Almost fifty years ago, I climbed onto the bus of the Hoppers to travel and sing with them for two weeks while Connie recovered from some health issues. I was 17 years old (you do the math), singing with my sister and cousins in a gospel group, and praying everyday that the Lord would open the door for me to sing and travel full-time. This was my dream, and I was wide-eyed with anticipation.

As I get older, what I am learning is that our Father not only monitors us through our growth, gain, loss, joy, sorrow, and hope, but He also reconciles them, as evidenced a few weeks ago.

I received a text from Kim Hopper, asking if I would be willing to travel with them for two weeks while their daughter, Karlye, had plans to be away during that time. I asked for a few days to think about it.

My first thought was that God was closing a circle. God was reminding me that He still remembers, He still turns the hearts of kings, and He continues to answer the prayer that I and others have (for so long) prayed: that He would open the doors He chooses, close the ones He doesn’t, and please keep me from standing at a closed door for so long that I miss a different one He is opening.

All of these decades later, He still monitors our comings and goings. He remembers our hopes, our fears, our strengths, our shortcomings, and He never wastes anything. Not one thing in our lives is unintentional, for His plans are still past finding out.

What a Friend! What a Refuge! What an honor to sing, again, under the banner of some of God’s most faithful servants.

So… We will be in PA, IL, IN, and OH. Here’s a link for additional information: http://thehoppers.com/tour

We love you and I hope to see you. That would be Joy – Unspeakable!

Janet

P.S. We will begin posting my solo concert dates this month. Thanks for asking!