First Class- Dalai Lama

Hello Again. Well Today I attended Question and Answer period at Parliament Hill. One of the major issues that all the opposing parties keep bringing up is the whole Kyoto Accord. For those of you who are not familiar with this, it was a bill that was passed about 10yrs ago in an effort to reduce global warming. Anyways its due date is within the next 8 to 10 months and now with the Conservatives in government, the Liberals are telling them that they have to follow this bill. The unfair part is that the Liberals did hardly anything at all and just watched the clock tick down so now for the Conservative government to apply it would mean a complete change of lifestyle for all Canadians, which would lead to political suicide. We would have to change the clothes we wear, the food we eat, as well as driving rights, it would put us in economical shock. So I believe it is this week that they are having a private vote so as NHOP we are praying for this whole process because if it is passed it will probably force an early election. (please remember that i have to try and pick all of this up while MP's are yelling at eachother so some of the details are a little fuzzy)
Tonight I had my first class and we got to here one of our teachers personal testimonies. It is amazing to see how things that we do in Saskatoon often mirror the call here in Ottawa. For example, this teacher really feels like it is his call on his life to network pastors around Ottawa and quite often throughout Canada. Tonight he talked about the amazing revival meetings that took place in Toronto in 1995 that made on of the churches the top tourist place in all of the Toronto area, more than a million people flew in for these meetings. He also talked about how Toronto in 2003 was preparing for a visit from the Dalia Lama and the people set up a 12 day 24 hours a day worship and prayer times. They had over 40 worship teams come in all praying that the Dalai Lama would not be able to build the temple here that he wanted too. Needless to say he had incredible knowledge and historical background on the whole thing and it was amazing to listen to it all. I can't explain it all so if you want more insight here is a web address, www.houseoftheking.com I would really tell you all to check it out. There is an actually prayer ministry that follows the Dalai Lama around keeping an eye on his activities and they are concerned right now because he really wants to build a temple in Vancouver. In Vancouver right now they are trying to erect a Buddha statue that will be even bigger then the statue of liberty, so we are praying and have teams there that are believing that God will not allow the Tibet Buddhism to take route, so if you want to walk along side of them I am sure they would really appreciate it. If you have more questions about the history of the Dalai Lama email me and I will try to answer them, also the web is great for info on their beliefs. (just remember they are different then Buddhist's, they are Tibetians)
Have a good night,
Erica