Sundays = sweetness

What a fun weekend. I really got to experience the joyousness of the Filipino community here in Vienna. So to all you Filipino-Austrians reading this... Danke Sehr! You are all so welcoming and loving and I thank you for making me feel so at home.

Let me tell you about today...

I woke up at 8am and hit the streets running... literally. I had a good 30 minute run. I then took the public transport out to Floridsdorf to go to a Filipino Catholic Church here in Vienna.

Wow. What an experience. I felt like I was back in the homeland (Philippines that is). There must have been hundreds of Filipinos in this Church. It was packed! I met so many people it was overwhelming... in a good way.

As we were leaving it really made me realize how peoples of a different culture will really come together once they are outside of their native home. I see this to be true even in the USA. Look at the public Universities... All the groups stick together. You have your Pakistanis in one area. Your Hispanics in another. Your Asians in another... It's funny how it works, but it happens so naturally.

After Mass, we had lunch at Cay's place. We ate the following:

Adobo
Chicken Wings
Lumpia
Garlic Fried Rice
Tomato-Basil-Mozzarella salad *Yes kinda out of place, but it was good*

An amazing meal... After we played a couple of songs on the guitars and then headed to the youth center for the Youth For Christ. We got there and the teens were already there. We entered into a time of praise and worship... very powerful... Praise You Lord...

Then it was time for them to practice their dances for the upcoming weekend. They are competeting against other Youth For Christ dance groups in Athens, Greece this weekend. The Austrian group is defending their title, because they won last year. Let me say that from a layman's point of view the dance they have prepared is pretty spectacular. I'll try to get a video up after the weekend...

After the youth center we went to Lester and Sharon's place for dinner. They have the two most adorable daughters: KC and Zoey... Zoey was like a little eating machine. She could eat... a lot. Dinner was fantastic, and thank you Sharon for asking very personal questions about my love life... We must be family!

Now I'm back at my tiny crib in the 16th district... I'm going to look at my Deutsch homework and then drift off to sleep. Thank you Lord for another chance to encounter You. God bless...