Megan and Jamie - having way too much fun with those cardboard cellophane tubes. Can you tell it was the end of the term? Stress relief!! We were preparing a gift basket for Bob - one of our elder, beloved Bridges members. While several of us wrapped the gift basket, Megan and Jamie were using the wrapping tubes as saber swords. Clever girls...

Before the term! Fellowship and Dance Dance Revolution in the Student Center - "The Grove"

We were enjoying a night of fellowship with the new Dance Dance Revolution in the movie room across from the SGA office.  We had a pot luck meal, fellowship, tons of laughs and figured out exactly who IS and who ISN'T coordinated at Dance Dance Revolution! ♥

Thanks to everyone for all the hard work and donations to raise money for the

   Invisible Children Benefit Event

on April 23rd, 2009.  through our donations and eBay sales,  we were able to donate over $200 towards the benefit proceeds.  With the SGA (spaghetti dinner and concert) and other student clubs we raised a total of $2,500

to give to the Invisible Children organization to help free the captive child soldiers in Northern Uganda.  Keep praying for God to set them free.  Bless you all for your hard, hard work!

Thanks to Bridges, SGA, PTK, SOLO and Mrs. Rye's Success Strategies class for all your car washes, the spaghetti dinner, the bake sales, the eBay sales, the auction, and all you did to raise money for this event.  Together, you are making a difference!  BCC students rock!

Solar power: Missions trip to Africa?

AFRICA - SOLAR POWER - MISSIONS TRIP - Ok guys. Here is the blog I promised. Can we do it? Can a small group help provide solar power to at least one building in a very rural village in South Africa? Is this really what we are supposed to be doing this year and want to do? If so, let's get rolling on it. Let's blog our ideas - what we want to accomplish - who we can network with to help us - logistics (travel and lodging) ideas and concerns - fund raising ideas - groups to help/support us...and more. You get the idea. Let's get the conversation rolling. We already have had so many good ideas and suggestions and info from new and old members alike. I will post the link again below with instructions for 'how to blog' on our site if you haven't don't it before. Pray over this. Let's really see if this is what God would have us do to help others in our global community and be Jesus to others. It's exciting to think about. So, what are your thoughts, ideas, questions? Let's get this converstation started!!!

The document above tells you how to post to our blog. Remember, you have to create a google account (free at http://www.gmail.com/) to log in and post on our blogger page. Just scroll over the picture above and double-click. The image will open up enlarged on another page so you can read it easily. You can even save it on your own computer and print it for help until you get the hang of blogging. Hope this helps! :)

Want to visit Sam at Holmes Regional?

Several of you have expressed an interest in visiting Sam in the hospital to encourage him and pray for him. Some of you have expressed an interest in laying hands on Sam to pray for his healing. Great idea. I think it would be wonderful if three or four folks could go (too many may overstimulate him per the doctors). However, even if we had a larger group, we could go in a few at a time. Plus, we could encourage his family members who are there at the hospital with him. If you are interested in visiting Sam, please blog here and/or send an email to the Bridges site. Email: bridgesbcc@gmail.com
It may be best to go on a weekend - Friday, Saturday or Sunday afternoon. What are your thoughts? I can drive at least one of the days; my car will hold four comfortably.

My Grandfather.........

M Grandfather was a man who was a cool man that everyone could get down with. He was a man of God and nothing less. he lived life to the fullest and rasied his family well. my Grandfather is with no more in the flesh because he went home to be with the lord at 6:30am this morning. It was weird, it felt like my heart was aching along with him, but the same time, he was happy to be with God. Im glad he is in a better place than i am. He was a great man and a fun grandfather too. He always lectured us to do the right thing and he always made jokes about some of his lectures that he told my family. He was full of knowledge and wisdom. i always joked with him about his hand, everytime he lectured, he would put his palm up and bring all his fingers together kind of like, he wanted to show his seriousness. I will greatly miss because he an awesome grand father to me and i will miss his favorite everytime i ask him, "Hey grandpa how you doing?" and he would say, "I can jump over a high fence backwords!!" (chuckling)..........

This is something i learned from my grandfather, " He was always in high spirits and even if he felt down."

Question

I have a seemingly simple question for you all and I'm excited to hear your responses.

What is truth?