I had a great time with my teams from the YMCA this morning. They’re doing a terrific time with the kids at Highland @ Sutton Place, Huntington Creek, Huntington Station and Hamptons at Lenox. They fed the kids and had some fun games with them. Pray that they will have a strong impact on the community.


Went by the church to check on the office. Picked up bills. What a blessing.

Came home with Jesse. It was fun having him ride along with me today. He’s still having some trouble sleeping at night and staying awake during the day. Pray that his biological clock will get straightened out.

I’ve been working on my “Story Tim” project. I’ve uploaded what I have so far to my Photo Gallery as well as to the YouTube site. I’ve been testing out a new version of MPEG4 which Apple recently released called H264. It’s a great codec for compressing video.

Here are a couple of stories for your enjoyment! The first is about me nearly becoming a meal for a rock python.

This one is a surprise in my short pants.

Worked out on weights this morning.

Ran a mile with Ashley this evening while Jesse and Kathy went for a bike ride.

Went to check on my house. They’ve finished almost all of the demo work on the house. Looks really weird.

Love you guys!

We enjoyed going to FBC Mountain Park this morning. We had the Lord’s Supper too. He gave it all for US!

This afternoon I’ve started working on my Story Tim project.

Here are more videos!

This one is called “The Night Visitor.” It’s about a trip to Amboseli at the foot of Kilimanjaro.

And this one is about getting attacked, by a baby!

We had a restful day today!

Ashley and I went to Golden Corral this morning to pick up a couple of boxes of bacon to bring home for sandwiches.  Yumbo.

I know I’ve mentioned TED.com a couple of times on this blog.  It stands for Technology Entertainment Design and is an annual conference held in Monterrey, CA with some of the brightest people on the planet.  I watched a presentation on regeneration of human body parts today that was absolutely incredible.   Here’s the link:  http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/142

I had a great work out this afternoon.  I’ve tried to break back into the lifting weights things pretty easily so I don’t get TOO sore.  Do a push up for Jesus!

I went to my house this morning to feed my birds and to pick up my water hose.  I’ve started filtering my water again.  I’ve been drinking too many diet drinks and not enough water.

Jesse and I watched Juno on dvd this evening.  Cute movie.  Kind of sad.  Did you guys notice the big deal that the entertainment industry is making over Will Smith saying that getting a divorce, “Is not an option.”  Good for you, Will!

Love you guys!

Been under a lot of stress today.

Sometimes living in someone else’s house can really get to you.  Just never knowing exactly where stuff is. . . .

It’s hard not knowing what will happen with Jesse, or when our house will get done, or if the new missionaries on our team are going to be ok financially.  I do the best I can to help out, but a lot of the time I just have to be patient.

I got my car worked on today.  I had to have a brake job.  Cost about $700.  Good news is I was also able to get my emission test done and my oil changed at the same time.

Gas is also just outrageous.  I put in over 100 miles yesterday going up to Marietta than to Norcross and back to Stone Mountain.  Somebody is making a LOT of money off of us.

When I get more stress I run. Did 5 miles this morning.

Also went to Dr. Barrington’s to pick up some medicine for Kathy.  Also got her another phone charger.  Another thing we can’t find.

Listened to a fascinating discussion on animal locomotion on Ted.com.  That’s a terrific site.

Love you guys!

Jesse and Ashley and I went to Marietta today to work on cleaning up one of our apartments.


The management is planning on renovating that section of the property. We have had a hard time getting volunteers to help us over there. When we have more help we’ll move into a new apartment!

Andrei Palmer was also a big help to us today.

He’s the son of Tim and Cathy Palmer who are our missionaries at Huntington Ridge. He always has a great attitude. It was fun having him around today.

We had a meeting with Austin Alridge who is the youth director for FBC Marietta. We enjoyed eating Columbian food and then went over to Preston Chase to meet the new manager and tell him about the team coming from Austin’s church to work at the apartment next week. Their team did a fantastic job last year. I’m sure the kids will really enjoy having them to liven up their summer!

We also went by to check on our team from the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church working at Azalea. The kids have sure enjoyed having them around this week. I know they’ll really miss them.
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We bought the food for the outreach event we’re having at Hamptons at Lenox this weekend. Andrei and I took the food over to the apartment manager so they’ll have it when they need it.

I sure was tired when I got home. Put over 100 miles on the van today.

I spent a good time with my friends Bennett Ekandem and Keith Harrell today in Clarkston.

We talked about the work in that area and how best to reach the people there. We also got to visit with another friend of mine Pat Combs who was recently appointed with the International Mission Board to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

My parents worked there for several years. It’s a pretty hard place to live.

