The time change threw me for a loop. Woke up really late.

Went to Marietta to see the coin show. I like to look at the old Roman coins. Holding something that’s nearly 2,000 years old is amazing!


I was glad to have Kathy with me. She always makes every trip better.

She went with me to the coin show and then over to look at my favorite antique store in the area. Lots of cool stuff.






Never too many geiger counters.

I may need to go back for this.

Watched “The Big Year” with Kathy this evening. I’m a birder so I really enjoyed it.

Admin duties and an early morning tomorrow as my 2nd and 3rd teams roll into motion.

Today was the first day I’ve had off in about three weeks. GREAT to rest!

Put some new little apples on my car. My old one got messed up. Just not right to have a messed up apple sticker.

Had a fun day with Kathy.

Ate some delicious Chinese food then off to Stone Mountain. I saw this cool three wheeler in the parking lot.

Went shopping for groceries.

J’aime parler francaise avec vous!

I liked this sticker.

Try and say this three times fast.

It was a beautiful day for a hike. I love the cool plants I see on Stone Mountain.

Steel driving man!

I liked this little tendril.

Never too many shots of reflection trees.

I liked this old machine. Never seen it before.

Close ups are cool.

What does this say about the driver?

This evening K and I watched Project Nim about teaching sign language to a chimpanzee back in the 70s. It was interesting and kind of sad.

Ended up watching a couple of episodes of Big Bang Theory to cheer us up. THANKS, Sheldon!

Beautiful sunset last night!

Got about 1/4″ of rain last night.

Had a fun time with two new partners from Gateway Baptist Church in Columbia SC today!

Enjoyed a delicious lunch at Penang Malasian food.

Then off for a whirlwind tour of the International Village!

Always interesting things to see there!








Also visited Enigmas.


Bit creepy.

Couldn’t believe this one!

At CD Tower where Buddhists buy idols.

The Davis family used to live in Japan. Sean is the director of the Japanese section of the Farmer’s Market.

Came home to rest and spend time with Kathy.

Admin duties now.

Had a short night.

Stayed up with a burning desire to talk. So I recorded a new podcast!

One of my favorite things to do!

I really like this one. It’s called “Believe and Receive!” Perhaps the most powerful podcast I’ve ever recorded. Life is amazing. Get out there and enjoy it!

Got up early because of my broken tooth. I imagined pretty much the worst case scenario. Completely having to redo the crown. Hundreds if not thousand plus dollars. Blood. Pain. You get the picture.

Got to my dentist as it opened. The assured me that the dentist could see me. GREAT! It felt like I had a jagged piece of glass that was scraping against the base of my tongue. Not a good thing when you talk for a living!

They took x-rays of my molar. Dentist comes in and says, “Crown looks fine, we just need to grind off the rough edge.” AWESOME, baby!

In a matter of a few minutes my tongue was at peace. (Although it still hurts from where it’d been cut up.)

And amazingly the did it for NO CHARGE! What?!

I know I’ve talked about my dentist being amazing before on this blog. I do it again now. If you’re in the market for a dentist, give mine a try!

Went from the dentist to meet up with one of my best friends, Chip Sweeney!

I really don’t have many people that I’ve worked with since the very beginning of my ministry here in Atlanta. Chip is one of those people. We had a great time catching up on news and having fellowship.

Of course a big part of what we talk about is related to missions. I love that about him!

I thought the Thai food was beautiful.

After lunch, I went to my office, blew up my air mattress and crashed for about an hour. I was super tired.

Then up and at ’em with the final day with the team from Virginia Tech. What a great group! And the first official team of 2012.

Looking forward to hanging out with Kathy and enjoying her company.

And of course admin duties!

QT has this sign over the urinal in the bathroom. I couldn’t help myself. I had to modify it.

Talk about a team mascot that strikes fear into the heart of their opponent.

I always call Guatemala with my WOW card.

I liked this shirt.

The heavens opened wide!

Had a fun lunch and meeting with one of my favorite pastors today, Ben Lehman. He’s a fired up, man of God and I always really enjoy his company.

We hope to do missions together during the Summer.

Met up with my team from VA Tech around 3pm and enjoyed working with them at the mission. They’d been painting at FBC Doraville in the morning.

Home now working on admin duties and looking forward to time with Kathy.

