The oldest of our ten children is twenty four and the youngest is four. My wife and I recently observed that we are going to be in the education ‘business’ for at least another fifteen years. We began home education with the birth of our first child in 2001. Since then, the Lord has been tugging and pulling me more deeply into His calling of bringing up our children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. I am so excited that He has called us to begin Franklin Christian School.
I enjoyed every part of my school education including attending the Christian high school The Masters Academy now located in Oviedo, Florida. My academic degrees are a B.S. summa cum laude in Business Administration and a B.A. summa cum laude in History from Bryan College in Dayton, TN, and a J.D. with honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in Gainesville, Florida. I practiced law from 1999 to 2009 in Orlando and Melbourne, Florida, and then moved to Franklin. Since 2010, I have practiced law in Franklin handling mostly civil matters in a general practice. I also serve as a juvenile offender defense attorney in our local district court.
I serve on the board of Camp Living Water in Bryson City, North Carolina and have been involved in that ministry for most of my life. Our family attends Cowee Church. We have made our homeplace here in Macon County a small hobby farm with chickens, sheep, a fishpond, a pig, a goat and fruit orchards, and I enjoy any sport involving water.
Litchfield Christian School has been such a beautiful blessing to our family. LCS is a Christ-centered school that challenges students academically, nurtures their creativity, promotes a positive learning environment, and contributes to their spiritual growth. LCS is very supportive, and they encourage their students and their families. Our daughter came into LCS completely broken and empty. Public school had taken a drastic toll on her mental health. She had pleaded with us for over a year to homeschool her. We were at a loss. Our daughter is a very social person, and we knew she needed more. We decided to check out LCS as an alternative. From the very moment we stepped inside LCS, we could see and feel the genuine love. EVERYONE felt as if they belonged. Before our day of observing was over, she had asked if she could please come to LCS. She was smiling and said this place is my kind of place. It's definitely been just that!
Today she is thriving, and she is truly enjoying herself. She loves to go to school, and she loves all of the teachers. She has made good friends and is blossoming in all areas of life. She's even started singing on stage during chapel. This has been the best decision we could have ever made as parents for our daughter. We are incredibly thankful for this opportunity in our hometown, and we truly appreciate that LCS offers grades K-12. How blessed we are to be a part of Litchfield Christian School. We look forward to many more amazing years here.
