I have been reading through the Gospels for a little over a year now and writing down all of my thoughts and what I learn as I read them. Last night, I came to John 13 where Jesus is washing the Disciples’ feet. I, like many of you, have read or heard about this particular […]
I have learned something about visitors in Haiti. This is a generality and not a rule, but it seems to hold up most of the time. Here is the principle…The younger you are and the less time you have spent in Haiti, the more you know about what will fix the country. The older you are […]
As most of you know, we got back to Haiti this past Monday, and it truly feels like we have been here for at least a month. It has been very hectic trying to adjust back to life here and get things accomplished at the same time. Some of the things we have been dealing […]
I wanted to spend some time talking about sacrifice in our blog today. We are about to head back to Haiti on Monday, and I keep coming back to this idea of sacrifice. I feel like it is one of those words that has so many meanings that it has lost its actual meaning. The […]
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 […]
I taught kindergarten in the public school system in Jacksonville, Florida for 8 years. Although it was a challenging job and I went to bed most nights by 9:00pm, I absolutely loved it. During these 8 years, I took my first trip down to Haiti in which I met the kids. That trip turned into […]
Many of you know that we returned home from Haiti on July 7, and we have been very busy since coming home. I hope you enjoyed the old blog posts we put up (it was fun to read through all that GOD is doing), but now we are going to get back on the ball […]
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 […]
I wanted to put up a few blogs this week since we missed the last couple of weeks at One Spark and then on vacation, and I wanted to just write a quick blog about Easter. Not about the holiday or the bunny or anything like that. I just wanted to take some time to […]
Today was one of those days that God used to encourage me and confirm that I am right where He wants me. We got up this morning and went up to the orphanage for church. Right now they are doing church there each Sunday. The kids were so excited we were there and very dressed […]
Going in to today I had a feeling it was gonna be a crazy one. I decided I would take notes on it and try to remember as much as I could at the end of it. Then Matt thought it would be fun for each of us to write it from our own perspective. […]
