Hello everyone! Well it is a bright Monday morning after a long weekend. On Saturday we just had a fun relaxing day, we went shopping, ate food, and watched a movie. Sunday I went to a bilingual church in Quebec (which is about a 20 minute drive from NHOP) then went out for lunch to try Lebanese food. (if you like breathing garlic for 3 days afterwards..you would love it!)
At church they had a guest speaker that they brought in and she was speaking on the spirit of fear, which was a really good message to hear. So today started bright and early and I did some chores for the first part of the morning, until we headed off to Parliament Hill for the afternoon. When we showed up at the Hill there was a really long line up to get in because they had invited 130 military personnel to sit in at the House of Commons. Unfortunately we were unable to get in but thanks to James Lunney (MP for Naniamo) we sat in his office and watched it on TV and prayed there. One of the hot topics in Parliament today was childcare, and how the Conservative Party promised spaces and funding for parents and they have not yet seen the full benefits of that promise. They accused one member of the Conservative of spending more tax payers money on limo rides then on the people she was there to give the cheques to. Another topic they brought up was how the government has said that the Canadian military would pull out of Afghanistan in Feb. 2009 but how the Liberal government found confidential documents stating that they had intentions of extending this time. (of course it was brought up because 130 soldiers were sitting in the room) In response to this accusation the Secretary of Defense simply stood up and said that 2009 was the date they were sticking with unless when they arrive at that time, something must change. Finally the last topic they really focused on was the lack of funding and initiative the Conservative party has been showing to help those in poverty. Solberg (Human Resources and Social Development) simply informed the Liberals that they have given a generous budget to this initiative and it was far more then the previous government. (I can't remember exactly how much but I think it was around 340 million) The best part of this afternoon though, was at the end of Question Period they asked the military to stand up and all honored them with a long applause as the camera panned around, it was very cool. Well it is almost supper, and tonight we have Fireside and our guest that we are bringing in is one of the staff members who is very gifted in discernment, the prophetic, and dream interpretation....so of course I am really excited. Have a great night everyone.
Erica
At church they had a guest speaker that they brought in and she was speaking on the spirit of fear, which was a really good message to hear. So today started bright and early and I did some chores for the first part of the morning, until we headed off to Parliament Hill for the afternoon. When we showed up at the Hill there was a really long line up to get in because they had invited 130 military personnel to sit in at the House of Commons. Unfortunately we were unable to get in but thanks to James Lunney (MP for Naniamo) we sat in his office and watched it on TV and prayed there. One of the hot topics in Parliament today was childcare, and how the Conservative Party promised spaces and funding for parents and they have not yet seen the full benefits of that promise. They accused one member of the Conservative of spending more tax payers money on limo rides then on the people she was there to give the cheques to. Another topic they brought up was how the government has said that the Canadian military would pull out of Afghanistan in Feb. 2009 but how the Liberal government found confidential documents stating that they had intentions of extending this time. (of course it was brought up because 130 soldiers were sitting in the room) In response to this accusation the Secretary of Defense simply stood up and said that 2009 was the date they were sticking with unless when they arrive at that time, something must change. Finally the last topic they really focused on was the lack of funding and initiative the Conservative party has been showing to help those in poverty. Solberg (Human Resources and Social Development) simply informed the Liberals that they have given a generous budget to this initiative and it was far more then the previous government. (I can't remember exactly how much but I think it was around 340 million) The best part of this afternoon though, was at the end of Question Period they asked the military to stand up and all honored them with a long applause as the camera panned around, it was very cool. Well it is almost supper, and tonight we have Fireside and our guest that we are bringing in is one of the staff members who is very gifted in discernment, the prophetic, and dream interpretation....so of course I am really excited. Have a great night everyone.
Erica
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