How do you start a coffee shop?

The floor before:


The floor after:


before/after


1: Nasty dirty floor that is very old; 2: Jen painting the trim after we cleaned and primed; 3: The after shot!



We are faced with the question: How do you start a coffee shop?
Our answer: We have no freakin' clue!!
So what are we doing? PRAYING through every decision we make! Even down to the paint colors!

We know that God has opened up the doors for us to open this shop back up and use it for the ministry. So we just want to make sure we cover every aspect in prayer and follow anywhere God is leading!

And in the process, we are having a TON of fun! The coffee shop, Java Junkie, is on the 1st floor. Then our Bridge the Nations office is on the 2nd floor. Then Jen and I live on the 3rd/4th floor. So it's going to be great to have our meetings in this super fun super cool coffee shop!
And we'll be with all the girls together in one building- not spread out like before.

So here are some pics from today . . .


We are starting to paint today and we are SO stoked to see how it turns out!!
This is the purple we'll be using on the ceiling. It is SO pretty!!


This is the purple fabric we will be covering a very fun chair with


Here is the chair we are getting, but with that purple fabric. And of course, an ultra fun green pillow for accent!


Here we are buying the coffee machine- the biggest investment.


Here are the other 3 colors- chocolate brown, pink and cream.


You know I'll be posting updates as we get further and further along. This is such an exciting thing for us right now because we just cant wait to see what God is going to do!!