Today is all about my homeboy Drug Free Mike.

One of my best friends for a long, long time.

He turned 24 today so I was excited to spend the day with him and some close homies of ours just kicking back and celebrating.

Mike is undoubtedly the most solid Christian friend I have, but we have been great friends since before we really knew the Lord, which speaks awesome testimony to the transforming power of the Holy Spirit and the fruits of a changed, repentant life.

Mike is a person who if you look back on half a decade ago, and compare to the Mike we know and love today, you would see a black and white difference since the time of his salvation.

He always says I played a huge part in bringing him to the Lord (by staying on his ass for weeks about coming along to a fellowship group and giving it a chance until he was eventually bullied into making a commitment haha) , but I believe that God has chosen Mike to play such a huge part in my life and the lives of my close friends by being a living example of what true Christianity should look like and I thank the Lord for his huge heart and friendship towards me.

You may have heard myself or other dudes in my band say that Mike is like the 5th member of Saving Grace… this is 100% true.

He has shared more with us than anybody else I can think of, done more for us, seen more with us and just helped us out by touring with us for the past half decade being an amazing road dogg.

Mike is also more passionate about Jesus, hardcore and unity than most others that I know so if you ever get to meet him and make friends with him, you will have a friend for life.

Today we spent the morning sharing a breakfast at our favourite cafe in the city before coming back to my place where Helen prepared an awesome array of snacks for the boys while we watched the Lakers play Oklahoma (amazing game by the way… Lakers came out on top in the last 5 seconds 95 to 94).

Hells also made mike a killer Basketball cake.

Now we just be chilling and possibly napping for a couple of hours before heading out to the PBC to watch Battle of the Bands.

Awesome day, awesome friendship… here’s to another year shared with an amazing dude!

I love you bro.