PastorStays was born out of the Covid Pandemic of 2020. Troy and Jana Jones (Lead Pastors of New Life Church for almost two decades) found themselves exhausted due to the pressures of Seattle and the cultural implications of Covid.
Over the years, people within Pastor Troy and Jana's church graciously allowed them to use a beautiful house in Chelan, Washington, 3 hours outside of Seattle. Finally, out of desperation, the exhaustion caused by the pandemic, and the need to get away more often, they decided to buy their own vacation home in Chelan.
Pastor Troy and Jana believed it was now their turn to bless other pastors as they had been blessed over the years. They created a Google Calendar and a landing page. Within 18 hours it was filled! Pastor Troy was shocked! He called Stan Russell, a longtime friend who is also a pastor, and shared this dilemma of not having enough dates. Stan said, “You need to dream bigger.” At first Troy said, “No way! I don’t have a bigger dream.” He hung up the phone and within five minutes “PastorStays” was born.
