Ashley and I went to Perimeter Church this morning.


We had a great time seeing friends in their outreach ministry. Chip Sweeney is such a great guy. We worked together since nearly the beginning of our ministries.

Huge amounts of ministry today!

Had a great turn out at Foxwood where Ashley and I hosted the block party. We called in extra help and Kathy and Jesse also came over. GREAT to have the whole family working together.

Powerhouse team, baby!

The ladies at the complex pitched in to help cook and serve the hot dogs. I knew I’d find help! Jesus always has it figured out!

Working on posting video and pictures from the ministry today.

What an awesome day!

It’s so much fun to see a church mobilized! Had a terrific team from Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell.

We hosted Outreach Events at Roswell Creek, Concept 21–Roswell and Aspen Point.

The team also helped the director of the mission there move all the stuff to the new apartment. What a job!

Great turn out!

Ashley also did a terrific job in Lawrenceville helkping out the team from 12 Stone Church.

After I got home, I went to Stone Mountain and worked out. Beauty!

This afternoon Ashley, Jesse and I went to Lawrenceville to check out the complexes where we’re hosting Outreach Events with 12 Stone Church.

We have all the equipment we need for the three complexes we’re working tomorrow. Ashley will do the training for the groups.

I wanted to make sure that she knew where all the missions were. She doesn’t normally help me on the East side of town.

I also got the food for the event in Roswell tomorrow. I have three coolers loaded with hotdogs and ice.

It took me three times to check out with all the stuff I had.

Went by Lowes for some lights. Trees are up!

Gassed up the car after shopping and noticed my left rear tire looked low. Put some air in it with a little extra, just in case it leaks some tomorrow.

Another beautiful sunset.

Jesse and I picked up Ashley from school and went to eat at Madina today. Always good!

Checked on Bayo and the Huntington Terrace kids.

We took him a chair, pad, mat and some support.

We tracked down the other equipment we needed for the events this weekend. Notably more balloon pumps.
What are you getting dressed up as?
Still have to get the food. Also picked up three more grills from the church.
Found this salamander in the grill.

Ever wonder why Americans are overweight?

Went to Azalea to help the kids. Always fun!

Came home. Ran 4 miles.
Beautiful sunset!

I spent most of this morning with a chainsaw! I’ve had some dead trees that I needed to take out. I cut them down, sawed them into pieces and put them in my back yard to decompose. WOW was that a lot of work!

I did that while I was waiting for the plumber to show up. One of those three hour window kind of things.

They did a great job! And fast too! They had to drill a hole through the joist and insert the new copper pipe through the hole, then connect the two ends with the existing pipes. I was right that the copper touching the galvanized aluminum created a chemical reaction that ate through the pipe. Sure am glad to have that taken care of!

Jesse and I went by the bank and Lowes to take care of business before going to Azalea to help with the kids. Always fun!

Came home to start my home work. Financial report due to my treasurer tomorrow.

Still collecting stuff for the events on Saturday.

I’m sure my back will be sore. Load up on Tylenol!

Jesse started driving again today! I know many grown ups that are petrified of driving in Atlanta. That’s some of the hardest traffic to negotiate in the world! So I reckon after he’s finished learning here, he’s ready to drive ANYWHERE! He did a great job. I’m glad not to have to always drive, although I’m not allowed to talk on the phone, so that’s kind of a bummer.

We met up with Bayo at Huntington Terraces.

We had a camera for him and his new display that I created. He loved it! Also met up with Ian North and Dave Park. We had a good talk about ministry and opportunities here in the International Village.

Went by the church to check on the mail.

Then over to Azalea to help the kids. BIG group there today!

Always good to see some of my “old” guys around too!

Markol Allen, one of my partners from First Baptist Atlanta was there to help.

He worked at the mission this summer. The kids really love him. Me too!

Also had a new friend from Bangladesh come to meet with me. I’m helping him with his English. He’s a fiance of a friend of mine.

J drove us home in heavy traffic.

Ran 4 miles. Now it’s time for homework!

