Editing Nico's Youth Group Years (section)

=== November 5, 2021: The First Evening ===
On Friday evening, November 5, 2021, Nico drove with his cousin Sofia to the church building at Dennigstraße 22 in Pforzheim. He found approximately twenty to forty young people gathered. The evening followed a structure he would experience hundreds of times over the following years: worship with raised hands, a teaching session, more worship, and then informal fellowship in the youth rooms.

After the official program, Nico joined some of the young men in the youth rooms. He reconnected with Salvatore, whom he already knew from the home group, and met Rouwen and Sven Zink. They played pool (billiard) together. He noticed attractive girls in the group but did not approach any of them. The evening ended late—Nico drove Sofia home around midnight. Nothing spiritually significant occurred. It was simply an evening he had attended because social pressure made refusal awkward. He remained shy and reserved throughout.