Prior to getting to the rest of the blog, please CLICK HERE to view the invitation to our upcoming Dinner Event in Jacksonville. $75/ticket for a wonderful night! Maybe the biggest issue that the unrest (“Peyi Lock” or Locked Country is what people have called it) caused has been the disruption to the school year […]
There is so much to say about the last 3 days in Haiti, but I am not going to try and get everything into this blog. The truth is, I have had a little writer’s block when it comes to blogs over the past few weeks. It seems like every time I sit down to […]
This will probably be the last post about the beginning of school, but it is a very fun one to write. If you recall from previous posts, we have 7 children who did not start school on the same day as everyone else. These are 7 of our children who are a little farther behind, […]
First of all, I wanted to remind everyone of a very important blog series that we are about to start. In the next couple of weeks, you will begin to see blog posts about each of our children. We are hoping to use these blog posts to give each of our sponsors and supporters a […]
Yesterday was the first day of school for the kids! Honestly, I was quite surprised when school started on the actual day that it was supposed to start. I was not, however, as surprised when we received a call at 10:00 yesterday morning that all of the kids were out of school about 3.5 hours […]
Yesterday here in Haiti was one of those days that when we got to the end of it we turned to each other and said “Can you believe we got all of that done today”. So I figured that is worth a blog. Here is our day yesterday… Woke up at 6:00am. My goal was […]
Over the next few weeks, we are going to blog about getting our kids ready for school. If you are a parent, you know how difficult it can be to make sure your children are ready, and if you are not a parent then you can remember getting ready for the first day of school […]
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 […]
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 […]
I was reminded today what it truly means to make a sacrifice. As we have sold our house, much of our possessions, given up our jobs, and prepared to move to Haiti full time, these things have felt like sacrifices. Many of these things have been hard for me. As Matt and I sat down […]
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 […]
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 […]
