Christians from a variety of local churches joined the team to begin serving, praying for, and talking with the young people who would come through the doors. The ministry progressed well throughout the year. Many non-believers took steps toward faith in Christ and some made commitments. We expanded to include other formats such as a follow-up Bible study, praise and teaching nights, showing of the Jesus Film, and English conversation clubs. It was a real success in that we achieved our goal to create a venue where both Christians and non-Christians would come and where ministry was taking place in many forms.

Reluctantly we had to close the doors in December of '99. Our lease ended and our Landlord had his own plans for that location. While disappointed, we were also greatly encouraged because of the huge potential for this kind of youth ministry. These ten months acted as a trial period which enabled us to see that the coffee house is a much needed and strategic way to reach thousands of non-believing youth in the city. It also proved to be effective in training believers in ministry. Since that time our goal was to re-open the coffee hosue as soon as possible. On April 5, 2002 that became a reality as we opened our doors again - this time owning the facility ourselves - continuing the heartbeat of what had begun months before.