The Big Bounce Back!

On the 29th of July, our intrepid centre director, Mr Tim Gough finally launched himself into empty space, attached to a 400ft high crane by a bungee cord – all with the aim of raising funds for our amazing charity LLYFC.

He was originally intended to take his leap of faith on Friday 28th of July, but due to high winds that had to be cancelled. His wife and mum & dad had travelled down with him to Chepstow in South Wales to support him as he jumped, but obviously due to the jump being cancelled they had to return up north without Tim as he spent the night praying that the weather would improve and he could finally jump.

His prayers were answered and on the Saturday morning Tim leaped all 400ft and reached a speed of up to 90mph as he hurtled earthward. Praise God he survived and has lived to tell the tale.

As of today we have raised over £3,000 towards sponsoring Tim’s Big Jump. This is great. We are still receiving in monies that have been pledged, so we may well still attain our goal of £5,000 raised. There is still time to support Tim for having done such an insane feat of daring. You can donate here.

We want to thank everyone who has donated to Tim’s Big Jump so far; thank you. We also want to thank the UK Bungee Club for holding this amazingly high bungee jump.

Thank you to all of the local churches that have supported Tim also as he took this leap.

Also a big thank you to everyone who was praying for Tim as he did his Big Jump. We are so grateful for your faithfulness in praying and also grateful to God for answering those prayers.

“Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening].” – 1 Corinthians 13:7 (In the Amplified Bible)

This verse came too mind when thinking about Tim’s jump; because it took no-small measure of resilience for Tim to go through with the jump; especially after it was cancelled due to high winds. He also needed to have a resilient bungee; one that wasn’t frayed at the edges, but one that would support his weight and bounce back. One that would endure.

The bungee ‘bore‘ his weight, Tim ‘believed’ he could do the jump and ‘hoped‘ that it would go well and he ‘endured‘ the slow escalation of the crane as it extended up to 400ft in the air.

Why did he do all of this?

The short answer, to raise the needed funds for the work that we do at LLYFC.

However that is just the short answer; the full answer is that he jumped because Tim believes in the message that we have to share; as the apostle Paul said “Sooner or later we’ll all have to face God, regardless of our conditions. We will appear before Christ and take what’s coming to us as a result of our actions, either good or bad. That keeps us vigilant, you can be sure. It’s no light thing to know that we’ll all one day stand in that place of Judgment. That’s why we work urgently with everyone we meet to get them ready to face God… If I acted crazy, I did it for God; if I acted overly serious, I did it for you. Christ’s love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do.” – 2 Corinthians 5:10-14 

Tim believes in Jesus and the good news that He brings; and it is the love of God that moves Tim to leap from over 400ft headlong towards the earth; all to ultimately see more and more young people connecting with God and being transformed by His love.

Have a great week and be blessed!