I’m sitting at the 13th Street Coffee Company in downtown Omaha decompressing after a long weekend of connecting with people, conferencing, and study.  My flight back to St. Louis doesn’t leave until 7pm so I’m camped out here reflecting on the weekend.  Here’s the shakedown:

• Caught a Friday night flight from St. Louis to Omaha – got in at 9pm.  Was greeted by arctic Nebraska snow and wind.
• Crashed at my friend Kendal’s place.
• Met a single dude interested in being part of the 2PC launch team over breakfast at 7am on Saturday.  He lives in Omaha now, attends Coram Deo, but will be moving to Lincoln in the Fall to start law school.
• Hit the Church History Conference (Acts 29 Winter Regional event)at Coram Deo all morning on Saturday.  Gave a pitch for Project 2 Pillars during one of the breaks.
• Had lunch with a couple from Lincoln who moved there from Dallas where they attended an Acts 29 church called The Village Church.  These guys also seem interested in being a part of the 2PC launch team.
• Back to the Church History Conference at Coram Deo all afternoon.
• Hit up a coffee shop afterward to work on a paper for seminary.
• Met a few pastor friends for a couple of beers at the Brazen Head Irish Pub.
• Poured some coffee on top of those two beers at Caffeine Dreams coffee shop while I finished up my seminary paper and got is submitted by midnight.
• Crashed back at Kendal’s place for some shut-eye (oh yeah, he locked me out so I had to call him [three time] to wake him up while I stood outside freezing my arse off in the arctic wind).
• Met another single dude interested in being part of the 2PC launch team for breakfast this morning.  This guy has got mad music skills and background (Ph.D, to be exact) and currently lives in Lincoln.
• Attended Core Community Church (A29) this morning where my friend Ethan pastors.  Ethan preached a great sermon on marriage from Ephesians 5.
• Near the end of the service, I got up and introduced Project 2 Pillars to the congregation letting them know a little bit about what we’re doing and how they can help.
• Talked to a lot of great people from Core after the service and had two different guys write us checks to support us.  God is good.
• Had lunch with Ethan and three other guys from Core and let them probe on me a little about my calling to Lincoln and discussed Core coming behind us in support.  Their response was that they are interested but need to discuss more amongst themselves how that will look and play out.  Hopeful here.  These guys were all great dudes and have big hearts for the Lord’s work in church planting.  I’m really looking forward to partnering up with them in this mission.
• Loaded them up on information and parted ways.
• That brings me back to 13th Street Coffee Company – hanging here, decompressing, doing a little blogging, journaling, and church planting while the clock ticks down to when I need to head to the airport to catch a 7pm flight back to St. Louis to see my lovely wife and kids whom I miss dearly this weekend.  Hoping that the oldest one is still awake when I get there.

It’s been a crazy, busy, fun, tiring, encouraging, relational, and productive weekend.  Pretty sure I’ll be sleeping on the airplane on the way home.