What happens in Vegas, should not stay in Vegas

This was sent to me by a friend, it was printed in her church bulletin, by the youth director, and worth sharing

 - What happens in Vegas, is men and women who shielded their wives, husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends, and strangers from bullets that were raining down.
- What happens in Vegas, is strangers that were pulling others to safety and loading the injured into any cars they could during the attack to help save lives.
- What happens in Vegas, is drivers for Uber and Lyft going in to the chaos to get people out.
- What happens in Vegas, is nurses, doctors, police, all first responders showing up in big ways to prevent any more harm from happening and aiding the wounded the best they could.
- What happens in Vegas, is people lining up at 1:00-2:00 AM at blood banks before they opened to donate blood.
- What happens in Vegas, is blood banks being fully booked for the next two weeks.
- What happens in Vegas, is people buying all sorts of food and drinks to pass out to people donating blood.
- What happens in Vegas, is people buying donuts and coffee for police officers who were up all night serving this city.
- What happens in Vegas, is counseling being offered for free for any persons affected.
- What happens in Vegas, is individuals, businesses and corporations donating millions of dollars to help the families of all those affected.
- What happens in Vegas, is free flights for the families of those killed.
- What happens in Vegas, is hotels offering free rooms to those displaced by this tragedy.
- What happens in Vegas, is countless prayer services already held and more in the days and weeks to come.
- What happens in Vegas, is people are already talking today about what they are going to do to help TOMORROW.
- What happens in Vegas, is showing what a community of BELIEVERS we are!
We are #battleborn and ready for battle - the battles of this world and the spiritual flight.
Never have we been more proud of our big city that is just a small town. We are the city of lights that shines in the darkness. Christ’s grace, love and mercy can reach any person, even the most far gone. God sure hasn’t forgot about Vegas. This “city of sin” is your city. Our wounded are your wounded. This can happen anywhere. Yet, the God’s light in the people in our city has defeated the evil. Good always wins. Good always outshines the dark. Always.

So much going on

September was a blur...

Gabriel was very sick and is much better now.  Most likely he had (or still has?) Dengue fever.  But, he is 100% better now.  Many thanks for all the prayers.

All the kids are in school and in fact Marian is already on her Fall break!  Gabriel has his next week and Anna the week after.

Anna now is the proud owner of her own car (used).  It's not the best car, not winning any land speed awards, but it's hers and she's happy.  She continues to work at a local semi-professional theatre in Knoxville and getting paid for doing backstage work.  It's a good job for her and she is saving money now for a deposit for her own apartment.  She hopes to get that by May of next year.

Marian is busy in 2 productions, she is in Tech week this week for a play she is assistant stage manager for and then in November she is in a play, not a musical, but somehow she has a singing role in it. :)  And she is already working on and preparing for the Bijou awards, she will compete in both acting and singing competitions this year.

Bogdan will head to Nevada (the atomic test site area) for work in October, testing the software and hardware of most recent projects.

Cool nights and hot days around here, with changing fall leaves, beautiful all around.