We are so excited when people call us to order coffee as gifts! What a great idea! Tis the season to think of and bless others and we think it's great to be a part of that! Just a quick update to make ordering easy...
Regular and Decaf whole bean coffee is $9.00/pound
ground coffee is $9.50/pound
Half pound bags are available also
whole bean $4.50/pound
ground coffee $4.75/pound
We have several coffee origins available, just ask if you have a specific variety you're interested in trying.
You can email or call in your order. Please give us at least 1 week notice to roast your order!
coffee4his@gmail.com
717.271.4154
Have a very blessed and special Thanksgiving week! We are grateful for the opportunity to serve the Lord by roasting coffee for you! Be sure to check out the blog and learn more about the missionary couple we are partnering with! www.jjcoblentz.blogspot.com
Monday, November 22, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Money Sent!
Wow, please accept an apology for not updating for...months!!
We were able to send a check for $350 to our friends in Haiti and they were very grateful! I am eager to get an update from Jalayne so that I can pass on to you what your coffee money was actually used for specifically in the girls' orphanage.
It was awesome to see that check leave our hands, knowing that there are 12 little girls able to be blessed by it . Our daughter often prays, "Jesus, please help all the little kids in the world to have a mommy and a daddy..." We all know that this isn't always possible, BUT we are so thankful to know that there are missionaries who follow God's leading and make it possible for these children to have a safe, clean, loving and Godly home to live in. Thank you Jared & Jalayne!...among MANY others!
Coffee roasting is going well! We are continuing to learn as we go and are thankful for our fearless leader and his helpful tips! Each roast we do gets better and better! ...Who knew ALLL the details that go into roasting a nice even batch!? Needless to say, my man is amazing at what he does-he typically does the actual roasting and I do the rest :)
THANK YOU for your interest in and your prayers for this little ministry!
We were able to send a check for $350 to our friends in Haiti and they were very grateful! I am eager to get an update from Jalayne so that I can pass on to you what your coffee money was actually used for specifically in the girls' orphanage.
It was awesome to see that check leave our hands, knowing that there are 12 little girls able to be blessed by it . Our daughter often prays, "Jesus, please help all the little kids in the world to have a mommy and a daddy..." We all know that this isn't always possible, BUT we are so thankful to know that there are missionaries who follow God's leading and make it possible for these children to have a safe, clean, loving and Godly home to live in. Thank you Jared & Jalayne!...among MANY others!
Coffee roasting is going well! We are continuing to learn as we go and are thankful for our fearless leader and his helpful tips! Each roast we do gets better and better! ...Who knew ALLL the details that go into roasting a nice even batch!? Needless to say, my man is amazing at what he does-he typically does the actual roasting and I do the rest :)
THANK YOU for your interest in and your prayers for this little ministry!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Orphan Girls
So, we prayed & prayed...and prayed some more. Where God, do you want us to send this "coffee money"? Since we felt so led to give to Haiti, we narrowed our search and have landed! My dearest best friends, who happen to be my cousins, = frousins :) told us about a young couple (our age) in Haiti that started on the mission field right before the earthquake hit. We communicated with this couple a few times and are SO board with their ministry! I will post a link to her blog, but wanted her permission to do so first. It sometimes takes several days to hear back from them, so we (patiently and eagerly) wait for her answers to our questions!
They are preparing to open up a girls' orphanage! They finished building it recently and have been working hard to furnish it and ...even handcrafted each bunk bed! She said they are eager to house 12 girls who don't have a home or the care they need and eager to tell them about Jesus! Can you just imagine these precious girls? I assume- just living on the streets trying to survive, alone and so so lonely...most likely they have lost their families in the earthquake. (Our daughter recently told me (when we pray for the kids in Haiti) that if she didn't have a brother or daddy or momma, she would just cry! Oh I cannot imagine these little girls' hearts!) ...and to soon find themselves in a SAFE and clean home where their needs are fully met in a loving and caring environment, learning about God's love! My heart just swells thinking about the possibilities! ...and all because a young couple felt the Lord's leading into missions.
So, where is YOUR mission field? We believe God has an area that He calls us each individually to serve in....
