Working in Sin City!

Hey Ya'll!

Sorry its been a while since I've posted, the new ministry season is upon us and so I am running for Jesus! ;-)

Official Public Announcement: I, Cariann Buxton, have accepted my calling into full-time ministry! God met me at the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit on Friday, making my eyes open and my heart aware of my calling. Overwhelmed by His faithfulness and size, being filled with the desire placed by Him alone, I signed the Blank Contract to serve Him in full-time ministry!

As some of you might have heard or read on Facebook, I got a new/another job!! Jayne Post, my Supervisor at Central Christian Church, messaged her friend Mia Scott, owner of Preferred Events, LLC, passing along my information and asking her if she needed any help with events to contact me. This past Tuesday afternoon Mia sent me a text message informing me that she was currently in the position to hire and would be interviewing the next day if I was interested to meet with her and interview. I jumped on the opportunity, printed my resume and references, cleared my schedule and made the interview happen! The interview went extremely well, she loved that I have an actual degree in Event Management, I come with high recommendation from Jayne Post and have a handful of experience! I was offered the job on the spot!!! Mia is aware that I am guaranteed to be in Las Vegas until November 29th and after that point, if she likes me, if I like the job and if I can make a living off what I am being paid, then there is a good chance I will come back to Las Vegas in January!

If that didnt make my Wednesday amazing, the best part of my whole day was yet to come!!

Later that same night, after our Weekends on Wednesday church service, I was beyond blessed to have had the amazing opportunity to baptize 7 new brothers and sisters in Christ!!!! :-D Praise the Lord!!! I was literally smiling from ear to ear the rest of the night!

In addition to everything, I was also asked last week to help coordinate and assist at the Central Christian Church Block Party on September 10th and 11th, which is basically a end of summer/beginning of the school year carnival! So my toes are getting wet in the area of event planning at this church, prayers are greatly appreciated that my skills and talents will be utilized and recognized by the church and staff!!

I know, that I know, that I KNOW that I am called into full time ministry and at this point I could see this new job opportunity with Preferred Events, LLC as a way that I am able to pay for my ministry education and ministry career. To help illustrate what I mean, Jayne and her husband have a comedy dinner show in downtown Las Vegas on Fremont Street, Jayne use's the resources and money made from working the show to support her ministry career! 

My first official day with Preferred Events, LLC is this coming Wednesday August 31st and from there only God knows where it will go, but I am blessed and excited to continue to have the opportunity to watch God move in Grace City!

"The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place."
Barbara DeAngelis

"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
Lao Tzu

"It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end."
Ursula LeGuin  

"Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity."
Gilda Radner  

In Him and lots of LOVE,

Cariann xoxo