Rio Coco Bean Coffee

Our Connections

Seek The Lamb
Join an ongoing adventure that has spanned the globe since a "two week trip" to Central America in 1984. Since then we have "lended a hand" in Nicaragua, Honduras, Israel, Germany, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Hawaii, and many places in the United States.
Utila
We are on an adventure on the island of Utila, off the north coast of Honduras. This island is a mecca for scuba divers, and many backpackers from all over the world congregate on this small island to dive, search for adventure, and have fun. We believe that a good cup of coffee is a good starting place for a friendly relationship which can lead to a discussion of the important things and people in life. That is the purpose of the Rio Coco Cafe, where we will serve our fresh roasted Rio Coco Beans coffee. Join us as we walk through this adventure with our Utila Ministry Manual, and the Pillars of our mission there.
Spiritual Spaces
Cruise through the places of the Bible through videos and images taken by us personally during our study times in Israel, Greece, Turkey, and Italy. Understanding the geographical context of your favorite Biblical passages will only enhance their meaning!
Tom's Miskito Mission
How does the Gospel come to an indigenous people who are on the bridge between the Fourth World and the First? Tom's many years of living in the Miskito culture provide many insights into how we can effectively communicate the Most Important Message to another culture.
Bags Full
Check into "Bags Full" to get watered and feed with some perspectives on the Word from a former Navy and missionary pilot, disco manager and ice cream scooper. Guaranteed to tweak your understanding of God's culturally adept message to you.
Lamb Bleatings
Laura Bagby is a skilled observer of life in many parts of our world. From her experience of traveling while raising four children and caring for a needy husband who is often unconscious of those needs, she offers us all words of wisdom on a regular basis.
Rio Coco Beans Coffee
Want to try some of the best coffee in the world? Want to help out needy people worldwide as you enjoy that cup of coffee? Rio Coco Beans directly imports coffee from personal sources in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Ethiopia. In addition we have friends who help us with coffee from Colombia, Sumatra and other places. Good Coffee and a Great Cause!

Project Ezra Beginnings

In 1985, many of the Nicaraguan refugees who were living in the swamps and savannahs along the Kruta and Coco Rivers in Honduras asked us for help in educating their children. Due to the war in Nicaragua, it had been five years since many children had attended classes. We certainly didn't have a plan, but our Lord did! Over the next few years, He used many volunteers to train teachers, build school buildings, and provide school supplies to refugees in 12 villages. Enjoying viewing this miracle!

Rio Coco Beans Coffee

The production of coffee is a laborious process. In these next pages, we will take you through the steps of coffee growth from flower to bagged coffee. We are fortunate to have such high quality sources for our coffee! When you finished this photo essay, you will be brought back to this page. If you want to return to the Rio Coco Store, go to http://www.riococobeans.com. (Just copy and paste it into the address line of your browser)

Waspam Center Construction

For many years we have desired to have a facility where we could train teachers and pastors, record Miskito music, make local artisan products, and gather different cultural elements. We found a piece of proterty outside of Waspam at the end of the airport runway in 1991, and began praying. We were able to purchase it in 1992. Four years later, we began construction of what we though would be a simple building. However, God had bigger plans- As usual! Take a look at the result of many prayers, financial gifts, and hard labor by many volunteers!

August 18, 2008

Good Coffee. Great Cause!

High in the rich volcanic mountains of Nicaragua, at the headwaters of the Coco River, lies one of the most famous coffee growing regions of the world. Here, under the canopy of mahogany and other hardwood trees, farmers cultivate organic beans full of flavor, free of chemicals, and in an environmentally friendly manner.

It is a natural to combine exquisite flavor of these beans with a righteous cause- educating children in one of the most remote corners of the Western Hemisphere.

Downriver, Project Ezra is providing primary education for over 2300 Miskito Indian children in 14 villages scattered along the remote lower Coco River. This project, founded in 1986 by Seek The Lamb, has educated thousands of Miskito youths in an area that is truly Fourth World (no electricity, running water, or roads- travel is by foot or dugout canoe!).

Today, a majority of Project Ezra’s 59 teachers are former Project Ezra first grade students.

We pay the farmers upriver a fair price for their beans, and take the profits from each bag of Rio Coco Bean Coffee to pay teacher salaries, buy school supplies, and provide logistical support for Project Ezra schools downriver.

In February, we purchased our own roaster which is now set up and operating in Vero Beach Florida. This enables us to serve the freshest coffee!

We encourage you to doubly enjoy each cup of Rio Coco Bean coffee, knowing that with each sip, more Miskito Indian children are being educated each day.

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