{"id":15609,"date":"2022-02-26T22:13:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T02:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=15609"},"modified":"2022-02-26T22:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T02:21:46","slug":"podcast-prattville-bike-tax-prep-2-26-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=15609","title":{"rendered":"Podcast! Prattville! Bike! Tax Prep! 2.26.22"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cost of war.
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Espa\u00f1ol!
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Spent time this morning writing notes to the kids at FBC Prattville who had sent me pictures and prayed for me. I sent little gifts too.
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I discovered, to my dismay, that Canon has stopped making their ELPH cameras. That has been my workhorse device for shooting pictures for our ministry. I reckon that is because so many people just use their phones and were no longer buying separate cameras. I use my iPhone for about half of the pictures I shoot. The iPhone just doesn’t compare to a real camera mainly because it doesn’t have an optical zoom. Ashley still had her old camera so I got that, cleaned it up, recharged the battery and got a SD card for it. Mine is still working fine, but I believe in back ups. There are still some of them available on Amazon, but they are all used and refurbished.
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OYB!
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Ordered groceries and picked them up this evening.
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Went to the Post Office to get stamps for the newsletter and sent the package to FBC Prattville. <\/p>\n

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Put most of the stuff for the grandgirls in my trunk.
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Beautiful day!
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I used the coordinates to get an exact location on the wind map.
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I find this fascinating. The colors and the animation really helps me understand what’s going on better.
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The warm most air was being sent high into the atmosphere which creates really interesting cloud formations.
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The cherry blossom trees along Hwy 78 near Stone Mountain are so beautiful. This is a perfect example of a shot that the Canon ELPH can get and the iPhone just can’t.
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Went to Stone Mountain to record a new episode of Verbal Surgery. “Ridiculously Easy” is a winner for sure.<\/p>\n

I also wrote my newsletter for this month. I’ll produce the final pages sometime this weekend. Ashley and I usually get our letters to FBCD to print on Wednesdays. I did the hard part today.<\/p>\n

Ate Thai food for lunch. So good. I got it Thai hot. It was almost too much for me.
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I’m enjoying listening to Harry. My ear continues to improve picking out more and more words at a faster pace. I’ve spent hundreds of hours practicing. It’s still hard to understand everything the folks at the mission are saying although I continue to improve!
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I have three Pink Magnolia trees in my yard that are just starting to bloom. They are so beautiful, although they’re small because they don’t get a lot of light. I live in a forest of big trees. These are at Stone Mountain right in front of where I park my car to record.
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The Ethiopian Catholic church recently put up a new steeple.
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Turned cloudy as the low pressure system moved in.
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I worked out on light weights this morning. <\/p>\n

This afternoon I went for my first bike ride in months. I’m pleased to say that all my injuries have healed up. I rode 6.8 miles. I cleaned my bike, oiled the chains and wheels and pumped up the tires.<\/p>\n

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So much beauty on the road.
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As I listen to Harry, I look up new words to learn.
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This evening I went through all my tax documents and put them in order. Tomorrow, I’ll work on my housing allowance expenses. That is one of the perks of being a minister.
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Really enjoying playing Horizon Forbidden West. So much fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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