{"id":13457,"date":"2020-08-27T20:57:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=13457"},"modified":"2020-08-27T22:00:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T02:00:26","slug":"grandgirls-stone-mountain-mission-8-27-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=13457","title":{"rendered":"Grandgirls! Stone Mountain! Mission! 8.27.20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoyed watching a helicopter drop off a big container. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-5sP9dnT\/0\/b786a191\/M\/2020082721282320-63060125593278603-IMG_8171-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Picked up the grand girls at Global Mall and saw Ashley. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-9Thkcsj\/0\/f0a9720b\/M\/2020082721282320--455818187665004766-IMG_8173-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girls are such good helpers. Penelope helped me mail a package.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-JdWMGRk\/0\/6e53bd15\/M\/2020082721282320--6734213479109087825-IMG_0377_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nothing sprouting in our flower seeds so far. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-r2ScLrf\/1\/0699a622\/M\/2020082721282320-8204490973882776713-IMG_0378_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My gardenias are flowering. That\u2019s always good.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-Sp4ct84\/0\/94c6a207\/M\/2020082721282320-940272518992021969-IMG_0379_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got the girls a set of Picasso Tiles. They\u2019re enjoying making stuff with that. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-Nfrdnwf\/0\/6ec87b63\/M\/2020082721282320-8715528739741773908-IMG_0384_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-WkGXMCn\/0\/fee86a76\/M\/2020082721282320--4891033910428931844-IMG_0385_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-SFSSq94\/0\/6ec5446b\/M\/2020082721282320-2244901258085277800-IMG_0386_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Penelope helped me make breakfast.  Grits and toast.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-C7bnJww\/0\/9d2dca10\/M\/2020082721282320-6419455101697435285-IMG_0387_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We stopped off at a construction site and I explained to them how they were building a parking garage by putting together these huge pieces of concrete. It was like those construction tiles. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-K36xXQ4\/0\/7c0f212b\/M\/2020082721282320--2221233974915633539-IMG_8174-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-PNZM5gZ\/0\/fd61aaa3\/M\/2020082721282320-8995696282077389267-IMG_8175-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We went to Stone Mountain today. We put some pennies on the railroad ties. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-pRxtB45\/0\/7b487b2b\/M\/2020082721282320--631746990287361173-IMG_0388_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-sSJw74n\/0\/e41ba50f\/M\/2020082721282320-2781881785483842396-IMG_0389_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walked about a third of the way up. <\/p>\n<p>Had a break and enjoyed the beautiful weather and ate some chocolate chip cookies that we made. We walked about a mile in all. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-SBqFrKp\/0\/18de7b13\/M\/2020082721282320--5665499908103917820-IMG_0390_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-ChPfNF9\/0\/38ea6a77\/M\/2020082721282320-1280854145462913531-IMG_0391_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-55BpRPM\/0\/9658f945\/M\/2020082721282320--6219731020830238270-IMG_0392_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-3pJrqrH\/0\/43c96730\/M\/2020082721282320--2917393607296786483-IMG_0393_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-bDTHzVg\/0\/06f71cf7\/M\/2020082721282320--283507094990624638-IMG_0394_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-p8cGx7H\/0\/92a2adf1\/M\/2020082721282320--881406278027982111-IMG_0395_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-sZppz4D\/0\/cb0ac1ba\/M\/2020082721282320-3352825036527593773-IMG_0396_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-dZmBGJg\/0\/3926918d\/M\/2020082721300575-256240547513597884-IMG_0401_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-SQzPndT\/0\/fe12d824\/M\/2020082721300575-8766441608781918189-62024076602__1E8B0AB8-C6B3-4C1F-A029-7C97E6285BB8-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-QTg5DG5\/0\/57eeb06d\/M\/2020082721300575--8844225552698233338-IMG_0407_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-Ksc96Kf\/0\/2eceee9f\/M\/2020082721300575--6368737617626394532-IMG_8179-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-GC7VZvL\/0\/627e6365\/M\/2020082721300575--5151713582199998434-IMG_8180-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-Bpvxvxn\/0\/94acc5c1\/M\/2020082721300575-2539803604709529351-IMG_8182-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-bjNtGxb\/0\/b92bedd7\/M\/2020082721323255--7188592937613180253-IMG_0408-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Penelope enjoyed showing me some of the toys that she made from the new construction set. