Well, I went to the Mountain T.O.P. year-end party Saturday night at Cumberland Pines in Grundy County. It also served as a tribute to Jeff Grammer, who’s leaving the ministry after several years of faithful service.

Even though LEAMIS and Mountain T.O.P. have no official connection, there’s some overlap between the pool of volunteers for one and the other, due to the fact that LEAMIS co-founder Gail Drake is the daughter of Mountain T.O.P. founder George Bass and worked for Mountain T.O.P. for many years. I saw two members of my LEAMIS Kenya team at the Mountain T.O.P. party last night. The first was my dear pal Jan Schilling. I already knew Jan was coming with us to Kenya. But then I saw Sandy Hayostek, who told me that she will be coming along as well, and bringing her sister, whom I don’t believe I’ve ever met. Sandy was part of the 2006 Kenya team on which I served, and it will be good to be in mission with her again.

Andy Borders from my church had been on the mountain since Friday night helping with the pig roast. I rode up and back with his wife Edna Lee.

After getting back into Shelbyville at 10 last night, Andy and I both had to get up very early this morning to cook men’s club breakfast at church.

Then, this afternoon, I drove to Tullahoma to — well, I don’t think I’m going to tell you yet what I did in Tullahoma this afternoon. We’ll wait and see how it turns out.

Anyway, it’s been a busy weekend.