Meeting with Noel and his wife, drinking coffee and dreaming about what God can do here

Yesterday we had a chance to meet Noel and his wife. Noel is the Director or Compassion International here in the Philippines. Nolan had made contact with him in a trip earlier in the year and continued to build this divinely orchestrated relationship. Meeting Noel was like meeting a friend we had known for years, his heart for new church plants and for young people was encouraging. He gave us a lot of insight to the spiritual needs of the young professionals out here (20 and thirty year olds), one of the greater unchurched demographics in the city. And he has some insight into reaching the young people in the marketplace as well. 

Noel seems like he will be a key player in this church plant, it's possible that there is already a small core young people that he knows, that might be interested in  being a part of this vision. We pray that God will continue to lead us to the people, that he has already placed this same vision in, for the city. We'll be meeting up again with Noel and his wife, so that he can take us around the city.