西岸茶室

好我有一次巨型的脑子攻击。 冒着听起来危险吸引人(我猜测我会告诉自己“软性”吸引人)，我有这真正地古怪最近蜘蛛感觉。 我们有有些通信问题在Missio Dei。 可怕的什么都，而是它清楚地不是那个特别阶段在一个新的小组的生涯中，它在它的搜寻奋斗并且舒展定义自己。 ：) 通常，转移或激化以后发生(或事模子)。 除知道以外某事在这个阶段在我们的发展应该发生，我真正地辩明，在一个咽喉水平，大步来临。 我感觉激动的忧虑感觉我们需要移动通过这个阶段，并且上帝做真正地凉快的事，但是真正地昂贵的事。

然后这spidey感觉上帝有某事在商店在弯附近是真正地重的。

今天，我长期会见我的朋友Shane。 他真正地肯定什么Missio Dei设法做。 我分享了互相通常阻塞)的我的希望和失望(。 我的一失望是多少艰苦它比我期望了是建立存在地方。 发现住房在西岸是难的，并且我们未能发现一个地方在西岸做我们的中央汇聚。 有人简单地垂悬那里可以是一件好事，但我们是少数，并且停留限制了冲击。 通常我爱挑战，但这是一相当大一个。 And unfortunately, I’ve taken it out of my brothers and sisters at Missio Dei on occasion. Something much more drastic needs to happen if we’re going to serve the West Bank and Seward.

So I shared some of this stuff with Shane. As we spoke, an idea popped into his head. He said, "this is probably too far out there, but maybe you could start a Tea shop. You can really meet alot of internationals and students that way" (or something like that).

When he said that, something in my head, snapped. His idea hung there, midair…it was the solution I’ve been searching for…a place to meet on the West Bank, a way of connecting with diverse people…a way for me to be bivocational in ministry…it not only appealed to my intellect, but resonated deep in my heart. I don’t presume that "God told me to open a tea house." But this seems to resonate with my soul and fill me with excitement. If I find a large enough space (there is a multiple-level space available for lease that would be ideal for a tea room, and ample space for groups and concerts). It would simply be a great way to make connections with people and a great place for Missio Dei to use for various activities. And hopefully it would also be something that can fund ministry projects and whatnot in the future.

I’m realistic. This idea would take alot to get off the ground. I’m not wealthy, but would be willing to expend a good deal of my income to make it happen. But I’ll need to get a small business loan, and I’ll need to find one or more partners. Ideally, I’d like to find a partner who has experience in the tea or coffee industry and knows how to run things. I need people who are cool with the West Bank Tea Room having strong ties with a church. And they’d need to throw some money into the pot to have a start-up fund. I think things would take a little while before things get profitable.

Spead the word…anyone want to help start West Bank Tea Room?

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