Flood Recovery for the Hays and Wahlers Families
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Hello, folks.
If you've seen me on tour in the last several years, chances are you've spotted Brandon Hays either playing drums in the band or tour managing. And if you've seen my Resurrection Letters tour or Keith and Kristyn Getty in the last several years, you've seen Peter Wahlers playing bass. On Palm Sunday, Nashville was hit with a catastrophic flood that killed four and displaced hundreds of families. Two of those families were Brandon's and Peter's. The Hays home is likely a total loss, and the first floor of the Wahlers home was ruined. The flood took both families' vehicles. We thank God that everyone made it out safely, but they're all facing a tough recovery--at the end of an already tough year (COVID was especially bad for touring musicians, for obvious reasons).
[This is Brandon's front yard.]
One painful irony of this happening on Palm Sunday is that we're all gearing up to come together for the first time in a year to play the Easter Monday Resurrection Letters show at the Ryman next week. As you can imagine, this is adding a mountain of stress to an already stressful week for them as they're preparing.
We're grieving for our friends as they work to rebuild, and would be ever so grateful for your help raising some money to ease some of the pressure. All funds received will be split between the two families, with 70% going to the Hays family and 30% going to the Wahlers (both families have authorized me to withdraw the funds on their behalf and deliver the money to them outside of GoFundMe). Thank you all SO much for any help you can offer, no matter how small. It will mean the world to them (and me).
Gratefully,
Andrew Peterson
Cane Ridge, TN
[This is Peter's backyard.]
If you've seen me on tour in the last several years, chances are you've spotted Brandon Hays either playing drums in the band or tour managing. And if you've seen my Resurrection Letters tour or Keith and Kristyn Getty in the last several years, you've seen Peter Wahlers playing bass. On Palm Sunday, Nashville was hit with a catastrophic flood that killed four and displaced hundreds of families. Two of those families were Brandon's and Peter's. The Hays home is likely a total loss, and the first floor of the Wahlers home was ruined. The flood took both families' vehicles. We thank God that everyone made it out safely, but they're all facing a tough recovery--at the end of an already tough year (COVID was especially bad for touring musicians, for obvious reasons).
[This is Brandon's front yard.]
One painful irony of this happening on Palm Sunday is that we're all gearing up to come together for the first time in a year to play the Easter Monday Resurrection Letters show at the Ryman next week. As you can imagine, this is adding a mountain of stress to an already stressful week for them as they're preparing.
We're grieving for our friends as they work to rebuild, and would be ever so grateful for your help raising some money to ease some of the pressure. All funds received will be split between the two families, with 70% going to the Hays family and 30% going to the Wahlers (both families have authorized me to withdraw the funds on their behalf and deliver the money to them outside of GoFundMe). Thank you all SO much for any help you can offer, no matter how small. It will mean the world to them (and me).
Gratefully,
Andrew Peterson
Cane Ridge, TN
[This is Peter's backyard.]Organizer
Christie Bragg
Organizer
Nashville, TN
