Youth With A Mission - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The work of Youth With A Mission Canada began in Edmonton in the 1960's.

1965 - October, Loren and Darlene Cunningham came to Edmonton

1966 -

Easter, Loren and Darlene came back to Edmonton for a local outreach with college students
3 Edmontonians (including Arni Breitkreuz) spent a Summer of Service in Jamaica. While traversing the island, Loren shared the idea of a cross-Canada trip culminating in Montreal for the Expo World's Fair
Arni & Heidi Breitkreuz took a car load of young people to the Redwood City, California Christmas outreach.

1967 -

The 2nd Easter outreach with Loren and Darlene doing the training
First Canadian Summer of Service started in Seattle, Washington with a week of training. Then the team of 67 went up to Vancouver, B.C. and travelled across Canada, ending in Montreal, Quebec.
December 18th - Incorporated as Youth With A Mission Society in Alberta. Arnold Breitkreuz was appointed the first Canadian director by Loren Cunningham.

1968 -

The first Resurrection March was held on Good Friday, followed by the 3rd Easter outreach with Winkie Pratney from New Zealand.

May - August outreach in Quebec, giving out literature

1969 -

The fourth Resurrection March was hosted with Jim Seregow from Ann Arbor, Michigan. His emphasis was on University Evangelism.

Summer Outreach (June - August) was spent in Quebec, mobilizing French speaking youth to help reach the province. A correspondence course was presented to the new believers in Quebec, so the work continued.

Rev. Alvin Lewis, P.A.O.C. minister, was given the role of Canadian Director for the year .
Arni and Heidi went to Lausanne, Switzerland to attend the first School of Evangelism (SOE) at Chalet a Gobet. Three months of language study, three months of lecture, three months of outreach. The Breitkreuz's were the first ever family to attend a SOE. They had two children, Mark-6, Janice-3.