It’s easy to forget the original challenge to this adventure when you see something you want but you don’t have the capital to get it. In this case, it’s property for sale in Oak Ridge, and the finished dream of the coffee house in operation.
Wesley and I got $100 to take a trip to Maryland to work for a couple of weeks. The pay would give us another month to work on the documentary. That $100 went quick. Before we even left Tennessee, we had to get the brakes done. That set us back $60. Only $40 was left for gas, which was enough to make the trip. Google Maps set us back by two hours by routing us the wrong way. That was gas we couldn’t afford to waste, but nonetheless, we made the trip on $40.
One hundred gone in one day.
Can you imagine being a person who has a dream, but no skills to raise capital? Wesley and I have a very long ways to go in learning business skills, and especially raising money. I hate the money issues. Going and getting a loan would be so much easier. Debt…isn’t that the American way? Perhaps, but I don’t believe it is YHWH’s way.
I wish I was money smart. I wish I knew how to invest and get great returns. I wish I could have taken that $100 and turned it into $200. I don’t, yet, but one day I will be a better business person and so will my husband.
We are sticking to our original goal of building a coffee house without going into debt. It may take us longer to raise the money because we have to work for the money. Some day I hope money will work for us. Until then, we will keep building our dream one cupcake at a time.
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