A group of drunks on one side of the amphitheater shouted while one big guy held a knife and pointed it at me - but the majority of the audience listened.
I asked those who wanted to know Jesus to stand. Almost everyone stood. I prayed for all those standing and the presence of the Holy Spirit was all around us.
After 2 hours we had all the permissions we needed. This is a huge miracle and NEVER happens in Istanbul. Normally it takes weeks to get all the paper work and we did it in two hours!
There was a group of people from our concert the night before, including Dariah - who had given her life to Jesus. When Misha asked for a translator, Dariah offered to translate and she was able to help lead a group of people to Jesus - just one day after she become a Christian herself!
When Luke was speaking at the end, she was locked in and her eyes teared up. She came to the fire where Veronica hugged and held her. She was shaking when she raised her hand and prayed out loud to receive Jesus.
It was such an amazing difference between the girl before the concert, who was lost without purpose, and aferwards, this girl who was so happy. It was a beautiful story!
After the concert, the team had many great conversations and prayers with people. People were in tears and visibly moved by the message.
This year, we've taken another big step forward by sending out a special version of No Longer Music (same music, visual effects and dramatic story) made up almost entirely of Steiger Missions School students called "NLM SMS".
You could hear the music and preaching for miles because we played by the sea and the water really amplified the sound.
Yesterday, in Albania, we did the 100th evangelistic concert on our mobile stage trailer!
Two young Albanian men in their mid twenties, both Muslims, raised their hands and prayed to receive Jesus. Ben asked them why they did this and one of them said that he now understood that he was dirty and that Jesus could make him clean.
I felt a heavy and oppressive spirit the entire concert but when I spoke afterwards God's presence fell. Steve (our guitarist) said it was like people were locked in to the preaching.
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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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