Night Time Charity Ride

Two spoke members, Todd Stuve and Todd Huff participated in a charity ride that supported Tupelo Children's Mansion, a Christian residential group home in Tupelo Mississippi serving families and children in crisis situations. Todd Stuve and his family raised almost $2,500. Praises be to our Lord and Savior Jesus for this accomplishments. This charity ride was a different kind of ride. It started at 11 PM. That's right. It was a night ride which was the culmination of the fund raising effort with a 65-mile ride from the north side of Tucson to Casa Grande, AZ.  Beginning at near-midnight most of the ride was along the I-10 frontage and there was vehicular support for the riders.  Other riders included youth group members from a local Tucson church group.  The weather was perfect and the cool night air made for an exhilarating and totally different riding experience!

Poco's And Moms - A Witness For Christ

We wanted to take the opportunity to thank the owners of a local restaurant here in Tucson, Poco's and Moms for their support of IC3 for the last 2 years. Poco's and Moms is owned by Kim (center photo) and her mother who are believers in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. They offer some of the best New Mexico style Mexican food. They are located on the East side of town on the northwest corner of 22nd and Kolb.

A while ago we presented Kim a thank you picture and she proudly displays near table 8. She especially liked the verse we have on our banner in the photo.

"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Cor. 10:31

This picture and Kim's very uplifting spirit are a great witness for our Lord Jesus and his awesome love towards us. Kim says the photo is viewed by customers and has generated many comments expressing how refreshing it is to be reminded of eternal Christian truth. When Kim receives comments about the bible verse and photograph on the wall, she takes the opportunity to acknowledge that her life has been changed by her faith. She also mentioned that since incorporating Christian principals into her business, her business has been blessed immensely.

Visit Poco's and Mom, enjoy this wonderful small refreshing atmosphere. Praise, glory and honor be to the only One who can keep us from stumbling and presents us with exceeding joy. Praise be to Jesus !!!

Water (Bottle) Outreach & Goat Head Removal

About 50 riders stopped at our Water (Bottle) Outreach at Houghton and Old Spanish Trail. We refilled water bottles of bicyclists passing by and handed out some Hammer gels. Temperatures got hotter as they day went on, but it wasn't too super hot. We ended around 10am when riders usually end their rides due to the rising temperatures.

All riders who stopped, liked for us being out there and asked what we were doing. We shared our IC3  mission with them, which is to unite Christian cyclists for a worldwide testimony in lifestyle, training, and sportsmanship, and to expose each cyclist to the love and peace of Jesus Christ, so he/she may want to have a relationship with Him. I told some of the riders about Mark 9:41

For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

During our outreach, Jim, one of our members, plugged some Goat Head weeds which are notorious to cause flat tires along side the bike path. These weeds look pretty when they bloom for a little while, but their seeds burst into many little thorns that many riders have experienced during their rides. So instead of fixing flat tires which can be dangerous during speedy training rides, we opted for flat tire prevention.



We all agreed and are praying to continue this outreach until El Tour de Tucson comes around. Riders are in need of water and of good fellowship as well. Praises be to our Heavenly Father for blessing us with such a ministry.