12.22.08

Others First

Posted in C3 Kids, Church, Family, Vision at 10 p by Travis

Wow, what a Sunday!  We had an absolute blast yesterday meeting so many first time visitors and adopted families.  It really is hard to put it into words but, we have really just felt blessed to be a part of C3’s “Feed the Family” holiday campaign.  It really has been sweet to get to know our adopted family and to be able to help meet some of their physical needs. The greatest part was that yesterday the mom of our adopted family prayed to receive Christ. 

 

The Feed the Families campaign has also given us some amazing opportunities to talk to Caleb and Luke about giving and helping others.  Ya know the idea of putting others first really does not come natural to any of us.   But when we are able to put others first I think then we can really get a glimpse of the word through Jesus’ eyes. 

 

I was so proud of Luke last week.  He had an auction during school were they could use points that they had earned through the fall to buy toys and gifts.  Luke had been telling us about several things he wanted to get.  But then when the day came to get his stuff, instead of using his points for himself, he bought his family gifts.  I know it’s kind of a small thing but as his dad it was huge.  You start thinking, what if we could change the way the next generation of Church thinks.  What if we had a whole generation of church stopped thinking so much about themselves and what they can get and started focusing on loving God and loving others first.  What would happen?  How would it change the world?  How would it change the way people view the church?

12.11.08

Crave at UCF

Posted in Church, Crave, Friends at 10 p by Travis

I love our Crave students!!!  Last night we had a blast taking the students to Light Up UCF.  If you haven’t been to Light Up UCF ya otta go check it out.  It’s a pretty cool event with an outside ice skating rink, light show, good restraints and free holiday movies.  I have to say the ice rink was a little smaller than I expected, which was not cool for me because I do fine on the straight ways but those turns really throw me off.  So with a smaller rink it felt like all I was doing was turns – or my version of turns anyway.  It also made it a little tight with all the people on that little rink.  But, the cool part was there were 46 of us from Crave that were there so, we pretty much took over the rink. J

 

So if you’re looking for something to do this holiday season, definitely go check out LU UCF.  You can get more info at www.ucfarena.com.  Oh, another piece of advice, since it’s an outdoor rink, go when it’s cold outside.  It felt really weird ice skating when it was like 80 degrees out last night. 

 

Also, if you are in High School or Middle School you really need to come check out Crave.  You can get all the latest info on Crave happenings at www.myspace.com/cravestudents.

 

C ya at C3 on Sunday.

12.01.08

Feed The Families

Posted in Church, Family, Vision at 10 p by Travis

This weekend started our Feed the Families campaign at C3.  This is an awesome opportunity for the family of C3 to supply food and other basic needs to 100 families who need a little extra help this holiday season.  Sandi and I are just so jacked about connecting with the family that we’ve adopted.  They are such an awesome family and it is so cool to not only be able to drop off the food and supplies, but to be able to pray for them and get to know them on a personal level.  What a sweet chance to connect our community to Christ.

 

As any other awesome opportunity, there are always some bumps in the road.  Today, as folks are trying to get info about Feed the Families and report back, our site; c3orlando.com has completely gone down (I love technology).  If you are looking for more info on FTF or if you are trying to report back from delivering your food, please visit www.byronbledsoe.com for more info.  Specifically you can go to http://byronbledsoeblog.com/2008/12/01/urgent-feed-the-families-update/ to get all the info. 

 

Thanks to everyone who is participating in FTF!!!  You are making an eternal difference for Christ.