We don't live "The Sound of Music"

This morning it is brisk and sunny so I took a walk around my neighborhood. In 35 minutes I made some observations. It boils down to one statement: We don’t live in the "The Sound of Music". When most of you think of Austria, you think rolling hills covered with fat cows sporting loud bells, quaint cottages decorated with overflowing flowerboxes, and friendly people with traditional folk dress singing in the streets. Let me just go ahead and burst your bubble. (Pop!)

Now, some of that does exist, but not in Vienna … at least not in my neighborhood. It’s dirty with wall-to-wall 6 to 8 story apartment buildings. There are lots of people but no one talks to you. This morning as I was out I noticed lots of little old people gathering on street corners making small talk while they returned back from a morning walk. As I tried to get a glimpse of their faces, I was reminded why I am here. Lostness.

Not a whole lot more to say this week other than a reminder for you to pray for the people in Vienna … more specifically the people in my neighborhood. Statistically speaking, less than 1% knows Jesus. They live in a culture that is far removed from God. They live in a culture that is rapidly being further removed from morality.

Would you come over? Is there a role for you to play? What would God do with several, walking around my neighborhood and the neighborhood’s of other team mates, for 35 minutes every day for a week?