2022 in Review: July

There cannot be light without darkness and July represents that well with its dark moments of death, however, miracles and life shone through.

SOUTH AFRICAN SATANIST LEAVES GROUP AFTER EXPERIENCING JESUS' LOVE

It was the love of God through others that led Riaan Swiegelaar to reevaluate his life and understand that he is broken. he left the South African Satanic Church, where he was the reverend until he left in May.

"I've never known unconditional love in my entire life. Up until today, there have been four Christians in my life that showed me what unconditional love is. I want to thank those four people today. Words cannot express what you've done for me."

ROGERS' WIDESPREAD NETWORK OUTAGE

Remember when individuals, businesses and authority dispatchers were sent into a frenzy one day because of a network system failure after a maintenance update?

It took approximately 15 hours for services to be back for the majority of customers but after the impacts of the outage, Rogers CEO, Tony Staffieri, and the federal industry minister, François-Phillipe Champagne met to discuss the importance of improving Canada's networks.

A Message from Rogers President & CEO: Since our network outage, I have had an opportunity to speak with many of you about the impact & frustration it caused. I would like to share the steps we are taking to learn & deliver the reliable network you expect. https://t.co/ff8KDv1Wcg

— Rogers News (@AboutRogers) July 24, 2022

BENI JOHNSON DIES AT 67

After four years of battling breast cancer, Bethel Church in Redding California announced that Beni Johnson had quit chemotherapy and moved into hospice care to manage her pain. Her cancer had intensified earlier in the year in February, and her church asked for prayer.

The next day, her husband posted on Facebook that Johnson had passed away on July 13.

OPPOSING SOFTBALL TEAMS CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME WITH A SELFIE

The Winnipeg Storm and Hamiota Red Sox softball teams created a beautiful friendship on and off the pitch as they gathered together after the bronze medal for a group picture.

"Honestly, I have no idea how our friendship started," says Faith Minsky from Winnipeg Storm. "It just kind of happened. The Hamiota girls are just so nice and our team just loves them to death. It's so odd. I remember last year, I hadn't been playing community ball last year, it was my first year back. When I came to Provniclas I saw this team and thought, they're crazy."

'METAL MISSIONARY' MICHAEL BLOODGOOD PASSES AWAY AFTER A HEALTH BATTLE

After suffering a severe hemorrhagic stroke and subsequent brain bleed in February of this year, Michale Bloodgood was not able to make a full recovery and he passed away on July 29.

Bloodgood was very well known in the Christian heavy metal genre, and despite receiving criticism for his band's sound, he never looked away from the reason he created the band in the first place, to sing glory to God and reach the heavy metal community.

PROPHECY COMES TO LIFE FOR STEINBACH MAN WHO DIED FOR OVER 6 MINUTES

Shane Dyck was living in Atlanta, GA when he was teaching English to refugees. It was at a large church event when three people approached him and said "Don't worry, money's going to come in." Dyck did not really think much of it and linked it to his salary.

However, the next day he collapsed and was dead for six to 10 minutes because of a genetic blood clotting disorder. He had to relearn many of the basics, how to walk, dress, eat, etc. However, being in America, his medical bills added up to $2.5 million, but the insurance called him one day to let him know that he does not have anything to worry about anymore.