I have a 4 hour layover here in Ft Lauderdale so it seemed like a good time to write a blog post about some of the observations I have made today in Haiti, on the plane, and after landing. Some of these may or may not have too much to do with All Things New, […]
Today is my last day in Haiti this trip as I return to JAX at around 6:00 tomorrow evening. There is a very specific phenomenon that happens on the last day of each of our trips to ATN…Everybody asks for something! It is like everyone from our employees to our kids to random strangers (not […]
So I know that it is Friday night and a lot of people may miss this blog, but I am sitting here while the kids are watching a movie in the living room so I am going to write a little about my day today. I would watch with them, but if you have ever […]
I had 2 primary purposes for coming down to Haiti this time aside from just needing to make our presence felt. First, with the end of school coming, it was very important that I come down and make sure that all of our kids are progressing well, will be able to pass, and do not […]
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 […]
First of all, the kids are doing great. I arrived in Port Au Prince a little before 2 and then got to our house around 4:15 yesterday just in time to eat a little dinner and then pick up the kids to go play at Hope Rising. It was so good to see them and […]
A couple of days ago I booked a flight to head back down to Haiti for a week starting on Monday May 22. It is funny, I will be flying up to JFK and getting to Haiti at 1:50 that afternoon for more than $100 cheaper than I could have gone through Fort Lauderdale and […]
If you live in the Southeastern United States, and specifically South Georgia or North Florida, then you have probably seen a lot about the huge 140,000-acre fire that has been tearing through the area. Conditions are dry and local agencies are on high alert for the possibility of other forest fires in the area. One […]
I know that we have all heard the saying, “If I had known then what I know now” and we have probably used it in one way or another. I heard someone using that scenario the other day on a talk radio show I was listening to while driving to meet someone who was donating […]
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 […]
We had another board meeting yesterday where we focused on getting our new TEAM structure and we are now ready to share with you the descriptions of these teams to know if they are a fit for your skill set. Our goal is that this new TEAM structure will be a huge leap forward for […]
Tuesday morning of this past week I had a meeting with Phil Atter, Bob Kleuppel, and Jim Selzer. Phil, as you probably know, is my Father-in-law and has been very involved with All Things New since the beginning. Bob is a friend of ours that we met through Christ’s Church and he is beginning the […]
