Marching Forward

Greetings!

Happy April to you all!

For this update, we would like to share a few key updates and stories.  As always, thank you for reading this blog, for being our friends, and for remembering us in your prayers.

1.  Cafe NEO is now a fully-functioning business – it has been running for about 3 weeks now and the place is amazing!  Word is slowly getting out to the public so it will take some time before the place becomes the #1 destination in Coyoacan but for now, it is a privilege to be in such a key location!  The live music, XBox 360 w/ Kinect, and great food will merely be the tools to connect with the community.  Please pray for wisdom on how we can cultivate an atmosphere that allows for meaningful connections to take place on a weekly basis.

2.  The Well is now housing and caring for 2 girls – please pray for these young girls who have been rescued from trafficking.  One of them has a 1 year old child who is the custody of a third party.  The healing process begins slowly as the women of The Well work each day to build trust relationships with these girls.

3.  Sadie will be giving birth in around 6 weeks time! All of our monthly doctor visits have gone very smoothly and both mother and child are healthy.  Please pray for a delivery without complications and that the doctors and staff at the hospital would be able to give our family the best care possible!

4.  Micah is doing really well in school! The first few days were a little difficult for him, especially when we would drop him off but now he’s a pro and we couldn’t be prouder.  He surprised us last week when we discovered that he could count to five in Spanish!  “uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco…”

Cafe Stories

On the opening Saturday of our cafe, our team provided the live music for a couple hours and in that set list, we mixed in a few songs of worship along with classics from the Beatles, Eagles, and U2.  During that time, a Mexican couple was passing by the cafe on the sidewalk and suddenly paused in front of our door to listen to the music.  They decided to stay and started singing along to the worship tunes!  Turns out they were praying for a cafe like ours the previous week, a chill place where people could come in and enjoy music.  We were an instant answer to prayer!  Crazy!  They have since decided to join us regularly and bring their friends!

Sadie and I met a great, hard-working waiter at a Korean restaurant we visited in February.  We exchanged information at the time and he hinted that he would be interested in working at our Cafe once we open.  A few weeks later we got in touch with him and after an interview, he was hired.  It turns out that he was fired unfairly days before we got in touch and he was entering a state of depression.  He has thanked us numerous times and has expressed that his experience thus far in our cafe has been a healing process for him.

We will be spending EASTER Sunday in partnership with 2 other local churches who share a similar heart and vision for the city.  What is beautiful is that all of us are being intentional about pursuing a true partnership devoid of preoccupations about who gets credit and money.  I love that all churches mutually agreed to “split” the offering that day equally three ways so that we could give it all away to the respective ministries we support!  This is really exciting!  Sadie and I are excited about being part of the joint worship that Sunday as well.

That’s about it for now.  Hope hearing of these things excite you and motivate you to pray.  Thank you for your love and support!

DK, Sadie and the kiddos…