Pictures from the Recent Kitchner MY Canada/Siege Rally

What a rad afternoon! The Vancouver area Siegers hit the streets today with Marc Dalton to wave signs and sing christmas carols. Marc is running for federal office and is an amazing man. Lover of people and First Nations! From what I understand he is only 1 of 5 indigenious people that are running in this election. Along with this, he is one of our COOLEST candidates (from our perspective) in the lowermainland.

I want to say I had a blast and felt so alive while we were helping this brother. If you are reading this and you have never helped on a campaign I want to encourage you--it is fun and worthwhile. I am constantly being blown away by how just a small group of people can make such a big impact in a riding like this.

Marc is the kind of guy we want in but there are several others like him all over Canada. As of writing this blog entry we have 31 days to the election.

I am crying out that as believers we will truly rise up and notice the amazing opportunity we have to elect people who will fight for Canada.

This is our time! Grab as sign, or a phone, or a flyer and get behind one of the good guys :). Check out our "We Love Them" list to get our opinion on who some of the good guys are that are running.

Christmas blessings!!
If Chistmas is truly about Christ and not us, I want to give him one of the best gifts I could righ now....a nation moving towards righteousness.

All my love and Christmas cheer,
Faytene

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We are living in exciting and accelerating days. Our team is running on every front right now with e-mails and phones buzzing. Many in the nation are coming alive with a passion to see awesome men and women set into federal governmental seats in the 39th election. This is our hour Church.

We have been studying out candidates that are running all across the nation and finding that there are many strong men and women that are rising up and running for office right now. We have an amazing opportunity in this coming election (Jan. 23) to elect men and women that will stand for traditional moral values in our nation--who will tear down and build (Jer. 1). This is exciting.

We want to encourage you to find out who the candidates are in your area and get behind those that will stand for the poor, marriage, life and religious freedom. If you need help trying to figure out "whose who" do not hesitate to contact us and we will fill you in on what the different candidates are about (admin@4mycanada.ca).

This upcoming week in Southwest Ontario our Ontario rep, Kelly Linton, will be leading rallies in the region. Exciting stuff! Contact him at ontario@4mycanada.ca for details. I am blazing through the Vancouver area, preaching at several venues and connecting with people to get behind righteous men and women that are running in this campaign.

We are also going to be putting together SWAT teams in the Vancouver area and SW Ontario region to go and help on the campaigns of God fearing men and women who are running. Let us know if you want to get connected.

We are in an amazing hour of opportunity! Let's rise up and seize (SIEGE) it!

Let's give Jesus the best Christmas gift we could right now as a nation: A Canada that is moving towards grace, not away.


Blessings and grace,
Faytene and the team

Hey Canada,
Wow-time flies. I can't believe it has been over a month since we were in Ottawa for the second Siege! Sorry bout not posting much for the month of November. Myself and the team have been on full tilt and just simply forgot. We will be posting on a regular basis from now on (or at least giving it a good shot).

Well our 100 Huntley St. Documentary was aired on CTS this past Thurs!! Yah! I have not seen it but have heard amazing reports, they did such a good job. We loved having the camera crews there with us on the Hill. Someone who saw the documentary was telling me that they had a lot of footage of the MPs giving commentary about our group. She said that one of the MPs was talking about how they so often get lobbied hard for things and that our groups was a breath of fresh air because we legitimately came in simply to honour them and share our hearts. I guess this particular MP began to tear up as he was speaking. Wow, that means so much. One of our prayers was that we would leave the fragrance of Christ in every meeting. This MP was obviously one who was standing for traditional morality already. Whenever we met with these ones we tried really hard to encourage them and thank them for being willing to be a voice for Christ on these issues. When we met with MPs that were not necessarily sympathetic to traditional morality we would always keep honour but share our hearts openly as well.

We had no idea when we stepped out on the first Siege what we were landing in the middle of...my goodness. We are living in amazing days.

Across the nation we are working hard to share the vision that is burning in our hearts. Lots of young people are wanting to get involved in getting people who will stand for righteousness in office if they are elected on Jan. 23 so we are working to get people connected.

We want to keep our promise that we will stand for men/women that are standing for Christ in Canada. (Make sure you contact us at mobilize@4mycanada.ca if you want to get connected.)

Kayle in Alberta is the bomb! Kelly and Michelle in Ontario are running with this like holy-men (women) on fire.
We are all marveling.

