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Hello Friends!
Fun to have Jan with us today making cards. We made cards for our sweet Mamas.
Then taught ESL. Next Tuesday is our last class of the season.
Hung out with Jesse before going home to finish up packaging and mailing out the t-shirts and team pictures.
Got gas and ran the rent over.
Love,
Ash
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Miles and I had SUCH a great time celebrating with Hannah and Eric. Congratulations to them!
Enjoyed spending time and cleaning Grama Bonnie’s house. She’s got some great stories from traveling around the States.
Mission kids are doing great. Hardly any homework due to CRCT Testing.
Called a supporter friend. Looking forward to our card making party tomorrow.
About to finish ESL for the season.
Love,
Ash
Dad and I had fun briefing the FBC McDonough team today! We took them to the Farmer’s Market and then Missions! Dropped the Newsletters off! What an awesome team! Looking forward to the Braves game tonight with Milo. Love, Ash
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On Thursday Anna and I hooked up the trailer and took Wink and Jimmy up to the Tribble Mill Park. We had a great ride. Even reunited a family with their lost puppy.
Friday was Mama’s Birthday. We enjoyed loving extra on her.
Picked up the newsletters and wrote them. I’ve got about 20 more to sign before putting them in the mail.
Got home and paid bills, worked on getting insurance for the missions, made phone calls and worked on Dr. Barrington’s ForGodsGlory.net website.
Love,
Ash
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My girlfriends and I enjoyed relaxing in St. Augustine this weekend. Good to be back as Dad’s Mission Co-pilot! I made phone calls with team leaders. Signed up two groups! Walked Moogie and stopped by to see Mama and her refugee babies. Dad and I worked on setting up locations for this weekend. Then went and checked out the China Town square. Pretty neat. Came home and Miles and I went to get groceries. Looking forward to trail riding with Anna D. tomorrow! Love, As
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Woo! Brazilian food with Dad and then lease signing at the Marietta Mission. Enjoyed dinner with J and got my hair done! Beach trip tomorrow with Lynsie and Ash. Love, Ash
Hey there! Enjoyed taking Harley out for a ride this morning. We worked so hard I gave her a bath afterwards. I’ve missed hanging out with the mission kids. Great to be back in class with them today. Called leaders and encouraged them to come on missions with us. Love, Ash
Hola! We took the team to one of my favorite spots today, PLAZAAAA FIESTAAA! Today’s their last day at the mission. :( The mission kids are always SO sad to let the gringos go. Amazing turn out at Cumberland Courts. We must have had 75 people show up. Praise the Lord! Looking forward to the Flint River peeps tomorrow. Please be praying for the Easter Parties we’re hosting at 7 locations on Saturday. Love! Ash
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We taught the group about Islam and Hinduism today before visiting Al Madina and Global Mall.
Dad and I go the team on site then went to set up the apartments for this weekends big Easter Parties.
Great turn out at the missions today.
Love,
Ash
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Today we visited Asia with our team.
We briefed them on Buddhism after our dancing and then went on our cultural safari to CD Tower, the Chinese pharmacy and bakery. Great time with the chillies.
Love,
Ash
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Miles and I had such a fun time down at Lake Blackshear for the Blackstock Family reunion.
Good to be back with the teams this morning.
The Pinecrest Baptist Church team had some really fun games planned and their presentation of the Bible story was unique.
About to make a FaceTime call with friends from FBC Livingston, TN. Encouraging them to come on Missions.
Love,
Ash
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The team and I went to Plaza Fiesta! One of my favorite places.
Worked on Bags of Love and signed the Jesus Landing Pad.
Missions. Last day. So sad to leave the kids.
Admin work.
Love,
Ash
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I had SUCH an amazing conversation with Adit today at Azalea. Jesse and I were sitting at Azalea working on our computers when Adit runs in. He goes straight to the closet and asks, “Where’s the Bibles? I want to read about Isa (Jesus) on the cross.”
We pull on from the shelf and he flips through the pictures until he finds Jesus on the cross. Then we read Matthew together.
“Why did the Jewish people want to kill Jesus?” He asks.
“Because Jesus said he was the Son of God and they thought that was a lie and blasphemy.”
“But it’s TRUE! He is the Son of God.” Adit says earnestly.
“I know! That’s what I believe too. Do you remember what happens after they kill him?”
“They put him in a cave and put guards in front.”
“That’s exactly right. And who was his mama?”
“Mary.”
“Yes, and when she came to see his body was he there?”
