coffee coffee everywhere

posted by sharla

we have coffee! it's really cool to be at the point of exporting and importing coffee - officially! we were warned that it would be difficult, even impossible, but God is good and we give him the credit for making it all go so smoothly (well, for the most part). I also have to give credit to Christy, who did a lot of the legwork. the coffee supports poor farmers and our children's programs. the farmers were only able to get about $3 for 40 pounds, so it wasn't even worth their time to pick it. we are paying fair trade prices and now people are coming out of the woodwork to sell it to us. if you'd like to read more about it, go to http://makariosinternational.org/coffee.asp. and I promise, it's yummy!