I am preaching at Fresh Fire's School of the Supernatural on Monday on all this and am so looking forward to it! I love it when the revival stream meets that national-revolution stream.

Keep us in prayer as we continue to run in the nation lifting this torch high for HIM.

With Love in Christ,
Faytene

I am convinced that the My Canada Siege of Ottawa was a breakthrough event signaling the beginning of a movement that will sweep our nation. I was completely honoured to be part of a national delegation of young adults who came in a spirit of respect to honour our leaders. For many MPs and Senators, this marked the first time that a group from our generation came to visit them not in harsh-protest or with an agenda.

There was a 'buzz' on the Hill during this Siege week, but we recognize that this was only the beginning. This adventure will take courage and persistence, and as a member of this group, I am committed to continue to Stand on Guard until righteousness and justice prevail in this Dominion of Canada.

Kelly Linton
Josiah Team Member
My Canada - Ontario Division

Parliament on our Worship Night

Praying prior to the reception


The Reception room prior to our set up.

Meetng with Joe Comuzzie (MP, Liberal) and Beverly Chamberlain (MP, Liberal)

Faytene Praying Over the PMO from the Peace Tower

Views from the Peace Tower


Meeting with Senator Andreachuck

Meeting with Stockwell Day

Meeting with Chuck Strahl (Deputy Speaker)

Meeting with James Rojotte

Meeting with Myron Thompson

Team Prep-Times

From October 24th - 29th the Josiah Team met with MP's and Senators from across Canada in their Ottawa offices. Yet why were we there? As one person put it, "How do you get some many nationalities and ethnicities into one room?" The answer is a common vision. As the Josiah team and Intercessor team went through the week I wondered many times how Holy Spirit would work through the lives of the people that we met. Some meetings were classified as good in our debriefing meetings. What this meant to some was that the MP or Senator agreed with what we stood for. In a nutshell we were there to advocate for "traditional moral values". And yes, we understood that this was a loaded term. Thus, in different meetings different approaches were used.

So what was accomplished you ask? So what if a group of young people came to Ottawa to talk to some MP's. The answer to this in some respects remains hidden. What went on in the spirit realm was the real reason why we were there. What was birthed in the spirit realm and will be nurtured through prayer and fasting to grow to the strong man with iron on his back, will be evident in the physical realm in time. Seeds were planted and now have to be watered.

So where to from here? Spread the word. Do you agree with the vision? Whether you were on the Josiah team or are reading this as an interested observer we all have a part to play.

Let us pray for supernatural grace to be obedient to the stirrings of Holy Spirit within our hearts so that we can be a light unto the world and usher in the Kingdom of God to this great country we call Canada. Oh Canada we stand on guard.

Ryan Ellis
Josiah Team Member
Seige Week #2
Attawapiskat, Ontario

This is only the beginning!
wow...where do I begin?! The week was just amazing. We made "more of an impact than [we] know" as one MP stated...All that kept going through my head the whole week was, "What am I getting myself into?"(in a good way of course). This is about more than just one good week where we got to talk to some influencial people, it was the beginning of something huge. We definately saw that in the spirit in different times of prayer, and we're already starting to see it in the physical. Canada is hungy for change and desperate for a generation that will usher in that change. Whats beginning to happen is nothing short of a REVOLUTION!

Many of the different MPs and Senators told us how much Canada needed young people like us to rise up and stand and how encouraged they were by our passion and spirit of honour. They meet with many groups of people, some even groups of young people, but it is very rare for these groups to come in and begin by thanking and honouring them for their tremendous work and sacrifice, wether or not they agree with them on certain things.

I can't wait to see what else is in store for My Canada. This is only the tip of the iceberg

Barbara Acosta
Josiah Team member
Seige Week #2
Vancouver, B.C

Pictures from Friday Night Worship At the Hill (10/28)

Poem Given to MPs/Senators
This is a poem that Faytene received while on the Hill for the second Siege. We put it on a paper bookmark and gave it out to all the MPs/Senators that came to the reception on the 27th.

