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.
The obstacles that lie behind, point to the victories that lay ahead. - Rosal de la Frontera, Spain!
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.
At the last moment we were notified of a confirmed show in a city called Armeteros. 45 minutes later we were in the vans and following the GPS toward what would turn out to be a Catholic boarding school...
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.
The morning of the 13th of May, I woke startled in Tübingen (Germany) with a dream still ringing in my head. In the dream our team was standing by the tour vans after a concert when someone yelled “there are lions coming!” I looked across the street and saw three lions prowling along the sidewalk. “Get in the vans!” I shouted. As we piled in the vans the lions dashed at us and I woke up. While on tour, we have been studying 1 Peter, so immediately the passage in 1 Peter 5:9 came to mind: “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
Setting up in Tübingen, West Germany, was wet and muddy. We had been praying the past few days as the forecast said rain all day and all night. This show was organized by a group of Christians from different churches who have a heart to reach their town. They got permission for a great location for the stage, beside what would usually be a busy park. They kept brave faces as they watched the rain fall on an empty park.
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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.
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