~is it missions overseas
~serving at a local youth center or pregnancy center
~serving at church in an area that you feel drawn to
~taking goodies to the lonely neighbor 2 doors down? My Great (and Grand) Aunt always says, "food is for sharing!"
~offering to babysit so that parents can go out and have a date night, working on their marriage
~you name it-what is it for you?
When you hear about a problem in the world, (or across the street), what rocks you & impacts you in a way that you can't shake off? What tears your heart apart so desperately that you just MUST do something about it? Father, break our hearts with the things that break yours... I remember singing that in a song years ago and only came to understand the words a couple years ago. ASK God what He has in store for you, and try serving! In the "prayer of Jabez" (found in 1 Corinthians 4:10) it says,
Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me, and that you would keep me from evil..."
Hmm, I am thinking, enlarge my territory... who does God want ME to reach out to TODAY?
Oh, the bunny trails I find myself on...(bless your heart for still reading this post!)
Anyway, we are loving the new coffee roaster and each time we roast, we get all excited at how MUCH we can do at a time! We received a delivery yesterday of 80 lb of coffee, so we are ready to fill orders! We are having so much fun roasting coffee and get so excited to think of the impact that might be made in the lives of little Haitian girls because you bought coffee!
Thank YOU for your interest and support! The Lord has used YOU to encourage our hearts in this attempt to serve HIM!
Enjoy this fabulously gorgeous day!
Call 717.271.4154 or coffee4hiskids@gmail.com to order :)
They are preparing to open up a girls' orphanage! They finished building it recently and have been working hard to furnish it and ...even handcrafted each bunk bed! She said they are eager to house 12 girls who don't have a home or the care they need and eager to tell them about Jesus! Can you just imagine these precious girls? I assume- just living on the streets trying to survive, alone and so so lonely...most likely they have lost their families in the earthquake. (Our daughter recently told me (when we pray for the kids in Haiti) that if she didn't have a brother or daddy or momma, she would just cry! Oh I cannot imagine these little girls' hearts!) ...and to soon find themselves in a SAFE and clean home where their needs are fully met in a loving and caring environment, learning about God's love! My heart just swells thinking about the possibilities! ...and all because a young couple felt the Lord's leading into missions.
So, where is YOUR mission field? We believe God has an area that He calls us each individually to serve in....
~is it missions overseas
~serving at a local youth center or pregnancy center
~serving at church in an area that you feel drawn to
~taking goodies to the lonely neighbor 2 doors down? My Great (and Grand) Aunt always says, "food is for sharing!"
~offering to babysit so that parents can go out and have a date night, working on their marriage
~you name it-what is it for you?
When you hear about a problem in the world, (or across the street), what rocks you & impacts you in a way that you can't shake off? What tears your heart apart so desperately that you just MUST do something about it? Father, break our hearts with the things that break yours... I remember singing that in a song years ago and only came to understand the words a couple years ago. ASK God what He has in store for you, and try serving! In the "prayer of Jabez" (found in 1 Corinthians 4:10) it says,
Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me, and that you would keep me from evil..."
Hmm, I am thinking, enlarge my territory... who does God want ME to reach out to TODAY?
Oh, the bunny trails I find myself on...(bless your heart for still reading this post!)
Anyway, we are loving the new coffee roaster and each time we roast, we get all excited at how MUCH we can do at a time! We received a delivery yesterday of 80 lb of coffee, so we are ready to fill orders! We are having so much fun roasting coffee and get so excited to think of the impact that might be made in the lives of little Haitian girls because you bought coffee!
Thank YOU for your interest and support! The Lord has used YOU to encourage our hearts in this attempt to serve HIM!
Enjoy this fabulously gorgeous day!
Call 717.271.4154 or coffee4hiskids@gmail.com to order :)
Friday, May 14, 2010
Bigger...and hopefully better!
Well, we just purchased "the big boy" roaster and are eagerly anticipating his arrival in a few days. Instead of roasting about 1 lb/hr(like we've been doing), we will be able to to at least EIGHT! With new equipment, comes a learning curve, so we are so excited to work hard to perfect the roasting process in large quantities.
