The tour kicked off with a drive from Eau Claire, WI to Prairie Du Chein Correctional in WI. The prison is actually a old Catholic school so the chapel (where the concert was located) had marble and other cool accents inside it. Forty men came for the concert and we started the show. We would follow basically the same schedule for every show to keep consistency. While we were still setting up for the show I met another speaker Matt Kendziera who is the Pastor of B-Side Community Church in Eau Claire, WI. Funny story along with him is that my wife's aunt and uncle are good friends with Matt and Suzie his wife for many years! Small world huh? A man named Brian Cole was also along for the tour. This man has a amazing testimony of how God saved him from a life behind bars. He spent decades in prison and gave his life to the Lord in 2008 and has been faithfully serving Him since. What a blessing to meet him!
Anyway the show would follow roughly the same pattern each time with 513FREE and TRU-SERVA starting out which would lead to TRU-SERVA's set, next the first speaker would share, then 513FREE would do their full set, then it was the last speakers opportunity to share with 513FREE doing some worship at the end. I was chosen to be the main presenter for the weekend so I was always the last speaker and I would give my testimony and present the Gospel and then ask if any wanted to accept the Lord for either the first time or to rededicate their lives to Him.
On the first night 1 guy got up to receive Jesus for the first time and the rest (all 39 of the men) rededicated! What a glorious God we serve! The next day we set up at Jackson County Correctional for 2 services which around 180-200 men total came to and then we went to Black River Correctional which had around 40-50 men come out to. Easter Sunday began at with me giving my testimony and sharing the Gospel at B-Side Community Church in Eau Claire and then on to Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center and around 80 came to that show as well. All in all a very busy weekend! It is not about numbers, but check out what God did, 21 people received the Lord for the very first time and 113 people rededicated their lives! It was a fantastic time of serving the Lord!!