"Oh, look, they have fans," Phillip heard in a British accent. If you ask him, he will say it with a more British accent than it was but don't ruin his reality.

Phillip and Meaghan met on the very hot streets of Romania. The city of Bucharest hosted the 2022 Euro Youth Congress. That summer, Phillip was on an AIM (Associates In Missions) trip to Romania, and he had the privilege of helping to plan and work the conference.

Meaghan was in town as an attendee. Her plans to attend may have been last minute, but it was only by the grace of God that so many little details fell into place for her to fly to Romania and share housing with a friend.

Upon arrival at the Euro Youth Congress, Meaghan constantly heard the name "Phill" mentioned, but it seemed that when one entered a room the other would walk out. It wasn't until the last day of congress that the two finally met.

Phillip was leading the street outreach, Meaghan was apart of the singing group. Each group was split up by the colour of the lanyards, God knew that their love of the colour mustard would bring the two together.

The outreach went well, and it was now time for the group to head back to the hotel hosting the congress. One of Meaghan's friends needed water, so she stopped and there is where she saw an arrangement of fans.

"Oh, look, they have fans," the phrase that started it all. Phillip heard Meaghan and headed towards the two, he wanted to make sure they made it safely back onto the train, Meaghan recalls Phillip being such a gentleman. They ended up talking the whole train ride back and even once they got off the train.

Sunday came around, Phillip was in charge of ordering the food for after church. Meaghan though she had missed her chance to talk to him again. Monday came and she headed back to the UK, but thankfully they started to message each other through Facebook. Meaghan and Phillip would talk for hours, they had truly clicked and love was blossoming.

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