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 […]
I know that when I write this blog, most people want to be updated about our ministry, our kids, and what GOD is doing in our lives. But as I write, I also want to include some personal things and lessons that GOD has taught me even outside of All Things New. With that said, […]
Every time we go down to Haiti, it is clearer and clearer that GOD is calling us there. It was really difficult to come back this time with so many things up in the air for our kids, but we know that GOD is working. Also, we now have another couple, Jacob and Amy Kelley, […]
We are getting ready to go back to Haiti on Monday, and we are really excited to see our kids and beginning the process of getting them into the school that we know is best for them. But as I was thinking about getting back to Haiti I began to also think about the process […]
This coming Monday we are heading back down to Haiti for 5 days. It is a very short but necessary trip. Many of you have been praying for our kids to get into Christianville school, and that is the purpose of this trip. To make sure that all paperwork, money, and any other logistical issue […]
Have you ever looked back at the last couple of months of your life and just thought about how busy everything was. We just finished June and July with a really crazy schedule. I took the youth to Six Flags at the beginning of June, followed by Jessica’s last week of school, followed by a […]
First of all, it is important for everyone who reads this to understand how important our sponsorship program is to us for so many different reasons. The main reason is that our sponsorship program brings together the kids that we love with other people here that will love them too. That is such an awesome […]
There are a lot of really incredible things that are going on in our lives. As we are in the beginning stages of getting down to Haiti to run this orphanage and to be there with our kids, it seems like there is always something to do. And in the midst of that, this summer, […]