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-5jMnwnv\/0\/faf414bf\/M\/2020082721323255-6388851106185288959-IMG_0409_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-NSbbgdj\/0\/8d183c92\/M\/2020082721323255-1405753947250890698-IMG_0412_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-28Qkgmz\/0\/2acae81e\/M\/2020082721323255-3463232502329089706-IMG_0414_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the way to the mission the traffic was bad. We were first one in line that got stopped so had a good view at the tow truck hauling the car out of the ditch.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-9KmHbVp\/0\/30d4a69f\/M\/2020082721323255-8695606246277147074-IMG_8184-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-FjqLMgc\/0\/9add0ad4\/M\/2020082721323255--5246733351142426349-IMG_8185-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Penelope helped me get the envelopes ready to mail. She is an excellent helper. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-hgrs2cW\/0\/7a6b6f32\/M\/2020082721323255--6054838852573905112-IMG_0419_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Had a big group of kids and adults who needed help at the mission. I\u2019m being very strict about everyone wearing masks. They\u2019re not really used to doing that. It\u2019s a struggle at times. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-BL7qKPP\/0\/cb1365bd\/M\/2020082721323255--3491646455201174752-IMG_0420_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-jWp5x5d\/0\/9c3de5c7\/M\/2020082721323255-7424581960150231164-IMG_0422_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today I tied my all-time record on Duolingo of 282 days straight.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-KLRsVmf\/0\/55620f31\/M\/2020082721325619--4947648529884040167-IMG_0424-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last time I got that I was two years ago when I was studying Portuguese. I was actually in Rio de Janeiro in the streak broke. That was because the Wi-Fi field in the house that we were staying at went out.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-kdxZHcR\/0\/d68ff172\/M\/2020082721325619--5647801322102504935-IMG_0425-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI am speaking Spanish a lot at the mission. Several of the children and the parents speak little or no English so it\u2019s good practice for me and makes me feel proud of the progress that I\u2019ve made. <\/p>\n<p>Got all the newsletters in the mail. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-F9M86cF\/0\/2450eb49\/M\/2020082721325619--80407232925240763-IMG_8186-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nStudied Spanish this evening and did my brain training. <\/p>\n<p>Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery today called, <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/verbalsurgery\/To_See_or_Not_To_See.mp3\"> &#8220;To See or Not To See.&#8221; <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s excellent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-Zmq8MjW\/0\/a6e6acfc\/M\/2020082721325619--1784842218784536984-IMG_0443_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-DdNtZxQ\/0\/64640cc7\/M\/2020082721325619-6838619412571137330-IMG_0444_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Did my brain training.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-JXjkC6Q\/0\/31d44c85\/M\/2020082721325619--7018692131047248789-IMG_0445-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grand-girls--Construction--Stone\/i-6SdBPTh\/0\/0d0eb62e\/M\/2020082721325619-5702084871571351505-IMG_0446-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tim A. Cummins<br \/>\n770-490-1668<br \/>\nWhirlwindmissions.org<br \/>\nWhirlwindtim@Gmail.com<br \/>\nTimacummins@ Twitter &#038; Facebook<br \/>\nVerbalSurgery.com. Podcasts<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all about our perspective!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoyed watching a helicopter drop off a big container. Picked up the grand girls at Global Mall and saw Ashley. The girls are such good helpers. Penelope helped me mail a package. Nothing sprouting in our flower seeds so far. My gardenias are flowering. That\u2019s always good. I got the girls a set of Picasso [&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\/13457"}],"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=13457"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13461,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13457\/revisions\/13461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}