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The Road Less Traveled
Katie's Missions in Austria and Europe
"Be strong and courageous because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their anscestors to give them." Joshua 1:6
YWAM Austria
![Cityscape](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_8f3b5470e986486fa80407f2de0266c7.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_646,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_8f3b5470e986486fa80407f2de0266c7.jpg)
Vienna as seen from the top of Stefansdom Cathedral.
![Belvediere](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_7c981847418246a6ae9ff2d273363d0c.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1487,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_7c981847418246a6ae9ff2d273363d0c.jpg)
Team bonding time at Belvediere Palace gardens.
![Belvediere Palace](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_25b7719efdf547f8963ab13481e324e0.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_646,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_25b7719efdf547f8963ab13481e324e0.jpg)
Vienna. Palaces. Y'know. =)
![Der Deutschkurs](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_660c3d424500417481221c4e4d7bccf3.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_646,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_660c3d424500417481221c4e4d7bccf3.jpg)
I began formal- and accelerated- German classes this spring.
![Stefansdom](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_6788b754aa814da1b3f732c2d58884e3.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_646,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_6788b754aa814da1b3f732c2d58884e3.jpg)
3 blocks from my home and office, at the dead center of Vienna is a massive gothic cathedral called Stefansdom. Yes, those are indeed horse-drawn carriages, carting tourists around. =)
![Walking Street](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_ca81fa2ac22a4f82afc6fe5aefd68102.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1487,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_ca81fa2ac22a4f82afc6fe5aefd68102.jpg)
Downtown Vienna's main strip, always full of tourists.
![Open Evening](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_3dbce5aa432b484fa8f636af0d75559a.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_646,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_3dbce5aa432b484fa8f636af0d75559a.jpg)
In April 2015 we invited people from the community to hear what YWAM Austria is doing, and to pray and worship.
![Vienna](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_dc129bb692bc4742af2dfe71f73c332b.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_640,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_dc129bb692bc4742af2dfe71f73c332b.jpg)
"The Most Liveable City on Earth" and I am called here?? This city is breathtaking in the spring.
![Schloss-Schönbrunn](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_41711d13d8214121830d349c104e013d.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_613,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_41711d13d8214121830d349c104e013d.jpg)
Vienna is beautiful
![Der Jesus Marsch!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_042892f3b4f14668a571e6c467eb57ad.jpg/v1/fill/w_307,h_164,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_042892f3b4f14668a571e6c467eb57ad.jpg)
First in Vienna in September 2014 and again in Linz in May 2015, thousands of believers in Austria gathered for the Jesus March- a massive parade and worship day to publicly be bold and united in their faith, and to celebrate Jesus.
![The Day it Began](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_e0a02a0484ec4cdb967273355e2fc35e.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_540,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_e0a02a0484ec4cdb967273355e2fc35e.jpg)
The team of #ywamaustria celebrating our official opening day September 2014
![Vienna](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_e90b92430f57421a93383058d0050ef5.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_665,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_e90b92430f57421a93383058d0050ef5.jpg)
A nice picture of Vienna, Austria, the city where our team will be starting Austria's only current YWAM work.
![YWAM Austria logo](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_dd7ed7c8734d408699233f27a8aefd5d.png/v1/fill/w_181,h_186,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_dd7ed7c8734d408699233f27a8aefd5d.png)
This red marker (with or without the black figure in the middle) is our symbol for YWAM Austria, designed by Jose Elisama Rivera Coronado.
![Team Austria](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_42615b3369b3402f89041bf9c8d18a7d.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1476,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_42615b3369b3402f89041bf9c8d18a7d.jpg)
All five of us who are pioneering the Youth with a Mission campus in Austria. From the right, Elisama Coronado (Mexico), Katie Tomek (USA), Harald Hollermann (Austria), Richard Zachmann (Austria), and Ani Mabda (Romania).
![Katie](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_3ffcba3733df49d48a5d23e3618e6c1e.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_653,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_3ffcba3733df49d48a5d23e3618e6c1e.jpg)
Photo courtesy of Pantxi Acuna.
![Richie and Elisama](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1fb23d_1d16b6206c40455d8a37738a84815c9f.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_651,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1fb23d_1d16b6206c40455d8a37738a84815c9f.jpg)
Two of our team members during one of our weekly all-day meetings. From the right, Richie Zachmann (Austria) and Elisama Coronado (Mexico).