{"id":310,"date":"2008-03-19T15:48:54","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T19:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=310"},"modified":"2008-03-19T22:50:51","modified_gmt":"2008-03-20T02:50:51","slug":"310","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=310","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man!  Talk about torrential rain!  What drought?  I got soaked this afternoon loading up clothes from a partner of mine in Clarkston.  I appreciated her generosity, but the timing was less than the best.<\/p>\n<p>This morning I went over to Lowes to pick up a couple more gallons of Winter Wheat paint for the Palmer&#8217;s apartment.  The place is looking a LOT better already.  The team from Texas may go back to work there this afternoon since all the rain will drive the kids inside.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/267954274_QyAae-M.jpg\" alt=\"paint1\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/267954326_rpeT6-M.jpg\" alt=\"paint2\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/267954384_vmANY-M.jpg\" alt=\"paint3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had lunch with some new friends from Tennessee.  They know a lot of my buddies from East and Southern Africa.  It really is amazing how many folks I know.   We fed them roast goat at Madinas in Clarkston and shared with them a bit about our ministry with refugees here in Atlanta.  Bennett Ekandem came with us to share his take on ministry opportunities here in town.  Pray for Bennett.  He&#8217;s been having neck &amp; back issues for weeks now.  Major pain.  I&#8217;m glad he went to the doctor today.  Pray for his sweet wife Idong.  She&#8217;s been having medical issues too.  They so want to have a baby!  I was reading in Luke recently where Zecharias and Elizabeth had a baby, even though she had been barren.  Pray that God will do a miracle and they can be blessed with a child!<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/267954634_W9UKo-M.jpg\" alt=\"knoxville friends\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kathy and I will see Jesse this evening.  He tried to call me today!  I talked with one of the sargents to  set up the visitation time.  He told me, &#8220;The inmate is supposed to set that up.&#8221;  I told him, &#8220;How can he do that when he can&#8217;t call us and doesn&#8217;t have stationary to write us?&#8221;  About two hours later he tried to call!  I have it set up now so he has an account to accept a collect phone call.  A month in jail and this is the first time he&#8217;s had access to a phone.  This &#8220;justice&#8221; system is seriously messed up.<\/p>\n<p>And if you don&#8217;t have someone as your advocate on the outside . . . I don&#8217;t even want to think about what most of those inmates must be going through.<\/p>\n<p>Sure love you guys!  Pray for Jesse and send him a note of encouragement:  Jesse Cummins&#8211;9935-7554, Gwinnett Detention Center, 2900 University Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA 30043.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy and I just got back form the Detention Center and Jesse is doing a lot better and is able to interact with other people now.  Thank you, Lord for answering our prayers.  We still hope to get him out of there soon!<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/267954837_jHkqF-M.jpg\" alt=\"jail1\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/267954902_v3rka-M.jpg\" alt=\"jail2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man! Talk about torrential rain! 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