I taught kindergarten in the public school system in Jacksonville, Florida for 8 years. Although it was a challenging job and I went to bed most nights by 9:00pm, I absolutely loved it. During these 8 years, I took my first trip down to Haiti in which I met the kids. That trip turned into […]
Many of you know that we returned home from Haiti on July 7, and we have been very busy since coming home. I hope you enjoyed the old blog posts we put up (it was fun to read through all that GOD is doing), but now we are going to get back on the ball […]
We just got back to the states a couple of days ago, and there is so much going on. We have a lot of updates and a lot of things to talk about in regards to our recent trip, but I wanted to put up a blog about something that we ran into the last […]
So, right after I wrote the last post about Chikungunya, I (Matt) actually got Chikungunya. It taught me a lesson not to write about something unless I was prepared to go through it. It was actually pretty painful for a couple of days. I couldn’t really walk, my elbows hurt, my knees hurt. When I […]
Sorry it has been so long since we have posted. I (Matt) have been working on a website for Christianville the last week or so and that has taken a lot of time, but we wanted to put up a post so that you could see how different life is here than other places. You […]
I was reminded today what it truly means to make a sacrifice. As we have sold our house, much of our possessions, given up our jobs, and prepared to move to Haiti full time, these things have felt like sacrifices. Many of these things have been hard for me. As Matt and I sat down […]
This past Wednesday night, I had the opportunity to play soccer with a lot of guys from the local community. I want to set the scene for you a little before going forward. I played soccer in high school, but since then, I have probably played a maximum of 5 times in a real game […]
Over the past couple of weeks I have been contemplating the idea of helplessness in many different aspects. There is such a negative connotation behind this word, and with good reason. Since we’ve been in Haiti, here are some ways we have felt helpless: When it rains, it is a big struggle to drive to […]
Since we have been in Haiti it has rained almost every day. They are usually very short, very intense showers that thoroughly soak the ground and make it very difficult for us to get to the orphanage every day. On a side note, it is a good thing that we have a 4 wheel drive […]
As many of you know, we arrived in Haiti last Monday (May 12) after a little over a month in the states. We are staying here until July 7, so this will be our longest stay in Haiti. During our time here, these are the things we hope to accomplish: Find an attorney to help […]
Jess and I recently sold and moved out of our home a few days before this current trip to Haiti. We lived there for almost 9 years and we made some incredible memories in that house. It is hard for me to communicate emotions, but I can very specifically remember a few things that were […]
This is the last blog for the week, and next week we plan on going back to our normal 1-2 per week. Thanks so much for reading and keeping up with our ministry. I cannot say enough how encouraging it is to have you behind us and how much we need and covet your prayers. […]
