This past weekend we had the third Rennbahn924 concert. Good Weather Forecast returned for a nice long weekend of fun...
One of the reasons that we decided on this weekend for the concert is that the Student Union at ICSV was planning a benefit concert to raise funds to provide micro loans to entrepreneurs in the Philippines. We figured we could have a really good band for the benefit concert...and then follow it up with a show in the city the next night.
The benefit concert on Friday night at ICSV went really well...the kids raised almost 500€. This money will go a long way towards changing a family's life. Check out the World Vision micro loans page for more info.
ICSV students rocking out!
Rebecca and Kailyn running the merch table for GWF.
Something cool that came up as a result of this concert; the boys from GWF asked if we could organize some students to be in a promo video for the band's next album. The album is going to be titled "Dreams", so they wanted to have students share their dreams. They wanted a variety of languages, fortunately, we had a bunch of kids that stuck around to take part (some stayed until after midnight - we didn't get home until about 1:15) and some that came back the next morning...the band ended up with dreams in 6 or 7 languages!
break time...
the band reviewing some of the footage after a long night of filming...they had been going for almost 3 hours by this point (midnight:30)
The concert on Saturday at a venue downtown, Aera, was a great success...over 90 people showed up for the concert. This is more tickets sold than at the first two RB924 concerts combined! One of our coworkers wrote a pretty cool blog post about the evening...check it out here.
the crowd waiting anxiously for the doors to open...they're lined up the steps!
good sized crowd...having a good time!
Superstyler Soundsystem
GWF
We've been fortunate to develop a relationship with an magazine called You!Magazin (similar to Relevant Magazine in the states) a Catholic youth magazine that deals with the intersection of culture and religion and how youth with Faith should deal with the reality of popular culture. This is the same organization that put on the Switchfoot concert in November. We're really excited about the opportunities that this presents for the ministry of RB924. In fact, I have been asked to be part of a planning meeting with some leaders in the Austrian archdiocese in the spirit of ecumenical outreach!
You!Magazin asked to film the concert; below is a video recap they made of GWF's set on Saturday.
We hope that the momentum of this concert will continue as we plan our concert schedule for the coming months. There is a strong possibility that we will host three concerts between the beginning of April and the end of May! Please keep this ministry in your prayers.
that's right...our little family will soon become a foursome. We have found out that Rebecca is 6 weeks pregnant! There is definitely "something in the water" as all the families that live within our block have recently had a baby or are currently pregnant. Our baby will be the 6th baby born to ICSV staff in a span of less than a year (first one was born in early November and we will be welcoming our new addition in September). So, kind of unexpected, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless!
We left Gjakova yesterd to go to Pristina for the night before our flight back to Vienna today (Thursday)...but before we left, Berat invited us to join him at the Bethany Christian Services Community Center for an event as part of the USAid celebration of 15 year anniversary of providing development assistance in Kosovo. We helped Berat do some last minute set up stuff, but mostly, we just sat around waiting for the show to start. Maples and Faisal spent a lot of time with some of the young men and women who were waiting to present their vision to the USAid Executive Director. Soon, the delegation from USAid arrived and took a short tour of the center, in the middle of the tour, Berat took some time to introduce the Baseball camp to them...and then graciously introduced me. The delegation was surprised and excited to hear that there were some baseball opportunities. We spoke for a short while and it turns out that the Executive Director used to oversee the Denton Prog...
Hi everyone... The first week and a half of school has been absolutely amazing! We have had some great opportunities to begin building lasting relationships with the students that God has brought to Vienna to be educated at the International Christian School of Vienna. Rebecca has been adjusting well to her role as secondary secretary. She is learning quickly the many demands of her new role and is doing quite well in supporting us teachers and the rest of the staff. Rebecca hard at work I have been really enjoying my classes. I have a total of 43 students spread out over 4 periods. The students I have represent 14 different home nations, with many of the students who are "Austrian" are first generation, so they are of other nationalities as well. I have also had the opportunity to begin working with the soccer team...again, many nationalities are represented on the field, truly an international squad. Here are some pictures of the team training at the local club...
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