I was thinking the other day about how blessed we are with our family. When you start something like All Things New, it is extremely important to have a support system behind you and that support system should start with your family. We have been blessed to have some wonderful churches support us, incredible sponsors […]
I am writing this as I sit in my living room in Haiti watching 12 kids (our older kids, ages 12-17) watch a movie on our new 22 inch television. There are 2 children sitting together in a small loveseat, 6 kids crowded onto a sofa, 3 kids sitting on the tile floor, and 1 […]
Since January of this past year, Matt and I have been taking Creole lessons with Mackenson. This is not the Mackenson at the orphanage. It is a very common name here. This is the son of Julihomme who works for Christianville. Mackenson just finished up his last year of High School at the age of […]
I need to apologize for not posting for a while. Jess and I just recently returned from Haiti and decided to take a few days for ourselves when we first got here. We realized that for the past month in Haiti, we did not take a day off of work, and we needed a little […]
Over the past year during our time in Haiti, we have identified several needs for the orphanage and are now trying to meet them. One of the biggest has been a person to help with the laundry. In case you are not aware, laundry is done by hand in Haiti, hung to dry, then ironed […]
I have been reading through the Gospels for a little over a year now and writing down all of my thoughts and what I learn as I read them. Last night, I came to John 13 where Jesus is washing the Disciples’ feet. I, like many of you, have read or heard about this particular […]
I wanted to write a post about worshipping in a different language and a different culture, and what I am going to say about it is probably a little different than what you would expect. If you are a member of a church that sends people out on short-term mission trips, then you have been […]
I have learned something about visitors in Haiti. This is a generality and not a rule, but it seems to hold up most of the time. Here is the principle…The younger you are and the less time you have spent in Haiti, the more you know about what will fix the country. The older you are […]
As most of you know, we got back to Haiti this past Monday, and it truly feels like we have been here for at least a month. It has been very hectic trying to adjust back to life here and get things accomplished at the same time. Some of the things we have been dealing […]
We are heading back to Haiti this coming Monday, and we are very excited. The a/c has been wonderful, the food even better, and getting to see friends and family has been awesome, but we are really ready to be back. We cannot wait to see our kids and begin the process of enrolling them […]
I wanted to spend some time talking about sacrifice in our blog today. We are about to head back to Haiti on Monday, and I keep coming back to this idea of sacrifice. I feel like it is one of those words that has so many meanings that it has lost its actual meaning. The […]
Have you ever noticed what a difference perspective makes in how we view things? I think about this sometimes as I am driving down the road (please don’t think this is too strange, it is just how my mind works) in the rain. If I were to stare at just one drop of water on […]
