I briefed my team from Willowbrook BC, AL this morning at FBC Tucker. Then we went over to the Buford Highway corridor and I took them on a Prayer Walk. They had a fantastic time.
We ate lunch together at the church then we went over to Highland Gardens, Azalea Place, Woodgate and Pear Lane/Don Juan. I made sure the driver knew how to make the circuit around the town. I shot video and pictures of the team. I’ll post them on the web this evening. I already edited the video and burned DVDs for the team.
I’m back on the antibiotics and decongestants plus some pain killers. I can’t take the pain meds when I’m working because it involves a lot of driving. Good thing is that usually during the day it doesn’t hurt much.
Had a good rest when I got home.
Working on the media, uploading, editing, burning . . . it’s a way of life.
Jesse and Bennett Ekandem and I went to Duluth this morning to work on a couple of issues. One is our new portal for our E-Learning Multi-Housing Seminar and the other was the micro-loan project. Both are big deals and I was excited to have two of my best partners working with me on this.
I’ve been suffering with this ear infection or whatever it is. I’m back on antibiotics and got some pain pills. I’m against pain. I hear it’s helpful, but I can’t really see the upside right now.
Still uploading the higher resolution video to Google. The files are actually smaller than YouTube and yet look better! No wonder Google is rich.
I need to get some exercise. Ran 4 miles yesterday.
I went to a UNITE meeting at New Birth Church in Lithonia. There is a big resource of man power there. My prayer is that they’ll let us help them mobilize it.
Set up the final locations for my weekend teams.
Miles is feeling better. Glad for that.
Working on uploading the higher resolution Video Seminar to our Google Video site.
Pretty bad pain in my temple/ear/jaw area. I don’t consider myself to have a high tolerance to pain. I think deep inside I’m a big baby. I try to avoid pain.
Ashley and I went back to Marietta to check on our Team at Spring Chase. They were doing great! Their youth director, Austin Allridge, is a great guy and I knew they’d do fine. We shot lots of pix and video for the web site.
We went to Northlake Mall to look for books and to pick up a soldering iron so I could fix the intercom system at FBC Doraville. I picked up the mail and checked on my plants.
Came home and worked on email/admin stuff.
In the middle of my email work I got a call from Ashley that said that her boyfriend Miles had fainted in the parking lot. He was taken to the ER in an ambulance. I spent a couple of hours at the hospital with his family and Ashley. She’s with him now. He got his face banged up a bit and whacked his knee pretty hard. He still has to have an EKG and a CAT scan to make sure he’s ok and try and figure out why he passed out. I reckon he was just really tired and the heat got to him. Sure hope that’s all it is.
The kid’s like a son to me. He’s a sweet ol’ boy. Sure didn’t like to see him beat up.
Lord, we ask a blessing on Miles. Protect him, guide the doctors. We bind the evil one any kind of spirit of fear or apprehension. AMEN.
Today I experienced Greater Faith church in Duluth. Two of my favorite partners are Pastors Robert and Shelita Carter. They have been faithful, diligent and experienced mission directors. I’m glad that they’re working with Ashley in Kensington Station. It was a special service as they were bringing in Shelita Carter as Co-Pastor and ordaining several ministers and decans. They were rocking!
Ashley and I went to First Baptist Church in Marietta this afternoon and evening. I briefed their youth group on how to get kids to their Backyard Bible Club. Then we went over to Preston Chase and actually showed them how to round up people.
I helped take care of my mother in law this evening. It’s just about drive you crazy. She’s not comfortable and so she constantly wants to be shifted from the bed, to the chair, to the bed, the chair . . . .you get the picture. I try and tell her, “Mama, you’re just not gonna be comfortable. No matter where you go, you’re not gonna feel great.” Dem’s hard words.
Ashley and went to the team meeting at Kensington Station this morning. We had a great talk with the manager Carlos as well as people from three local churches: Crossroads, Breaking Free and Greater Faith. Ashley made a presentation about the after school program.
I finished compressing all the Video Seminar DVDs and sent them on to my partners at Axcess Connection. They’re the guys helping us with the E-Learnng project.
Ashley and I also worked on our refrigerator project. We’ll decorate these clip magnents with our picture. Then each month we’ll have a postcard that can be added to the clip on your fridge. I think it’ll work great! Ashley’s working on the template for our cards.
I took care of my mother in law for a few hours this afternoon.
Kathy and I hiked up most of Stone Mountain. Cool day.
I’m uploading the higher resolution Video Seminar to our Google Video web site. Jesse just about has the Video Seminar page completed. Groovy!
Still working on encoding the video into an AVI format. Once it’s done I’ll send the DVDs over to Jason’s business so we can start working with it on line.
Jesse is reformatting his computer. We looked for RAM for his computer. I think he’s going to get it on line.
Ran 4 miles.
Watching Kevin Costner in the Guardian. Just an ok movie.
Peace.
Thursday, May 31
Had a meeting with a good buddy of mine Jason Lemming. We worked together for years at Perimeter Church. We set up the big summer program “Goldrush” together.
He’s doing IT work in setting up different E-Learning systems over the internet. I’m working on coding my video seminar into AVI files that their computer can read and reproduce. I think it’ll be cutting edge technology.
I was part of the Communities in Transformation board meeting this morning. CIT is a part of the Chick-Fil-A corporation. It’s fun to think about ministry that could take place nation wide. Toni Branyon is the leader of the team and is one of my partners from Conyers.
Had fun at the Unite meeting of churches in Roswell at First United Methodist. I was on the immigration panel of speakers. I hope we can get more churches plugged into the community!
Then over to Marietta where I met with Joey Garner from Eastside Church. They’ll be hosting an Outreach Event at Concept 21–Delk in June. They’ll also be picking up kids from the community for their VBS at their church.
Kathy and I went to Stone Mountain for a swim. She was feeling kind of down. Caring for her mother definitely takes its toll on her.
Worked with my team from Pinelake Church this morning. I shot video at seven locations. I’ll post that later tonight if all goes well.
I had lunch with Bennett Ekandem, Terry Earl and Jeff Seeger. We discussed working in a Muslim environment. We’ll have a team from Operation Mobilization this summer in Clarkston and Chamblee.
I made the photocopies for the newsletter and picked up the stamps. They’re super cool Star Wars stamps. Can’t beat that!
Ran 4 miles this evening.
Ashley is writing the newsletter notes.
Worked on the Video Seminar lay out. I’m working on the High Resolution version of the videos now. I’ll post those on Google Video–it allows me to post videos larger than 100mb. The YouTube site does a good job with the smaller sized video. The Google video will allow users to see the course full screen–although it’ll take longer to download.
Lately I’ve had this Pillated Woodpecker in my garden. He’s become fascinated with these big mirrors I have in my back yard. They’re the birds that Woody Woodpecker was fashioned after.
I spent this morning with my team from Pinelake Church in Chamblee and Doraville. They are covering eight locations. I shot pictures of them all and had a good time visiting with the kids at the various missions.
The kids at Azlaea also helped me label the newsletters for this month. I couldn’t get the copies made nor the stamps bought because of the holidays. I’ll have one more thing on my to do list tomorrow!
Big news is that I got my Multi-Housing Seminar on line tonight! It was a massive job but the hardest part is done. I still have to format the page for the web site to get it in its final form, but the raw material is out there now. Take a look at the Mission Videos if you want to see what I’ve been working on. In many ways it’s the culmination of a decade of knowledge in doing this work.
Worked out on weights and walked 2.2miles with my wife tonight.
Watched Star Wars Legacy this evening. Love that stuff!
