2 minutes of Fame

Happy Friday everyone! So this morning class was focused on learning the structure of Parliament. I wish I could explain the whole procedure for everyone, but it would probably take 2 hours. Needless to say, we discussed many of the issues (Air India bombing, and police officers being involved in electing judges)and tried to look at the different strategies each party was attempting. For example, one of the reasons, we believe, that the Liberals are against the anti-terrorist act, is not that it is a bad idea but that it will help their party look better. This is why we are praying for unity, because all parties are working against each other. On Wednesday we saw the Prime Minister try to attack the Liberal member using a newspaper article, a pretty low blow considering the question had nothing to do with the article. Unfortunately we are seeing this everywhere in the House of Commons. As the church of Canada we really need to be praying into unity, honor, and righteousness for our government. So after lunch we went to the East Block Chapel to pray into the exact things I mentioned above. One little side note, today we had 100 Huntley Street come in and all of us interns were interviewed. I was so nervous, they followed us around most of the day and asked pretty tough questions. The really unfortunate part, was that our interviews were done outside in the windy -26 weather. As you can imagine most of my interview was done with a red nose and hair in my face. The reason they have come to Ottawa is to do a series on prayer that they will be airing the week before Easter, so I encourage you all to watch the NHOP interns 2 minutes of fame!!! Tonight is a celebration dinner for the Israel Canada tour that came through. Everyone is sharing stories of what God did and how it touched the Israel delegates. By the sounds of things, the Israelis really left with a sense of how much Canadians love them and want to stand by them, there have even been phone calls of how much they miss us. It was set up through Watchmen and the government was invited and it sounds like God really showed up. Well I am going to relax this weekend after an insane week and hopefully catch up on my homework. I will talk to you all Monday. Goodnight!
Erica