Can you smell the aroma?

"Love woke me up this morning

with a memory.

Love came and whispered a story

that awakened a dream."

B and I have talked to CMF about going back to Kenya next January of 2010. If everything follows through (Lord-willing), and the missionaries give us the "okay", we will be back in our humble abode of this past summer, with our Kenyan brothers and sisters. We plan on staying 6-months (give or take). It's all so very exciting, I just don't know what to do with myself. It is one of the weirdest things- to grieve because your heart is in another place.

The Work of the Master Planner is just incredible because it was through Kenya that Bethany and I not only met, but came to realize that this dream, this passion, this idea had been there all along. We've tapped into this freedom to dream; to take hold and embrace this God-sized dream of Juja Java. It is expectantly scary, overwhelmingly exciting, and absolutely liberating!

And so, with plans to cross overseas again, to the beautiful country of Kenya, I am confident that God will continue to build onto this foundation, clarifying and unraveling this plan for Juja Java. Again, we pray that it is all about Him.

With our hearts aching to love, we are keeping the dream alive, waking up each day with eyes that are seeing for the first time, like they've never seen before.

My question for you then, is this: can you smell the aroma of Christ through a cup of coffee at Juja Java?