Managing the cafe has been awesome. I really love it. I feel like so many of my skills & gifts are able to be utilized in this job. REALLY utilized--from waking to sleeping some days.
The cafe is such a ministry. I'm blown away on a consistent basis by the way God uses that place in the doing of his will and the coming of his kingdom.
We decided a few weeks ago that our summer hours would be 11a-11p, Monday through Friday. Having the weekends off has been wonderful. Today Keith and I actually took a Shabbat together. He packed up a Super Sandwich picnic for us and we took it over to Everly Park, which we now live across the street from. We had lunch and played a round of frisbee golf which I found to be, surprisingly, tons of fun. It was so refreshing being out among the trees & animals & birds, amazed at how creation tells stories of God. We just got to hang out with each other a lot today, and just be married. I'm so infatuated with Keith.
Keith and I are both obsessed with a song on the new mewithoutYou album called "The King Beetle On A Coconut Estate". Profound & seriously beautiful. If you haven't checked out that album yet, I highly recommend it.
Right now we're both sitting in our new apartment in quietness. Keith is working on his sermon for tomorrow. This is just so...nice.
So, to keep everyone in the loop, Keith is now the worship & youth leader at the Vineyard, and he's going to be preaching some Sundays. We live in the apartment building behind the church/cafe. It's going to be a year of diving into these areas of ministry we've always had a passion & a vision for: youth, music, teaching (Keith), and coffeehouse (Lindsay).
Our Five Year Bash has been moved to July 18th and it will be at my parents' in Bushnell. You're invited.
