Livestrong to Lovestrong

Nine days ago we began a journey of storming Heaven's gates with prayer. Tragically, a schoolmate of Kelsey's, at Calvin Christian High, encountered a dark place in his life. Early Thursday morning he slipped into the arms of Jesus. Travis was a 16 year old with a passion for living life to the extreme. He wanted everyone to know that God loved them & Jesus was their saving grace. He was vibrant, sincere, & tenacious. 'Livestrong' was his way of doing things. Throughout this past week we have experienced the same kind of living & loving from his family as they kept a 'carepages' for the community to stay updated. Over 3,000 visitors & 2300+ messages of love & prayers have been written in 9 days! We continue to pray for this beautiful family & the extended community as a new walk without their beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin & friend begins.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD,

"plans to prosper you and not to harm you,

plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Friends at CCHS had shirts printed with Live Strong ~ Jeremiah 29:11 printed on the back and TG36 on the front. TG36 stickers were handed out for football helmets & everyone coming through the gates. Travis was a JV football player that was excited to move up & play his first Varsity game on Sep 19. His jersey number was 36. He even made one of the touchdowns! All the teams at CCHS have dedicated their season to Travis & his family. Our Kelsey is a Varsity Football Cheerleader so I am a camera-mom. I take hundreds of pics at these games. Calvin Christian has never really had a strong football team; it's always been a 'soccer' school. This year these young men are boldly playing with a vision of winning, especially since the events of last week. Travis charged them up in life ... and now in Spirit. The scores this past week...JV twice at 42-0, up until a few minutes remaining in the first game that Travis wasn't on the field ... the score 36-0. Travis' # last year: 42! Varsity last Friday: 55-0 at the half, end of game: 68-12. The Varsity have played 5 games, won 4, & the game they lost was an on your feet 'til the scoreboard hit 0!

http://www.carepages.com/carepages/TravisGortsema