Holiday Inn Express Covington

... a Publix turkey sub, with just a little lettuce... just like I used to order. Neither purchases disappointed. :) Sadly, this was the end of my happy time in Atlanta.<br><br>The next morning, I awoke to find that we were thoroughly entrenched in the bands of Tropical Storm Ida. Rain and wind, however, soon became the least of my worries. When we were done with load in, one of my actors came up to me and through garbled speech said "So, what are we going to do about the ...

... a 3 level, 3 story high ropes adventure course that you climb all over whilst attached to a harness and overhead pulley system. You have to balance on beams and climb on and through ropes all high above the ground. It was a total adrenaline rush, we were amazed by the tiny kids doing it! It took us over an hour to get the whole course done.<br><br> Fortunately while we visited the ...

Wow! Where does a year go?!! I can't believe that, in addition to casting my vote for change (which ain't quite working out as well as I'd hoped so far), this time last year I was also preparing to embark on my dream trip to India and experience a change of culture that I'll never forget! In revisiting this blog of my trip I've found that India certainly remains the most challenging journey abroad I ...

We got up, had breakfast at the hotel and drove to PDX to turn in the rental car. We had driven over 1500 miles in eight days. We got in line to go through security and I got separated from Dennis and Elizabeth. The TSA checked my bag and confiscated my jar of Huckleberry Honey. They said ...

Next to Hotlanta see one of my good college friends, Toni Bananas. Turns out he lives with another one of my fraternity brothers, Dirty (because he is from "the dirty south"...I think I will stick with nicknames as much as possible in these blogs). It was College Football Saturday and that took up a bit of time jumping around Buckhead area sports bars eating ...

... spraying my suitcase, scrubs, sleep sack and socks (say that 5 times fast) with the permethrin spray from REI. We were told to spray everything down to protect against bed bugs (yes, they really do exist) and keep the mosquitoes at bay. So I was out in my driveway this morning drenching each item. To look at me you'd think I was heading to the farthest reaches of the deepest jungle...which ...

... that. It's amazing what one little word can do, and what a significant difference it can make. So my new plan is to join the second pilgrimage in the same itinerary during the weeks of February 7th through 20th. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, Lindsey cannot join me. It would have been easy to forget the whole thing after the difficulties thus far, but something within me kept the desire strong and the call to "come and see" just ...

... Ganges River. Even I know better than that. But alas, once we were tagged as missionaries, there was really nothing we could do except wait. And wait we did.At one point we got hopeful. I was starting to call the Texas representatives every day to ask them to check on my passport status. The Tuesday before Christmas they said the Indian Consulate was trying to get as many visas finished as possible before the holiday, and there was a ...

... of the ADOX District got a chance to meet him on Dec. 9th where we had a chance to introduce ourselves and learn more about him. At the end of the meeting, Rev. Jim Cantrell, our DS, asked for prayer requests among those present. I asked for prayers for safe travels for our group going to India. Not thinking much more of it, we made the journey back to Covington and went on with our business as usual ...

... all involved, and for our world as a whole, broken as it is. But the only fear I had was flashes of worst-case scenarios that ran through my mind. If we were to get attacked, how would I respond? As the "assigned" pastor of the group, how would I comfort and protect the others? If caught and asked if I was a Christian, would I respond honestly and face my death, or evade the truth, knowing that it could save my life? Like I said, they were flashes ...