{"id":8214,"date":"2025-12-11T15:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/?p=8214"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:53:48","slug":"moments-of-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/2025\/12\/11\/moments-of-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Moments of Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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A short update from Camp Cedarwood<\/p>\n

Featuring Ken Sawatzky, YFC Staff who spent some time serving at Camp, and Kaily, a returning youth.<\/p>\n

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This summer at Cedarwood, we saw God move in ways that were both powerful and deeply personal. For several weeks, a couple hundred hearts were opened, as campers encountered the love of Jesus in real and lasting ways, many for the very first time.<\/p>\n

We asked a staff and a youth to share with us a glimpse of what made their time at camp so special.
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\nKen Sawatzky, YFC Staff Member<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI had the amazing opportunity to spend a week at camp this summer where I got to lead a unique workshop I called \u2018Wonder Camp.\u2019 We taught youth how to perform illusions and tricks while also exploring a deeper message about how the enemy uses deception to pull us away from the truth. I witnessed the campers gain confidence in their interactions and the excitement they had performing for each other. It was a joyful and encouraging space where fun and faith came together in meaningful ways.<\/p>\n

At the end of the week several youth asked for prayer for their families. One boy shared his deep longing for his parents to know Jesus, even though they are not open to faith. There was also great reasons to celebrate as five young people gave their lives to Christ that week.<\/p>\n

A little while after that week, one mother reached out to tell us that their whole family is now attending church again because their child insisted on it after camp.\u00a0 This is the work God is doing. It is real, lasting, and life-giving and I am so grateful to be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kaily – 3x camper<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI look up to the people there, just the joy they have in their lives all the time and I want that to be me too… All the God talks and the worshiping was so good, it’s an amazing place.<\/p>\n

Whenever I get back from Cedarwood, I want to change what I do, I want to read the Bible more often. I want to journal. I want to sing and praise like so much more.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve grown in my faith a lot. Before, I would say I was a Christian mostly because it was my family\u2019s belief. But when I came to Cedarwood, I really started to believe for myself that God is real \u2014 that He\u2019s there, and He wants to help me. I\u2019ve learned that my faith isn\u2019t just something I get from my family, it\u2019s my own now. Cedarwood has helped me with that tremendously.\u201d<\/p>\n

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