Greetings from Venilla, Sridhar, and Anbalagan,
For Sridhar, this month has been a wonderful one. God has been teaching Sridhar to work immediately and not to tolerate things or situations that accrue in his day to day life. He's been learning that when he starts to tolerate things, then he procrastinates, and when this happens, he starts to pile up junk. It becomes a routine for most of us to let the Spirit of Procrastination rest with us.
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| Celebrating Sridhar's birthday at Daily Bean |
Sridhar has had a mix of both good and bad things happen this past month. Starting with the good, he has had so many people celebrate him this past month, both family and workplace mates. He was celebrated and was very blessed to see so much love from everyone in his circle. This is going to be a very special year for him and in everything that he does.
The hard part of this month was that the Daily Bean had to get some major electrical work done, which cost us more than we had expected. All the major repairs are completed now, and we hope that we won't have to close our store again for any electrical situation. The whole time Sridhar felt God continually comforting with His promise that He is with us and that everything is going to be just fine.
Sridhar was filled with worry and was very angry, but as time went by, I could continually see that God was with every decision that we took as a team.
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| Electrical Work |
This month has been a gracious month for Venilla. God has been teaching her about Psalm 103 where it says His love for us is so great, and He doesn't count our sins against us. God has been constantly reminding Venilla of His unfailing love.
Roman 8:39 has been another reminder for Venilla this month. It talks about how there is nothing that will ever separate us from the love of God. There are times when Venilla questions God's love, but it's so beautiful to know that it's unconditional.
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| Daily Bean Staff Selfie |
For Anbalagan, this month has been a blessed month. Jessi and Anbalagan have been able to move to a new house. The move was difficult and took a lot of time, but it was worth it. God knows the best time to bless his children. He's always a faithful Father. This month has been a tough month for us in Daily Bean as there were so many electrical issues, and it was hard to know how to get it fixed correctly. Due to this problem, we had many equipment failures, and it was disappointing for us to have this problem after being re-open for a short time. We learned a good lesson which will help us in the future. Each season in the Daily Bean has taught us a lesson.
We also had to make a difficult decision regarding three of our employees. After giving them many chances, we had to let them go. The monthly staff meeting was good and hard because we said goodbye to the three employees, but we also had a chance to celebrate Salomi's birthday. This staff meeting was important because we had more than six employees join us for the first time. It was helpful to introduce everybody officially and develop a connection with the team.
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| Celebrating Salmoi's Birthday at the Daily Bean Monthly Staff Meeting |
Personally, this month God has been teaching Anbalagan to "Be still, and know that He is God" (Ps. 46:10). It is easy to get carried away by doing things in our human might, but we should rely on the stillness of God to know the right timing and that He has everything under control, in my personal life as well as business life.
Thank you so much for reading and we hope you have a blessed week ahead! Thank you for being in prayer for us.
Prayer Points:
-Pray for God's wisdom and guidance as we make daily decisions that impact the business
-Pray for God's continued favour for us to connect to various business opportunities for Daily Bean
-Pray for God's rest to descend over the three of us in this next season
-Pray for peace and connection among the three for us as well as in the Daily Bean team
-Pray that God's presence would be known in Daily Bean as the customers interact with us and enter the shop
