Waiting to Say Yes: Las Vegas
In the month of September 2017, my husband and I received a promo for three free days and two nights at a hotel in Henderson, Nevada. The Sunday before our trip, I remember receiving an update on my phone that there was a shooting in Las Vegas. Details trickled in. October 1, 2017 was the Route 91 Harvest music festival where 58 were murdered and almost 900 more were injured. My husband and I took a step back to pray and consider whether it would be safe/wise to go. Not long after, we came to the understanding that people would be hurting and in need of encouragement – so we went to love on, talk to, uplift and pray with the people of and in Las Vegas. It was our first “mission vacation.” Fast forward to September 2018, we received the same offer. Immediately, I knew we were called to go, and, this time, we knew how to share the “gospel.” No coincidence, the weekend that was available was the first anniversary of the shooting. Our concern for this trip was finances. But we w...