At the beginning of January 2024, the MEHR faith festival took place after a four-year break. The conference is organized by the House of Prayer Augsburg. There are extensive worship times and lectures from a range of speakers designed to encourage faith and everyday life.
On the last day, Nick Shakour had the opportunity to share his moving journey to Jesus. He is the portrayer of Zebedee in the TV series THE CHOSEN. The extremely successful series tells the story of Jesus from the perspective of the disciples in a very unusual and appealing way over 7 seasons. If you don't know the series yet, you should definitely take a look. It is available on various streaming platforms such as Netflix or Amazon Prime, but also in its own free app. Season 4 will be in German cinemas at Easter 2024.
As a big fan of the series, I took the opportunity and traveled to Augsburg on this last day of the MEHR conference to meet actor Nick Shakour. I had created a cartoon of his character and brought it with me to get an autograph on it.
I knew from the people at THE CHOSEN deutsch that he loves German chocolate, so I brought him a bar. In the series, Zebedee gives up his fishing business to support Jesus' ministry with his own oil. Unfortunately the oil has a strange aftertaste that they are trying to get rid of. When his sons return home, they look forward to their mother's cinnamon cookies. I take that up in my cartoon.
Luckily there are some photos of my encounter with Nick.
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