So, we just got back from Haiti this past Thursday after a couple of weeks being down there. This trip was great in so many ways. We took a team down for the first week and then Jess and I stayed for an extra week to try and get some things accomplished that we have […]
What is the difference between believing in GOD and believing GOD? There are so many answers to that question, but I think the key to this is found in the book of James: “You believe that there is on GOD. Good! Even the demons believe that – and shudder.” James 2:19 How could you not […]
Why is it so hard for so many of us to trust other people? I’ve noticed this idea before in the simple act of holding a door open for the person behind me. Almost every time I do, that person feels it necessary to place their hands on the door presumably just in case I […]
As we proceed both with an international adoption and starting an orphanage in Haiti, the idea of faith has been extremely vital to everything we do. When I have preached at RiverTown Church on a few different occasions, I will occasionally say something like, “There are some topics that I come from a position of […]
Hebrews 11:1 tells us that “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Many people know this verse and use it as their definition of what faith is, and a Biblical definition of faith (at least in my opinion) is a pretty good definition to have. […]
Have you ever noticed how faith can be so easy and so hard at the same time? All the time I try to think and say that I have faith that GOD will bring our kids to us in His timing, and logically that makes sense. Logically, it even makes sense that GOD is doing […]
If you ever decide to start a non-profit organization, and especially an international orphanage for the first time…I have 1 really big piece of advice for you – Get a Great Advisory Team! It is so clear that GOD put this team into place because we could never have gotten such a wonderful group […]
I was just talking to a friend of mine that I haven’t talked to in a while, and we were just catching up a little, and of course the subject turned to Haiti. I started telling him about how much work we had done, how much more work we still have to do, and then […]
It just struck me the other day that the name of our orphanage, “All Things New,” is such an awesome promise from GOD. 2 Corinthians 5:17 is the verse that we got this name from and it says: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone the new […]
When people find out that we are adopting children from Ethiopia many questions and assumptions immediately come to peoples’ minds. We have heard comments/questions like: Now that you have started the process, you will get pregnant (not me, but Jess). Did you find out that you cannot have kids of your own? (This question is […]
Jess and I talk about how much we love these kids all of the time. It is funny how GOD has placed such a desire on our hearts to be there with them, take care of them, and most of all to love them. I can’t imagine how this happens. How GOD, at the exact […]
I get to preach at RiverTown Church this coming Sunday, and I have been reminded of something incredible about our Savior…That He is completely worthy. Throughout this process of following GOD’s leadership in our lives, it is my hope that we will always be willing to give Jesus the place that He deserves in our […]
