Breakthrough Tour Testimony

This is rad.
Below is a true story from my first tour. I love moments where I am reminded that I am nothing apart from God. It is only by His grace and love for me, that my life becomes worth something. The more churches I visit and places i sing, I realize we will never know the fruit of our ministry. Even when it seems or worse... FEELS like we made no difference or impact, God is faith to move and speak despite us. DESPITE ME! Even though I might mess things up sometimes... OK, a lot of the time... God can still and CHOOSES to use me. Crazy.

Anywho, read this story :) It is very cool.

"Haley, Kevin & Band: I wanted to write you this email and tell you something that happened after your concert. Our youth just loved you guys and it really meant alot to them, Haley, that you justed messed around with them a bit and had some fun with them afterwards. I know I had fun with you all! I was dancing more than all the kids and told them they needed to learn how to have more fun and dance and learn to enjoy the Lord! There were only a couple kids that came I did not know, but that was what I was hoping for....only lots more of them.

Tuesday morning, the day after your concert here, This a woman called my office while I had someone in my office for a counselling appt. I rarely answer a phone when someone has an appt with me; but for some reason I picked up the phone to answer this time. She was crying and asked me if our church had some kind of youth event or concert last night. She lives somewhere near our church, she said, and thought it was us. At first I thought she was calling to complain that the music was too loud if she lived close by (never loud enough for me ). But then she said, "I just wanted you to know that someone there touched my son last night." Then my fear turned to panic taking what she said the wrong way.

I asked her what she meant and she said, "I have a teenage son who is very angry all the time and resentful. She said she had no control over him and for whatever reason he was yelling at her and took his sleeping bag walking out the door and said he would never be back." He intended to run away from home and when he walked by our church he heard the band and saw all of our youth and came in. He stayed for the concert and then afterwards talked with some of our youth about what he was going through. The few of our youth he was talking to told him he was making a mistake to run away and that he needed to "suck it up" and go home, make it right with his Mom, and give God a chance. And that is what he did. His mother told me her son came home changed and calm and talked it out with her.

She was crying while telling me all this and said, "I just wanted to call and say "thank you" that your church touched my son when he heard the concert and stopped and she was so grateful because she was fearful of what might happen to her son when he ran away."

So even though the turnout was disappointing, just maybe it was all for him. In that case....it was worth it all. But truthfully, it was not all for him for those of us here really loved you and do want to have you back. Anyhow, I wanted to share that with you about the mom who called. "