{"id":10012,"date":"2017-06-29T19:24:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T23:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=10012"},"modified":"2017-06-29T19:28:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T23:28:16","slug":"portuguese-dday-double-oak-plaza-fiesta-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=10012","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese! DDay! Double Oak! Plaza Fiesta! Prep!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got up early to study Portuguese.  Kept working on Duolingo.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-VpqvZHH\/0\/e6f30a07\/M\/2017062918534457-C6954900-B414-448A-B20F-FB217212BAC0-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-xmDzqbH\/0\/89cbdf86\/M\/2017062918534457-2C25E5B9-0A99-4E79-BD00-CFB0FBC61829-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are the subjects I&#8217;ll be studying in the near future.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-CmWS5Kf\/0\/54df2285\/M\/2017062918534457-9A66F58E-BD2A-4418-9D99-2838C81718FB-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also studied verbs.<\/p>\n<p>Had a terrific time with our team from Birmingham, AL today.  Double Oak has been a double blessing for me for sure.  Even when I was sick, they managed to lift my spirits!<\/p>\n<p>Great singing!  Super enthusiastic!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-NxpCdnM\/0\/49738449\/M\/IMG_7743-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-WXxMGwM\/0\/0d0ad6c0\/M\/IMG_7746-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We follow the Lord outside!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-VZ65nV6\/0\/d4da0fd7\/M\/IMG_7750-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-QHnSmcB\/0\/b9bf3462\/M\/IMG_7757-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nTake a knee and give thanks to Adonai!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-JgwgbBX\/0\/4a232901\/M\/IMG_7759-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My usual calm, sedate self.  SO glad to be feeling nearly up to speed again!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-cbZ3C33\/0\/1f97108a\/M\/IMG_7760-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nBrian has been a terrific leader.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-hjX23tT\/0\/bcd9510b\/M\/IMG_7762-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThe Golden Egg of Eggcellence!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-fwLMg4q\/0\/8f47740f\/M\/IMG_7766-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nTeam picture is always a hit!  Well done, Ashley!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-zvN7mQD\/0\/7849447a\/M\/IMG_7767-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fun with Ashley and Penelope sharing about Mexican Catholicism.  Senor Tim rides again!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-23GNsKz\/0\/e628e594\/M\/IMG_7771-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Youngsters cogitating on my serious humor.  Always cracks me up.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-b7bvJHF\/0\/79408195\/M\/IMG_7777-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n&#8220;Did it work?&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-Cdg5HL9\/0\/0e74342b\/M\/IMG_7779-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dedication Ceremonies.  &#8220;It&#8217;s up to ME!&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-M7w77HH\/0\/381be7cf\/M\/IMG_7785-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nRabbi Tim for the Aaronic Blessing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-SXr7D7q\/0\/f2fe34e6\/M\/IMG_7786-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nPromise to pray.  Signed contract with the Lord.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-mGpRGhp\/0\/d73ea5e0\/M\/IMG_7790-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-ftLXRdC\/0\/28132e25\/M\/IMG_7792-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anointing their heads with oil from the Holy Land.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-2VQ5zpt\/0\/d98be9ae\/M\/IMG_7794-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nA few of them I &#8220;call out.&#8221;  Telling them that they have a gift and should consider working for the Lord as a career.  Gabe was a special favorite to me this week.  He reminded me of me!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-spmfr6P\/0\/b800f8c1\/M\/IMG_7797-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nSigning the Landing Pad!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-9sMxgkq\/0\/96ea5822\/M\/IMG_7806-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-WkLQnCC\/0\/2268c04b\/M\/IMG_7807-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nPenelope likes this part.  She left some pretzels for the Lord.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-Mbdtn2T\/0\/018abcb3\/M\/IMG_7808-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then to Plaza Fiesta for lunch.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-GKnwvQS\/0\/eb4795c6\/M\/2017062918534457-2F93EFBD-AA76-4356-B939-DD2976B1407D-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Worked on cleaning the Fellowship Hall at FBC Doraville in preparation for The Show next week. I clear all the tables of any valuables\/breakables.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-m8Ghn2m\/0\/0a22aa4b\/M\/2017062918534457-2076C442-6880-4636-BEB2-D10DDE3FA32D-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Swept.  Mopped.  Set out the chairs. (I have the teams next week put them out.  Hurts my elbow too much to do that.) Took out trash.  Cleaned bathrooms.  The usual stuff I do ever week at the end of the team&#8217;s session.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-qhQH5dB\/0\/3c9bd8fd\/M\/2017062918534457-933CBBE8-04F6-4493-90C4-5F4E038E65AC-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-xMXfs9S\/0\/206dc7fb\/M\/2017062918534457-A9E9B4D9-E560-4D99-AECF-898CF64020F7-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI especially focus near P&#8217;s Tienda and under the chairs where I know the coffee drinkers sat!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-N7ZBJrN\/0\/0dd075a0\/M\/2017062918534457-3A6D848B-92F5-4072-AE66-A5FD79355C2A-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-gQQMq95\/0\/487a00f8\/M\/2017062918534457-FC447F47-88DC-40D1-8804-C99C005505F5-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-3gmvDWs\/0\/7dbaeba1\/M\/2017062918534457-67877C5D-8FD0-4FDB-9055-6F0EC4D4FEF3-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then to the missions to check on them and say Good Bye!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-C86xpxP\/0\/1061e61e\/M\/2017062918534457-44DA662F-FD3A-4594-9477-0D89C1868F1B-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-qN5GrpD\/0\/e596bcd3\/M\/2017062918534457-889EF71F-6526-44E3-9CC5-2F8842345C22-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-3B4wt3G\/0\/00e232fb\/M\/2017062918545562-471F9F24-08BB-40E1-BBE8-110BCEFF6349-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-hzbvrbT\/0\/d476755d\/M\/2017062918545562-ACEE8754-26CD-4555-A67B-917896E7797C-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-XswzPs7\/0\/00a6dfe4\/M\/2017062918545562-B1F256F0-FB6D-4308-A5A8-501D367B0276-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Went to Asian Square to see what the situation will be on July 4th.  We will have to shift some things around to make it work.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-Rj7VqwP\/0\/7181ecb2\/M\/2017062918545562-27DFE95C-6794-4FC7-AFB7-835622FDD88E-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/\nI ate a whole coconut bun by myself.  What a blessing!\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-Rj7VqwP\/0\/7181ecb2\/M\/2017062918545562-27DFE95C-6794-4FC7-AFB7-835622FDD88E-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Picked up the newsletters on the way home at the Atlanta Metro Baptist Association.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2017\/Double-Oak-Community-Church-to-Plaaaazaaaa-Fiestaaaaaaaa\/i-r6zXBgr\/0\/9ae367cd\/M\/2017062918545562-E4CF687F-74BE-49AC-9AE4-F9680CA82DFF-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Came home to rest and work on admin duties.  Rained hard = no bike.  Too dangerous on a slippery road.<\/p>\n<p>I still need to edit video, upload to YouTube and send out the links to our team.<\/p>\n<p>Also need to get the newsletters out.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty to keep me busy over the weekend!<\/p>\n<p>My health is back up to about 90%.  Nose is still clogged up at night.  Had a bad bloody nose this morning.  Bahd luck.<\/p>\n<p>Admin duties now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got up early to study Portuguese. Kept working on Duolingo. Here are the subjects I&#8217;ll be studying in the near future. Also studied verbs. Had a terrific time with our team from Birmingham, AL today. Double Oak has been a double blessing for me for sure. Even when I was sick, they managed to lift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10014,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10012\/revisions\/10014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}