green tomorrow

Back in the green apron tomorrow. Worked at Starbucks for a year, took a month to do whatever, worked at what I thought was going to be my dream job for a year, stayed unemployed for over two months, and now I am back in the green barista position. When I quit the first itme, my regulars thought I was going off to save the world. They thought by working at a mission organization that meant I was moving to Africa to feed starving children (they barely ever asked what I was actually going to be doing.) I thought I was going to my dream job. But I have already talked about that enough. This is about tomorrow. I know people would talk about my job at AIM as a real job, the responsible route, the grownup life. I feel as though the year I spent at AIM, even though it was an amazing opportunity, I got to meet new people and even go to Africa again, I feel as though it was a break in my life. I feel the year was a sort of time out of living. I am so excited to be back in the green apron making those coffees for my regulars again. Being a part of those people's lives even if it is only for 5 minutes, it is still an opportunity to make someone's day a little brighter. I get to be a shining light in someone's life. I cannot wait to be back in that job. I loved being a testimony and a friend to the people I worked with. I loved connecting with the customers. I might not have liked how cold the drive-through window can get but I loved asking those customers how their days were going. I cannot wait to be able to fall even more in love with Jesus by loving my job and loving the people I will get to make coffee for every day. So happy to be living again.