When we finally splashed back into America, we were excited, tired and ready to see God move stateside. Kenya was seared in my mind. Children lost their lives in that mud slide and it constantly echoed in the deep places of my heart that this was a people who couldn’t be easily forgotten.
We rolled up our sleeves and got to work and Sweet Aroma began forming.
We laugh alot, dream a ton and try new things constantly. We’re new to this wondrous world of coffee and we’re learning as fast as we can. It’s funny how God takes an idea and makes it a passion. He’s created this deep desire in us to bring others along side in the dream.
It’s wild and it’s fun.
Sometimes we sleep, but not a lot.
These days we are taking the coffee shop atmosphere- complete with vintage furniture- to people and businesses all over Knoxville and surrounding areas. We serve drip, hand pours, Chemex and hot chocolate. We’ve met an astounding amount of flippin awesome folks as we share our vision for Sweet Aroma and our heart for Kenya in hopes that others will join our dream and help us start a coffee house in Africa.
Eventually, our heart is to have a coffee shop that’s a stand alone store and are fervently praying for funds so this dream can become a reality.
In the meantime, The Father has opened up some pretty awesome doors. We have the privilege of taking our antique dressers, tables and coffee fixin’s to Love War on Tuesday nights. This is hosted by the United Pursuit Band and boy, does the Spirit move. It’s been awesome and downright incredible watching God restore and dance through the people’s hearts. And we’re starting to serve at a rockin church called Antioch Community and we’re pumped about what Jesus is doing there too! So come see us if you’re in the area and we’ll hook ya up with some fancy brews.
Basically, life is nuts. It’s fun and busy and loco all wrapped in one. There’s more to come and plenty of coffee to be drunk so catch us on our new website: sweetaromacoffee.org or follow us on the ole Instagram @sweetaromacoffee
And PS…if you’re the 600th person to like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/sweetaromaministries then we’ll send you a pound of our finest blend from thrivefarmers.com and give you a shout out on all our social media!
If your heart feels moved then please pray about donating to our mission at https://www.adventures.org/give/donate.asp?giveto=61PROJGEN&multi= and select aroma and for good measure type aroma in the notes too! It would bless us beyond belief and we promise to keep you updated on what God is doing in and through our hearts.
Our website has a cool update on what we’re doing in the Knoxville community so check it out. Your encouragement and love means the world to us, so if you feel like droppin an email or writing a comment, it would make my heart SOAR!
We love you, appreciate you and are so incredibly thankful for your prayers. They work, please keep em comin!
HUGS from Knoxville!
Christin
