My Summer Continental Adventure

27 Aug 2010 1 Comment

by dcfloria7 in Uncategorized

Synopsis of Young Cons Tour 2010

Dear Friends and Family,

First of all, my friends and family rock! Every single person that supported me  has a special place in my heart because you believed in me enough to help make a big dream of mine possible. At the beginning of my trip I was trying to raise $2,500. I raised $1,008 MORE than I needed and was able to help some other girls on my tour who weren’t able to raise their full support. My network of friends never ceases to amaze me in this area!

This summer was one of the best I’ve ever had. The people I’ve met, I’ll never forget. The friends and memories I’ve made will stay with me forever, and the things I’ve done and seen have grown me in ways that have challenged me to stand up daily for the Lord and the truth of His Words. Being faced with spiritual battles daily and having to fight with the enemy face-to-face made me so glad that I had a strong Biblical foundation. I have to thank my parents for always pushing me to read, study, and discover things about the Bible that most people never fully understand. This summer was not just a ministry opportunity for me, but a time of spiritual growth and a new way to flex my spiritual muscles.

I want to thank you all sooooooo much for your prayers and constant support. One night, at rehearsal camp, we were doing a dress rehearsal. It was two days before we were supposed to hit the road, so we were all pretty excited. During the second song, I dislocated my left shoulder doing a break-dance move called the coffee grinder. I was taken to the ER and after 6 X-rays, it was determined that I pulled a ligament in my shoulder. It was really tough for me at first to accept my injury because it put me at a disadvantage, or so I thought. Because I had a wear a sling for several weeks, conversation wasn’t hard to start with my host families. They would always ask me, “What did you do to your arm?” When I replied with the truth and then went on to talk about my determination to not let it get me down, but to use it as a testimony of God’s awesome power in my life, people just gaped at me. They didn’t understand the perseverance that I had deep inside of me as a result of my dedication to God’s work. I believe that I was a living testimony to many people in that way.

Mine was sadly the first of 9 hospital visits during our trip. Each and every one of us were targeted daily by the enemy and many times ended up hurt or sick because of it. I truly believe that the countless prayers and constant support from each other, our families, and our directors was what kept us on the road. During our second-to-last week, I became very sick along with the majority of the tour. We were all throwing up quite a bit on the bus. And let me just tell you, if you’ve never thrown up on a moving bus before, you’ve never really been sick.  This plus a few other things that were out of my personal control, landed me another visit to the hospital. I walked out with a strained back and a bottle of anti-nausea pills. One of the other girls I traveled with had her appendix removed while on tour, but was able to re-join us for our last concert! Even though many of us were discouraged by all the physical ailments, we still put on a full show each night with a smile on our faces!

If any of you were wondering, we covered a total of 12 states in 4 weeks including, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Good ole’ Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada! It was a long trip, but I honestly enjoyed every minute of it, and never really got tired of being on the bus, even on our 10 hour days!

There are so many more things I could say and so many more people I could thank, but I will end by saying thanks to My Mom and Dad for being part of this ministry for so many years and raising me to believe in the power of ministry though music. I love this ministry with all my heart and I hope to be a part of it for many years in the future.

Love and Thanks,

Demi Floria

PS.

I have never been in a group before where all the kids that are there, really wanted to be there, and really do their best. When teenagers put their minds to something, the results are amazing.

Seeing other kids my age work together to serve and please God was so encouraging. I loved every minuet that I spent with these kids and miss them more with every minuet that we are apart.
This summer, I really learned the importance of having good, strong, Christian friends around me and supporting me. The friends I made this summer will always be there for me, and I know this because of the deep relationships we cultivated even in a short amount of time together. These are people who have seen me at my best, and praised me for it, and they have seen me at my worst and loved me through it. These people held a trashbag for me while I was throwing up. They helped me pop my shoulder back into socket after i dislocated it, they held me and let me cry when i was hurting emotionally and i did the same for them. If you don’t have someone like that, then you are missing out. To quote Newsong, “We all need shelter and trees, friends in our lives who get down on their knees. And lift us up before the King of Kings.” We really do need sheltering trees. Friends like that are hard to find, but when you find them, never let them go.

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