On Friday night, August 27 the Festaburg sponsored an outreach concert featuring the band Reilly. Reilly is a five piece acoustical rock band which makes their home in Philadelphia and has been touring Europe. Their drummer, Jordon, was in the Army a number of years ago and had a significant spiritual experience at the Bamberg Hospitality House. Because of that connection they were excited to minister to soldiers here in Germany.
The concert was the result of a lot of work and prayer during the last 5 months. There were a number of things which happened in the last four weeks which forced us to trust in the Lord in ways that are always uncomfortable.
However, the concert on Friday night was a huge success. Over 130 people attended, many who are not part of a Christian fellowship. The gospel was clearly presented to some who have never heard the claims of Christ. Debbie and I were able to meet many people who were unaware of the ministry of the Festaburg including some key leaders in the Baumholder military community.
Reilly was also a tremendous encouragement to the believers here in the community. Their positive attitude and the way they trusted the Lord when things were not going well was an encouragement to all of us. In addition, their music was truly excellent and they did a GREAT show.
After the show Debbie and I got to hangout with band and hosted them over night before they hit the road on Saturday morning. Saturday evening we had a group join us for games and some great conversation.
Sunday after chapel we gathered a group for a walk to the castle (Sam loves this walk) and then we ended the afternoon with dinner together.
It was a great weekend! Thank you to all of you who have prayed for this significant event.