Coffee Anyone?

Well, I think many of you have already heard of our newest endeavor here in Mexico City. In an attempt to get to know more people in our neighborhood, in a natural way, we are opening up a little part-time coffee/dessert shop just down the street from our house. The idea came to us awhile back - sort of as a joke at first - but we really believe that God is at work in our attempts to be creative with opportunities. We have already seen how many more conversations we have had with people since this all began...and we aren't even open yet! The landlord of the little place we are renting lives on our street - we had never seen his face before. The neighbors from across the street came over for breakfast on Saturday - he is going to make our sign. We have had conversations with the people who have shops right beside where ours will be. We feel really good about the direction this opportunity is taking us. It has been a lot of work - but we have received a lot of help and support and partnership from teammates here, and from family and friends. Thank you! A group of 8 just arrived yesterday from Westport Road - in Louisville, KY - our supporting congregation. They are going to help us finalize plans - bake, paint, finish the bar, set up, advertise, etc. They will be life savers!!! And they'll get to participate in our grand opening - this Friday, April 7 at 4:00! They brought down a LOT of donated coffee cups from the church there...so we have a wide variety of really neat things to use, and decorate with. Thanks to all of you who donated - we had fun unpacking them last night. Yes, so please pray for us this week as we try to get up and running. Pray for the planning - but more importantly that God would use us to be salt and light in our community as we serve people, talk and listen to them over a cup of coffee and dessert, as we become a presence amongst other shopkeepers. We trust that relationships will be built in a normal and natural way. Our name is "Cafe y Algo Mas" meaning, "Coffee and Something More"...the "something more" being desserts, or an environment to sit and relax, or a group of people (us and our teammates and prayer partners) who are praying for their lives, listening to and loving them. So in light of that - I don't think the coffee really matters! Of course, I will post some pictures next week. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement.