If you like what we're doing in Las Vegas, join us. Click on that "What You Do" tab just to the left. We'd love to have you with us on The Strip... and we promise the JLSC bus won't break down... promise.

Entertaining conversation ensues. We talked about what they do to what we do, from God to the best show in Vegas. The JLSC bus is never boring...

If you crazy Texans are reading this, thanks. You really made our night.

And we have honestly never met a nicer bunch of Texans.

Oh yeah, Go Horns...

By the way, Will lives in your city too. Well, maybe not our Will, but a variation of him. Maybe next time you're out, stop and get a burger for (or with, if your really brave) a homeless person. It'll cost you a dollar but you'll meet someone really amazing. And that's worth more than a dollar...

We go into brothels, strip clubs, and anywhere else we're welcome (or not welcome).

What about Adult Book Stores, you ask? Yup. We're there too. We've met some really great people at "the stores" over the last few weeks. You might also ask "Why would The Strip Church go into an adult book store?" Why not?

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We met Iron for the second time. He’s a former ironworker (his name) who moved to Las Vegas to start a business. His idea failed and he had no way home. When he walks into the sunshine, the first thing you notice about Iron is his striking blue eyes. He’s extremely polite and soft-spoken and says one of the things he misses most is fishing. “Not a lot of fishin’ holes in Las Vegas, you know.”                                        

I think we are going to be friends. And we’re planning a fishing trip…

The card flickers, always anticipating Thursday nights, were so grateful for burgers and waters as always.  It was very cool to ask a group of about 10 if they wanted a Bible, and all of them assured us they had already received one.  What an honor to give Spanish Bibles to people who either can't afford it, or don't want to spend the little money they do have on a Bible.

And the Strip Pics.  Strip Pics is our newest outreach where we offer free pictures with people in front of the Bellagio.  You can view those pictures here: http://stripchurch.com/blogs/thestrip/strippics.html.  Rex, dressed up as Santa, made people smile, and we were ble to do something fun for people on the Strip.

And Toby the Clown.  While he wasn't with us on the Strip, we couldn't help but learn a lot from him.  Toby the Clown didn't let a person get by him without offering them a hat made out of balloons.  He made people smile and had a contagious entusiasm about him.  What a guy...

We're doing it!  The Strip is undeniably being made a better place, one interaction at a time.

We will be going out for our weekly Strip Outreach twice this week, on Monday and on Friday.  We will be meeting at 6pm at the McDonald's located near the Stratosphere at Paradise and Sahara.  If you'd like to volunteer with us, please come prepared to buy some burgers or bring a case of water so we have some resources to give out to the card flickers.  Thanks!

Remember, remember the fifth of November. I know that its from a movie, but I think it works here too. Tonight was another amazing outreach on the strip of Las Vegas. Sadly, no volunteers where able to show up( Sad Face) But it was a good night anyway. ( Side note, if you still would like to volunteer, we would love to have you. Go to stripchurch.com for more info. Shameless plug, but whatever:)

Anyway, Dan, Betsy, and I went to down to the strip and handed put water to the card flickers. Once again, these guys were stoked to see us. It's still funny to me that every time they still try to give us cards at first until they recognize us and pull back. Anyhow, had a good time of jut smiling at these folks and having little conversations with to the best of our ability, since none of us are really fluent in Spanish. Tonight we meet a new guy named Ricardo. He spoke english very well and asked why we were doing this. When we explained to him the basis of Strip Church and that Jesus loves him, he began to tell us his story. Ricardo was a meth addict. Thankfully he has been clean for about 5 months and moved out to Vegas to get away from his influences. He said that he know that what he was doing by passing out the cards was wrong. But he felt like he had no other choice, since it was the only thing he could find that would keep him homeless and off drugs. Ricardo was a really cool dude, he even told us where a big homeless community was, so we could try to help them out. It was a good night as the card flickers go.

Then it was off to Bellagio, for some strip pics. Once again, I donned the costume of Rex the rabbit while Dan and Betsy were my hype people. People could take free pictures with Rex, and then we gave them a Jesus Loves Sin City Bible as a souvenir. Pretty good night there. Oh, and this one guy wanted to challenge Rex to a dance battle. Which of course I had to accept. We threw down for a couple of minutes, throwing out our best moves, when we decided to call it off. ( Which as a side note, I totally won the battle on style points.)

The fifth of November was most definitely night to remember.  

Tonight we had a troublesome start, with the battery to the bus being dead.  We went and borrowed a battery charger from a local mechanic shop, but then we couldn't find the battery!  It sounds ignorant, and it is.  If nothing else, this is our desperate plea for a local who knows about all things mechanical to come help us out!  We'll get it running before next week. 

We hit the Strip in our cars and picked up some burgers and waters to hand out to our card flicking friends.  We are in the process of getting some Bibles printed in Spanish for these guys.  Most of them don't speak English, so it's imperative we get the Word in Spanish as soon as possible.  We really feel like the smiles and gratefulness in these peoples' eyes lets us know we have to go back each week.  Giving hungry people a bite to eat and thirsty people a drink really provides an impact that we can't even know or understand right now.  But we go back and trust that God can do a work in peoples' lives through simple acts of kindness.

I had a great conversation with an older gentleman named Joseph.  He told me he used to be an administrative assistant but the economy forced him to take a job handing out cards promoting prostituiton on the Strip.  What a tragedy.  He spoke very good English, but it's all he can do right now.  His big smile and his heartful laugh let me know that we got to provide a bit of life to this guy.  A bit of hope in a situation he feels hopeless in. 

We got to speak with a couple homeless guys who were so touched by the simplicity of a hamburger and a bottle of water.  They were grateful that someone cared enough to stop and share.  To let them know that someone does care about their story and their life.

One of our interns, Betsy, has built a great relationship with a lady on the Strip.  What a cool thing it is to see them embrace each other when they see each other.

I am honored that God trusts us to be in this position.  That we can go and serve and do the things that the Lord calls us to do.  Join us if you will.  Pray for us if you think about it. We are excited to be a part of this thing that is much bigger than ourselves.

After we gave away all our food and water (average time: 10 minutes!) we started to stop by all the bus stops we passed to offer lifts to people who were waiting. We gave free rides to four super-friendly people last night, and it was great to help them out and get to know them a bit. They were all really thankful for the free ride, and were great to chat with.

It's an amazing privilege to help these folks out on a regular basis, and we love meeting them all. It's crazy to think that we can have a big impact on some people, just by giving them a free bottle of water, or saving them just one bus fare. If you've got any ideas for other ways we could help people out, send us an email at info@stripchurch.com

We'll be out on the Strip again before you know it - keep your eyes peeled for the Shuttle next time you're out!

It should be a great outreach opportunity as we continue to witness to the men and women workig the strip - even if what they're doing/promoting isn't right, were here to let them know they're loved. In the future it would be great to bring along some people fluent in Spanish, so that we can have an even bigger connection with them, but in the mean time we will continue to serve through the power of double cheeseburgers and ice cold H20.

Once we are out of burgers then were moving onto some free rides. If your on the strip, look for us and we'll get you to where you need to go! This is just another way that we are looking to serve people in vegas and let them know that we've got their back.

See you on the strip!

Whether it's an overheated tourist on the street in the heat of the day or a group of barhoppers at night, The Strip Church bottled water is a good way to reach out and serve Strip Church pedestrians with a fresh drink of water while opening up the lines of communication. We've even extended our aqua to the "Girls, Girls, Girls" crew who stand on the streets all day to handing out cards for the escort services.

All of this to say, the water is a great conversation starter, putting us in the middle of the people. A simple way to serve and communicate love on the Strip.