{"id":5239,"date":"2013-08-12T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T13:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2013-08-12T09:57:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T13:57:13","slug":"pelham-d-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=5239","title":{"rendered":"Pelham D Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had about 1\/2&#8243; of rain while we were up in the N. Georgia mountains this week.  Flooded in some parts of Atlanta.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-LGCX3ts\/0\/M\/IMG_0367-M.jpg\" alt=\"r\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Friday morning I got up early to post some new material on my twitter feed.  @timacummins has over 80,000 followers!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-WM9FSsp\/0\/M\/IMG_0366-M.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><br \/>\nKathy joined me on a trip to Pelham, AL this weekend! FBC Pelham is just south of Birmingham.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-6XBxWrT\/0\/M\/IMG_0381-M.jpg\" alt=\"o\" \/><br \/>\n They brought us one of our best teams this summer! My friend Ben Birdsong is the leader of the group!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-2qdjTW5\/0\/M\/IMG_0373-M.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><\/p>\n<p>  They have what is called a &#8220;Disciple Now&#8221; weekend.  A lot of Baptist churches do that.  It&#8217;s a youth event where groups spend Friday and Saturday nights at a family&#8217;s house.  Their weekend was themed &#8220;reflect.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-SzxdWB5\/0\/M\/IMG_0369-M.jpg\" alt=\"f\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-w9LgrS9\/0\/M\/IMG_0370-M.jpg\" alt=\"g\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed getting to know the kids there and sharing with them.  I did three sessions on Saturday morning and was the main speaker for the finale on Saturday night.  We had some great music too!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-4j4Hhvp\/0\/M\/IMG_0382-M.jpg\" alt=\"w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was about a three hour trip in all to get there.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-jgzz8sK\/0\/M\/IMG_0384-M.jpg\" alt=\"tr\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I loved the clouds on Saturday morning.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-tM3mFjX\/0\/M\/IMG_0375-M.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jesse and I saw Elysium and Red 2 last night.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-DW2q3Dg\/1\/M\/IMG_0389-M.jpg\" alt=\"e\" \/><br \/>\n Both were good films.  We liked Red 2 the best.  GREAT movie! Very witty and action packed too!<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what happens if you say &#8220;yes?&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-WGFzLPb\/0\/M\/IMG_0365-M.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I like this.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-ZtbFCf3\/0\/M\/IMG_0376-M.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><br \/>\nThis grossed me out.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-cGJgtPg\/0\/M\/IMG_0378-M.jpg\" alt=\"w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I saw Willie at Walmart!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-gpmhcbG\/1\/M\/IMG_0380-M.jpg\" alt=\"w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of my pet peeves is when people leave tracts about Jesus on the urinal.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-534St8v\/0\/M\/IMG_0386-M.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><br \/>\nThe message may be good, but the placement is all wrong.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-mmWLFCP\/0\/M\/IMG_0388-M.jpg\" alt=\"p\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was an ad I saw on the counter of a grocery store.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Pelham-Disciple-Now-89-1113\/i-6HKmRMt\/1\/M\/IMG_0368-M.jpg\" alt=\"a\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had about 1\/2&#8243; of rain while we were up in the N. Georgia mountains this week. Flooded in some parts of Atlanta. Friday morning I got up early to post some new material on my twitter feed. @timacummins has over 80,000 followers! Kathy joined me on a trip to Pelham, AL this weekend! 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