June Coffee News

-Family Togetherness: Maximo and Natalia back in Minnesota to visit for the summer
-2007 coffee shipment on its way

Lots of Family Togetherness
We've got a number of family gatherings coming up, beginning with a late night trip to the airport tonight to pick up Guillermo's parents Maximo and Natalia back again from Honduras. (We made sure they'd visit again by buying a round trip ticket for them when they left in February). This time they're staying for the summer to help with kids. With Maximo at 81 and Natalia only a few years younger, we are grateful for every minute we get to spend with them!

The next week, shortly after we finish our June coffee deliveries, Cathy's parents and her brother's family from Nashville will be coming to town to see the latest addition to our family, a beautiful baby boy born just this week to Cathy's other brother and his wife who live west of Minneapolis. It will be a joy to celebrate together!

Over the summer, we are looking forward to many family conversations. The Velasquez Family (and the Eberharts too) are excellent conversationalists and story tellers. Often, the harder the original experience the better, and funnier the story you can tell about it for years later. Recalling an experience in the rain, in the dark, carrying children and suitcases for hours up the mountain path to the farm has everyone rolling in laughter. As do experiences of car trouble, childhood pranks and quirky neighbors. The art of story telling has the power to transform the past!

We have fond memories of sitting around a gas lamp in the farm house (where there is no electricty) or around a bon fire outside under the brilliant stars laughing to jokes and family stories. Guillermo has a big family too -- he's the youngest of eight -- so when even a few of them get together things can get lively! It should be a fun summer.

More Coffee on the Way
We have also heard the word from Guillermo's brothers Sabel and Abilio and brother-in-law Alonzo that their 2007 coffee will be on its way to us shortly. They have packaged it up in 150 pound bags, handed it off one of Guillermo's cousins who will get it to the port city of Puerto Cortez in Honduras where it will be loaded in a ship headed for Miami. Once it arrives there, we'll arrange for a truck to pick it up and deliver it to our roaster in Le Center, Minnesota.

Hope your summer is shaping up to be a good one!