Coffee Chats HOW PALATE COFFEE WAS BORN PART ONE written by Tina Kadolph Welcome Friends, I am excited to share with you this month on how Palate Coffee Brewery was born. The amazing coffee that you have the opportunity to buy not only supports the fight against human trafficking but also the Voice of Of Truth magazine and Women World Leaders. This coffee is life-changing! Literally! Palate has so many amazing God stories I cannot wait to share with you. One of the beautiful stories behind Palate is how it was born. It really goes all the way back to 2011 when our daughter and son-in-love were just finishing up their stay on the mission field. While in South America, God had given them a vision about coming home and opening a coffee shop that would be safe for young people, but would also change lives. They were confident that this was the next thing God was calling them to do. We were meeting as a church in an old 100-year-old monastery. That is a story for another time. When they came home, they continued praying about this vision and knew God was leading them to set up a coffee shop in the church/monastery. They named the 68
shop Coffee @ 9:23 after Luke 9:23 ESV - “And He said to all, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” They had lived this verse as newlyweds moving to a thirdworld country and serving on the mission field for over a year. They continued in faith as they felt God say they had completed the work He had asked them to do, and now He had a new work for them at home. It was hard for them to leave as God had given them a love for this country and they had fallen in love with the people. But they were being obedient to His call on their lives. Once home, they worked tirelessly on this new project, Coffee @ 9:23. It was such a cute, warm, and inviting place. For months they would get up at 5 am, open the coffee shop, and wait. They would get one or two customers besides their family who showed up faithfully to support them. They did not lose heart as they believed this was their calling. They would persevere and not give up. One day the city showed up and told them they had to close the little coffee shop. They were heartbroken, as we
