Today’s blog post is simply a description of a normal day for us at All Things New. I want to give you a little bit of insight into what we do on a day-to-day basis, and while no 2 days look the same, you can at least get an idea of some of the things […]
It has been so great having a team down with us for the past week, and we have done some incredible things. We built a new building for our security guard to sit to stay out of the elements, we went to church with the kids, we brought the kids new school shoes, and we […]
While the title might speak for itself, we wanted to update everyone on some awesome news…We received each of our kids’ report cards for the first half of the year and they are almost all passing! This is an incredible answer to prayer, and those of you who have been following us for a while […]
I am writing this from Haiti rather than from America like I initially thought. We are trying to catch back up on blogging after taking almost a full month break in December (which was worth it) as we tried to spend time with family, catch up with friends, and do some fundraising around the end […]
Matt and I were talking the day we traveled back to Haiti and thought it might make a fun blog so here goes. We traveled back last Saturday, January 3. I woke up at 3:00am making sure to give myself plenty of time to take the last hot shower for quite a while. Matt got […]
Have you ever noticed what a difference perspective makes in how we view things? I think about this sometimes as I am driving down the road (please don’t think this is too strange, it is just how my mind works) in the rain. If I were to stare at just one drop of water on […]
We just got back to the states a couple of days ago, and there is so much going on. We have a lot of updates and a lot of things to talk about in regards to our recent trip, but I wanted to put up a blog about something that we ran into the last […]
So, right after I wrote the last post about Chikungunya, I (Matt) actually got Chikungunya. It taught me a lesson not to write about something unless I was prepared to go through it. It was actually pretty painful for a couple of days. I couldn’t really walk, my elbows hurt, my knees hurt. When I […]
Sorry it has been so long since we have posted. I (Matt) have been working on a website for Christianville the last week or so and that has taken a lot of time, but we wanted to put up a post so that you could see how different life is here than other places. You […]
Over the past couple of weeks I have been contemplating the idea of helplessness in many different aspects. There is such a negative connotation behind this word, and with good reason. Since we’ve been in Haiti, here are some ways we have felt helpless: When it rains, it is a big struggle to drive to […]
Since we have been in Haiti it has rained almost every day. They are usually very short, very intense showers that thoroughly soak the ground and make it very difficult for us to get to the orphanage every day. On a side note, it is a good thing that we have a 4 wheel drive […]
As many of you know, we arrived in Haiti last Monday (May 12) after a little over a month in the states. We are staying here until July 7, so this will be our longest stay in Haiti. During our time here, these are the things we hope to accomplish: Find an attorney to help […]
