Obedience

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Proverbs 21:3

Team of the Day: Coffee Club

Country of the Day: Southeast Asia

Pray for team members to seek obedience to God's will.

Discovering Coffee

As this summer proceeds, our team has had to be flexible & move with what God has put in front of us. For the first time though we got to interact with the coffee industry which is what our team has been preparing to do. Walking off the road in the middle of an under developed country in a farm town, we stepped into a coffee shop roastary that would be any first-world hipster's dream. There was craft high-end coffee everywhere and too many different and complicated ways of making them.

With the roasting and barista background that our team has, this shop was the perfect playground, We were taken back by the opportunity to meet the people growing the coffee. At this same organization's warehouse we saw villagers who have been greatly affected by the personal aspect of this organization. This organization is giving farmers greater control of their coffee with a higher return. We were not expecting this organization to be run by non-believers and that there are believers in the same region with more experience making less of an impact. While there is a heartbreaking truth our team has learned that in this country having an impact in the coffee industry speaks much louder that any explanation of God in words that we can give. We have spent hours discovering and praying on how to practically reach those peoples and what we keep coming to is to love them greatly and boldly being sons of God, be who we've always meant to be.

Please pray for us to surrender how we think we should help and do this work here. We are tired of looking like western ideologists, we want to look like sons of God.

-Taylor

Meet the team: Coffee Club

Hello!
Five days of orientation, five airports, and two days of plane rides the Coffee Team has safely made it to our destination. We arrived during the day time so we were able to get adjusted pretty well easily. We've been overseas for about two weeks so we figured it's time to introduce ourselves.

Taylor, Woo, Caleb & Chandler

Caleb is from Alabama. He just finished his freshmen year Auburn University. He is studying International Business, and was a part time barista during his school year.
Chandler is our team leader. He is from Oregon, he just finished his sophomore year at LSU studying finance. He is also a barista.
Taylor is from Alabama. He goes to Southeastern Bible College. Taylor is also a professional roater.
Woo is from South Korea, goes to University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is studying Economics. He has no experience in the coffee industry but is a big lover of caffeine.

So far in our journey. We've enjoyed waking up early, admiring the beauty of our Father's handiwork, reading, and doing some team-time. During the day, we like to walk around town, finding new restaurants (we found this one amazing coffee shop that we've been going to almost every day) and try to find locals that speak good English. During the evening, our team separates and teaches English classes. The ages varies from 12-25 year olds in various English levels. And finally, before bed time we enjoy more team-time, sharing about daily 'high-lows'.

We've also been blessed to experience the coffee culture here. Connecting personally with people that grow/sell/roast coffee in our country.

Please pray for our team:

• Pray that we would find nationals who speaks good English
• Pray that the Holy Spirit would go before us as we meet new people
• Pray that we would stay focused in growing our personal walk and sharing the good news that we've been entrusted with.

Sa-bai-DEE!

-Coffee Club Team

Perfectly United

Team of the Day: Coffee Club

Country of the Day: Southeast Asia

Please pray for unity amongst team members in order that God's truth would be shared clearly with the lost. Pray team members would submit to God and to one another in the power of the Holy Spirit as they serve.

"I in them and You in Me - so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me." John 17:23

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.  1 Corinthians 1:10