I
would like to thank everyone for all of the support, prayers
and sincere encouragement you have all been giving me over
the past several months as I have been realizing a life
long dream. When I started this adventure in January, I
would have never believed that I would realize so many of
the dreams I have held in my heart. Since I was a young
girl, as young as 9 or 10, I have asked God constantly to
help me find a way to fully express my talents as a singer.
I never expected for Him to wait as long as He did to give
me the opportunities to do so, but realize now I could have
never written the music that I did for this project any
earlier in life. He knew I needed the life experiences to
succeed at this and the patience that makes one humble when
they finally are given what they have been asking for throughout
a lifetime.
Many of you don't know that your prayers actually saved
my life on my very first return trip home. As I was leaving
Nashville that morning, I checked the weather forecast and
found that I could possibly be facing some very severe weather
issues on my way home. I thought and prayed about it, and
almost didn't call Gale that morning before I left for home
to have the congregation keep me in their prayers. I specifically
told him I knew I would be facing very severe weather issues
and I needed to be held up in prayer. That evening, after
being re-routed twice from I-70 because of tornado damage,
I was caught in the full brunt of a tornado in Pettis County,
MO. Nearly every vehicle in front of me had it's windows
blown out on the south side and several people were injured,
some I believe fatally after hearing the news reports, when
semi-trailers were folded over on top of cars filled with
passengers. I can only believe it was because of the intervention
of all of my church families' prayers that I had guardian
angels surrounding my truck. My most heartfelt thanks don't
seem to be enough, but they are all I have to offer.
There have been many times when it seemed too tough to finish
this project, and daily more challenges seem to arise. I
know that there are still many of you who are holding me
up in prayer and I thank you and also everyone else who
has gone out of their way to send a card or tell me how
excited they are for me. I could have chosen any type of
music to record on this CD, but because of God's great gift,
this will be a Gospel/Bluegrass project in honor of God
and my dear mother who taught me to love Jesus as a child.