“No.”
“Nope. He wasn’t. But this was all part of God’s plan. Jesus had to die to take away our sins. There’s no work we can do to make God love us more or less. Jesus did all the work for us. He loves us SO much.”
“Wow! That’s cool. Do you want to play tic tac toe?”
“Hah. Sure.”
Praise the Lord! Please continue to pray for Adit and his spiritual journey to know Jesus better.
Briefed the team on Islam and Hinduism today. Then explored Al Madina and Global Mall.
Loving on the mission families is the best!
Love,
Ash
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Dad and I briefed the teams from South Georgia today on the International Village and missions.
Then we explored the Buford Highway Farmer’s Market.
I went to pick up T-shirts from PureFUN! while Dad got the teams on site.
Working on the financial report and putting gifts in the mail.
Love,
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Dad and I briefed the team and then went to Plaza Fiesta.
Enjoyed hearing Ruthie’s testimony and stories about Refugee Beads.
Service projects at the church!
Onto Missions!
Love,
Ash
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Fun time with the team this morning.
Then onto CD Tower and the Chinese Pharmacy and Bakery.
Bags of love service projects.
Missions.
Love,
Ash
Hello friends! Dad and I are back to our horse and pony show. We both really enjoy the stage time. 
Oddities at the World Farmer’s Market. Service project Bags of Love. Missions! Enjoyed dinner with Jessica and Shawn’s Family. Love, Ash
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Ugh, I was sick this morning. Too much loud talking with the middle school group left me with a sore throat.
Met up with the family to give Dad the SD card with the team videos I shot.
Also discussed which missions next weeks team will be at.
Rested until Milo came home.
Worked on preparing for the meeting with Rob about his website tomorrow.
Updated some information about the Spring Break schedule on the teamwhirlwind.com site.
Also worked on Anna Ds’ business cards.
Admin work and team logistics.
Love,
Ash
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Picked up the Best Day, EVER tshirts from Purefun today. I LOVE them. What’s better than one shirt with Mr. Tim’s face? A group of 60!
Picked up groceries for the family. I picked up some Hydrangeas and hanging plants. Spring is here.
Called Cindy Long to talk about her mission trip to the International Village.
Miles and I enjoyed dinner in Decatur.
Dad told me about this new calendar by Readdle. Highly recommend it. You can actually see your appointments instead of dots.
Looking forward to painting tonight and doing some website design.
Love,
Ash
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After our prayer time, the middle schoolers signed the landing pad committing to praying for their friends.
The team and I enjoyed Plaza Fiesta today.
Ruthie came and spoke about her Refugee Beads ministry.
Afterwards we all got around and prayed for her.
We worked on some more Bags of Love to hand out in the complexes.
Then to the last day at the missions.
Fun time with the family celebrating Isabella’s sixth birthday.
Love,
Ash
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Mo and I have been having a great time with the Fellowship Bible Church team this weekend.
Yesterday we went to Madina and Global Mall.
Today we explored CD Tower, the Chinese Pharmacy and the Bakery.
We also got some quesadillas at the little Mexican tienda.
Went back to FBCD for lunch and worked on the service projects.
To the missions!
Love,
Ash
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We briefed the team on Catholicism, Islam and Hinduism this morning before our cultural safari.
Then we all signed the Jesus landing pad.
Plaza Fiesta was great as always.
Madina and Global Mall are fun too.
Gun Powder Tea?
Last day at the mission.
Yesterday we all got matching crazy leggings at the Sabra Boutique in Clarkston. Today we look great!
Called Amanda McBrayer to set up her team coming in May. Also emailed with FBC Pelham to encourage their team to come.
Created the newest Whirlwind Tees!
Love,
Ash
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We enjoyed briefing the team on Buddhism today. Then we sauntered over to CD Tower and the Chinese stores off Buford Highway.
Ate lunch and then went over to my side of town, Clarkston. Enjoyed talking with the Somalian women there.
The kids enjoyed making lion masks and hearing about Daniel.
I worked on updating the team lodging page at teamwhirlwind.com
Worked on putting the financial report together for Perimeter Church.
Now I’m doing research on how to transfer domain names.
Discussed team logistics.
Love,
Ash
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I enjoyed speaking at the Smokerise WMU group this morning.
Then Mo and I enjoyed lunch together.
I went home to make a few phone calls.
Designed the t-shirt invoice for Ben Birdsong and his team.
Team logistics.
Dad and I briefed the Virginia Tech team.
