.

Had a fun lunch with Kathy and Jesse.

Planet Fitness is getting ready to open. Looks like outdoor treadmills!

Jesse and I came home to work on an old laptop computer that we’re getting ready for a friend of mine. Glad we have Jesse! He hates working with Windows computers.

Enjoyed working at the mission with the kids.

Early sunset. Hate it.

Terrible traffic on the way home. I should have checked my phone.

Admin duties now.

Earlier every year.

Kathy and I enjoyed seeing our friends at One Heart Church today!

It was great to hear testimony of the salvations from yesterday! They have a Fall Festival next weekend.

K and I ate at Al Madina in Tucker. I got to see my buddies Ali and Abdul there.

Came home to rest. I’ve enjoyed playing Tomb Raider again. Great game.

Watched several episodes of the Mentalist with Kathy this evening. Groovy.

Ashley and I had fun briefing our team from One Heart Church today!

After our prayer time, we went on safari to the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Back to the church for a quick lunch. Then to the missions!

It was a cold day. Glad it was dry! Wind chill was below freezing. But we still had a good attendance!

Home to be with Kathy. We watched the movie “Beyond Borders” with Angelina Jolie. Pretty good movie, but sad.

Admin duties now.

I’m uploading pictures. Will work on the video I shot of One Heart Church.

I enjoyed spending the whole day with Ashley!

We met with Amanda Miller at FBC Doraville. We took her to experience some Middle Eastern culture at Al Madina. She’s interested in working with the immigrant population here.

We also showed her around the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Amanda left to go to work and Phil and Sabrina Owens pulled into the parking lot. It was great having them around.

We talked about missions and then went out and checked on some possible apartment housing. Every place we went to was completely full. As I was writing this, I stopped and asked a manager friend of mine if he had any apartments open.

Came back to Azalea to work with the kids.


We had a great candy throw.

And Ashley organized a big obstacle course for the kids. They thought they’d gone to heaven.

Had supper with Jesse.

Then home. Brought in all my plants. I feel like I’m living in a jungle now.

Admin duties now.

Tuesday, I printed the labels for the newsletter.

Also got the stamps.

Ashley started teaching her ESL class solo. You can make great progress in Spanish when you’re teaching English. That’s how I really become fluent.

Ashley and I expected to eat lunch and take our friend Todd Slade to see some of the missions in his area. He had a problem at his new house so couldn’t make it.

Ash and I went to ten different missions to verify the teams coming on Saturday. Everything looks good to go!

Lovely azaleas.

We stopped by White Windmill for a treat. Talk about temptation.

We separated out the equipment we purchased into ten bags. We’ll give each team a bag when we do the briefing.

We picked up some goodies to send to a couple of our supporters at the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission. We took care of the labels and had doughnuts.

I’ve had a couple of trees fall over. They’re about 6-8″ wide and just don’t get enough sunlight. WAY overshadowed by the large trees in my yard.

Wednesday, I worked on a new podcast!

I think this is one of my best. The most important thing is life is “Love PLUS!” It’s easy to listen! Just click on the title!

Met up with Ashley, Jesse and Kathy for lunch.

Always a blessing.

Came home for a 5.08 mile run. Always something beautiful to see!

Took a shower and jumped straight in the car to the mission.

Always enjoy working with the kids.

Kathy and I had fun watching the new episode of Castle.

Admin duties now.

Always glad to see this.

Beautiful trees in the ATL!

I liked the clouds and the sunset.

This morning I recorded a new podcast! Yeah, baby! I really like this episode called “PROspectations.” What you expect to see strongly influences what you see and what you think about it. A great way to look at life, as long as you realize it! Just click on the title and groove!

Wrote my newsletter. I like this month’s episode.

Met up for lunch with Miles, Ashley and Kathy. Always great company. Visited their house and listened to a new song Miles had recorded. Good stuff! Always fun to see Grandpup.

Went to Walmart and Dollar Tree to pick up supplies for the Outreach Event that we’re hosting with One Heart Church.

Picked up cookies, bubbles, coloring books and crayons. I had plenty of sidewalk chalk.

Also did the shopping for our house while I was there.

Took the supplies I bought earlier over to FBC Doraville with the rest of the gear we’ve collected.

Had a good talk and prayer time with my friend Luther in Texas.

Great discussion with Todd Slade who is one of the pastors at Crossroads Church of Dunwoody. We’ll have lunch together and help him with outreach. His church houses a lot of our teams. It’s up in the air whether they will do that any more or not.

Came home to finish laying out my newsletter (I do one page back and front every month), and sending the finished edition to my friend Joel Harrison at the Atlanta Baptist Association. He prints them up for us. THANKS, Joel!

After dropping off the supplies, I went to Office Depot to pick up some labels for the printer.

Then to the mission to work with the kids. It was great to have Miles there to help!

Came home to work on admin duties.

Kathy and I picked up Ashley in Clarkston this morning, then went to One Heart Church.

Always good to see friends!

Ashley and I spoke to the K-5 grade class. Let me tell you my friends, if you can keep THAT group with you for an hour, you’ve done something.

The kids were great and Ashley was her usual high powered, awesome self!

At the end, I had them pass around the baton and say, “It’s up to me!” It’s always a powerful moment. Even with little kids.

We give all the kids balloons and then let them take a picture in the “Sublime Blue Mariachi” hat. It’s a beautiful thing.

I taught a few people how to make balloons.

We had a nice lunch together as the missions committee talked to people interested in going on a mission trip.

Came home and had a good rest.

K and I enjoyed watching Tomb Raider.

She was super tired because she didn’t sleep well last night and we had to get up and get going pretty early this morning. So she went on to sleep. I was hungry, so went to Hardees to get a burger. I’ve been eating this Texas BBQ Burgers. They have slices of fried onions and jalapenos and a nice, tangy BBQ sauce. Veddy, veddy beautiful.

When I got there, Bruce and Karen Miller were ordering. They are two of my favorite people from FBC Mountain Park. Their youngest daughter and Jesse had classes together. It was fun to catch up with them.

Finishing up admin duties.

I plan on writing and producing my newsletter tomorrow morning.