Dennis Agajanian is an award-winning country musician who has traveled the world with Franklin Graham performing at evangelistic crusades and working closely with Samaritan’s Purse. Izabella McMillan grew up in communist Romania and at age 13 received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox from Samaritan’s Purse, changing her life forever. She later emigrated to the USA and now serves as a spokesperson for Operation Christmas Child. In this conversation with John Coulombe and Wayne Rice, Dennis and Izabella describe how Samaritan’s Purse shares the gospel around the world one shoebox at a time. If you have been looking for a way to get your grandchildren involved in a service project during the upcoming holiday season, give this podcast a listen.

Website mentioned during this podcast:

SamaritansPurse.org/OCC

Bill Butterworth is a well-known and well-traveled speaker and writer who is the author of Postcards from Pop Pop: Life Lessons from the Road, a collection of short stories addressed to his grandchildren about his travels to all fifty U.S. states plus the District of Columbia. In this light-hearted conversation with Wayne Rice and John Coulombe, Bill shares some of his favorite stories and offers advice to grandparents who want to tell stories to their grandchildren as well. A prolific ghost-writer, Bill also talks candidly about his experience writing a soon-to-be-published memoir by pastor Chuck Swindoll.

Books mentioned in this podcast:

Growing Up by Russell Baker

Postcards from PopPop: Life Lessons from the Road by Bill Butterworth

In a Legacy Grandparenting first, Wayne Rice and John Coulombe turn over the microphone to guest co-host Janet Hellige who interviews author and speaker Rhonda Stoppe on the general topic of grandmothering. Rhonda and Janet discuss the unique role that grandmothers play in the lives of grandchildren, how to share the gospel with grandchildren, how to live with “no regrets” as a grandmother and much more. Rhonda also offers a few words of advice for grandfathers!

Resources mentioned on this podcast:

Moms of the Bible by Rhonda Stoppe: https://a.co/d/0lGu31V

Great Wolf Lodge https://www.greatwolf.com/