A Million Details

Jamani Java is at that point of completion where about 1.45 million details have to be handled. Before this adventure I was never much of a detail person. Now all I see is details. That's both good and potentially bad. I have to pay attention to the details, but I also have to avoid letting the details take up all my time and attention.

Jamani Java is a coffee house, but it is much more. There is, in my humble opinion, a huge vision behind this project. I envision not just one Jamani, but up to 100 of them scattered across this great nation. I know, compared to McDonalds or Starbucks, 100 coffee houses isn't much. But just think of the number of people that would frequent, find purpose, meaning and community, and maybe even find faith in 100 Jamani Javas.

Need numbers? Okay. Our estimated traffic count per day is 350 guests. Multiply that by 365 and you get 127,750 encounters per year. Of that number about 20% or 25,550 are going to be one-time, just-passing-through-encounters. The rest, approximately 102, 200 encounters throughout the year may possibly be God-given opportunities to meet new friends. Multiply that by 100 and the number is mind boggling compared to the usual number of encounters that a little 'ol country pastor like myself would normally have in a lifetime let alone one year. If even a fraction of those encounters lead to conversations of faith or encounters with God's grace...well, how cool would that be!

So yea, I have details to take care of. But I also have a vision...a big one. It's a vision to start a movement that literally changes the way we think of church, evangelism, making friends, and drinking coffee.