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enabling two groups to be accommodated on
site at the same time. By now, the site
employed a number of staff and the
development of buildings, facilities and
gardens increased at a great rate. Constant
refurbishment from that time on brought CYC
to the stage it is at today. Weekday and
weekend bookings by schools and other
groups, continued to grow. School holiday
times were reserved for CYC’s holiday camp
program exclusively.
In 1998 having reached its ‘practical’ capacity
to accommodate guests, and with waiting lists
building up CYC began considering ways to
extend the site
“CYC continues to seek ways to be
more effective in their ministry,
both directly and indirectly”
Story #6
‘Any opportunity to outreach to your
community is terrific. This year I was
thrilled to have my 8 year old
neighbour Tamsyn come to Turbo
camp. She had a wonderful time,
made many friends and is looking
forward to the next camp
already. The impact that God can
have on the kids through Camp
ministry is truly fantastic but there is
also an impact that goes home as
well. This can in turn initiate change
for an entire family. I know it does
because I've had those calls from
parents in the past! I'm not sure how
God will use Tamsyn's Turbo Camp
experience from this summer, but I am
excited for new opportunities to share
our lives a little more across the fence
with her Mum and Dad.’
Story #7
Laura, Michael and Matilda all came to the
very first ADANAC Turbo Camp back in January
2009. Michael was a rat bag kid off his ADHD
meds who's mum rang me before camp about
this 'Christian stuff' we were teaching. Laura's
parents ran the local milk delivery service and
sponsored the first Turbo Highway advertising
banner. And Matilda was the first camper to
accept Christ in her heart whilst on camp. This
year these three kids came back to camp. But
this time they came as Junior Leaders not
campers. It was awesome to see them sharing
the camp experience with younger versions of
themselves and creating enjoyable memories,
powerful life lessons and sharing about Jesus
in their lives. I am thrilled to be a part of
something quite special like Turbo Camps
where you see life changing moments just like
these take place.
Story #8
One of the many highlights of our Senior
Teen Camp this Summer was
Selahphonic, a Queensland based
ministry/band, coming down and
presenting to the campers. Many Campers
were challenged by their presentation, and
some responded to the gospel for the
first time. . Lloyd McLean - Senior Teen
Story #9
Over summer we offered a number of
sponsorships to families who could not
afford to send their kids to camp, the
feedback and gratitude we were given
back was incredible and opened my eyes
as to just how much people appreciate our
help in this way during their times of
difficulty. One particular mother was so
touched she became very emotional over
the phone and began to explain everything
that her family had been through, and how
much it meant to her and her kids that they
will still be able to go to camp and get
away from everything that had been
happening at home. I think it is an amazing
thing to be a part of providing a fun,
positive, safe and supportive environment
for kids to learn about the love of Christ,
and I continue to see examples of how this
ministry blesses children, teens and
families all over Victoria. Ash Denham
“CYC’s commitment to mission in
2013 included the enabling of
dozens of children from the
Bangkok slums to attend camps
run by a mission headed -up by
past CYC leaders, & fund several
hundred Indian children ‘to camp’
via a program operated by
Christian Camping international”
CYC Ltd
1775 Phillip Island Rd
Cowes Victoria 3922
www.cyc.org.au
In The Next Issue
1. What CYC hopes to achieve this year!
2. Who does our funding assist and why?
3. Autumn ministry update
4. Board member profile.
5. More stories of changed lives!
6. The next chapter of CYC’s history
Story #10
Testimony Night - hearing that around half
of them can accredit their faith journey to
their involvement with our camps over the
years is encouraging. It was also great to
hear that a few of them also credited a
number of the CYC Ministries team to
having a huge impact on them with their
spiritual journeys.
Having two of the 16 LIT's being kids I
had on CYC’s Impact Camp’s back
when they were only 8 years old, and
now having the opportunity to help train
and develop them was awesome. It is nice
to be involved in the cycle of Leadership
where kids are being impacted by the
leaders on camp, are then aspiring to be
like the leaders they had, and are now
receiving training in order to invest back
into the younger generation.
Darren Blood