kirstin and i moved to three rivers, michigan, at the end of last year because we could no longer financially able to pay rent and because we were hoping to focus more on *cino-related activities. kirstin's grandparents were kind enough to allow us to move to their summer lake cottage for a temporary, rent-free home.
we were only supposed to stay for about six months, but, after exploring three rivers, we've decided to stay indefinitely. in fact, we started the store and i've gone back to school (goshen college), so we'll be here for a while.
why did we decide to start the store?
well, here goes . . .
the first time we walked into our present church home, st. john's lutheran, we noticed they were serving fair trade coffee and tea. so we knew there would be people with shared values in the church.
and there were. we met jeff keefer and brianne donaldson (who are married) during that first visit and connected immediately. they have since become amazing friends. they were trying to convince us to stay in three rivers from the day they met us. once bri found out that kirstin had worked in a fair trade store, she encouraged us (strongly) to start a store here.
so we figured we would explore the idea to see if it would even be a possibility.
to be continued . . . (i don't suppose i need to say that, since this is a blog and you expect that out of me)
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