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  • ATN Clubs at Local High Schools

    This past Wednesday was “Club Fair” day at some of the local High Schools in Jacksonville, and we had some representation at 2 of those schools…Ponte Vedra High and Bartram Trail High.  These clubs are going to be great because it will give students a chance to earn community service hours from All Things New […]
  • Political Unrest Continued

    If you missed the last blog, click here to read the first part of this post. And if you would like to donate to ATN, just click the Donate Button Below: In Haiti, there is a road (really a rocky path, but let’s call it a road) that leads from the main road about a […]
  • A New Gas Shortage and an Update on the Unrest

    While the updates about Haiti have been a little slower lately, it is only because the political instability and unrest has become more commonplace than noteworthy.  However, the past few weeks have seen an increase in violence in the streets and more specifically that past week has seen one of the more severe gas shortages […]
  • Pray for the Bahamas: Hurricanes in the 3rd World

    I am sure everyone who is reading this, even if you do not live in the southeastern US, has heard about Hurricane Dorian.  As I write this, I am waiting in Jacksonville to see how close to the coast it comes and how much it will affect us here and out at the beaches.  With […]
  • Meet Stenia, Our Newest Addition

    This past Saturday after our trip to the beach (which will be a blog soon as well) we welcomed Stenia to the All Things New family. Stenia is a 7 year old girl who has lived with a distant relative since she was 2 days old. She has never met her Mom, nobody knows who […]
  • Apolon's Future

    As many of you know, we started a blog series about our kids’ futures.  We sat down with every kid that is a part of All Things New and asked them ...
  • December in America

    Being back in the states with 3 kids during the month of December this year is something I can barely wrap my mind around.  In 2014, Jess and I too...
  • Giving Tuesday without the Giving...

    Over the past 2 months we have had a matching funds campaign in October, our LaGrange Fundraiser in November, and ATN Family Day just a couple of w...
  • Ezekyal is Coming to America

    If you keep up with All Things New on our blog and social media, then you know there are a lot of things going on right now.  We just finished up a...
  • An Earthquake in Haiti

    As you know, we are currently in the midst of blogging about each of our children individually and focusing on what they hope to do with their futu...
  • Shoe Shopping #4

    If you have been following All Things New for a while, then you know that for the past 3 years we have had a school shoe shopping day for our older kids a few weeks before school starts.  It is really fun, really hot, and really long.  Just to set the stage (you can click […]
  • The Last 3 Days in Haiti

    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 […]