Being a father of two little girls, I find myself drawn to the little girls when we visit these children. I see my daughters in them in a very special way. I wonder if they have daddies telling them how pretty and smart they are. I wonder if they know that they matter to anyone. [...]

Day 1: We are crammed into a van here in Panama City, about 15 of us. Our group consists of Operation Christmas Child workers, representatives from KLOVE and Air1 radio, and translators. We have a two-hour drive to get to out first destination, and then we will take a boat the rest of the way. [...]

Well, I’m off this morning to Panama. It will be about an 8 hour journey, flying through Houston. I’ve taken a trip with Operation Christmas Child in the past. Last year, I traveled to Bogota, Colombia, and had an incredible experience delivering shoe boxes filled w/ gifts to children in some of the poorest regions [...]

  Congratulations to my friend, Author and speaker, Lysa Terkeurst, for spending like a million weeks on the NY Times Best Sellers list with her most recent book, Made To Crave.  You need to check out this book, obviously everyone else is doing it! (That sounded like junior high peer pressure.) But seriously, Lisa has [...]

Matthew recently had the opportunity to be a guest on the afternoon news show for KARE NBC Minneapolis/St. Paul. Be sure to check out the interview and Matthew playing “Broken Girl.” http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=917242