We also we VERY blessed to receive a large grinder for our ministry! We really needed an upgrade, and just as we were shopping for one, someone offered to buy it! So, there are now 18 levels of grinding; ultra-fine to extra-course :) Not anticipating all those options, but how nice to have them! It will grind up to 1/2 lb at a time~what a blessing! Thanks so much for your support!!
We have been continuing to pray about the exact ministry to support. There are 2 couples working in Haiti within several miles of Port-au-prince that we are communicating with. The process is slow, b/c they aren't able to have internet access daily(don't we take that for granted!)so we continue to wait on correspondence. Also, a young couple (friends of ours) are working in Swaziland with orphans. We wrote to them and they have some options that we could help with too. Please continue to pray with us about these ministries. If you want more info, please don't hesitate to ask!
Well, that should get you up to speed on the latest with Coffee 4 His Kids! We are enjoying roasting & selling (and DRINKING) and really hope that you also have enjoyed your C4K coffee. However, if it wasn't exactly to your liking, PLEASE PLEASE tell us, we want you to be satisfied! One coffee drinker said his C4K wasn't as quite as "dark roast" as he is used to. We were glad to hear it and are roasting him some DARKY DARK roast for next week! If you LOVED your C4K coffee and it was the best you've ever had-PLEASE PLEASE tell others! The more the word gets out, the more kids will be impacted for both now and eternity!
To order: call 717.271.4154 or email coffee4hiskids@gmail.com
We also we VERY blessed to receive a large grinder for our ministry! We really needed an upgrade, and just as we were shopping for one, someone offered to buy it! So, there are now 18 levels of grinding; ultra-fine to extra-course :) Not anticipating all those options, but how nice to have them! It will grind up to 1/2 lb at a time~what a blessing! Thanks so much for your support!!
We have been continuing to pray about the exact ministry to support. There are 2 couples working in Haiti within several miles of Port-au-prince that we are communicating with. The process is slow, b/c they aren't able to have internet access daily(don't we take that for granted!)so we continue to wait on correspondence. Also, a young couple (friends of ours) are working in Swaziland with orphans. We wrote to them and they have some options that we could help with too. Please continue to pray with us about these ministries. If you want more info, please don't hesitate to ask!
Well, that should get you up to speed on the latest with Coffee 4 His Kids! We are enjoying roasting & selling (and DRINKING) and really hope that you also have enjoyed your C4K coffee. However, if it wasn't exactly to your liking, PLEASE PLEASE tell us, we want you to be satisfied! One coffee drinker said his C4K wasn't as quite as "dark roast" as he is used to. We were glad to hear it and are roasting him some DARKY DARK roast for next week! If you LOVED your C4K coffee and it was the best you've ever had-PLEASE PLEASE tell others! The more the word gets out, the more kids will be impacted for both now and eternity!
To order: call 717.271.4154 or email coffee4hiskids@gmail.com
Friday, April 30, 2010
"What can WE do?"
Wow! Where to start??
I will take you back to the birth...
Easter Sunday, driving to my parents after church was when the conversation began. We were talking a mile a minute about "how can we use what God has given us for His glory? What can we do with what we have, to make a difference in someone else's life?" Then I started thinking, what do we love to do? What are our hobbies?
About a year ago we started roasting our own coffee beans at home. (Thanks to my awesome Uncle for teaching us and for sharing your passion for coffee with us!!) We mostly just roasted for own coffee-drinking pleasure, and occasionally gave it as gifts. At Christmas time, we got a few orders and people seemed to enjoy it too! Of course, our parents were always our #1 fans and often asked for "Sangrey Coffee". Purely just a hobby, we started to like the coffee much better than the economy-size Folgers that previously graced our counter-top. I even started drinking it black, no cream OR splenda! Whaat? I am definitely your "girly creamer" coffee girl, but honestly started enjoying it so much for the true flavor that it is, as a fresh roast! (still keep my beloved "Italian Sweet Cream" for guests, and I am sorry if you have visited and I didn't have it in stock! Once we had guests and all I had to offer for his coffee was raw milk! Yikes! That's a 'whole' other story...lol)
Back to Easter Sunday drive...
What if we sold our coffee to make money for kids around the world who have soooo much less that we've been blessed with? (Earlier it hit me hard that America has 95% of the world's WEALTH. 95% of the money that exists in the entire world is right here in the US of A!)
