Please join us for a day of prayer for Ethiopia on Sunday, April 25th. We're encouraging folks to have a couple of friends over and brew some Fair Trade* Ethiopian coffee and spend a bit of time praying for the people of Ethiopia.
This came after a good friend of ours, Jeff Mclain was saying how he remembers to pray for us by brewing Ethiopian coffee each day. That's also how I used to pray for Hanna before we traveled to make her part of our family, I'd head out to Coffee Co. and grab an Ethiopian french press and pray for her.
Please join us in praying for this country.
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**Why Fair Trade Ethiopian coffee? For one, Ethiopian Coffee is the finest coffee in the world. Look for names like Sidamo or Harar (the best in my opinion), Jimma or Yirgacheffe. Why fair trade? Because that ensures that farmers here get a fair price for their beans and that they can provide for their family. Sure, it costs a bit more, but the difference to a farmer who is facing questions of survival it is huge. It truly is hard for an Ethiopian farmer to understand how the green beans that were bought from him for 40 cents per pound were used to make dozens of cups of coffee at a coffeeshop for $2US per cup. Fair trade helps to make sure they get a fairer price when the price of coffee plummets on the exchange and helps to reduce the injustice and inequity towards the farmer. Watch for names like Pura Vida, Peace Coffee, Equal Exchange, Dean's Beans or a host of others. If you live in Lancaster, Prince Street Cafe sells fairtrade Ethiopian beans by the lb, too.
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