The Jesus Festival was not the biggest spectacle on the square this summer, but the Holy Spirit was there, and God's hand was at work, moving people from all over the world to come for a life-changing encounter 
with Him.
One Muslim from Oman was already waiting. "I want to know about Jesus," he said. So he listened - for the whole
Afternoon.
Over at Big Ben a group of Hungarians out sightseeing spotted a brightly-coloured Jesus Army car and stopped the driver to ask about the local church meeting. "We can feel God's presence here," they said next day.
At one point onlookers were invited to walk under coloured banners for an anointing - blue for the Holy Spirit, green for Holy Warfare and white for Sexual Purity. One man spoke of how he was being freed from the power of pornography. "If he has the guts to stand on stage and
say that, I can ask you to pray with me," was one response.
Even as the resources were being packed up and the buses departing, the movement of life continued. Terry, a doorman at a cafe, was eager to come to church, and Juan from Colombia couldn't wait for the evening's baptisms - he jumped in the fountain.
That August day was indeed a one-off - of encounters with the living God that would change lives eternally.
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