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The Freedom Singers

Saturday, October 13, 2012
7:00PM - 9:00PM

Throughout history, there have been men and women who were willing to sacrifice their lives rather than compromise their faith. The Freedom Singers' story is one that will inspire you with a fresh, modern day picture of faith in a God that is still i

Simon Ivascu, Steven Ivascu and Wesley Pop, fled Romania when they were only teenagers. In Romania, their native land, at that time, all young men, upon completing High School, were forced to join the army. Being conscientious Christians, they could not join the army because freedom of worship was totally restricted. Refusing to join would result in several years of imprisonment and persecution.

Determined to escape to freedom, they all faced danger and hardships fleeing from Romania to Italy, but Simon and Wesley's nightmare began in earnest when they crawled into a container, were then locked and sealed, and placed aboard a container vessel. There they spent two weeks in total darknessas they baked in the heat for days before being loaded onto the ship, headed to unknown destination. They ran out of food, water, oxygen and hope. As despair filled that container, it appeared that the container would become their tomb. Once again, God provided another of many miracles in this incr