Round Table 2006 - Freakstock Festival
Die Gefährten pictures top On the four days of Freakstock we met more nationalities than on our previous three months of travelling. 24 nations were represented at the roundtable meetings, including all continents. We really succeeded in having the first global roundtable of underground ministries! The pic shows Fredi from Paraguay, Sam from Lebanon, Pastor Bob from USA, I from Brasil, David Pierse(No Longer Music) . Although we had some really good and challenging contributions during our talks what I enjoyed the most were the personal conversations during the breaks and the prayer time at the end. We finally met Wolfgang from DAWN, the guy who connected the Jesus Freaks with the people from Chile who started a christian music festival called Christock. Since some years he is working with churches in Indonesia and he could tell us a lot about what is going on there. Looking forward to meet them next year in Jakarta! During the prayertime we prayed that good will rise up leaders from and missionaries to the neglected nations of Asia and Africa. I truly believe (and Sam's experiences support this view) that there is a new generation evolving and existing already that is so modernised, globally influenced and rebellious towards their own societies traditions that it is possible to relate to them very easily and show them God's love without having to spend years learning about their language, their religion and their culture. All they need are some Freaks that are like them who carry Jesus in their hearts and are courageous enough to go out there and spend time with them. One thing really challenged me: Most people that were part of the roundtable we have met before. And those we didn't we had heard of or we found out while talking to them that we had the same friends. That is nice if you think about it as a family that stretches over the entire planet, but on the other hand it shows dramatically and clearly that we are very few people involved in serving God among the subcultures. And the need is so huge. A couple of years ago some of the leaders that were present thought they were the only people doing such a kind of thing. Now we have grown closer together, which is very good. But this whole thing needs to explode if we really want to make a difference. For more reviews of the Roundtable see the blogs of Andrew , Wolfgang, Ernsti (in German) - others will most likely follow. ====== MIRACLE TOUR 2006 (South America) pics ======
Nesse mês , tive uma das experiências mais maravilhosas de minha vida, de pregar em um presídio no Brazil em Curitiba no Paraná. O Presídio se chama CT2 (Piraquara), um dos maiores do estado. Lá funciona um grupo do Bola de Neve Church que faz o trabalho com os internos a quase um ano. Imaginei que seria um grupo pequeno de internos lá , mas estava cheio de presidiarios e familiares. No louvor já viamos a presença de Deus se manifestando grandemente lá. Deus havia colocado no meu coração a palavra sobre "Prisioneiros do Passado", O Espirito do Senhor fluiu naquele dia e mais de 30 pessoas acaitaram Jesus. Muitos pais perdoaram os filhos e os filhos pedindo perdão aos pais. Mesmo que muitas vezes imaginei que iria pregar somente para roqueiro e culturas ubanas Deus leva-nos a ir para além do que imaginamos. Ele quer que a gente siga mais longe. " Muitos presos lá dentro estão mais livres do que nós aqui fora que existem tantas coisas que fazem delas prisioneiras" Eles encontraram a graça e já estão livres e libertos em Cristo.
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