Greetings friends and family!

Here we are in September 2026 already!  Man, time has really flown by!  I'm just a few weeks away from embarking on my 2nd and final FCBA ride of the year.

My 1st ride of the year was a one-week ride on the Silver Comet Trail (Georgia portion) and the Chief Ladiga Trail (Alabama portion) in April which started and ended near Atlanta GA.  This ride was connected to a Fuller Center "Legacy Project" build in Americus GA (which was awesome!). Thanks to all who donated and prayerfully supported me for that incredible journey!

Ride #2 (which will start 8 October) will run the entire length of the Natchez Trace (484 miles), starting in Nashville TN and ending in Jackson MS.  This will be an 8-day ride with an additional day to pitch in and work on a Fuller Center house along the way. I'm so excited to re-visit the hosting church members I initially met on this ride back in 2023... such greacious hosts!... and to contribute efforts on ongoing housing builds along this route. I am still in need of donations to cover the minimum donation amount for this ride.

So my big "ask" of you...

I'm asking you to prayerfully consider helping me reach my $3,300 fundraising goal for the year.  Please know that my personal expenses for these trips have already been paid, so none of your donation goes into my pocket. The entire amount of your donation will go directly to the Fuller Center for Housing towards building new homes in the U.S. and overseas, and for repairing homes damaged due to natural disasters. The FCH folks are VERY good at making just a few dollars do a LOT of good!

Why I'm doing this ride:

This is a perfect fit for me: stay fit (by riding my bike) while helping people (by funding and slinging my hammer).  I've also found great joy in becoming part of this incredible tribe of volunteers-on-bikes who pedal and sling hammers (like me!) to make huge, life-changing impacts for families truly in need of affordable housing.

So what is the Fuller Center for Housing (FCH)?

A 501(c)(3) non-profit Christian organization that believes everyone in the world deserves the opportunity to have a decent home in which to live. Millard and Linda Fuller were self-made millionaires who gave away their fortune in 1969 to follow God's leading. They lived the rest of their lives on humble means and dedicated themselves to providing decent housing to over a million people in 100 countries around the world, culminating in their founding of the Fuller Center for Housing in 2005.

The FCH builds and repairs homes using volunteers in partnership with families, who help with the work and pay it forward using a no-profit, no-interest loan that gets repaid to help more families. It works through a grassroots network of volunteer-driven Fuller Centers in 90 U.S. towns and cities and in 20 countries around the world. Work includes community transformation in El Salvador, Armenia and Madagascar to disaster recovery in places like Mayfield, Kentucky and in Haiti to name a few. It’s built or repaired over 9,000 homes – enough to house 30,000 people! Learn more about the impact here.

What happens to my donation?

The Fuller Center for Housing is known for maximizing donations by putting as much of the funds towards the work as possible. Their independent audit estimated that 92% of the funds go directly to program expenses, with only 8% to administrative and fundraising costs. This is a MUCH higher percentage to program than most groups given that the industry standard is 65% to program. The organization is also rated GuideStar Platinum, the charity evaluator's highest certification.

During the ride we live very simply and sleeping on the floors of gracious and generous church hosts. This approach to "living simply" allows FCH to use only about 2-3% of the funds raised to cover Bike Adventure expenses on the road.

Other ways you can help:

In case you might be interested in coming along, each ride requires crucial support volunteers and media interns (and often more riders!). But besides that, your encouragement and your prayers for health, safety, and a great team would be dearly appreciated.

THANK YOU so much! This is a team event, and by donating YOU actually become part of the team!