As some of you know, my birthday was Monday, July 8th! As this marks my 25th year of living, it also marks almost 11 months. Eleven months in the United States. Eleven months of triumphs, challenges, and everything in between. Eleven months of learning obedience and patience.
I recently moved back to Wichita, Kansas on April 1. This season has been needed and good! Transition has been far more difficult than I expected, but June reminded me over and over again of a promise God placed on my life when I was in Panamá (December 2017).
On a beach in Las Lajas, I was called back to the music industry. The Lord placed it in my heart to love musicians specifically. To reach out to them and allow them to feel heard, understood, and cared for. I had an epiphany- Musicians are the only people in the world that can instantly change the mood and atmosphere of an entire room, a gift that God purposefully gave them. Could you imagine this weighty responsibility being backed by a deep identity of “loved” and a fire of the Holy Spirit?! It would change the ENTIRE world.
I have realized that music is not just my life long dream career, it is a ministry. A dream knit inside of my DNA because God knew it would bring Kingdom.
After that moment in Las Lajas, I accidentally began writing the rest of an album that I had laid to rest when I went on mission. From there, the rest is history.
Right now, I have written the entire album, and half has already been recorded and ready for mixing. The album is a timeline of my journey, of how God took a woman like me and taught me how to dream. It talks about peace actually being found in Christ alone.
I believe this album is an open door, one that will allow me to meet musicians and bring a light into dark areas of the U.S. and all around the world. I believe it is an opportunity to teach others about how to live in community that is safe and vulnerable. This is my next. This is my life long ministry.
I believe the best is yet to come, but I must start somewhere. This is my very first album, which means this is literally the beginning of my ministry, the bare bones of it, the rest of my life.
Currently I am raising $8000. $5000-$6000 is needed to pay of the album, and the rest toward marketing and the band’s needs. I am doing a Kickstarter campaign, which is a fundraiser that is all or nothing. I must raise $8000 or I get nothing at all.
If you would like to donate, here is the link. My stage name is “Izzy Byers” so that is me, I promise!
Thanks for all your support thus far! I am ready to run, ready to travel again and move forward. I know my next ministry is going to take me farther and deeper than the World Race, and I know there is a special task within my life! Love you all!
Mary Beth Byers
