When All Things New first started, we had a few specific goals that we were out to achieve. Goals are and should be something that each of us as individuals, as families, as churches, and as organizations should set for ourselves and strive to achieve. When we do not have goals and dreams we tend […]
As you probably know, we returned to Haiti this past Wednesday so we have not even been back for a week yet and things, of course, are already pretty crazy. Just over the past couple of days there are updates and blogs just waiting to be written, but I am still trying to digest everything […]
If you have spent any time volunteering with a nonprofit, working for an organization that had to raise funds to survive, or if you support a ministry or charity then you know that fundraising is and will always be necessary. I sometimes wonder if people see us coming and want to run the other way […]
In the previous blog I shared some of the fundraising issues that many nonprofits in America and around the world face. Some of the issues pertained to All Things New and some of them did not. Today I want to focus on our short and long term ideas for fundraising. The truth is we knew […]
In this blog, I want to talk about some of the difficulties of raising funds for a non-profit. I will follow this blog up with one that focuses more thoroughly on the specific needs and issues of All Things New, but I wanted to start with some general fundraising difficulties that most nonprofits face. These […]
I do not plan on going systematically through all the different things that have changed since Sophie came into our lives. If you have children you already know that a child changes almost everything, and you also know that your son or daughter is so worth every single change that you had to make that […]
It has been a little while since our last post, but we are back from vacation and ready to get back to work! Over the next couple of weeks be on the look out for a few new blog posts and some other information regarding All Things New and what the future holds for this […]
For those of you who do not know, we came back to the states last week for a time of rest and a chance to get out of the heat for a while. I know you may be thinking that Florida is not the place to go to get out of the heat, but let […]
This will be the last blog in this series of stories that have happened over the past few weeks. If you missed the last story, please click here to read about our soccer club party (and you can back link to all of the other blogs as well). If you have been down to visit […]
Yesterday in the 5th story about our kids I alluded to the fact that our kids had a big party yesterday for their soccer club teams, both the boys and girls team. Well, today is the day to tell that story because, at least for the kids, it was a really fun day! The reality […]
This is story number 5 about our kids. Hopefully you have enjoyed them so far because, honestly, they have been some of the funnest to write. It is a chance for me to reflect about how joyful life can be with our kids even in the midst of life being difficult down here. Have you […]
This is another recent event that happened with our kids here. If you missed yesterday, just click here and you can find links to all of our recent stories. If you have been following this blog long, you know that we try to keep you updated in a variety of ways. We try to vision […]
