--many musical opportunities you can so you can grow, and also make sure this is truly what you love and want to do! Every singer you look up to had to start somewhere. A lot of days we still feel like those girls with big dreams looking up to our Father with trust and patience, that He alone knows why He put those dreams in our hearts and how He is going to make them come to fruition.
What was your dream as a little girl and what is your dream now?
We both had a lot of dreams as we were growing up. Obviously we were both passionate about music, singing and performing, but also loved a variety of other things. Natalie loved dancing, musical theater, and leading worship at her church. Cammie was also a dancer, she was the class president, and in show choir. Both of our parents supported our passions and cheered us on with whatever our dreams were! We absolutely could have ended up as journalists, teachers, or any other job outside of the music industry, but the Lord definitely directed us on the path we are on now as musicians. As we grew older, our dreams transformed more and more into dreams that were Kingdom-minded and Christ-centered. Our dream is not our own, but one we share with God. We believe He has called us to better His Kingdom and transform lives through His love. Our dream is to impact as many people as we can—sharing Christ’s love with them and reminding them of who they were created to be. We feel honored and privileged to get the opportunity to do this through our music, and cannot wait to see what the Lord does through us over the years!
What would be your advice to a young girl who is entering her teen years?
Stay true to who you are. Those words might feel simple or cliché, but we both know that our teen years are filled with a lot of peer pressure and desire to be someone or something we aren’t. It is extremely hard to be the one person standing up for what you believe in. It is SO much easier to go along with the crowd, but God asks us to be in the world but NOT of it! You might not get to see it in your teen years, but trust us, the decisions you make at a young age can have a huge impact on others! People will notice when you choose to follow your beliefs and moral convictions over the ways of this world. Every action and every word has the power to bring life or death—choose life and plant seeds of God’s perfect love in everyone you encounter!
What is one thing that you want your fans to take away from your music?
We want our fans to walk away with a confidence in knowing who they are in Christ. Part of our story is that we both come from fairly “average” backgrounds. Our testimony is powerful, simply because we were once dead and now are alive in Christ! With that, we want to live out the idea that even though we may be “average” girls, we don’t want to live average lives! We want to encourage our fans to live crazy, radical lives for Christ! And we can live out those lives when we know who and whose we are—a daughter or son of the one true King! We each have a unique and beautiful story, embrace that and live it out!
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