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: […]
There are so many people to thank for their help in our silent auction this past Saturday evening. As I mentioned in a previous blog, Jess and I did not do a lot leading up to the event. In fact, we were actually in Haiti until about 2 weeks before the auction took place so […]
Hey guys, this blog post is for only one reason…To show you the new videos added to the website! The first video is our official All Things New video. It is exactly what we were hoping for and was done by Visual Power Cinema (John and Angel) at no cost to All Things New. Please check […]
I recently began reading through and studying the book of Isaiah. There was no epiphany or big spiritual reason why I began to study the book, I was actually in the midst of going through the New Testament (I was in Luke) when I left my notebook in St. Simons, GA on a recent trip […]
If you have not had a chance to read our blog from Tuesday, please click here. The way that Jess described the difficulty of coming home and the difficulty of the daily routine of the children that we love will really help you to understand what GOD is leading us to do. I am going […]
I have to say, this is the question that we are asked more often than any other…”When will you guys move down to Haiti?” I’m not sure if the implication is something like, “I can’t wait until you guys are out of the country” or if people are just curious as to when we are […]
We are getting ready to go back to Haiti on Monday, and we are really excited to see our kids and beginning the process of getting them into the school that we know is best for them. But as I was thinking about getting back to Haiti I began to also think about the process […]
We cannot wait to be in Haiti! We think about it and pray about it all of the time. We get up each morning and pray together about how GOD is going to make this happen and how we can stay in the center of His will. At times, however, things get very overwhelming. We […]
I am going to try and explain some of the things that have led us to this place in our lives. Honestly, neither Jess nor myself ever saw ourselves moving to Haiti (or anywhere else for that matter) to run an orphanage. But somewhere along the line, GOD did an amazing work in our life […]
From my last post, I talked about the idea of being adopted by GOD as His children. That is such an amazing thing when you think about the different instances of adoption in the Bible. Think about how GOD adopted us as His children, Joseph adopted Jesus as his child, Moses was adopted, and on […]
When people find out that we are adopting children from Ethiopia many questions and assumptions immediately come to peoples’ minds. We have heard comments/questions like: Now that you have started the process, you will get pregnant (not me, but Jess). Did you find out that you cannot have kids of your own? (This question is […]
I don’t know how many of the people who will read this have ever started trying to write a blog. I want to tell you what the hardest part of starting this is…The thought that someone would actually want to read what you write. At times this seems like such arrogance that I am writing […]