Beautiful wispy cirrus clouds today. I love winter clouds.

Most of my morning was spent working on the new display for Bayo’s ministry.

Took several hours to get it all done. I think he’ll be happy with it.

The power guys were putting up a HUGE pole today. Cool!

Jesse is driving again. Now I’m the wingman! He’s getting ready for his drivers test.

Ashley’s car had a dead batter today. Probably an alternator problem. Always something. Had to get it towed.

The pin hole leak in one of my hot water lines is still dripping. Still vacuuming it up. Plumber can get to us on Wednesday.

Mowed the yard for nearly two hours today. Counts as my work out.

Went to Willow Branch with Jesse. Great to see my partners from Grace Fellowship church working!
We helped Aziz with the song he’s writing. I’m helping him get a standard form. Teaching him about line length, verse, chorus, bridge kind of stuff.

Played the guitar for about 2 hours. My fingertips on my left hand feel weird typing.

Season premier of Lie to Me. My favorite show. Also a fan of Castle. Like those?

Got up early this morning and rode to Heritage Hills Baptist Church in Conyers with Ashley and Kathy.

We had a fun time with the kids of the church.

Ashley gave the children’s sermon during church.

I thought it went really well!

Came home to rest.

Still drying up water. On close inspection I found a hot water line that has developed a pin hole leak where it was touching the AC unit. That’s what’s been generating the couple of gallons a day. I’ve got a call in to my plumber. Always something.

Went up on the roof to clear debris from the gutters from the last downpour.

Went for a 4 mile run. Beautiful weather!

Tonight my goal is to work on the new missions displays for our ministry to replace the ones that were destroyed by the flood.

We finished writing all the newsletters. Always good to get that job done! Takes us about 10 hours a month.

Last night I spent some time thinking about water in my basement. For the last two days, I’ve still been sucking up about three to five gallons of water a day! I kept asking myself, how is that possible–since it wasn’t raining. It occurred to me that perhaps it wasn’t water seeping in but an AC problem.

I dried everything up, and sure enough it looked like water was coming from the bottom of my AC unit.

Many of you know that for years I worked in construction. One of the trades I studied was AC.

I remembered time when the unit would freeze up and then cause a big mess. So the today I’ve had a fan on it to try and get it to melt.

Hopefully, after it’s totally dry, I can turn it on again and it won’t have the water issue. Pray for that!

We got torrential rain again today! Wow! The good news is that all the adjustments I made to the drains, plus putting plastic sheeting around the area where I thought the water was entering the foundation seemed to have work. PTL!

Most of my day has been spent working on newsletters. 238 to write this month. Sure was glad I had Ashley to help me!

Got almost all of them in the mail on time.

I mentioned that the flooding messed up my displays, so I also went to Staples to pick up two new display boards. One I’ll also make for Bayo Otiti, one of our new missionaries. He’s not to adept at the computer yet, but he’s learning!

Tomorrow morning we get up early to got to Heritage Hills BC to speak to the kids. Ashley still isn’t feeling well, but she’s better! Thanks for your prayers for that!

The best news is that Kathy and Jesse got back from Columbia, SC where they plus her brother and sister David and Ruth went to visit their Uncle Jack & Aunt Bertie who’s in the hospital. Pray for her too!

This morning I had a restful time at Stone Mountain. Floated around in the pool and ran 4 miles on the elliptical treadmill. Groovy!

This afternoon Ashley and I went to speak at a missions conference at Heritage Hills Baptist Church in Conyers. Great church!

We enjoyed talking to the kids. We’ll get to talk to all the children on Sunday.

I like to do kids groups because the really do pray for us!

Kathy and Jesse took a road trip to S. Carolina today. They went with her brother David and sister Ruth to visit her Uncle Jack and Aunt Bertie. They’ve been having some health challenges. I’m glad they were able to go!

I’ll finish off the evening working on my article for the newsletter.

Always something to do!

Did have some bad news. All the flooding in my basement messed up my displays for the missions conferences. Sad. They were an archive of our work.