I know that we have written a lot about One Spark over social media for the past couple of weeks. I just wanted to make sure that everyone knew why this was an important event for us before it begins on Wednesday of this week. First of all, here are some important things to know: […]
I wanted to update everyone about our most recent team that left from Haiti this past Saturday. We had a blast being with them and having them hang out with our kids, and we have gotten to meet a lot of people the past few days. While the team was here, we got to do […]
I have experienced something the past few weeks that I have just been able to put my finger on. I have probably experienced it before, but living here for the past month I think it has become very evident to me. I have become so aware of intense physical needs among people that live around […]
First of all, this Jessica, not Matt. I am 31 years old and in the process of moving to Haiti to run an orphanage. Over the last two years we have been to Haiti about 13 times. Most of these trips have been for a week or 2 at a time and right now we […]
It has been a while since we have posted a new blog, and we apologize for that! There is so much going on, it is sometimes difficult to do everything that we would like. Today, I am going to take some time to just let everyone know of the many changes coming. Beginning this ministry […]
I recently began reading through and studying the book of Isaiah. There was no epiphany or big spiritual reason why I began to study the book, I was actually in the midst of going through the New Testament (I was in Luke) when I left my notebook in St. Simons, GA on a recent trip […]
I want to spend a few posts just writing about what I have learned over the past year from going down to Haiti, and what we can hopefully teach some of our friends in Haiti because we have grown up in America. I love that I was born here and I love being American. […]
So everyone has been telling me I need to write a blog about All Things New and the orphanage. That it shouldn’t just be coming from Matt’s perspective, which I agree with. As I sit down to write I have only 1 thing I can write about and that’s my kids. I sit here in […]
Something happened recently in our adoption process that made me want to post about our adoption process again (nothing specific, just an email from our agency discussing some seminars coming up, etc.). Throughout this process, we have stayed so busy that there have been times that I almost don’t even think about our upcoming adoption, […]
Have you ever been in a Bible Study/small group when someone asked the question, “What has GOD been showing you lately?” I realized I haven’t been asked that question lately because, unfortunately, I have not really been in a small group in the last few years that I was not leading. So, I sometimes ask […]
A couple of weeks ago we had our first fundraising dinner for All Things New. One of our advisory team members, Karen Whalen, came up with this idea for people who believe in this ministry to help get our name to as many people as possible. The idea is simple. A family expresses their desire […]
I have to say, this is the question that we are asked more often than any other…”When will you guys move down to Haiti?” I’m not sure if the implication is something like, “I can’t wait until you guys are out of the country” or if people are just curious as to when we are […]
