This is an email that I received some weeks ago from a fan at one of my shows. I did get her permission to share it on this great website created by Dave. However, the author asked that I not disclose her name or her college.

Eddie V Garcia
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Eddie,

You may not remember me from your show at xxxxxxxx a few weeks ago. I was the crazy red-head girl who kept coming up to the stage side.

I got your email from the CD booklet and by the way, I love the songs. I was playing your CD the other night in my dorm room and my friends came by to ask who it was. Thanks for signing the CD, by the way.

the reason I am writing you is this; when you played I was listening to you but also talking with my girlfriends who are now my new sorority sisters. Your song, If I Wanted To Forget was awesome! I really dig your voice.

But honestly, it wasn’t until you sang that Christian song by Mac Powell and the singer guy from Casting Crowns, i think it is…
By his wounds, I think. I actually got back to the dorm and found it on iTunes. Great song!

But how you sang it and the vibe I got from you singing it was amazing!

I am sure you know that Isaiah 53:5 covers those verses.
“But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities;
upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His stripes we are healed.”

The other thing I want you to know is that for 2 months I have been struggling with something I did a while back. My ex boyfriend and I broke up some months ago. I thought he loved me or so it seemed. When he broke up with me, I began cutting myself. It was the only way I knew how to bring relief. And then I found out that he was telling his friends at school that we slept together. We never did! I am still a virgin and I am 23.

I have no idea why I am telling you this!!

You seem genuine and when you spoke and said to us all that were there to reach out to Christ for help, for relief, for safety and refuge, it hit me hard!!! It was like you knew about me and were talking to me. I am shaking as I write you right now.

The next morning I went to a counselor at the school for help. She put me in touch with someone to help me with my cutting and the problem with my ex-boyfriend.

I may never see you again, except if you perform again on campus or in Nashville, I and my friends will come to your show. Please don’t mention this to any of my friends if you get to talk to me at a show.

I wanted to let you know that your words, your singing and your confidence in Jesus Christ gave me new inspiration to be a better person and to reunite myself with Jesus who has been in my life since I was ten years old.

Thank you!
Peace and Amen;

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