7 Lessons I’ve learned this first year:

Lesson 6

You never have to swim alone. In the Penguins of Madagascar there’s this great dialogue that occurs when one of them gets lost:
Kowalski: Oh, no. He must be out there all by himself.
Skipper: He's one of us, men. You all know the Penguin Credo.
Kowalski: Never bathe in hot oil and Bisquick?
Skipper: No.
[Rico speaks Japanese gibberish]
Skipper: No, that's the Walrus Credo. It's "Never swim alone." Private's out there all by himself, and we never leave one of our own.
Kowalski: Oh, yeah.
Skipper: Let's go. 
I love this idea, the Penguins Creedo, "Never Swim Alone." Not only are we in this church plant with amazing families and friends supporting it, but the point that you don’t go alone is crutial. He (God) is with you and you don’t carry the weight by yourself, He never leaves a man down. I have taken heart in this; He will never leave me or forsake me. All the prayerful plans we have made for this church, all the things that we dream for it to be and do, all that the current moment has and that the future will have. One; they don’t have to rest entirely on me. And two, if we are pointed toward Him we are in the right direction and we never have to swim alone. That’s good news.