Canada Tour

On Friday April the 25th, Starfield, the Shanes, Bethany Dillion, and I were leading 1,300 worshippers in a church sanctuary, when a serious incident took place. During the Starfield set, the floor in the front of the stage collapsed, causing an opening that was over 25 feet wide. The crashed in floor caused the lighting truss, speaker stack, and lifts to fall down over the audience and into the hole. Many people fell in as the ground under them buckled.

As you can imagine, the next few minutes were filled with shock, fear, and panic. The intense moments were also filled with fervent prayer and heroic action. Many rushed to the basement to drag people out of the rubble, while hundreds huddled in prayer in the church parking lot.

By the end of the night, 35 people were hurt and 25 had been rushed to the hospital. Most of the injured suffered cuts, bruises, broken limbs, and other non-life threatening injuries. Three patients however had to be admitted overnight. Here is the current update on the three so that we can all pray for them by name.

Debbie—Debbie has suffered severe spinal damage. At this moment she is paralyzed, but we are petitioning our Great Physician for a miracle.
Adam—Adam's hand has been crushed in over a hundred places. My personal prayer is that on the one-year anniversary of this event, Adam can use that very hand to write about the grace of God through trials.
Sidney—Sidney has been back and forth to the hospital due to a severe concussion. We are praying that Jesus the Prince of Peace will calm her mind. That by his wounds, healing would come.

Obviously our tour family of 24 (from artists, to crew) will never be the same. God has used this incident in our lives to revive our passion for Him. Rather than derailing the tour, the Lord has fueled us with a greater sense of urgency and focus. Pray for us. We need you... two shows had to be postponed, but even as I write this blog, we are on our way to Edmonton to lead His people in celebration. We have so much to bless Him for. His grace and provision has never been clearer to us, and we can't wait to tell of His goodness tonight.

If you noticed, I am referring to all that happened as an incident and not accident. This was no surprise to our God. God was on the throne, sovereign over every second of all that happened and for that, we are thankful. We trust His Word that uses all things for the good of his purpose. He and only He, is our firm foundation.

Sola deo gloria,

D