we're in a album promo video!

Most of you are familiar with the concert ministry that we have been involved in for the last two years, bringing Christian bands to Vienna...well, one of the first bands we were involved with is preparing to release a new album.

Good Weather Forecast is a band from Germany that has visited us in Vienna 3 times now. They have become good friends and we are excited to be a small part of their ministry. As they were preparing to record their album, they approached us to see if we could help out. The album is called Dream City, and they wanted to use the "dreams" of their fans to underscore the meaning of their album. The band gave of their time and talents to play for a benefit concert last year (which raised almost 1000€); after the concert they asked students to share their dreams. They set up lights and cameras in my classroom and we stayed up late having students share their dreams.

The following video is the result of that filming session...

All but 2 of the people featured in this video are part of the ICSV community...it is a great reminder as to why God has called us here. GWF will be returning to Vienna on 1 November for and album release party. Please pray for us as we will be hosting the show!

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