Two nights ago we drove 1 hr from our temporary home in Sevilla, into a coastal city called Huelva. Even though the concert was last minute, it really did not seem so - the church was welcoming with great food and housing, and a good location for the show.
The show in Carmona, was actually not in Carmona. We drove to a place outside of Sevilla, which resembled a small, not very Spanish-looking town.
Having played the previous night in Portugal, we left for the two-hour drive to the hometown of our Spanish tour manager Jonathan!
Amazing how much surroundings can change in a couple hours drive. Just a little after 2PM and we were in the city of Faro, in Portugal.
After already having dealt with car troubles, and a few team members feeling very sick, we arrived in another city square, this time near the border of Portugal. The weather was warmer, and the people seemed louder. Definitely not a sleepy little town.
Having been organized two days beforehand, the concert in Béjar was last-minute to the tour. But the concert was surprisingly well advertised given the circumstances, and we saw many posters as we pulled into the city limits.
A couple nights ago we played a "stripped down" version of our show in an ancient church built in 1450AD, in a small village 40 minutes outside of Salamanca, Spain.
On May 21st we arrived in Spanish city called Lugo, and settled into what appeared to be a very affluent church to meet the local pastor and team responsible for organizing the show in a nearby city square. There we were informed by a local missionary that the area very opposed to the church, having been oppressed and wounded by religion through many generations.
Spain is considered by some to be a missionary graveyard, with northern Spain being the most difficult to reach.
Our last show in Italy was really difficult. We seemed to face a lot of spiritual opposition as all our equipment was malfunctioning. The sound board was mixing by its own, the light board froze, Steve’s guitar amp changed settings on it’s own.
Steiger is a worldwide mission organization that is called to reach and disciple the Global Youth Culture for Jesus.
Steiger raises up missionaries and equips the local church to proclaim the message of Jesus in the language of the Global Youth Culture and establishes long-term presence in cities through ongoing outreach, discipleship and local church partnership.
