24-7 Features in Salon.com - 13 Dec 2004

What you've all been waiting for:"The article formerly known as the one that was going to go in Rolling Stone" about our 24-7 Missions team in the party capital Ibiza is now online at Salon.com  magazine- you might have watch an ad if you want to see it free of charge. Here's a taster to get you primed.

Evangelizing among the wasted can have its benefits.... People who might otherwise tell you to p*** off are a little more open, a little friendlier. Last week, Bruce Gardiner-Crehan had one of the biggest breakthroughs of the mission at the Bull Bar. At around 1 a.m., he tried to start a conversation with a trio of brooding guys hovering over their pints. Nothing

Within an hour, one member of the trio, Matt, sought out Gardiner-Crehan on the dance floor and greeted him like they were old buddies. "They'd taken some Ecstasy and it must have kicked in, because he became incredibly friendly," says Gardiner-Crehan. Suddenly, no topic was off-limits: They talked about music, about school and finally, finally, about religion.

Matt must have gone back to his table raving about the second coming of Christ because the next thing Gardiner-Crehan knew, Matt's friend Brian approached him. He wanted to let Gardiner-Crehan know that he had a bum leg and couldn't walk properly. "I told him that I believe that Jesus can heal people," says Gardiner-Crehan, "and I asked if I could pray for him."