Learning Joy

Should have asked him sooner!

Last evening, we went to help at the coffee shop (which is opening today!!!). When we got there, I had the beginning of a migraine. I took Tylenol and was able to help for a while. The headache kept getting stronger, though, and more Tylenol didn’t help. Jeff said it was because I hadn’t had coffee, and he told me to eat some espresso beans (they have yummy chocolate covered ones). Those didn’t help at all. By this time, the headache was so bad, I thought I was going to be sick. I laid down on the couch and waited ’til we could go home.
When we got home, the kids got ready for bed. I usually go down to their room and tuck them in and pray, but tonight they came to me. We prayed, and when we were done, Nicholas had his hand raised. I said, “Yes?” and he said, “And for your headache.” I asked him to pray for me and he did. When I opened my eyes, the headache was gone! I went to bed and actually slept!! Feeling better this morning. Not 100%, but still tons better than last night!

Thank you, God! (and thanks, Nicholas, for thinking to pray)

The new coffee shop in Freighthouse Square is almost open! The Health Dept. is coming today!! Last night we went and helped some more and I took more pictures. The newest ones are at the end, I hope! And I rearranged them so all the before pictures are in front. Enjoy!

Coffee Shop

Here’s another quote. It is from Danzig Passage (book 5 in the Zion Covenant Series).

“Theo frowned and looked down across the city of London. In Germany, they battled the Nazis, a tangible enemy. Here, the enemy was less obvious-the apathy of people who would simply rather not have their personal comfort disturbed.”

The similarity between what happened then, during Hitler’s takeover of Europe & WWII, and what is happening now – not just in the Iraq War – but what has happened, even in Vietnam and other previous wars is striking. We tend to be passive. We tend to say it isn’t our problem, and then millions of people die, are tortured or live their lives in constant fear. I can’t imagine what it would be like to be afraid for my husband’s life, or my sons’ lives, because of some evil dictator. I can’t imagine what it would be like to not be educated (since I’m a woman), or to be unable to express what I am thinking. We have a lot to be thankful for – a lot to fight for. Maybe other people in other countries deserve that right too.

I have a friend from college who just started blogging. You can check out her blog here ~ http://findingdelight.blogspot.com/

Daniel in his soccer uniform. This was the Saturday morning we had to be at the park at 8:30AM! He did great, though. Such a good lookin‘ kid, if I do say so myself! 🙂
His team didn’t win any games this year, but Daniel’s skill improved a lot. He learned how to be more aggressive, and how to guard the ball and how to pass and hopefully how to work on a team!

Coffee Shop

I tried to fix the pictures so they made better sense. Let me know.
TostaCaffe’ @ Freighthouse Square might be open soon!!