{"id":1178,"date":"2023-03-14T11:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/steinbach\/?page_id=1178"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:08:29","slug":"youth-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/steinbach\/youth-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"y-vfbc  guten-block thirds grey \">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--thirds left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--thirds--img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/steinbach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/IMG_3396-3.jpg);\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--thirds--bg dark-grey\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--container type-one-narrow color-default bg-transparent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--content\"><h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Riley<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Riley&#8217;s interest in photography and video has developed over the years. He wanted to grow as a film-maker so he spent time with <a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/steinbach\/team\/allen-penner\/\">Allen (one of our youth workers)<\/a> crafting his story, planning the visuals, and sharing his testimony in a cinematic way. It&#8217;s been awesome to watch Riley&#8217;s relationship with Jesus deepen, and we&#8217;re excited to share his story with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--container type-one-narrow color-default bg-transparent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--content\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Simply Found God\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/brWnT16Y3wM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<section class=\"y-single-image full padding_zero guten-block\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-width\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-embed-container-full\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alexa\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLVujDgpUr4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen ><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full { \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tposition: relative; \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 56.25%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t} \r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-wide {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-narrow {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 740px;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full iframe,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full object,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full embed { \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tposition: absolute;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttop: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tleft: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"y-vfbc padding_zero guten-block triangle white single-col-align-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--triangle bottom-right primary has-bg-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/steinbach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/03\/Still-2026-03-09-155842_3.70.1-1-scaled.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--container type-one-wide color-default bg-transparent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--content\"><h1>Alexa<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\">Alexa grew up around church, but for a long time faith felt more like rules than a real relationship with God. As she got older, she found herself surrounded by unhealthy influences and heavy drinking, and life began to spiral. Through the Backstage drop-in centre at YFC Steinbach, Alexa encountered people who genuinely cared about her and helped her see faith in a new way. She shares her story of rediscovering hope, finding a real relationship with Jesus, and learning that she was never walking through life alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<section class=\"y-single-image full paddingzero guten-block\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-width\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-embed-container-full\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mikayla\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y357BHwd5yI?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen ><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full { \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tposition: relative; \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 56.25%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t} \r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-wide {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-narrow {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 740px;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full iframe,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full object,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full embed { \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tposition: absolute;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttop: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tleft: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"y-vfbc  guten-block triangle white single-col-align-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--triangle bottom-right primary has-bg-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/steinbach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/03\/IMG_6296-3.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--container type-one-wide color-default bg-transparent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--content\"><h1>Mikayla<\/h1>\n<p>Mikayla&#8217;s path back to feeling accepted by Jesus was filled with other people along the way showing her she was loved in every moment just as she was. She shares her story with us of finding her way back to church, and finding that belonging that we are all searching for. We&#8217;ve loved getting to see how her life was fully transformed by Jesus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<section class=\"y-single-image full paddingzero guten-block\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-width\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-embed-container-full\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Finn\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v9L0k2I_naU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen ><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full { \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tposition: relative; \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 56.25%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t} \r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-wide {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-narrow {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 740px;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full iframe,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full object,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full embed { \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tposition: absolute;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttop: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tleft: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"y-vfbc  guten-block triangle grey single-col-align-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--triangle bottom-right light-grey has-bg-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/steinbach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/03\/IMG_2917-2.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--container type-one-wide color-default bg-transparent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--content\"><h1>Finn<\/h1>\n<p>Finn&#8217;s story is a hard one to hear. But it&#8217;s so important to hear stories like this. These stories show us the real things that are unfortunately common in our community. We hear a lot of stories like this, and it&#8217;s part of why we do what we do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<section class=\"y-single-image full paddingzero guten-block\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-width\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-embed-container-full\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorden\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I89JyEp-mBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen ><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full { \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tposition: relative; \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 56.25%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t} \r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-wide {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-narrow {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 740px;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full iframe,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full object,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full embed { \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tposition: absolute;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttop: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tleft: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"y-vfbc  guten-block triangle grey single-col-align-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--triangle bottom-right light-grey has-bg-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/steinbach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/03\/IMG_8141.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--container type-one-narrow color-default bg-transparent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--content\"><h1>Jorden<\/h1>\n<p>Jorden has been involved with YFC Steinbach for several years. His story is wild. He was willing to share some of it with us and we were more than happy to listen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<section class=\"y-single-image full paddingzero guten-block\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-width\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-embed-container-full\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emily\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/964SMit2dT4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen ><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full { \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tposition: relative; \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 56.25%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t} \r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-wide {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-narrow {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 740px;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full iframe,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full object,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.video-embed-container-full embed { \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tposition: absolute;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttop: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tleft: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"y-vfbc  guten-block triangle white single-col-align-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--triangle bottom-right primary has-bg-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/steinbach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/01\/D414A7D0-2E87-44DE-B22F-AC68F85C38A4-2.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--container type-one-wide color-default bg-transparent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--content\"><h1>Emily<\/h1>\n<p>Emily&#8217;s journey of homelessness, foster care, exploitation and addiction led her to meeting Jesus. 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