The House

After Outreach me and my friend Eirin were walking to the market and she asked me what I wanted to do once I got home. Honestly I did not want to even think of going home but once I did God gave me this whole vision of where i was going to work, I didn't know that at the time. A coffee shop but not a fast pace Starbucks kind, a low key, wear your clothes, live music on some days, and sweet people. It had to give me the support and encouragement of Christ but not in a cheesy forceful way. A place were I could meet really solid Christians who would turn in to life long friends. I though of this wonderful place but had no idea where to find it in Calgary.

Talking to my Cousin one day (as usual) she told me to check out this cafe called The House and the moment I did I knew it was perfect, I applied right away in February then waited. I knew this was the job that I needed but they just weren't getting back to me so I applied for other jobs, ones that I should have got but some weird reason didn't get... wonder who that could have been! Long story short I got the job at The House in May.

I don't even know where to start in telling you how much this place has changed me. First of all the people and friendships that have come from it are amazing, knowing that I have already made life long friends and people that will support my and have my back for a verrrry long time to come!

I think to see the fruit from all the ministry that is done there is really fulfilling because you can honestly see God move in peoples lives in ways that I could NEVER imagine. People that the world has given up on and turned its back on, broken people and kids who just need a little bit of love and someone to actually care. The cool part is that you actually get attached to these people you feel Gods heart for them, its not a feel sorry for them but a love that only God could arise in you. As if this is the God i get to serve! Amazes me every time.

Every time I go to work I love it even more because God is so big, SO alive, and doing something different every second! I love being apart of something so powerful, a place where I can have deep talks with kids who are searching for someone or something just to love them - amazing. It just shows that God is so much bigger then we allow him to be most of the time, we think that we can only meet him and hang out with him at church or at home because work and money is our own thing and doesn't have anything to do with God. That is not true at all, don't we realize that we are fighting for his Kingdom every second that we are alive, with every breath that we take, every moment is his. It is going to be HIS Kingdom that stands and the end! Don't you want to do everything in your humanly power to make that happen sooner then later? I do, and that is what I'm going to give my life too, not saying that i have it all together because I sure don't but that should never mean stop trying.

The House has really shown me that God does not forget about his children and that the amount of grace and mercy he has is enough to bring me to my knees. Life is what you make we have a choice everyday, God will never give up.

www.thehousecoffee.ca