Gandhi's Gun Recovery Fund

Let’s start by saying, we had a blast on our most recent tour, “The Changes We Face.” And, thanks to all who helped make this opportunity possible. While we were out, we were granted several more opportunities which we’ll be sharing shortly. Trust us, these opportunities are VERY cool, and are a true blessing. Now to address the obvious. On our way home from our last show of the tour in Cupertino, California, we collided with another travel trailer on Interstate 10 somewhere in the Phoenix desert. The collision was horrific (see pics). Our drummer, D-Myke, was life-flighted to the ER, and everyone else was banged up terribly. However, here’s the good news. EVERYone is alive and no one is severely injured. It’s truly a miracle. If you don’t believe in God, I wish you could have seen first hand how devasting this collision was, and then have seen all of us walk out of it in one piece. We were told by all of the first responders how lucky we were, and that 9 times out of 10, these types of collisions end fatally. Thank God for His protection.  

 

We’re all working through bruising, scratches, glass cuts, and the inevitable trauma that comes with an incident like this. Here are a few of the details. We were charged $1,300 from a tow truck driver to tow us 5 miles (who wouldn’t take us any further unless we paid him $2400), left stranded in the desert in 115 degree weather for 5 hours, and then stranded at a truck stop. At the truck stop, covered in blood, glass, dirt, oil, and limping, we begged for rides, help, etc, but received none (people thought we were scary, lying, etc). We even had a Lyft driver refuse to help Mik because he thought he was a beggar asking for money. All we needed was a ride, but we looked too scary and were judged on our appearances :/ Our motorhome, Guzz, in pieces and full of our equipment and belongings, was literally dumped in a parking lot behind the truck stop when we refused to pay the tow truck driver $2400 to take us to a nearby city. He also told us that we had to pay him $1300 (after being towed only 5 miles) or he would leave us there and take our motorhome, full of everything we own, to his tow-yard, where we would be charged again daily until we paid another tow service to come get it. In short, it was pay this guy $1300 right then and there and be left stranded at a truck stop, or potentially lose everything. Praying for that dude So there, we sat, for many uncertain hours and in desperate need of help. After hours of calling around with no success in trying to find help, a friend (Chad Belew) from San Antonio saw a Facebook post by our guitar player and sent some of his friends to drive about three hours from where they live in Phoenix to come get us. These two angels showed up to the truck stop with an SUV and a U-Haul trailer. It was beautiful.

 

Once we got situated for the evening in hotel rooms graciously provided to us by our management after being driven to Phoenix by the two angels, the next round of work began to try and figure out how in the world we get everything and everyone back to San Antonio. Fun fact: It is not possible to rent a vehicle with a tow hitch in Phoenix. Thus, we rented a 12-passenger van (which is costing us over $1000), crammed it beyond its capacity, and still had to pay for three flights (getting the most-injured home as quickly as possible and help in Phoenix as quickly as possible). Expenses are piling on, and massively so.  So far, we're $12,000 in the hole with the RV (liability insurance only, not comprehensive), $1100 in the hole with replacement rentals to get home, $1300 for the tow truck driver, and other various expenses not yet totaled including plane tickets, hotels, and medical costs.   

 

Three of the six of us required urgent hospital visits, one life-flight, one had an MRI and catscan, and all of us required some level of medical attention (some still do). Our RV, for which we still have a payment, is destroyed, medical costs are piling up, and we’re in dire need of a new vehicle in which to travel.

 

So many of you have reached out and asked for a way to help for which we are forever grateful. We’ve decided to post this link as a central place from which to receive contributions towards rebuilding and medical costs. If you would like to help, this is where, and this is how. Lastly, as crazy as it sounds, we’re fired up more than ever, more determined than ever, and riding a massive wave of encouragement from the calls, texts, comments, and outpouring of love from all of you. We know God has big plans for this band, bigger than anything we can imagine, and that we were protected so that our work could continue. Speaking transparently, we’re not sure how God’s going to turn this into good, but we do know He will, and that’s all we need to know. #GGFam  PLEASE SHARE!