“Good evening, I wanted to send you all a quick note and let you know what an incredible experience I had at The Empty Cross a week or so ago. My students and I traveled to Kerrville for our schools state One Act Play Competition, planning to spend all of our time preparing and competing. Friday morning before our rehearsal, we sat in the lobby of our hotel and read through “Jesus Calling” as a cast (as we often do) and prayed for our day. One of the hosts at the front desk overheard us and mentioned your Prayer Garden as somewhere we might be interested in. We had a busy rest of our day, but I planned to take my kids there after dinner, for a time of devotion before competition the next day. After dinner, we were exhausted and the kids (and adult chaperones) grumbled a bit about the fact I still wanted to visit the cross. However, as we walked up to the cross, that all changed. I can’t quite explain to you what happened, but as we stepped into view of the cross, and could hear the music playing, their whole demeanor changed. Each one began to break off by themselves, or in small groups, and started their own, self guided, unhindered, time of prayer. Each one (adults included) wept as they prayed. We all gathered together at the end and had a time of devotion together, and then a big group hug! We went to Kerrville for a competition, which did not end the way we would have liked, but each one of us agreed that it was not the reason God had us there. Each of my students, chaperones and myself had a life changing, encouraging, spirit-filled, experience there, and for that, I want to thank you. I consider myself lucky that I get to have those precious moments with my students. I will forever send people straight to that Empty Cross whenever they are in Kerrville.”