"What about something like, 'coffee for kids' ?" I said to my husband. He was driving and looked over at me, dumbfounded.
"Are you serious? That is EXACTLY what was going through my head during the whole church service." It was in that minute that we both knew God was speaking clearly to both of us!
Over the next several weeks, our church challenged us to do several things to heighten our awareness of how others' really live. "Go at least 12 hrs with no source of water" - people really, truly have days like that. "Eat nothing but rice and beans for 3 meals/day for 5 days" - there are many that eat only rice and beans ONCE/day.
We viewed a clip on "dirt cookies". Dirt cookies? A contradiction of sorts, right? Yes. Made of dirt, dirty water, a bit of salt & shortening. Women in Haiti prepare these"cookies"and sell them for their only income. They give them to their kids to eat. ARE YOU SERIOUS? That little movie stirred something in me that just couldn't be settled until I did something about it.
Honestly, I wept and thanked my Savior for the incredible blessing of being born in little Lancaster County, Pa. I did nothing to deserve being born into my family (who I would be nothing without and PTL for daily!) And at the same time, these dear women in Haiti, stirring up bacteria-infested dirt sludge they call 'food' did nothing to deserve being born into those circumstances!
We felt the Lord continue to nudge us to do something bigger than ourselves. But how, Lord? Now, if you know me at all, you know that I sometimes I great ideas and get all excited about them, but then rarely follow through. Yikes, not something I am totally proud of.
Prov 3:28 If you can help your neighbor now, don't say, "come back tomorrow and then I'll help you."
Okay, don't put it off...So-we started telling people that we are going to sell the coffee that we roast and give all the money to kids who need it more than we do. Kids who don't have much and kids that need to hear the good news about Jesus Christ. Maybe even for the 1st time!
We couldn't handle the thought of giving our precious kids a dried-out dirt patty for lunch and calling it "nutrition". So for us, we needed to make a move.
A week ago on the way home from my in-laws we were making all kinds of notes on what we would like to see happen with "Coffee 4 Kids". I remembered that I needed to call my Uncle back and get more information on a larger roaster. Perfect time to brainstorm together-on the road and kids are sleeping... "Okay, great, we will order it when we get home, perfect!" this roaster will roast about 4 pounds of coffee at a time, as opposed to what we were using at the time that roasts about 1/8 pound at a time!
ring
My cell rings, just minutes after hanging up with Uncle. My dearest friend asks me to put the phone on speaker so that dear hubby can hear also.
"We have been so moved by what you guys are doing with Coffee 4 kids and your heart to make a difference. We would like to *buy* you guys a larger roaster to get you started."
Whaat?
They wanted to put into our hands a larger roaster than we have, to get us started so that we wouldn't have to put out all the money for a BIG-capacity roaster. (Which we were willing & prepared to do as our "donation" to Coffee 4 Kids.)
"We hope in 6 months, you will need the bigger roaster, but for now, please let us do this for you to get you rollin."
What do you say to that? How can I express to you the overwhelming feeling of gratitude!? The feeling of knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that God was trying to be very clear to us?! Here is the thing, I was planning on calling Uncle several days ago to get the website info on where to purchase the BIG roaster. Had I done that, we wouldn't have needed this top-of-the-line home roaster (and may I add, very classy and metro-looking!) We may not have felt that extra-affirmation from God (through our friends) that it was TIME. They were encouraged and thrilled to be a part of God's work and we were encouraged too!
Since God laid on our hearts "coffee 4 Kids", we have prayed for Him to be very clear on HOW He wants us to do this project. For His glory-not ours! Thus far, we feel He has been clear! We just continue to pray-and ask you to join us-for His will to be done through our humble attempt
at our hobby-turned-ministry!
I personally was also reminded lately that (and I know you all know it already, but it helped me to be reminded) I have been simply put on this earth to be loved by God, to love Him back and to love others. I am here for His benefit. I was created to make a contribution, not just to consume resources.
SO- We roast and pray!
Thanks so much for your interest in what God is doing in our lives! We are still communicating with a couple of ministries before we decide on a specific one to "sponsor" with the coffee money. Please pray for that to be CLEAR!
