I just wanted to give a quick update before we leave for Haiti on Saturday. First of all, we are so excited to be going back, but we don’t get to stay as long as we would like. We are coming back for One Spark, and if you live in Jacksonville, we need your help […]
What is humility? Why is it important? How do I attain something that seems so difficult? It’s funny that the answer to each of these questions is the same and is found in the person of Jesus Christ. He is humility, it is important because we follow Christ and He tells us it is important, […]
What are some things we tend to rejoice in during a normal week, month, or year? I know the answer to that question varies from person to person and really from week to week. I was thinking about our rejoicing in our recent silent auction. This was our first big fundraiser, and it was incredible. […]
There are so many people to thank for their help in our silent auction this past Saturday evening. As I mentioned in a previous blog, Jess and I did not do a lot leading up to the event. In fact, we were actually in Haiti until about 2 weeks before the auction took place so […]
We have our first big fundraiser this coming Saturday for All Things New, and it is going to be awesome! If you haven’t heard about it, it is this Saturday (March 1) at 5:00 pm and will take place at Jacksonville Country Day School. We have some incredible food and a lot of great auction […]
Hey guys, this blog post is for only one reason…To show you the new videos added to the website! The first video is our official All Things New video. It is exactly what we were hoping for and was done by Visual Power Cinema (John and Angel) at no cost to All Things New. Please check […]
I wanted to put up another quick post of some things I was thinking about today. I realized, since coming back to the states, how convenient certain things are that will be a little difficult to not have right at our fingertips. I thought I would put a few here in the blog, and if […]
Jess and I arrived back in Jacksonville this past Tuesday, and it has been both really good and really difficult at the same time. When we arrived home, we saw a “For Sale” sign in our yard, and it was surreal to think that we are trying to sell our house. But then we took […]
I have experienced something the past few weeks that I have just been able to put my finger on. I have probably experienced it before, but living here for the past month I think it has become very evident to me. I have become so aware of intense physical needs among people that live around […]
Don’t go to Haiti unless you want to change the way you think about everything in your life. Nobody told me that last year, and I’m glad they didn’t. I just got back several weeks ago from my second trip to Haiti and it finds a way into every area of your life. Through my […]
Hopefully each of you guys read this post that Jess made last week about some things that she has seen here that we never thought we would see. If you have not, you should click the link and read it, it is very interesting, funny, and sad at the same time. Anyway, with that said, […]
First of all, this Jessica, not Matt. I am 31 years old and in the process of moving to Haiti to run an orphanage. Over the last two years we have been to Haiti about 13 times. Most of these trips have been for a week or 2 at a time and right now we […]