Then over to the Farmer’s Market!
Fresh or 5 years old?
The Azalea kids were great. I liked the teams palm craft.
I’ve got some down time in April when we don’t have teams, so my girlfriends and I planned a trip to St. Augustine. A friend of ours lives there so that’s cheap room and board! Looking forward to visiting the oldest city in America.
Working on admin duties.
Moogie is too relaxed.
Love,
Ash
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Lynsie and I had a great time supporting our friend Christina as she danced at AboutFace on Friday night.
Dad, J and I met up for lunch to go over the schedule for the service projects with the spring break teams coming into town. It takes some figuring out to keep 30 middle schoolers busy.
Then we went to Bank of America to inquire about a business credit card. They also might be able to help me turn the business financial books over to QuickBooks!
Went around to the missions to let the managers know the good news about the teams coming!
Worked with the mission kids on their shadow science project.
Created the Lesson Contract flyer for wildoakhorsefarm.com.
Also put a little video together for Anna D.
About to work on answering team emails and putting some Zoo tickets in the mail to Roxy!
Love,
Ash
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Dad, J and I did some church recon work in the Marietta Area. We visited FBC Marietta, Eastside Church and Johnson Ferry.
Also swung by Suburban Rentals to see Tim Hutchinson. Dad like his big scissors.
Continuing to update the WildOakHorseFarm.com website.
Made phone calls to patenters and potential supporters.
Enjoyed working with the mission kids.
Have you ever tried Blake’s Shepard’s pies? They remind me of the ones my Dad used to cook for us in France.
Love,
Ash
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Made phone calls to team members and churches this morning.
Worked on the financial report and then dropped it off at our treasure’s house.
Had SO much fun riding with Anna today! I made her a sign for the website I built, WildOakHorseFarm.com.
This is Jimmy. Also known as “SuperMan” since he’s 25 but never acts his age.
Anna and Wink have been together for more than 13 years.
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Love,
Ash
Hello friends!
I made a peach smoothie this morning. Yum!
Penny and I had a great time teaching today.
We were talking about the words near and far. One of our students kept saying near and fart. That cracked me up.
Google Translator has been AMAZING! Our Bengali student wasn’t understanding what Penny was doing as she mimed out spanking a naughty child. I translated it for her and she started cracking up saying, “Naughty child, naughty child” in her Indian accent.
Lunch with the family was great!
Ash and I met up for a dog date. We took the pups to Arabia Mountain for a hike.
Just finished chopping the vegetables for our one pan oven roast. Miles is outside grilling the meat.
Love,
Ash
Hello Friends!
I just got back last night from Crestview, Florida. I was the speaker for Emmanuel Baptist Church’s DNow weekend.
They served on the church campus.
I taught them about being sensitive to others prayer requests, then we practiced praying for each other.
I’ve been working on WildOakHorseFarm.com for one of my good friends, Anna Dickson. I’ve really enjoyed riding out at her farm.
Went and got groceries for my family.
Cleaned the house. Got an airfreshner for my car. Milo’s been complaining it smell like a horse. He says it like it’s a bad thing.
Had fun with the kids at the mission.
Dad’s teaching the kids some magic tricks!
Love,
Ash
I picked up, folded and dropped off the newsletters.
Dad and I enjoyed lunch wit the family before reckoning the Lawrenceville churches.
First we visiting Grace. A partner from almost 10 years ago.
Then onto Sunrise.
And finally 12 Stone.
Off to the mission! I’m having fun teaching Katrina how to read.
Have you ever tried this bread? It’s really tasty.
I’m driving to Florida tomorrow to speak at Emmanuel BC’s DNow.
Love,
Ash
Hello friends!
Went to the doctor today. I’m healthy as a horse.
Then talked with Jan Kennedy about hosting a card making class with our ESL students in April. Also discussed taking her SS Class on Tour this summer.
Heard back from Christ the King Lutheran church. They’re passing our information along to the senior pastor to see if they have space to host teams this summer.
Same thing with PCBC. They’re running the request up to the executive pastor.
Please be praying for that to all work out. The more space we have, the more teams we can bring in and the more teams we can bring in the more people we can reach.
Published wildoakhorsefarm.com today! It’s still a rough draft but my client is very pleased!
Went to T&G to help Miles get his car. The alternator was dead.
Stayed on this side of town today since I’ll be gone all weekend speaking at a DNow in Florida.
Miles and I are making rabbit for dinner!
Love,
Ash
Ashley Ann Kendall 
