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 […]
As many of you know, we arrived in Haiti last Monday (May 12) after a little over a month in the states. We are staying here until July 7, so this will be our longest stay in Haiti. During our time here, these are the things we hope to accomplish: Find an attorney to help […]
This is the last blog for the week, and next week we plan on going back to our normal 1-2 per week. Thanks so much for reading and keeping up with our ministry. I cannot say enough how encouraging it is to have you behind us and how much we need and covet your prayers. […]
Growing up it was well known around my house that I strongly disliked…ok hated change. Change bothered me so much in fact, that I can remember my parents replacing chairs around our kitchen table and me feeling upset and sad over the loss of the old chairs….crazy I know. With that being said, I find […]
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 […]
As many of you know, All Things New recently participated in One Spark here in Jacksonville last week and it was a huge success for our organization. We want to thank each of you who came out to volunteer, vote, or donate to our cause. Most of you saw our repeated communications on social media, […]
I know that we have written a lot about One Spark over social media for the past couple of weeks. I just wanted to make sure that everyone knew why this was an important event for us before it begins on Wednesday of this week. First of all, here are some important things to know: […]
