Just so you know, all of our kids who live with us passed and they passed easily! Unfortunately, 2 of the kids who do not live with us did not pass, but 28 out of 30 is pretty good, and I was very proud of our kids. Son Son was 2nd in his class, Fefe got […]
I was at a Senior Recognition Service at church yesterday where we were honoring recent high school graduates. I was the Associate Pastor at RiverTown Church (where I attended the service) right before we moved to Haiti so a few of the graduates that were being honored were in my youth ministry. It was really […]
When I arrived in Haiti this past Monday, I had not reloaded my Internet yet and I was planning on doing it Tuesday morning. During that time when I was “disconnected” from the world (I know that is a dramatic statement, but you get what I mean) another horrific terrorist attack occurred. I am sure […]
Many of you receive our email communications and have seen the new Team structure that we are in the process of beginning at All Things New. In fact, we have had more feedback and responses from these emails than any other email we have sent out and we greatly appreciate your desire to help us moving […]
Starting last Saturday (April 1), All Things New had the pleasure of having 2 different teams from LaGrange, GA come down to help out. The team from Clearview Chapel came down with 9 people from Saturday to Wednesday and the team from First Baptist Church came down with 24 people from Monday to the following Saturday. […]
I will be leaving to head back down to Haiti tomorrow after being here in the states for a little over 2 months and it is with very mixed emotions that I find myself writing this blog. I could go into how much I am looking forward to seeing our kids or how difficult it […]
This is the follow-up to our most recent blog about our Christmas Party. It was an absolute blast. The party went from 2:00 to about 7:00 and it was just a great celebration. I need to apologize to anyone within a ½ mile radius of the kids’ house because it was really loud, but that […]
It’s interesting how the beginning of a new year is so symbolic to so many of us (including myself). We use phrases that don’t actually apply to real life like “clean slate,” “starting a new chapter,” and “let’s leave the past behind us” like any of those things are really possible. We take stock of […]
I wanted to share about a couple of fundraisers we had recently that meant a lot to All Things New and specifically I want to share about 2 people who have a specific skill and passion that they used to help our orphanage. I hope that I have not forgotten anyone or left anyone else […]
I came across this quote not too long ago on giving and how it should affect us. Read it and let me know what you think. I will give some thoughts on it as well after posting the quote here: “I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am […]
All of us, at one time or another, have tried to make others feel guilty about something in order to change their behavior in some way. It happens all of the time from things such as telling your husband, “I guess I will take the trash out” to something like a child telling their parents […]
You may have seen over the past 2 blogs that I have hinted at a major announcement that was coming soon, and today is announcement day… The Bush family will be adding a baby boy due in February! I want to tell you the story (click here to read more about our journey), but I […]
