On Saturday we moved to Decatur. Man, it is great! Everything is amazingly close to our house, the neighborhood is great, and all of the people that we have met are cool. Then mentality of the people here is very different and so far (for the last 4 days) our lifestyle has changed.

We have walked to the park several times and every time we go the place is packed with young families that we can connect with. Today, after dinner, we decided we wanted some ice cream, so we popped the kids in the stoller and walked downtown to Jake’s Ice Cream for some home made ice cream goodness. The walk took about 15 minutes at an easy pace.

Now more than ever I am realizing how important it is to live among the people that we want to connect with. We have to get out of our Christian bubbles, outside of our Christian circle of friends, and away from our comfortable routines and comfort zones.

We must really live among the people, not just go into culture like gospel commandos on some search and rescue mission.