Life is like this big tapestry and when we're going through life so much of it is we're in the

back of the tapestry and all we see is threads hanging out.

We see a little bit of a rough design,

but it's just, it does look like a whole lot.

But when you turn it over, there's just beautiful picture. And that's when you're kind of saying oh this

makes all makes sense now.

Welcome to the Experience Jesus Calling podcast. Today we speak with Marty Rowe, the lead

singer of Diamond Rio, a Grammy Award winning country music group, and J.T. Olson, the

founder and executive director of Both Hands Foundation, an author of the book about

his life and his ministry entitled The Orphan, The Widow, and Me.

These two longtime friends share the story of how God led them to start a ministry that has bringing help and hope to both orphans and widows.

Hey I'm Marty Rowe and I'm the lead singer of Diamond Rio.

I was born in a church house pretty much.

I mean, I was about a week old first Sunday I ever attended church.

And I grew up in a church of Christ in Southern Cincinnati and like I said growing up on a farm.

Most a lot of farmers my dad was a teacher but we also farm like most teachers. He had more than one job.

There never was a time that God was not the major part of our life growing up.

And I'm J.T. Olson, I'm the executive director of Both Hands Foundation and the author of a new book called The Orphan, The Widow

and Me.

I was raised in a farm in Northeastern Iowa.

And we had, there's five kids in our family and it's really

beautiful. It's a beautiful part of the country and had a great childhood

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