This past Friday Night was an incredible night for All Things New and we had a blast being there with all of you who were able to make it. This was our 5th Jacksonville Fundraiser and our first time with a new format that we called “A Taste of Haiti” and being hosted by Deerwood […]
One of the best ways that you could partner with All Things New in 2018 is by attending our Jacksonville Fundraiser. The first thing I want to say about this event is that it is going to be a blast. We are going to celebrate with a Haitian festival including Haitian food, entertainment, a live […]
This past Sunday was a very important day in the life of All Things New and I want to explain the reasons why this is the case. Before I do that, I do want to thank Palm Valley Baptist Church for allowing me to come and preach for them while their Pastor was out of […]
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 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 […]
There are a few blogs that we have been thinking about writing over the past few weeks, but I wanted to take some time today to focus on the month of November in the world of adoption and orphan care. In 1984 President Reagan proclaimed one week in November National Adoption week, President Clinton extended […]
I will be preaching in an American church for the first time in a quite a while on November 13 (which is also Orphan Sunday) and I wanted to share some thoughts that I have been having about this sermon. I am not sure if this is the direction I will go because I have […]
First of all, we just had an amazing couple of days of fundraising in LaGrange and we will be updating you and writing a blog about that soon. We have wonderful supporters in LaGrange and it was great getting to see everyone and updating everyone on what has been going on at All Things New […]
The main point of this blog…Come to the LaGrange Fundraiser this coming Sunday night at 5:00pm at FBC LaGrange! With everything that is been going on lately (my trip to Haitian court, Hurricane Matthew, etc.) some of our fundraising initiatives while we are home were pushed to the back burner for a while. Now that […]
I want to write a follow-up blog to the one I wrote about emergency aid and disaster relief. Emergency aid is absolutely necessary and it is the first step, but the process to go from emergency aid to relief to rebuilding to normalcy is a long and difficult road. I also want to clarify some […]
This is another call to prayer as Hurricane Matthew prepares to bring its destruction to the east coast of Florida including Jacksonville. As you probably know, I sent Jess and Sophie home prior to the storm making landfall in Haiti to make sure Sophie was safe but now Matthew will be in Jacksonville (where our […]
I woke up Tuesday morning at around 5:00 for a few different reasons. Of course I was nervous about the upcoming weather but I also had 35 other people (some of whom were strangers to me) staying with me and our kids were right outside our door. It almost seems like their number one goal, […]