Went over to Chamblee to check on the kids at the mission and see how the team from the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church was doing. They seem to be handling living at the mission just fine! The kids are loving having the team there. Makes me really happy.

Checked on bills at my office at FBC Doraville.

Visited with Tim and Cathy Palmer for a couple of hours this afternoon. They seem to be adjusting great. Today marks one month since they’ve moved in. I’m glad they’re here!

Went over to my house on Pitty Pat Court late this afternoon. Mowed my yard for about 2 hours. Hard work! My middle finger on my left hand got numb from holding the bar on the mower. Hopefully I’ll get the feeling back in it tomorrow. Weird typing. Sort of like when my fingers were burned and I didn’t have the nerves grown back yet.

I watched the dvd of NEXT this evening with Nick Cage. He’s one of my favorite actors. Cool movie about a guy who can see 2 minutes into the future. If you could see the future, would you want to?

Love you guys!

I had a great time working with my leadership group from the YMCA today!

We went out to the sites they’ll be covering including two new locations.

Should be a great outreach to that community.

Checked on my team at Azalea Place. My friends from the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church are doing a fantastic job at the mission.


The maintenance guy fixed the stove and the AC so they’re a little more comfortable, but talk about a total immersion! They also helped me get my letters labeled for my mailout this month!

Ashley, Miles and Jesse helped me write a little note on the letters. The kids just went over to mail them out for me. GREAT to have that job done!

Worked out on weights. I like feeling a little sore. Emphasis on little.

Love you guys!

A heavy price has been paid by our soldiers to preserve our freedom! THANK YOU Veterans!

I went to Azalea to check on my team from the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church today. I took the leader over to First Baptist Church of Doraville to make sure they have access to the church just in case the maintenance guys can’t get the stove fixed at Azalea.

The air conditioner was also leaking water today. Sorry we had to mess up the maintenance guy’s memorial day.

The kids are SO happy to have a team to work with them this week.

It’s so much fun to come into the complex and see all the happy faces beaming with delight and chasing the team around the yard!

We went out to eat Peruvian food at Contigo Peru for lunch. Delicioso!

I finished up our newsletter last night late. Ashley took the masters over to make copies at Staples. We’ll start working on writing letters tomorrow. I’ll have my team from ACCC help me with the labels.

We had a good time with Kathy’s family coming over to visit with us at our new mission house.

It’s fun to see all her family. Three years ago today her dad Bill Doverspike passed away. I sure miss him.

I got to jam with Miles and Bill Doverspike on his Austalian dijerido. Fun.

Ran 2.6 miles this afternoon in the heat. Summer’s here, baby!

Love you guys.

Ashley and I worked on getting our newsletters written.  We’ll make our copies tomorrow!

Ashley also made a presentation at Crossroads Church which is located directly behind her mission at Kensington Station.  She did a great job!

I worked out on weights this afternoon.  I’ll probably be sore tomorrow!

I have a team in from the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church staying at the Azalea Mission.  They’ll be here all week.  I’ll go over to the mission tomorrow to make sure they’re doing fine.

Jesse and I watched Oceans 13 tonight on video.  I think it was the best of the three.

Love you guys!

Jesse and I did some more shopping for our new house on Melanie Court. I have my office set up and most of my stuff is organized now. Kathy moved over here too. I just put her to sleep.

This afternoon I worked on my “Story Tim” project—my favorite stories from my 50 years on this planet. Today I told the stories of night time visitors, surprises in my short pants and being chased by a babk–a really, really big baby! I’ll work on editing and getting them on line soon.

I’m also excited that Smugmug has a new video uploader with some new technology. A new codex that makes video look terrific! It’s based on a new compression format set up by Adobe.  I’ll still post everything to my YouTube account, but I’ll also start posting it to the Smugmug site. I’d also like to make the videos available to Itunes so people could download them to their ipods.

Have you ever heard of the TED conference? It stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design conference. It’s held every year in Monterrey, California. Only 1,000 people are invited. Costs around $6,000 to attend. Recently they started posting the 18 minute long presentations from TED. I have really enjoyed them! They are free on line from Ted.com. If you have Itunes it’s under Education. Some really incredible stuff.

Story Tim isn’t quite up to TED talk standards, but if you like stories about being attacked by spitting cobras or chased by elephants, maybe you’ll like mine too! Click on Story Tim from our Home Page at www.whirlwindmissions.org. I’ve seen some wild things in my 50 years.

I’m working on the Africa stories first. I’ll have a section on my life shooting news and another on travels in the bush too.

I’m reading an updated version of Ben Franklin’s autobiography along with several other books on design and art. I think it’s important to remember where we’ve been.

Kathy and I enjoyed watching a show on the History Channel tonight on Underground Jerusalem. Cool stuff!

Love you guys!