Today is our big Christmas Party for our kids and staff, and it is going to be our biggest Christmas party yet. We are expecting between 70-90 people, we have hired someone who is bringing speakers that are way to big for the space, and there is going to be a lot of food. Our […]
As I mentioned in the last blog post, the beginning of the year brings with it a few different tendencies. We have the tendency to look back (ESPN always did an especially good job of this the last week of the year by showing the year’s greatest plays), to look forward, and to resolve to […]
It’s interesting how the beginning of a new year is so symbolic to so many of us (including myself). We use phrases that don’t actually apply to real life like “clean slate,” “starting a new chapter,” and “let’s leave the past behind us” like any of those things are really possible. We take stock of […]
We spent our first Christmas in Haiti this year and it was a lot of fun. It was a lot different than what we are used to, but it was a lot of fun. It was also the first Christmas that Jess was away from her family and it will be my first birthday (Dec. […]
A lot of things came together recently that led me to write this blog. First of all, as I’m sure you already know, the word “joy” is thrown around a lot during the Christmas season. Think about your favorite Christmas song…it probably has the word “joy” in it at least once. If you read Luke […]
Note: Sorry this has nothing to do with Christmas, I just had to share! I wish the title of this blog was an exaggeration, but it is not. Today was truly the worse traffic day I can remember ever having, and I lived in Atlanta for 4 years. The truth is, I wanted to call […]
As you probably already know, we traveled back to Haiti this past Monday, and the day went off without a hitch. From check-in (which was the easiest it has ever been taking 6 huge bags down with us), to a 45 minute layover to picking up all 6 of our bags in Port, to the […]
Over the next couple of weeks please check back often for updates on All Things New (assuming our Internet does ok in Haiti). We plan on reviewing the past year, vision casting for the future, and just saying thank you for all of the ways that you have helped All Things New over the past […]
I know I said I would write the next blog about our 2 big annual fundraisers, but I saw a slogan on the sign of a national charity and I had to get my thoughts about it down on paper. I am not sure if it was just a Christmas slogan or if it is […]
I wanted to share about a couple of fundraisers we had recently that meant a lot to All Things New and specifically I want to share about 2 people who have a specific skill and passion that they used to help our orphanage. I hope that I have not forgotten anyone or left anyone else […]
I came across this quote not too long ago on giving and how it should affect us. Read it and let me know what you think. I will give some thoughts on it as well after posting the quote here: “I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am […]
This year is going to be very different for us during Christmas for a bunch of reasons. First of all, it will be Jessica’s and my first year spending Christmas away from our American families and with our Haitian family. It will be Sophie’s 2nd Christmas, but I don’t think her first one really counted […]
