Moxie:(noun) force of character, determination, or nerve
The last two weeks have been outrageous. I’ve never
been more challenged in my life in regards to my dream.
So far, we’ve had fabulous people come into class and teach
us about our dreams, being godly leaders, etc. Typically, I feel peppy and
giddy about life and my dream. It’s been easy to think about how I want to have
cool take-away cups at my coffee shop. And how I want to have extraordinary
events take place in the shop. And I can just envision the people’s lives and
hearts that change because they stepped foot in the coffee shop.
But as I said, the last several days have been a kick in the
pants. We had two entrepreneurial speakers come in to class. On a couple of
occasions, they both made me want to throw in the towel and surrender. I literally had the thought,
“Nope. Too hard. This coffee shop is SO unrealistic! I don’t know ANYTHING bout
business!�
It was a good thing I kept in mind their intentions. And as
one of them, George Ridley, said, “If I can break you, think about what they will
do in the business world.�
Even though the nauseating feeling I had tempted me to run
away, it eventually convicted me to get my butt in gear. The tough love has
forced me to think realistically. It has grounded me and pushed me to find the
roots of my dream. The roots that will give the cool cups, amazing events, and
changed hearts sustenance.
I wanted to let you all know that I have set a plan to
continue to provide the sustenance for my coffee shop. I will graduate from G42
in June and then I will be heading home to Colorado. After a couple months of
much 
needed family time, I will be heading down to Flagstaff, AZ! I will be
helping my fellow G42er, Dennis Gable, get his community coffee shop up and
running, while at the same time, he will be helping me with my business plan
and momentum to launch my coffee shop. I am really excited to see how the Lord
orchestrates the rest of this…so far I can hardly believe that it’s still real.
It’s going to be a lot of hard work, but I now know what it will take to face
it full force.
I am still in need of $2,948 to complete my tuition for G42
(support me here)! Thanks so much for being part of my journey thus far! It’s
been such a blessing to see how the Lord has used all of you!
I want to encourage you to partner with this new step. Your
money is going to a springboard that is about to launch a social network that
is truly making a difference in people’s lives as well as the world! Thanks
again for continuously sticking by this dream with prayer, encouragement and
financial help! It means so much to me!!
