cousin post

these next two posts are by my two cousins.

caleb
if we are in bed and you are with josh you eill never fall asleep in hours its either josh throwing stuffed animals at izzy or me but thn i convince him to listen to me but it is still cool to hav a twin brother, josh.
maggie
i like to play with my big cousins. and i like to play with brothers. i like to play doggies with my younger cousins.

gain

on Monday the CDS went to GAIN, which some of you may know as Carelift. It was really amazing seeing how just by sending a teddy bear or some boring school supplies can change a child's life. that's not even the half of it, GAIN is a christian organization so whenever they meet someone they take every chance they get to share the gospel with them. its a real eyeopener when you see children in foreign countries dying and suffering.
when we got there all we saw was a huge warehouse with what seemed like the word GAIN taped to the front of it, but when we got inside our perspective on the place was completely changed. there were so many people willing to help from making gospel bracelets to folding and packaging clothes there was not one frown in the place. but what really moved me was the slide show they showed us. on the first slide there was a group of little girls all hugging their teddy bears tightly and that was when i realized that they weren't any different, until they spoke a different language, they were all just like i was as a child. and as i saw those same girls in tears as they held their gospel bracelets i cried.
how wonderful god is that even in our most terrible times he loves us.