I told you about our new friends at Ugly Mug Coffee, right? Connected with John (hi John!) at the Pittsburgh NYWC, Kim ordered the starter kit to raise some funds for our adoption. The kit arrived last week, and Kim dove right into it. We took the kit with us on our staff retreat, reading all the info, laughing at the creative packaging, and then we hit this little piece of information. We found ourselves choking up, tears forming in our eyes…this is not your run of the mill coffee company.
We’ve been talking up the coffee to everyone we meet. Kim lugged the samples around to a bunch of Bible studies and worship gatherings this weekend. We brewed some for the folks to taste at the Encore (Sunday night gathering). I think Kim sent a gazillion emails today. She tells me that every time she takes the coffee out, she sells 25 bags. That’s not too shabby! On top of that, she got an email from someone today saying that they wanted to give us 500 semolians for the new baby fund! And last week one of our youth staffers slipped a Benjamin into my hand with a handshake, saying that it was for the adoption! We are so blessed!
We did the math on the way to our staff retreat. We need to raise $5600 for the next stage of the process. That works out to 1400 bags of coffee. If we can get 50 people to sell 25 bags for us, combined with the gifts from others, we’re good to go.
I am at such a different place regarding adoption than I was a few short years ago. God has totally wrecked my heart for these countless boys and girls, desperately wanting a home, a family…I may write that story later this week.
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Becky Eveleth · November 18, 2008 at 9:21 am
Stacy, I also am going to blog about this very topic this week. I am a complete mess again – especially after listening to Dan on Sunday. Both Mark and I still ask God what is ahead for us and are pretty sure our family is going to look quite different than the norm. Oh yeah…and count us in for selling some coffee!! Let’s bring this little guy home!!!