K-Love Fan Awards... ON THE BIG SCREEN!

Ever since its first year, I have wanted to go to the K-Love Fan Awards. I will go one day. But for now, all those of us who don't attend get are snippets on the radio and the list of winners on K-Love's website. 

No more!

For the first time, the opening night of the Fan Awards was shown in theaters across America and it was AWESOME!!! I am so thankful for technology that makes things like this possible. I got to experience a little bit of the Fan Awards. That was not possible for the last four years. 

There were artist performances, short talks from pastors, hilarity (they gave Matthew West a microphone, what do you expect?), and, of course, service. 

Part of the Fan Awards this year was them partnering with the Military Warriors Support Foundation to help provide wounded military personnel with a home. They brought on stage two servicemen and their wives who were helped through the Fan Awards' coordination with the MWSF. 

Another really touching part was Brooke. Brooke is a little girl fighting cancer. Last year, Matthew and Elizabeth Hasselbeck brought her up on stage during the Fan Awards. This year, she's in the hospital, so Matthew and Elizabeth went to visit her and they filmed it to show at the Awards. It was so sweet. Last year, she asked Matthew why he had never written her a song (he writes songs from stories people send him). So he said he would. When they went to see her, he sang her the song he wrote just about her. It's such a great song. I'm hoping he releases it someday so it can encourage and lift up other people as well.

I hope K-Love keeps doing this so that all the fans who can't make the Awards can still experience it in part. I loved it and would totally do it again next year.