We will know more later, but as I type this blog it looks like we will escape the worst of Hurricane Irma in Gressier. If the track holds, we will probably get some rain and some wind, but you just never really know. I think if our kids were a couple of years older than […]
All of our kids start school today, and I am really looking forward to seeing what they will accomplish this year. Many of you reading this either have kids that started school this year or are kids who started school this year, and there is this energy/feeling that accompanies that first day of school. There […]
If you read the last blog, you may begin to see the struggle of planning for the future here. If you remember back to when you were a child, or even if you have kids now, you know that one of the most commonly asked questions to a kid of almost any age is, “What […]
Recently some events transpired that lead me to think about the future of our kids here at All Things New. We have a lot of work to do, especially for the older kids, to help them begin to plan for what their lives will look like as they enter into adulthood. In a later blog, […]
If you missed our last blog post and want to read about some of the crazy things that happened in the first few days we were back in Haiti (including Sophie getting her first stitches) just click here. Today I want to talk a little bit more about what things are like from my perspective. […]
The first few days of being back in Haiti have been exhausting, fun, frustrating, and joyful all rolled into one really long package. In this blog, just because it will be interesting, I am going to describe some of the issues that we have run into in just the first 4 days of being back. […]
Elijah’s passport finally came in on Tuesday (we were sweating a little because we had already purchased flights) and we are on our way to Haiti tomorrow! We may struggle a little with communication for the first few days we are down there and getting settled, but as soon as we get working internet, we […]
As many of you know, we recently purchased plane tickets to go to Haiti for the first time as a family of 4! We are really excited, a little nervous, and really hopeful that Elijah’s passport comes in the mail today. At the same time, we realize that All Things New can only continue to […]
This is a really fun blog to write now because…We Purchased Our Tickets For Haiti! This means that we are officially heading back to Haiti Friday (we haven’t actually received Elijah’s passport yet, but we think we will Monday) and we are very excited and nervous about the trip. I thought, with our trip coming a week from […]
The best way to get involved with All Things New is by praying! To many people this may seem counterintuitive because it can seem like our biggest needs are money, supplies, employees, etc. There are times when I get caught up in that line of thinking as well. Some of the biggest stressors related to […]
With our upcoming trip back to Haiti growing closer and closer (we found out today that the State Department deposited our check for Elijah’s passport which means it should be her in a couple of days) one thing is really beginning to stand out. Our support system in America is growing in both numbers and […]
The picture here is from the first time we went down to Haiti in May 2016. Sophie is so little, and we were just trying to figure out how to live in Haiti with a baby. As you know, from yesterday’s blog, we will be heading back down very soon to Haiti and this time […]
