Monday Feb 17, 2020
179: Troy Greenwood and His Mid-Life Awakening
Troy Greenwood is the Co-Founder of GraceFull Cafe & Foundation. Today, he shares the story of feeling like something was missing in his life when he seemed to have it all, moving to Uganda for 10 months, and discovering a whole new way of living with God. He and his wife, Heather, run the Gracefull Cafe in Littleton, CO (where I live) and serve meals to anyone even if they cannot pay. Together, Troy and Heather are creating a community around food that’s open to all.
Listen to Troy’s story now!
Stories Troy shared:
- Starting Gracefull Cafe with his wife
- Growing up as a pastor’s kid going out of obligation
- Feeling something was missing while seeming to have it all
- Moving to Uganda for 10 months
- Forgiving his parents because the Lord asked him to
- How Uganda changed his understanding of himself
- Noticing how his journal entries changed
- Learning to leave God space to work in his day
- The dream that convinced him it’s okay to go home
- Opening Gracefull Cafe and how it works
- Representing the entire community by creating a welcoming space
- Why we must learn people’s names
Great quotes from Troy:
While the Lord was holding me in his hands, he was breaking so many things about what I knew and understood about myself and about him.
Ugandans taught me more about my faith than I taught them.
Sometimes we plan God out of our schedule.
I didn’t know anything about community until I lived in it.
I need buckets of patience and truckfuls of trust.
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