Joseph & Kristen Gibbons

Shady Grove Church - Greenville TX

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Joseph & Kristen Gibbons

What Happens in Vegas

March 31, 2024

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If Joseph and Kristen Gibbons learned anything when they moved to Las Vegas, it was this: don’t believe everything you hear. “When people think of Vegas, they think it’s just casinos,” says Kristen. “But families live here. And we didn’t fall in love with the Strip. We fell in love with the people.”

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