Following Nate’s performance, Brad (The Vinyard Pastor) took over and did a wonderful job of making the connection to the fundraising purpose of the event.  Included was an excellent testimonial from Lou Greig with the support of Julie Rogers (the first two on the scene of John’s accident). No matter how many times we’ve heard the story, Lou was still able to bring tears to many eyes in the audience. The performance was wrapped up with a quick video of John from his hospital bed saying “Thank you!”.  No matter how many times we’ve seen John in his bed, it still brought tears to many of our eyes (again).

Things wrapped up with coffee and dessert, which most people stuck around for. Steph and I wanted to rush to the hospital afterwards and tell John all about it, but realized visiting hours were long over and security would likely not allow us in. So we rushed there first thing in the morning. John was delighted to hear all about it and the excitement in our voices.