* Pray also for the kids' whose lives will be changed by "C4K".
* Pray for our family as we seek to put God first, each other 2nd, E & L next, followed by roasting coffee!
* I am working on a website...yea just pray! I am very new to this cyber stuff!
Feel free to spread the word!
Coffee is $8/lb
We currently are roasting
Regular~Honduras & Colombian Peaberry
Decaffeinated~Guatemalan & Brazil
Sorry, no flavored coffees yet...just grab yourself a delicious flavored creamer :)
We can grind it for you if you don't have a grinder, not a problem at all! Please let us know if you need that. If we aren't told, we will probably fill the order with the whole beans.
You may pick up your coffee at our home, or we can talk about another more convenient place for pick-up. We aren't going to offer free shipping only b/c that would take funds out of the profits we plan to GIVE, not SPEND. We were actually asked by a local business man if he could sell our coffee on his website! We will keep you posted!
Email orders to : coffee4hiskids@gmail.com
or call to order: 717.271.4154
We typically roast after we get the orders to ensure the freshest product possible! Our goal is to roast about 2x/week. This place is smelling grrrreat, we are in our glory! We're praying God is pleased with our love for coffee too!
We need to fill orders for about 20 lb in the next 4 days, so out I go to the garage to roast! It works out so nice, b/c the kids play so nicely outside and I can be right there with them!
Thanks again for your interest and support in this!
~Tara
I will take you back to the birth...
Easter Sunday, driving to my parents after church was when the conversation began. We were talking a mile a minute about "how can we use what God has given us for His glory? What can we do with what we have, to make a difference in someone else's life?" Then I started thinking, what do we love to do? What are our hobbies?
About a year ago we started roasting our own coffee beans at home. (Thanks to my awesome Uncle for teaching us and for sharing your passion for coffee with us!!) We mostly just roasted for own coffee-drinking pleasure, and occasionally gave it as gifts. At Christmas time, we got a few orders and people seemed to enjoy it too! Of course, our parents were always our #1 fans and often asked for "Sangrey Coffee". Purely just a hobby, we started to like the coffee much better than the economy-size Folgers that previously graced our counter-top. I even started drinking it black, no cream OR splenda! Whaat? I am definitely your "girly creamer" coffee girl, but honestly started enjoying it so much for the true flavor that it is, as a fresh roast! (still keep my beloved "Italian Sweet Cream" for guests, and I am sorry if you have visited and I didn't have it in stock! Once we had guests and all I had to offer for his coffee was raw milk! Yikes! That's a 'whole' other story...lol)
Back to Easter Sunday drive...
What if we sold our coffee to make money for kids around the world who have soooo much less that we've been blessed with? (Earlier it hit me hard that America has 95% of the world's WEALTH. 95% of the money that exists in the entire world is right here in the US of A!)
"What about something like, 'coffee for kids' ?" I said to my husband. He was driving and looked over at me, dumbfounded.
"Are you serious? That is EXACTLY what was going through my head during the whole church service." It was in that minute that we both knew God was speaking clearly to both of us!
Over the next several weeks, our church challenged us to do several things to heighten our awareness of how others' really live. "Go at least 12 hrs with no source of water" - people really, truly have days like that. "Eat nothing but rice and beans for 3 meals/day for 5 days" - there are many that eat only rice and beans ONCE/day.
We viewed a clip on "dirt cookies". Dirt cookies? A contradiction of sorts, right? Yes. Made of dirt, dirty water, a bit of salt & shortening. Women in Haiti prepare these"cookies"and sell them for their only income. They give them to their kids to eat. ARE YOU SERIOUS? That little movie stirred something in me that just couldn't be settled until I did something about it.
Honestly, I wept and thanked my Savior for the incredible blessing of being born in little Lancaster County, Pa. I did nothing to deserve being born into my family (who I would be nothing without and PTL for daily!) And at the same time, these dear women in Haiti, stirring up bacteria-infested dirt sludge they call 'food' did nothing to deserve being born into those circumstances!
We felt the Lord continue to nudge us to do something bigger than ourselves. But how, Lord? Now, if you know me at all, you know that I sometimes I great ideas and get all excited about them, but then rarely follow through. Yikes, not something I am totally proud of.
