Hey all!
So today's show was in Burlington Ontario (only like 25 minutes away ... got a lovely extra half our of sleep this morning ! haha). When we got there and started setting up, kids were poking their heads in the gym doors trying to watch and they were soooooo captivated by the band! I walked over to a few girls and started chatting with them and asked them their names and what grade they were in . They told me grade 6 and they were soooo disappointed when i told them the presentation was only for grade 7 and 8s! The kids were great though. They loved the show and we got to hangout and chat with them for a while afterwards which was great! I have officially signed my first autograph! Kids were running up to us all with pens and paper and getting everyone's autograph, especially the band!
It was a great second show! Watching the expressions on the kids faces and seeing them get so into our stories is an amazing feeling! Today after the show, their teacher asked the kids if anybody had any comments. This one little boy shot his hand up and said "Most motivational presentations don't really grasp my attention or interest me that much. I usually just tune them out and go on living my life. But you guys are different. I was hanging on every word and rather than just preaching at us telling us how to live our lives, you shared your own personal stories with us about things you've gone through and showed us how you've changed your lives and made a choice to live different. I was very moved by your show" ..... What an amazing kid! Things like that just make my heart melt and make me stop and go "Ok God... I see why you brought me here!" . I'm beginning to realize that no, we aren't going to make an impact on every kids life, but the kids we do reach, will have an impact on the ones we don't reach. And not everyone is going to react to it the same way. It's about starting a movement... Not just telling them how to live their lives, but showing them that they have a choice to live different.
" A changed heart can change the world!" It's our motto :)
how exciting! It's so true that a changed heart can change the world. And even those that don't necisarily have a change of heart that day, the info is still going in their mind and heart and it may just be a seed that will grow later! :)
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