My good friend, Ian Hookfin, is back 'in the house' at the cafe today. God working through him, Ian was the one who introduced me to the cafe... back in 2000. He was the Community Ministries director when I came to work at Tab and we quickly became friends.
[The then-pastor disparagingly referred to us as... "oh you fundamentalists". LOL. But that's a story for another day.]
Anyway, one day Ian said to me, "So ya wanna do urban ministry, do you? Well get in the car."
Ian drove me up and down the narrow streets near the church, and at one point pulled over to the curb on a pretty desolate corner... 30th x Central Ave... and said, "Get out".
I said in shock, "Say WHAT?"
He clarified... "Get out, we're going in. This is the Unleavened Bread Cafe. You're gonna love it."
[And love it I did. And love it I do.]
It was so good to see him again -- it's been way too long. He's now a PT (physical trainer) up in Carmel, and one of our techs at the cafe was able to help Ian with some web stuff....
[Bryan Rohrer, Internet Design Works, was back in the house today too. Thanks Bryan!]
Gloria & Brian Carter were also 'in the house' today. Brian's a DJ... traveling under the name "Bloodwashed!". He's also involved in the DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative, which helps optimally train urban youth leaders. I think Brian's been here lots of times before, and I'd met him before... but this is OFFICIAL now, because we have their 'photo at the banner'.
[So ya'll come... any Saturday... 10am. You're not 'official' til we get your picture 'at the banner' and upload it among all the cafe photos of our other friends!]
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