In this industry, you have friends and fans who love and support you enough to listen to your music and come to shows. You have friends and fans who love and support you enough to join your street team and buy your merchandise. And then you have friends and fans who love and support you enough that they are willing fight alongside of you and truly pray for the hearts and lives of you and your band. We have only been members of the RYFO network for a short period of time, and in that little time God has already shown up in big ways. We've not yet booked any shows with RYFO bands or venues. We've not yet taken advantage of any of the services offered. We've not yet slept in a host home. But we HAVE done, is experience and feel the love, grace and mercy of God, shown through the people who have stepped up and prayed for us. God has revealed much to us in the last couple weeks, the biggest of which is that He really is good. That his blessings don't always manifest as "stuff". That sometimes your greatest blessing in life is just to have someone willing to pray for you. To honestly and truly pray for you. Many times on the road, we hear "Oh, we'll pray for you... it's the least we can do!" We, as people, tend to underestimate the power of prayer... in every case, prayer is the GREATEST most POWERFUL thing you could do for someone... and the fact that you willing choose to do it for us is beyond humbling. If all we ever gain from being members of the RYFO network is a "support group" of people willing to fight for our hearts and lives, then we've gained the world. Thank you to all of the RYFO team, the 15:30s, the partners and services, the host families, and our fellow bands.
Much love and respect,
SLIM
