I am going to start this post by stating that I am not an an expert on the global orphan crisis nor do I want to change your mind or your definition of what it means for a child to be an orphan. I do know that many of our sponsors and supporters were confused […]
After updating everyone on how we got here, I thought it would be fun to share about what our first night here was like. The week leading up to moving the kids in, I kept a constant list of things we would need to go over with them when they moved in. We were trying […]
This is a continuation of a story we have been telling over the past few weeks, so if you have not been keeping up, please click here for Part 1, click here for Part 2, click here for Part 3, click here for Part 4, or click here for Part 5 so that the story will make sense. We now had a place […]
In the midst of our prayers, confusion, and fears, we saw God do something amazing. We had no idea what to do next but God already had a plan in mind. After the first couple of days doing meals and lessons at Hope Rising, Cara mentioned to me the thought of moving the kids temporarily […]
So we had a place we could now feed the kids and still get them some tutoring each day after school. Because we now knew Audancin was capable of anything, we were not comfortable bringing the kids into Hope Rising without some kind of consent from parents or family members. Our girl’s cousin immediately got […]
Before I start the blog, please click here if you have not read part 1 so that you can catch up. So our girl’s cousin and her husband came to the meeting along with a local pastor named Pastor Lamentation that we had only met once. A side story is that this is the pastor […]
The last few weeks down in Haiti have been some of our most difficult yet for a lot of reasons. In the midst of this, there have been quite a few potential decisions that have come up and that we have been praying through as we seek after GOD’s guidance. During this same time I […]
We go back to Haiti early Friday morning, and we can’t wait. It has been a great time back in the states for the last month, and we have done a lot of things that we needed and wanted to do. I just wanted to take some time to recap our time here and to […]
It has been so great having a team down with us for the past week, and we have done some incredible things. We built a new building for our security guard to sit to stay out of the elements, we went to church with the kids, we brought the kids new school shoes, and we […]
While the title might speak for itself, we wanted to update everyone on some awesome news…We received each of our kids’ report cards for the first half of the year and they are almost all passing! This is an incredible answer to prayer, and those of you who have been following us for a while […]
10. The Kids – Imagine leaving your kids in another country for a month at a time. Lack of Consumerism – I love that we can just be here. We don’t feel the need to rush to the store and buy things. We are constantly bombarded with advertisements and discussions about the next biggest […]
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 […]
