This season is different for our family in so many ways. Peyton is in first grade now and my youngest two attend Mother’s Day Out a few days out of the week. For a while they were all home and now it feels that life is returning to normal. Our schedules are getting a lot busier these days.

We’ve been attending church online since last December and during the spring we decided that it was time to start going in person. We have been spending a lot of time at church, helping with children’s ministry and attending small groups and events. Our time is so important and we know that God honors our decision to spend time doing his work and helping others.

I recently found out about an amazing organization that is founded on doing just that. Three Avocados is a non-profit that sources and sells coffee beans from the mountains in Uganda to help the people there gain access to clean drinking water. Clean water helps to keep kids, especially girls, in school. Children are often responsible for fetching water daily, typically hours away by foot. Access to clean water gives them this time back, which can be better spent getting an education.

I just love how the name “Three Avocados” came about. It is inspired by the generosity of an elderly widow in Uganda.

You see, in small villages in Uganda, food is more important than money. An offering was being taken up there and the widow gave something very valuable to her, three avocados. It really touched me to know that she had sacrificed something so valuable because that was her heart.

It really opened my eyes to what God is wanting from me. I could give money or things. But what he wants from me is my time. It looks different for everyone. I feel like this sactifice is the key to blessings in our life. For the widow, it was avocados. For me, it’s my time.

I’ve really enjoyed this coffee in the mornings and it feels great knowing that it supports a beautful mission to provide cleaing drinking water to indivduals in need.

Check out Three Avocados and read more about their mission. Which season are you in right now? How are you spending your time?

Love and light,

Amber