Sunday, 8Aug10, REST DAY, Atlanta, GA (Sandy Springs, GA)
Blood fact: “Blood or plasma that comes from people who have been paid for it CANNOT be used for human transfusions.”
Another beautiful day in Atlanta, GA. I woke up after a good nights sleep and searching for a church close to the hotel.
“i’m happy, I’m enthusiastic … it’s going to be a great day!”
Lots of tasks to finish today … getting ready for the big “LifeSouth Blood Centers” media events tomorrow … early on Monday morning … I mean really early!
I’ll talk to you later.
Well, it’s later and I’ve had a very busy day … starting out with attending church in Sandy Springs, GA, at the Glenridge Ward … where I met their Bishop (Carlson), Dongil Moon and his family (they are from Korea and he is a student at Georgia Tech, I think?, After church … my truck really needed some work and since I am on the go for the next 7-8 days … it worked out that I was able to replace the water pump, timing belt, and many other things needed a lot of TLC “service” … luckily for me I met Kim, service advisor, who served his country as a Marine and is also a “blood donor” … he was willing to take the time to make sure the old Toyota was brought back to “life” enough to get me home. (another 6,500 miles)
Then I met Tracy, who was a blood donor and he agreed to try to give blood again. Finally I met Atira … a blood donor … who said she will do her best to be at the LifeSouth blood center tomorrow for the blood drive and donate again. Wow! Is that wonderful or what?
I had a lot of “catching up” to do during this rest day … washing and drying clothes, making sure to “defrag” the computer 3 or 4 times … pray a lot, read the scriptures and study 1Chronicles 4:9-10 (and what it means to you personally, when you ask for a blessing and the Lord enlarges your territory) What I’ve learned, is that when the blessings come … you are going to be “stretched a lot” and noone said it would be easy … just that it would be worth it! The good part is that when you’re finished you can literally “feel” the growth!
I’m now packing up tonight … because I have a very early start tomorrow … 5:00 a.m., I’m going to meet up with Michael and we’ll be off to the early morning “media blitz” … LifeSouth has planned …
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Talk to you tomorrow.