Unexpected

I have really enjoyed the Bible Study I've been attending the past few weeks. Sadly, it came to an end tonight, but that doesn't mean I have to stop thinking over and considering the things discussed. So, today we were talking about times when God "interrupts" us and after a little while, I was reminded of an event a few years back in Austria on choir tour with CSU. So, if you haven't heard the story, here it is. =)

We had a free evening in Vienna- mind you, this was during the Euro 2008 Futbol tournament of which Austria was playing Poland right outside of town the previous evening, so it was pretty busy. A group of us went down after dinner to a Cafe for desert and coffee and to enjoy sitting in St Stephens Square taking in what we could of the city. The square is pretty big and there are a fair amount of street performers around doing their thing, so when we heard music, we didn't think anything of it until we started to recognize the songs they were playing- they were playing worship songs we were familiar with.We headed over to check things out, got to talk to a few people around and learned that they were a group out doing some outreach ministry from a church in Vienna. We got to talking and they learned we were from a choir and they wanted us to meet the musicians, so we hung around for them to go on their dinner break which wasn't very long.We got to talk to and get to know two of the singers and learn their story and their struggles to reach out to a country so closed to a living gospel. Much of Europe is Catholic, but much of that population does not practice their faith, they simply pay their church taxes. After talking and getting to know them, we asked to sing with them to which they wholeheartedly agreed.
Later, they told us what a blessing we had been to them- they had many people stop and listen because there were "silly Americans" up there singing. We were just doing something which, here in the states, people don't ever really stop to hear because it's almost commonplace.
We weren't looking to make a difference that night, we were just looking for desert. But that's God. He's gonna use you when you least expect it. =)