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‘God’s Been So Faithful’

We love what God is doing through Eden around the world. In Canada, the Eden Downtown Eastside (Vancouver) team and Coastal Church run an Eden Café in the centre of their neighbourhood, showing Jesus’ love to everyone who walks through the doors. 

From the Eden Café, they also run an Employment Programme which gives young people the opportunity to grow in their work skills as well as their faith. Tyler is one person who has recently graduated from the programme. This is his story.

‘My childhood was really difficult, and I grew up with a lot of abuse, suicidal thoughts and struggled when my parents got a divorce. When I hit rock bottom, I started to get plugged into a local church in Vancouver. As I heard more about Jesus and the hope that he offers, I decided I wanted to get baptised and leave behind the dark cloud that was following me.

‘When I did this, I felt God in a real and tangible way. He took away my hurt, anger and unforgiveness and replaced it with a new heart full of his peace, love and forgiveness. It was amazing.

‘I started feeling God’s nudges in my life and applied to work at the Eden Café in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES). On the programme, I had weekly one-to-one meetings with Pastor Fari (the Eden DTES team leader) where he discipled me and prayed for me throughout the six-month programme. As part of this, we discussed servant leadership, evangelism and the message of the gospel.

‘Being around Fari and the Eden team gave me a heart for people in need, and a real desire to share the gospel with them.

‘I’ve learnt so much and after graduating from the programme at the Eden Café, I applied for a new position with Alpha Canada! It’s been amazing to see the journey God has brought me on. I’ve come full circle and now volunteer with youth at Coastal Church, getting stuck into church discipleship and life group where I’ve been making new friendships with others walking on the same path as me. I love my church community!

‘God has been so faithful in my life, and I know he’s got even more planned.’