CFA NEXT 2017

Every year we do this, and every year, I'm glad and thankful for CFA.  This year, our annual Chick-fil-A seminar returned us to Dallas, TX, and though this wasn't necessarily exciting for us, Dallas is a great city that we enjoy.  We certainly enjoyed our getaway there together before joining with our CFA family on Sunday evening.

(Many of these pics are from the arena and come pre-filtered by the blue lights!  Lucky us!)

Highlights of our time in Dallas with CFA include:

- Fantastic speakers and encouragement.  Every year, I am blown away by the content they find for us that is applicable not only to John's business life, but also to our personal lives.  I walked away with a lot to think on and pray through about the ways we spend our time and energies.  We really enjoyed hearing Greg McKeown speak on Essentialism, and I particularly enjoyed Shauna Niequist and Christine Caine.

- Friends, friends, friends.  Now that we are 10 years deep, we have many treasured friends, and often, this is one of the only times we get to see them.  It was so fun to catch up with people that we love!






- CFA knows how to do things up right, and Jennifer Hudson showed up as a delightful surprise after an award's ceremony.  So fun!  She has got to be one of the most talented vocalists ever.

- I love sampling the new CFA options that are coming, and there are so amazing things coming down the shoots!  Also, we did manage to squeeze in some other good food in Dallas.

- This year, CFA planned a service project for us where we packed over 1 million meals for those who are food-insecure here in the US.  It was such a fun way to unite with our 5,500 strong CFA family to do something that matters!

All in all, we had a fantastic three days with our favorite company ever!

For a trip down CFA seminar memory lane - here are the past years!

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