After our second tour of the year in Albania we had a few weeks in Istanbul to catch our breath and do street outreaches. Along with the UniShow we had 2 guys from Poland and England performing with fire, others doing hip hop dances, music and a puppet drama telling the story of God providing a sacrifice to take to place of Abraham's son.
When Dustin performed he was able to speak openly about God's Love. After one of our street shows, Katie shared Jesus with a young Polish couple traveling the world. They were surprised we were sharing our faith so openly in Turkey and were very interested in why we had given our lives completely to God and what difference He could make. Katie also shared openly with some German Buddhists and a "friend of tolerance". Please pray that all those who heard the truth will open their hearts to Jesus!
We also had the opportunity to unicycle and dance for a Kurdish TV channel in front of a live audience. We weren't able to share much but the show host said more than once on camera that he was impressed that we do what we do for free to share our faith.
Several evenings a group of us rode unicycles along a busy street in Istanbul for fun and to work on skills. One night a scout from Turkey's largest talent TV show saw Dustin and pulled over in traffic to video him and get contact info. We didn't think anything would come of it but 2 weeks later we got a call and they asked Dustin to perform for the show. Very similar in format to America's Got Talent, the show is one of the most watched and well known in Turkey. It was a very interesting experience, to say the least. Dustin did a great act and the result was 3 yeses from the judges! He is moving on to round 2! We are excited to return to Turkey later this year for the next show. We are excited about the opportunities this may open up for future events in Turkey.
Next stop Egypt!
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| Kurdish TV show time. |
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| Street Festival performance in Moda Istanbul. |
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| Patrick and Josh lighting up the skies at a street show in Kadikoy Istanbul. |
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| Street show Kartal Istanbul. |
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| Playing by the seaside in Istanbul. |
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| Dustin's warm up for Turkey's biggest TV show. |
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