Meet Patti

Patti is the founder of Firefly Outreach, a keynote speaker who speaks in schools throughout the U.S., sharing her story of The Empty Chair as well as bringing awareness to bullying. She tells her devastating story of the loss of her son Conner to suicide and that all she’s left with is an empty chair for the rest of her life because of one choice her son made. Sharing her message of how suicide has affected her life and helping young people realizes that suicide is a permanent answer to a temporary problem.

Patti's passion was birthed after her travels speaking to thousands of youths and having a clear understanding of where we are with our youth, One day as Patti came home from speaking in schools that day, sitting on her sofa and talking with the Lord. She felt so overwhelmed by all of the heartbreaking and tragic stories she had encounter that day. As she was talking with the Lord she said, Lord am I really making a difference. The Lord spoke to her heart and said, yes you are making a difference and lives are being changed through the empty chair message. Then the Lord said something that changed Patti’s life forever. He said, the only true way your going to make a difference in the younger generation is through prayer. That was it! Patti had always had a heart for God and would call herself a prayer warrior. But this day, shifted everything for her as she felt an awakening in her heart to pray and intercede for the younger generation. Through the years, Patti has plowed the ground in prayer for our youth and the Lord opened the door for her to establish a TV program, called Pray With Patti. Her mission now is to reach the multitudes through media with prayer and the empty chair being her primary focus. God is doing a great work in Patti and her heart is to finish strong and when she takes her last breath and stands before God, she will hear, well done thy good and faithful servant.