Coffee talk looks a little different these days. First, I’ll explain what coffee talk really is. For as long as I can remember, our schedules were always cleared for Saturday and Sunday mornings. The Wolz family of 6 would get up, make coffee, and go sit on our back porch and talk for hours on end. The conversations consisted of talking about our previous week, Our Heavenly Father, funny stories, the good and bad things we’re going through, and anything else you can imagine. With coffee talk being an essential part of my childhood, it’s understandable why quality time is my number one love language. Ask anyone on my squad, I go on walks every night with a different person to get my quality time fix haha. In all honesty, coffee talk is what I miss most about home BUT the Lord has made coffee talk abundant here in Guatemala.
I’ve gotten to invite 40 people into my world of coffee talk. Every morning at 7:00 a.m. My squad is up with a mug in hand, conversing over breakfast. Maybe it’s not for hours on end, but the hour before we all separate and go to our ministries has become an essential part of my day. You may ask “Is everyone really a morning person?” The answer is no and a lot of the time I ‘force’ my friends to talk to me in the mornings… (I am one of the few people who LOVES the mornings on my squad.) What I’m getting at is I have learned so much about my squadmates over a cup of coffee. I hear about their lives, the good and bad, and everything in between. My heart overflows when I pull up a seat at the table and laugh with the people around me.
My ministry is another place coffee talk has been implemented. More like ‘Kool-Aid talk’ if ya know what I mean. Most of the time, ‘Kool-Aid talk’ is not really about the conversation but about how we love the kids we get to serve. Coffee Talk with the kids looks like making a puzzle with them or coloring a Mr. Potato Head coloring sheet or Senor Papas Cabeza, as our kids would say. The Lord has used my love for Coffee Talk in new and unexpected ways. Home doesn’t feel so far away when I get to bring coffee talk with me everywhere I go.
I also wanted to thank you Mom & Dad for instilling communication in our family from such a young age. When I look around the streets of Guatemala, I see so many broken families. I’ve heard stories of siblings who don’t communicate because of a misunderstanding and it breaks my heart. I know it could’ve been different for those families if communication was instilled at a young age. I can’t help but feel grateful for all you have done for us Mama & Pops. Your love for our family could never go unnoticed and we would not be the people we are today if we didn’t have coffee talk in our lives. As silly as coffee talk may seem, the real importance is the communication that we now have with each other as a family. We get to take what we have learned and use it for the rest of our lives. I feel the Lord speaking restoration over this country. Restoration between families and most importantly the Lord. I walk in freedom through these streets because I know the Lord has been moving here in Guatemala long before I ever stepped foot here. He is redeeming families and broken relationships and I get a front-row seat to watch.
Thank you Heavenly Father for allowing me to see how important communication really is from such a young age & thank you for my Mama & Pops who saw the need for communication and made it a huge aspect of our lives.
Wolz fam, Coffee talk over facetime will have to do for now:)
Forever His,
Celia
What an amazing testimony. That is a true blessing you’re sharing and how it has such a positive impact. Can’t wait to have coffee talks during debrief. Heather and I send hugs and can’t wait to see y’all.
I love our coffee talk & miss it quite a lot. Keep sharing & spreading the love of God!
Awww! ?? Coffee talk with our family was extremely important (and still is!) to me and your dad because it enables our family to express what going on in our lives, our needs, our wants, and our concerns to each other. Having time to share open and honest communication created an atmosphere that allowed us to express our differences as well as our love and admiration for one another. Neither dad or I had good communication with our families growing up and therefore we don’t have the best relationships with our siblings today. How different our lives would look today if we had coffee talk growing up. When you were little I would make hot cocoa for you and your siblings while dad and I drank our cups of joe. Now we are all drinking cups of joe now. Time flies by so fast. I whole heartedly believe coffee talk has brought us all so close and that you and your siblings will continue your great relationships going forward. What a true blessing!
Aw, your parents started a change for their children that will last generations. This is amazing!
Thank you for sharing this and catching up with our kiddos. I’m sure they love having someone to talk to.