Finally an up-date from Canada

This is our new home in Manitoba Canada at sunset.

It has been three weeks since we first arrived in Canada. I just don’t know where to start with all that has been going on.

The four hours of hellish torment at the border crossing?
The strains of unpacking and setting up a new home?
The frustration with dial-up internet? My first capsizing in the canoe?
The stress of visiting the grocery store for the first time?
The gas grill fiasco?
My fish stories of all the big ones that got away?
The overwhelming responsibilities of the new job?
The adjusting of the girls to a new & strange environment?

I need to start with what is most important

and pressing on my heart

and that is,

kids are coming to

know Christ

at an amazing rate!

Nothing motivates me more than to see people hear about Christ and choose to surrender their lives to Him.
I don’t have the exact numbers right now but I know that during the first five weeks of camp over 140 kids have a new eternal destination and heart to serve Christ.

The air is blasting with the sounds of angels rejoicing

and we still have three weeks of kids to add to the Kingdom.

Nothing can compare! I remember when I used to hear about people coming to Christ in these kinds of numbers and thinking it’s not real. They must just be counting people raising their hands for anything or they must be pressuring them to make some kind of commitment. It’s not that way here! The vast majority of these kids just never heard about Christ, they never knew about our awesome God, what sin is, the penalty for sin, or the atoning work and love of Christ. God is here and at work in so many lives, in so many ways.

While I could go into so many things that have been difficult, the cost for us sacrificially just doesn’t compare to the joy in seeing a person realize that they have just made a choice that makes an eternal life and death difference. Praise God!

Please consider joining with us in this AMAZING ministry. Help us continue and expand this great work.
Here are some ways you can help:
1. The #1 way to help us is to faithfully pray for God’s blessing,

1. that we may clearly hear His voice and follow with a courageous obedient faith.
   2. Pray for the Spirit of God to continue to reveal Himself to our campers & guests.
   3. Pray for God to work in the lives of our staff.
   i. All summer staff raise their own support as well.
   4. Pray for safety for staff & guests.
   5. Pray for God to continue to direct us to great supporters who see God at work here and are willing to give sacrificially to maintain and expand this great place.
   6. Pray for adjacent property owners favor. There are 20 plus adjacent acres that would be a great benefit to the camp but the owners are environmentalists. They want to protect the land from any type of development.
   7. Support us financially. 100% of our financial needs are only met by individuals like you who are willing to give sacrificially to help advance God’s kingdom.
   8. Specific personal needs:
   - Winter clothing for all of my family. Warm socks, gloves, jackets . . .
   - Long distance phone bill
   - 4x4 All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is needed for me to get back and forth to the camp. I am currently sharing use of the one maintenance has. It is one of the most used pieces of maintenance equipment we have. A used one would cost about $5,000.
   

9. Lisa would sure love a Chick-fil-A delivery.
10. For you to visit and see first hand this great place we now call home. We would love to see you.
11. Come and volunteer your time to help maintain this awesome facility dedicated to proclaiming Christ and giving youth an opportunity to choose a joyous eternity.
a. Installation of a new water filtration system
b. Repairing our septic field
c. Building additional staff housing
d. Building expansion of dinning room
e. Building expansion of kitchen
f. Building expansion for 30 additional bedrooms
g. Kitchen help
h. Housekeeping
i. Painting
j. Re-shingle roof on the maintenance building
k. Repair program equipment such as bikes, climbing gear, boats, snow shoes, skis, . . .
l. Clear trails
m. So much more . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

God has made this incredible place what it is today.
I know like I know that He will not only continue blessing Cedarwood
but has plans to use this place and all those here who are so incredibly
dedicated to His service to increasingly reach more people with His Salvation message.


$$ Support Information:
100% of our income is provided by those who choose to sacrificially support us.
Please send in your pledges and or other monetary gifts to :

YFC Winnipeg (if no tax benefit is desired).
If Tax benefit is desired please send to YFC International.

Youth For Christ Winnipeg · 325 Talbot Avenue · Winnipeg · Manitoba · R2L OP9 · (204) 669-4205
Missionary support for David & Lisa McGrath

Youth For Christ International · PO Box 4555 · Englewood · Colorado · 80155 · (303) 843-6033
David McGrath – Account # 57138

Our NEW Contact information is:
Dave@YFCWinnipeg.ca

David & Lisa McGrath - Box 148 Lac du Bonnet Manitoba Canada R0E 1A0(204) 345-6083

Lisa, Hallel, & Hannah standing at the dock in front of Cedarwood

Satan at work on the Canadian Border.

I had to dig 22' into the 26' truck to get a serial # of a rifle.

Below you can see me close to death as I crawl back out of my nearly 3 hour grave.

If you look closely below me you will see a small hand holding onto a piece of plywood. That is Hannah. Just as Lisa took the picture Hannah fell into a hole.