I sit here at the McCarron Intl Airport in Las Vegas reminiscing on the last 5 days. Before we came to Vegas this time we had kinda made up our minds that this would be our last trip to Sin City, seeing as though we were married here 2 years ago, and spent our first anniversary here as well. After this time though, we can confidently say we will be returning.
It's quite interesting how two missionaries can be so infatuated with Sin City. But could it really be any other way?! In a city of (around) 1.5 million people where immorality is coveted, tis good to come here and stand for something different. No drinking, no gambling, no crazy orgies; just having fun and trying our best to love on the people whom God sends us to.
We were kinda disappointed early when we discovered almost all the Cirque de Soleil shows were on break this week. But we seen 'O' last night, and it was overwhelmingly incredible. It has been running 11 years now, and sells out nightly. We also seen Penn&Teller at the Rio, which was pretty entertaining too.
We arrived here late Sunday night, and met Jan Kluever (a wonderful friend from the FPCLV) Monday morning for lunch. Immediately after that, we ran into Josh Heymans in the Las Vegas Hilton lobby, who was coming to hang with us for a couple of days. We spent a great couple days hanging with Heymans: going to the Premium Outlet shops, seeing Penn&Teller, the fountains at Bellagio, and all the other craziness of the strip.
On Wednesday, Geoffrey Nighswonger and Jessice Reyes (fellow Cambodia missionaries) drove up from LA to spend the day with us. We started their visit with lunch at Hash House A Go-Go at the Imperial Palace. Amazing! Then we spent the rest of the day cruising the Bellagio, Venetian, Caesars Palace, Fashion Show Mall, the volcano at Mirage, and then the Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas where we seen more of the fountains of Bellagio. After all that we were pretty bushed, so we parted ways, and they started their journey back to LA, and we went to bed!
Thursday was our 2nd anniversary and we spent the day cruisin around. Went some time at the pool at the Flamingo. We tried to get to the Sirens of TI at Treasure Island but were late so we went and ate at KGB (Kelsey's Gourmet Burgers) in Harrah's which was decorated in Soviet propaganda cartoons! Awesome spot! Here we met the amazing hostess Courtney who we visited a couple more times before our trip ended. After KGB, we went back to catch the Sirens of TI but because of the technical difficulties the show was cancelled after 5 minutes :( So we went back to KGB for a milkshake!
Yesterday was great too. We went back to the outlet stores where I got a trendy outfit consisting of Gap pants, and a Hurley v-neck t-shirt. Then we lounged at the pool at the Hilton. In the evening we witnessed the spectacle that is Cirque de Soleil's "O". It is hailed as the #1 in Vegas and tickets in the last row of the balcony section will run you $112! (Better seats run for about $160!) It was pretty indescribable though. After the show we went to KGB for supper and then did a final strip walk before heading back to our hotel.
We did so much in these 5 days, but we realize that there is still so much more unfinished business for us here in Sin City. We can't wait to get back!
It's quite interesting how two missionaries can be so infatuated with Sin City. But could it really be any other way?! In a city of (around) 1.5 million people where immorality is coveted, tis good to come here and stand for something different. No drinking, no gambling, no crazy orgies; just having fun and trying our best to love on the people whom God sends us to.
We were kinda disappointed early when we discovered almost all the Cirque de Soleil shows were on break this week. But we seen 'O' last night, and it was overwhelmingly incredible. It has been running 11 years now, and sells out nightly. We also seen Penn&Teller at the Rio, which was pretty entertaining too.
We arrived here late Sunday night, and met Jan Kluever (a wonderful friend from the FPCLV) Monday morning for lunch. Immediately after that, we ran into Josh Heymans in the Las Vegas Hilton lobby, who was coming to hang with us for a couple of days. We spent a great couple days hanging with Heymans: going to the Premium Outlet shops, seeing Penn&Teller, the fountains at Bellagio, and all the other craziness of the strip.
On Wednesday, Geoffrey Nighswonger and Jessice Reyes (fellow Cambodia missionaries) drove up from LA to spend the day with us. We started their visit with lunch at Hash House A Go-Go at the Imperial Palace. Amazing! Then we spent the rest of the day cruising the Bellagio, Venetian, Caesars Palace, Fashion Show Mall, the volcano at Mirage, and then the Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas where we seen more of the fountains of Bellagio. After all that we were pretty bushed, so we parted ways, and they started their journey back to LA, and we went to bed!
Thursday was our 2nd anniversary and we spent the day cruisin around. Went some time at the pool at the Flamingo. We tried to get to the Sirens of TI at Treasure Island but were late so we went and ate at KGB (Kelsey's Gourmet Burgers) in Harrah's which was decorated in Soviet propaganda cartoons! Awesome spot! Here we met the amazing hostess Courtney who we visited a couple more times before our trip ended. After KGB, we went back to catch the Sirens of TI but because of the technical difficulties the show was cancelled after 5 minutes :( So we went back to KGB for a milkshake!
Yesterday was great too. We went back to the outlet stores where I got a trendy outfit consisting of Gap pants, and a Hurley v-neck t-shirt. Then we lounged at the pool at the Hilton. In the evening we witnessed the spectacle that is Cirque de Soleil's "O". It is hailed as the #1 in Vegas and tickets in the last row of the balcony section will run you $112! (Better seats run for about $160!) It was pretty indescribable though. After the show we went to KGB for supper and then did a final strip walk before heading back to our hotel.
We did so much in these 5 days, but we realize that there is still so much more unfinished business for us here in Sin City. We can't wait to get back!
