When we came back from spending a month in the states, one of the best new things we drove up to was a new basketball court! We had a generous donation made to cover the cost of the slab, the goals, and a couple of new basketballs, and we drove up to see the new […]
While we were in America for the month of July we had an incredible team of people here who looked after our children and kept them safe. Matt and Cara (along with their children Kaylea, Dean, and Joel) helped us out immensely as they contacted us whenever there was an issue, had our kids participate […]
We arrived back in Haiti yesterday, and we were so excited to pull into Hope Rising and see our kids after a month of being away. I will tell you, we were not disappointed by our kids’ reaction. They were just as thrilled as we were to see our truck pull in and we could […]
We have been home since July 3, and it has been a wonderful month off so far. I (Matt) don’t even think I realized how tired I was until I laid down in our bed for the first time. So far, we have spent a week with my parents, a week at the beach just […]
Over the past few months, Jess and I have been reading through the Bible together with a chronological reading plan. It has been really good, and we have just gotten to 2 Samuel and the story of David. At this point we have read about people who have had some pretty crazy things happen to them like […]
It has been a while since we have posted a “day in the life” blog, but we like to do it from time to time to give everyone a little taste of what life can be like here. Of course we tend to choose the slightly more eventful days, but it is not a huge […]
It has been a little while since our last blog post, and we have been extremely busy here. We have moved our kids into a new home here at Hope Rising (which we will write about in a blog soon), and we had a team here last week that was making sure everything would be […]
I don’t know how many of you remember a blog that I posted a while ago about a dental experience I had here in Haiti a few months ago, but if you missed it, click here to read about it. That experience was much different than others I have had in the states, and today […]
There are 2 questions that I have been asked more often in the past 4 weeks than I could attempt to count. The question that I am asked the most is, “Do you have a job for me/my wife/my sister/my friend?” I will write a blog about that question soon, but the other question that […]
Many of you may be wondering why we have said, on numerous occasions, we need more funding now than ever. I want to talk about the biggest reason for this being the case…New Hires! We have had to make multiple new hires for our children and for the ministry to function well. I can assure […]
Over the past few weeks, we have been sharing a lot of things that have been happening down here in Haiti. We have moved our children to Hope Rising’s campus, we have been living with the children 24/7, and we have learned a lot about running an orphanage and taking care of the children of […]
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 […]
