Will she know that I’m not there when she goes to bed tomorrow night? Will it even phase her that MaMa isn’t there?

Tomorrow is the first official night away from Tatum.  ALL night, and the next day, and the NEXT night, and the next day after that. It’s time for this to happen, I think I’m ready for it, and perfect as we approach her 1st birthday.  I’ve had almost 1 full year, every night, me being there just in case she needed something.  She’s a big girl now, almost able to walk, and Mommy & Daddy also need to be Chris & Summer.  So it begins.

Chris and I leave tomorrow morning for a full week of church planting ‘boot camp’ as they call it.  Thank God it isn’t physically working out everyday because I would certainly fail.  This next week is strategically designed for others like Chris and I embarking on their journey to begin a new church.  We’ll sit through classes, have many break out sessions where we are able to wrestle through issues, mission, vision, values, raising money, raising & recruiting leaders. Almost everything.  I am excited that Chris and I are both able to go together, not just Chris by himself.  We’ve been able to discuss a lot of these topics, but having a full week with un-interrupted distractions is exactly what we need right now.  I pray that we come back to Austin with a prepared game plan and feel good about these next steps.

Please be praying for us.  Pray that my processed thoughts can come OUT of my brain, pray that conversations we have with a few people in Dallas about potentially being leaders with us will go well, and pray that Chris and I realize that we are not in this new adventure alone.

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