South Atlanta


Last year I joined my friend and pastor Leroy Barber on a 65-mile bicycle ride from La Grange, GA to Atlanta, GA to support him in his effort to raise funds for Mission Year. Along with another friend and coworker, Nate Ledbetter, we spent a day of adventure and camaraderie on bicycles trudging through mile after slow mile, aiming for longevity rather than speed – similar to how we do it in urban ministry.

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This rewind back to October will shed a little light into how we found out about Baby #3 and made the decision to move to Atlanta.

October was an exciting month as we took our very first road trip as a family of four. We’ve taken several short trips in the car with the kids, but never traveling more than a few hours from home. After our last trip down to South Carolina back in June, I hinted that we were done with the airline industry (at least for a while) and wanted to give driving the 16 hour drive a whirl. Surprisingly, the trip went really well and the kids did great for being strapped into their carseats for so long. We borrowed a portable DVD player, which made the hours go by so much faster. In fact, Kaiya spent most of the drive watching her favorite videos and looked like this:  (Read more …)


The following is a copy of our Christmas letter that we sent out to family and friends (those we had addresses for) announcing Baby #3 and our decision to move to South Atlanta to join an urban ministry called Sub-Urban.

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