Everchanging Seasons: PART 2

God took one man's rejection and turned it into another man's desire. I am so thankful for the man who I call "daddy." On March 31, 2000 my daddy, Lyle, adopted me and I got to share his last name. I am so thankful for this man and the love and patience he has shown me. I do not know what I would do with out him.
Let me back up and say that I accepted Christ into my heart when I was nine. However, my spiritual growth did not REALLY begin until I thought my daddy, Lyle, was going to be taken from me. In December of 2002 Lyle was diagnosed with stage 4 malignant melanomia. To make a long story short, we did not know whether or not the cancer had spread to his lymph nodes until he came out of surgery. By the grace of God they were able to remove all the cancerous cells and daddy is cancer free and out of remission. In those months I learned to truly depend upon the Lord and I started a growing relationship with the Lord.
After I started growing in Christ my love for music became a love for worship.I have sang at church for as long as I can remember, but when I was in 7th grade I started helping lead worship and singing the back ground vocals for our youth group. When I was 13 I flew out to L.A. to tour with the Young Continentals for six weeks. That tour helped to show me who I AM as a vocalist and encouraged me to step out and LEAD (instead of hiding behind a microphone). When I came home I felt like a different person and I realize now it was God molding me into a worship leader.