That Still Small Voice
The number one question we get asked when we do Abba Java events is “Where are you located”? It’s been a tough question to answer, because we really only have an online location.
The question was asked so many times to myself, that I begin to ponder a possible location. So I gave the question to God…
The answer that God gave to me was, Trevecca University, in Nashville. So, one day I jumped in my van and headed over to find that location. I felt like the Lord was telling me to look on the outside of the campus. My first trip didn’t turn out anything…
I headed back a second time, and the second trip ended up the same way… When I got back to my office the Lord spoke to my heart, and said go back to the campus, but take a tour of the campus.
I called my friend up that works at Trevecca and got a tour set up. We toured the campus, but didn’t see anything. As I was about to leave the campus for the third time, my friend pointed at a building that had escaped the tour. I got out of my car walked into a newly reconstructed building to find a brand new coffee shop that had never been open for business!! I knew right when I saw the unopened coffee shop, that this is where God was leading me!! It took three times, but I finally pressed in enough to hear that “still small voice”.
The first Abba Java coffee shop will be opening in eight weeks. It will be a different coffee shop. The vision is to create a cool place for students to hang out, but also connect them to the world and especially to orphans across the world. We will use the coffee shop as a runway to send students and individuals across the world!
So if you are in the neighborhood in March, come by for a cup of joe, and get connected to the 143,000,000 orphans that are in the world today!
I just found out about your organization. I have a son that is a freshman at Trevecca this year. We are from South Carolina and had not heard of Abba Java before the opening of the shop was annouced. Our adult bible study just did a lesson on “Active Compassion”, your organization is a modern day example. The Batten family will continue to pray for your sucess both online and on campus.