I am not sure how many of you who are reading this keep up with Haitian news but with the way things are in Haiti right now, I feel like it is important to continue to update you on changing events. If you missed our last couple of blogs and want to learn some background […]
If you missed our last blog, please click here to read a short description of what caused the unrest and some of the underlying issues that will make this situation complicated moving forward. I want to start out with the most important update about what is going on there and that is that things seem […]
As many of you already know either from watching the news or seeing the post on the All Things New Facebook page, there is major unrest going on in Haiti even as I type this. This is n0t the normal unrest that happens frequently in Haiti, this is the type of unrest that can do […]
As everyone reading this blog probably knows, we celebrated Independence Day this past Wednesday here in America. I would venture to say that a large portion of those reading this either watched fireworks, attended a cookout, and/or spent some time at a pool or beach in celebration of our Independence. We probably heard phrases like […]
Culture Shock is defined as a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country. We have been back from Haiti for 2 weeks as of today and while we often experience culture shock upon arriving in Haiti, I have felt it very much the last couple […]
There are so many things that I could write about in regards to us leaving this coming Thursday to spend a couple of weeks in America. I could write about how crazy the next couple of days will be and how much we need you guys to cover us in prayer both as a ministry […]
Have you ever noticed how difficult it can be to teach children what it means to serve other people. The moment we are born we immediately begin to do whatever we can to make sure our own needs are covered and that mindset can very easily mark our entire lives. It is true that some […]
Our kids live on a Caribbean island and haven’t been to the beach in almost 3 years. We haven’t had reliable transportation but have been promising them as soon as we got a new truck we would go. So this past Saturday we loaded 30 kids, 18 employees, and 6 Americans up in 4 different […]
Almost 2 years ago now, when Hurricane Matthew made landfall just a few miles from All Things New, something incredible happened to our ministry and our family. We could feel the prayers of GOD’s people and our supporters in a way that is very difficult to explain unless you were able to experience what it […]
Whenever we are in Haiti there are always about 20 things going on at a time. It ranges from meetings with people, kids being punished, kids being praised, school events, employee issues, people needing help, a 1 and 2-year-old running around in the misdt of it, and a variety of other things that pop up […]
This is the second story that I wanted to share with you guys based on the blog from a few days ago and it has to do with Haitian Flag Day. If you follow the All Things New Facebook page (which you should if you don’t because we are only 18 likes away from 3,000) […]
If you read the previous blog, you know that I am going to tell 4 stories of things that have happened behind the scenes here at All Things New recently, and today I want to tell you about an awesome 5th grade class at Whitesville Road Elementary School in LaGrange, GA. This class of 5th […]
