UNDER GOD Tour Life Updates

We are seeing God move during our outreaches and we thank God for the outreaches we have had in Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida

Since our last update, we ministered in two Salvation Army Corps and Adult Rehabilitation Centers in Texas, avoided a major baseball-size hailstorm and rainstorm the day before our show in Oklahoma, and now we are in Corpus Christi where we will be all weekend long.

One week ago, we made a group decision to extend our tour and stay in Texas. We really started living out our tour motto of "Drive By Faith."

We had no immediate plans, but God once again provided for us. We were provided free lodging for the entire band by the Salvation Army in Houston, gracious hosts here in Corpus Christi, as well as new opportunities to minister at the main Calvary in Houston. Praise God! 
 

Meeting Aurora, 5 years old at the Navajo Reservation in Sweetwater, TX was truly a blessing to my heart. Meeting so many people on the road is a given, but a sweet heartfelt connection with the little ones, is like seeing Jesus through the eyes of childlike faith.

We had an incredible Sunday leading worship at Calvary Chapel West Houston!

What a joy to see my long time friend Ande from Florida while playing in her hometown Oklahoma! Thankful for blessings like these while living on the road

Thank you to the Salvation Army in Houston, TX for providing the entire band with free lodging for five days. We stayed on their compound when we decided to extend our tour in Texas.

If you know me, then you know that I love every opportunity I have to connect with my family and friends from home. Keren and Kirk are my friends from Dubai who now live in the Houston Texas area. They just had their first daughter Summer five months ago, and I have the honor to be supported by them as a full-time missionary with Christafari.

Praying for a fan after playing a concert at the Salvation Army in Houston, TX

We spent Mother’s Day at Rock City Church in Corpus Christi, TX

We want to extend our deepest thank you to our new family at the Rock City Church. God bless you!

Ministering at the Celebrate Recovery service in Houston, TX
We saw several men in recovery dedicate their lives to Christ, and many others received tokens to celebrate rehabilitation milestones. It was incredible seeing all these men walking the path of recovery and encountering God in new ways.

A 50 state tour wouldn't be possible without the partnership of the Salvation Army USA. They provide us with free lodging and meals when possible. They are more than thrift stores. We believe in their ministry whole-heartedly.

In contrast to our wholesome experience at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Houston, we soon found ourselves ministering in the epicenter of the party lifestyle: Bourbon Street, New Orleans. We had the wonderful opportunity to play at the Bourbon Street Revival, an outreach ministry that meets in Saints and Sinners bar in the heart of the French quarter. From the moment we arrived, it became clear to us that we were in a battlefield. Surrounding us was blatant sin. The eyes of passers-by were filled to the brim with emptiness. We saw great sadness in those around us. Ministering with reggae in a bar gave us the ability to reach out to groups many people may see as unreachable — those indulging in drugs and alcohol. As unorthodox as it was, we genuinely believe that this is where Jesus would be, for it is the sick that need the doctor.

Just in case you missed it, please check out our new music video for Stepping Outta Babylon

Pray as we tour the USA

How are you doing today? I just spent a week in Nevada and Arizona. Our ministry Christafari started with an awesome Easter concert at Calvary Chapel Lone Mountain in Las Vegas, followed by an amazing time in Whiteriver, Arizona at an Indian Reservation and then we closed our week of ministry with two morning services and a night concert at Calvary Chapel Redemption Hill in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. God used us in a mighty way! See some of the highlights of our outreach.

Disclaimer: If you read this blog all the way to the end there will also be some alarming bad news in regards to what happened to our ministry this weekend.

What a way to celebrate Resurrection Sunday with a big concert. We thank Jesus for seeing hands raised and seeing people worship together at Calvary Chapel, Lone Mountain in Las Vegas.

The youth and adults of the Indian Reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona were truly so much fun to minister to, connect and fellowship with. The hospitality and kindness was above and beyond. We can't wait to return. Please pray for the youth so that they will go all in with living for Jesus Christ and to not let the ways of the world influence them.

After the show in Whiteriver, Arizona, it was such a blessing to connect with the children and amazing children's pastor Millie! Her and I are the same age and passionately get to serve the Lord in our calling in ministry. Please pray for this amazing community of believers that they will remain steadfast and in unity.

BAD NEWS WE ENDURED THIS TRIP

Meet Jason Hinson, he is our new sound engineer and loves Jesus Christ wholeheartedly. He has moved all his belongings by car recently from Nashville, TN to California to join our ministry as a missionary. This past weekend he fell extremely sick after a heatstroke and was plagued with symptoms such as nausea, stomach issues, fever and dehydration. Today he is doing much better and we are thankful for everyone that prayed for him while we were on the road.

During our travel day back from Arizona to California we received a sudden phone call from our team mate with the bad news that the tire of the trailer containing all sound and stage equipment had completely blown out.
This all happened while some of our team mates were at the Abandoned Waterpark near Barstow, California filming a new music video for a song called Stepping outta Babylon!
Now I wish I could say that this was the only bad news we got in that hour that day, but it quickly became clear that satan was devising his tactics of stealing, killing and destroying against the ministry of Christafari.

While some of us were filming the new music video, Iris our nanny and dancer took a moment to head to our minivan to grab something out of the vehicle, only to find two windows broken into along with our hard drive stolen (which had all our previous video footage) and other miscellaneous items missing.
As you can see Friend it has been a crazy last day of our trip.

One thing is for sure, satan doesn't like what we're doing and last night he tried to delay, steal and destroy our things for ministry purposes. But we can be assured that Jesus Christ is still on the throne and this too shall pass. Most importantly none of us have been harmed and all material things that we lost are replaceable.

We are not threatened by satan, for we stand upon the promises of God's word, our sword.

As you pray for us consider to pray for this Under God tour through 50 states that we are doing till December by car.
Deuteronomy 20:4
"For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”

Romans 16:20
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

James 1:2-4
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

Romans 8:31-32
"What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?"

Thank you so much for your prayers and support, I truly appreciate it.

Meditate on the Resurrection

Last tour we managed to film our latest music video Why You Ago Look? It is a great reminder that Jesus is our risen King. (Luke 24:5-6) Because of Jesus his resurrection I can be free of sin, free of condemnation and free of the past. His DNA is now our DNA and we get to live an abundant life with Him and for Him. I pray I never take for granted what Jesus has done by dying on the cross out of obedience so that I and anyone who accepts Him can be saved.

On top of that the past few weeks have been a walk of faith. From taking 12 missionaries on the road with three cars and a trailer to the states Utah, Nevada and Arizona. Even though we have not booked all of our days with shows, we have decided to move in faith and trust that God will open the right doors and opportunities to minister for the days April 3-April 12.

Enjoy the new roots rendition of one of our classic originals from our Word Sound & Power album. We are re-releasing this song just in time for Resurrection Sunday. Click HERE

Upcoming Shows
Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, our outreach concert scheduled for this Saturday, April 3rd, has been canceled. We encourage you to attend our Easter Concert on April 4th at Calvary Chapel Lone Mountain.

Weʻre still looking for ministry opportunities anywhere in the United States. Please email us at booking@christafari.com