Prov 3:28 If you can help your neighbor now, don't say, "come back tomorrow and then I'll help you."
Okay, don't put it off...So-we started telling people that we are going to sell the coffee that we roast and give all the money to kids who need it more than we do. Kids who don't have much and kids that need to hear the good news about Jesus Christ. Maybe even for the 1st time!
We couldn't handle the thought of giving our precious kids a dried-out dirt patty for lunch and calling it "nutrition". So for us, we needed to make a move.
A week ago on the way home from my in-laws we were making all kinds of notes on what we would like to see happen with "Coffee 4 Kids". I remembered that I needed to call my Uncle back and get more information on a larger roaster. Perfect time to brainstorm together-on the road and kids are sleeping... "Okay, great, we will order it when we get home, perfect!" this roaster will roast about 4 pounds of coffee at a time, as opposed to what we were using at the time that roasts about 1/8 pound at a time!
ring
My cell rings, just minutes after hanging up with Uncle. My dearest friend asks me to put the phone on speaker so that dear hubby can hear also.
"We have been so moved by what you guys are doing with Coffee 4 kids and your heart to make a difference. We would like to *buy* you guys a larger roaster to get you started."
Whaat?
They wanted to put into our hands a larger roaster than we have, to get us started so that we wouldn't have to put out all the money for a BIG-capacity roaster. (Which we were willing & prepared to do as our "donation" to Coffee 4 Kids.)
"We hope in 6 months, you will need the bigger roaster, but for now, please let us do this for you to get you rollin."
What do you say to that? How can I express to you the overwhelming feeling of gratitude!? The feeling of knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that God was trying to be very clear to us?! Here is the thing, I was planning on calling Uncle several days ago to get the website info on where to purchase the BIG roaster. Had I done that, we wouldn't have needed this top-of-the-line home roaster (and may I add, very classy and metro-looking!) We may not have felt that extra-affirmation from God (through our friends) that it was TIME. They were encouraged and thrilled to be a part of God's work and we were encouraged too!
Since God laid on our hearts "coffee 4 Kids", we have prayed for Him to be very clear on HOW He wants us to do this project. For His glory-not ours! Thus far, we feel He has been clear! We just continue to pray-and ask you to join us-for His will to be done through our humble attempt
at our hobby-turned-ministry!
I personally was also reminded lately that (and I know you all know it already, but it helped me to be reminded) I have been simply put on this earth to be loved by God, to love Him back and to love others. I am here for His benefit. I was created to make a contribution, not just to consume resources.
SO- We roast and pray!
Thanks so much for your interest in what God is doing in our lives! We are still communicating with a couple of ministries before we decide on a specific one to "sponsor" with the coffee money. Please pray for that to be CLEAR!
* Pray also for the kids' whose lives will be changed by "C4K".
* Pray for our family as we seek to put God first, each other 2nd, E & L next, followed by roasting coffee!
* I am working on a website...yea just pray! I am very new to this cyber stuff!
Feel free to spread the word!
Coffee is $8/lb
We currently are roasting
Regular~Honduras & Colombian Peaberry
Decaffeinated~Guatemalan & Brazil
Sorry, no flavored coffees yet...just grab yourself a delicious flavored creamer :)
We can grind it for you if you don't have a grinder, not a problem at all! Please let us know if you need that. If we aren't told, we will probably fill the order with the whole beans.
You may pick up your coffee at our home, or we can talk about another more convenient place for pick-up. We aren't going to offer free shipping only b/c that would take funds out of the profits we plan to GIVE, not SPEND. We were actually asked by a local business man if he could sell our coffee on his website! We will keep you posted!
Email orders to : coffee4hiskids@gmail.com
or call to order: 717.271.4154
We typically roast after we get the orders to ensure the freshest product possible! Our goal is to roast about 2x/week. This place is smelling grrrreat, we are in our glory! We're praying God is pleased with our love for coffee too!
We need to fill orders for about 20 lb in the next 4 days, so out I go to the garage to roast! It works out so nice, b/c the kids play so nicely outside and I can be right there with them!
Thanks again for your interest and support in this!
~Tara
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