Let me just say that there is nothing like taking a sabbatical from ministry and life in general. I highly recommend it! We had an amazing time. It was filled with perfection and all four of us are better for it. I feel refreshed and ready to take on the world...or at least Las Vegas.
Speaking of Las Vegas, right before we left on sabbatical we visited Sin City. It was a great trip and further confirmed our decision to move there. It's definitely not the east coast that I'm used to, but hopefully it will grow on me (Vince's friend told him that it takes about 9 months to feel like Las Vegas is "home").
I've never seen so much brown in my life. Everything is the color brown, including EVERY house. There are different shades of brown, but everything is brown nonetheless. How about a blue or yellow house? Maybe a nice shade of green? It's a crazy thought I know!
When we entered the airport I was amazed at how busy it was. People were everywhere, slot machines were ringing, large TV's were loudly displaying all the options for shows on the strip. There were signs for Bette Midler, Cirque de Solei, Elton John, and even the Chippendales (yes, the male stripper Chippendales). I didn't even know they were real (every year when I was in high school my Grandma gave me a birthday card with Chippendales dancers on the front. How embarrassing...and disturbing)!
My first thought after leaving the airport was, "I thought they said it's a dry heat!" I felt like I was in an oven. It was seriously horrible. 110 degrees is 110 degrees, no matter how much or little humidity is in the air. I need to loose massive amounts of weight before we move there. I need as little of me to sweat as possible.
Speaking of sweating we got into our hotel room (which shall remain nameless) and the air conditioning was broken in our room. And when we went down to the pool it was closing in 5 minutes, at 7pm. I thought this was the city that never closes or sleeps or something like that? I guess they wanted everyone out of the pool and into the casinos!
Thus ended my first day in Las Vegas. I went to sleep wondering why God called us here and how in the world we're going to actually make a difference here. As I dozed off I thought, "Am I seriously moving here?"
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2 comments:
Maybe you can paint your home blue and start a trend! Glad to hear that you had a restful time off!
O.K., so was this post supposed to encourage me? ;) Good thing I like brown (but mostly only for my shoes, shirts, and chocolate...)
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