youth group excitement

This past week I had a meeting with a guy named Fernando. He is from a wealthy family, he likes to surf and he is very intentional about spiritual growth. I spent some time asking him questions to find out what he perceives to be as the ideal youth group. There is a documentary called "The Merchants of Cool" that talks about how MTV and Sprite and those companies determine what is cool. I essentially used this sort of an interview with him- not doing any talking, just listening to exactly what he likes and perceives as cool. I think this will help me understand a little bit more about the demographics of our target audience.

He has a lot of friends in three of the biggest international schools here, christians and non-christians and i believe that fernando may be a great place to start. we are having a meeting for the potential leaders next week on saturday morning. please pray that god will continue to guide those whom he wants to participate in this work. please pray that god will guide me as i try to communicate the vision and mission of this group. thanks for your prayers.

also, just a quick note to say that the bible study is still going well. this group asks some of the most difficult questions. quite honestly many of them we wouldn't be able to answer without a hebrew scholar present, so its intimidating to take on the responsibility of guiding a discussion with these people. we finished proverbs last night and are due to study job next week.