I’m really tired. I’m going to try and walk in at the dentist tomorrow at 9am. We’ll see how that goes. Broken teeth are no joke. ; (

Had a great time with my team from Virginia Tech today! Kathy reminded me that they’re the first team of the year. AMEN!

Took them for a visit of the International Village. They loved it.

Sadly, while we were eating lunch, I broke the edge off of a back molar. It’s left a sharp edge that’s really irritating to my tongue. Hate that. But I’ll get it fixed!

The group also had fun at Plaza Fiesta Mall and then over to the mission to help the kids.

Came home by way of Clarkston to drop off some documents for Ashley that I worked on last night.

Then home to spend time with Kathy. We’ve really enjoyed watching five or six episodes at a time of Big Bang Theory. It’s one of of new favorite shows!

Was working on my admin duties and got a call from Jesse. He’d told me of a TED talk (if you haven’t visited TED.com to watch the best presentations in the WORLD, you’re really missing out!) he’d just watched that was super powerful by a man named Diamantis. THEN he tells me he’s on his way to Stanford to hear the guy speak! WOW!

I wrote him an email telling him to make sure and meet these guys. Just like I put out the effort to go meet the guys in the band Dr. Dog. I’d just hit the send button and I noticed that a picture had popped up on my phone. It’s a picture of Jesse and Dr. Diamantis! That’s my boy!

We talked on the phone for over two hours. It’s about 1:30am now. Told him I needed to finish up the blog and rest. We sure do enjoy each others company. I reckon that’s one reason why we’re ok with him being in California. We still keep in touch and that makes ALL the difference!

Finishing up my admin duties and resting soon.

Had a great time with a Trey Sapp and Josh over at Eastside Baptist Church.

Enjoyed their fellowship and checking out the mission at Concept 21–Delk and Bentley Manor.

Also met with Jay and Jan Bell.

Had fun showing them around the International Village.

Then to Azalea to work with the kids. Always good! Glad to have Miles and Ashley there!



I thought Angel was funny.

I liked Jeffrey’s blue tongue.

Fun day!

I really enjoyed seeing (and meeting!) my favorite band: Dr. Dog!

I had some small gifts that I’ve found in my journeys in the International Village.

Toby Leaman, the lead vocalist for the band, went crazy over my map jacket. “Here you go, Toby!” Gave it to him right off my back. He sure was happy! Here he’s pointing to his home town of Philadelphia!

I really enjoy the rich sound these guys put out. I think they sound a lot like the Beatles.



Turned out that Toby’s Dad is a Methodist pastor! It was fun to talk about spiritual things.

Frank Miller’s wife is a lawyer studying now in Mexico city. She’s helping immigrants recover funding they were promised.

We had a lot to talk about since most of my work is with those same immigrants.

Fantastic night with new friends!

Kathy, Ashley, Miles and I enjoyed the service and speaking at Roswell United Methodist Church.

The sanctuary is a beautiful place. But something unusual happened–all the power went out!

It was cool singing in the dimly lit sanctuary.

Before long the power came back on and everything was well lit.

I enjoyed introducing our ministry to the congregation. They’ve been faithful supporters.

We spoke to the Foundations class. They’re made up of young married couples. Most have young children. Fun group.

I told Ash and Miles they were my angels!

We stopped at the mall to get a bite to eat before coming home. Early morning this morning, nice to rest in the afternoon!

I’m looking forward to seeing one of my favorite bands, Dr. Dog, this evening.

Beautiful trees!

Think I’d look good in these?

I asked for a ride. They said I didn’t qualify. ; )

Even though it was in the upper 30s this morning, it still looked like Spring.

Powerful thunderstorm last night. I heard tornadoes went through Chattanooga. That’s not zesty. Broke a big branch off one of my trees last night.

Over 2 1/4″ of rain!

Kathy and I ate lunch at Green Tomato.

Love that Southern cooking. Even if the owners of S. Koreans! I thought their high tech door closer was funny.

Had a fun time leading a vigorous group of middle schoolers this afternoon! I did a briefing with them and taught them how to make balloon animals.

Even the grown ups got educated!

Kathy and I helped the teams working three locations: Olde Salem, Greens at Hillcrest and Alexander Mill.

We had a fun time! I always like working with kids.

Still a bit tired after my 10K run yesterday.

Looking forward to resting this evening and spending time with Kathy.

I have an early morning tomorrow with Kathy and the kids at Roswell United Methodist Church. Have to be there at 9am and it’s a long drive over there.

I liked this tag.

Tru dat!