Billy Gaines – Dove award winning artist, songwriter, singer & Rachel’s dad!
"Born Rachel Elizabeth Gaines, she was one of the most celebrated arrivals of our family’s whole generation! She was such a beautiful baby that she became the talk of the maternity ward! But that beauty was only a shadow of things to come because the beauty that would manifest in her young heart would be so apparent it was palpable! It was as if she knew and feared God when she arrived! I sensed in her a deep conviction and connection with God that was far beyond her years, but from a father’s standpoint, she was my baby girl. I remember her mother and I doing a concert and altar call, Rachel came up and gave her heart to Jesus. There was more to come though, because the first time I heard her sit at a piano and play a classical piece by ear, I was astonished and though few may know this Rachel is still an amazing composer! When she walked across the stage at Western Kentucky University to receive her degree with honors, I was truly proud of the tenacity she had put into her schooling. When she fell in love with her husband Brian, what a delight it was to give her away to such a great man of God! And in the same way, Paul said Timothy had the same faith that was in his mother and grandmother, her offspring Olivia and Briley are now manifesting the same faith! Rachel is that good ground upon which the word of God has fallen, taken root, and is yielding a hundredfold!"
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"Born Rachel Elizabeth Gaines, she was one of the most celebrated arrivals of our family’s whole generation! She was such a beautiful baby that she became the talk of the maternity ward! But that beauty was only a shadow of things to come because the beauty that would manifest in her young heart would be so apparent it was palpable! It was as if she knew and feared God when she arrived! I sensed in her a deep conviction and connection with God that was far beyond her years, but from a father’s standpoint, she was my baby girl. I remember her mother and I doing a concert and altar call, Rachel came up and gave her heart to Jesus. There was more to come though, because the first time I heard her sit at a piano and play a classical piece by ear, I was astonished and though few may know this Rachel is still an amazing composer! When she walked across the stage at Western Kentucky University to receive her degree with honors, I was truly proud of the tenacity she had put into her schooling. When she fell in love with her husband Brian, what a delight it was to give her away to such a great man of God! And in the same way, Paul said Timothy had the same faith that was in his mother and grandmother, her offspring Olivia and Briley are now manifesting the same faith! Rachel is that good ground upon which the word of God has fallen, taken root, and is yielding a hundredfold!"
https://rachelhockett.com/testimonials/billy-gaines-dove-award-winning-artist-songwriter-singer-and-rachels-dad/