The dreams of days once past
Echo through these halls
Reaching for a time that's yet to be
And today off these same walls
Is heard a voice that calls
Yearning for this ancient Destiny
O Canada the strong
O Canada the free
Do you know the One who called you forth to be?
O Canada the strong
O Canada the free
Do you know the One who longs to meet with thee?
In days now lived and gone
Was sung an ancient song
Whose melody came from Spirit deep
It's tune from lips of men
Whose eyes beheld heaven
Sang "Dominion be from sea to blessed sea."
O Canada the strong
A day now comes to dawn
This generation looks at what's come
And looks for ones of faith
Who will STAND and build today
Again with eyes uplifted t'ward the Son
So Canada arise, today we call your name
Given by the one who formed your frame
Canada break free to what your called to be
A nation who will worship at His feet

(Picture of part of the MY Canada Josiah team with MP Larry Miller, Owen Sound)

We just completed our second Siege week and leaders roundtable in Ottawa. It was phenomenal and we are coming out of it with tons of vision for where we go from here. We will be posting a full report (with pictures) and future strategic initiatives up on this link soon.

Following is the brief-summary report of what happened in Ottawa this past Oct. 23-29th (pictures and team-member reports coming very soon):

#1-a team of 15 young champions from across the nation joined in for the Josiah team and met with nearly 30 MPs and Senators in face to face meetings. Each meeting was tremendously positive and impacting. Like this past summer, some of the meetings brought both the MPs and the Josiah team members to tears as we shared our hearts to see traditional moral values in Canada upheld. It was extremely powerful (pictures and testimonies from Josiah team members coming soon)

#2 on Thurs. the 27th we hosted a national reception and announced our official launch under the auspices of MY Canada on the Hill. Many of the MPs and workers on the hill were surprised by the good turn out of MPs and Senators a the event. The total number of people in attendance (us and guests) was about 120. The team shared their hearts, honoured the leaders and brought a strong message declaring of our generation "we will live again." Members and Senators have encouraged us to make this an annual event!

#3 MAJOR HIGHLIGHT: on Tues. the 25th MP Myron Thompson of the Conservative party made an official members statement in the House of Commons regarding MY Canada. He announced who we were to the entire House of Commons, declared our heart to see traditional morality upheld in Canada and exhorted the government to pay attention to us. He then lead the entire House of Commons in giving us a honouring applause of welcome, said "Welcome to the House of Commons" and led many of the MPs in giving us a standing ovation!! We were floored. So--we have now been 'officially' welcomed to the House of Commons and will run into this welcome with faithfulness and wisdom.

#4 on Friday night a group of a bout 100 of us gathered on the steps of Parliament to worship and pray for our nation. The spirit of God fell in power and for more than 3 hours we cried out in fervent prayer for righteousness to come to our nation. We are excited and expectant to hear what will come as a result of these prayers. We are excited to report that we have already received testimony back of 1 non-Christian MP who was significantly impacted by God this past week as we were in prayer for our leaders, in honour of this person we are not going to disclose details but let's just say it is a powerful testimony!

#5 on Saturday morning a group of about 40 young leaders gathered to seek God's face and share hearts regarding how to walk together to be a voice in the nation in these days. Many of the young leaders (from across the nation) shared how God had been burdening their heart for Canada and that they believed it indeed was a time for action. Lots of great strategy came out on the table.

Here's some more photo's from the trip- a gallery will be coming soon!

The SIEGE has begun....and it is NOT stopping!

This is our observation and our declaration! As the travelling team met to debrief on the last night of this summer's tour we were all in agreement: we had closure in our hearts on this 16 day "assignment" but we all know that this was a start of something that must continue.

So we are praying and strategizing and getting mega downloads! We spent all day re-designing the websites to reflect more of the team (and less of me) over time and a long term vision for Siege--stay tuned!, we are hoping to have the new site loaded on Monday (the 29th).

We will try have some sort of report out by e-mail this week as well (e-mail access pending as I am still on the road).

As for now I can tell you...
-we are looking at doing a Siege week in October, in Ottawa, where a group from around the nation will come to meet with politicians
-I am travelling east this week to launch the Siege vision in Nfld and likely New Brunswick (maybe even Nova Scotia!).
-we are going to start building a full-time team to continue to labour into this
-one of our team members (Dave Vandas) is working on a documentary about Siege!!! (and is needing financial support, if you feel a nudge to help finance this let us know)

That is the scoop for now.
I AM SO EXCITED.

The final days of Siege were mounted with favour upon favour and still I know the best is yet to come.

Faytene

Hi Canada,
Ottawa has been off the charts!! There has been so much favour on the team as we have continued in the Siege mandate onsite at our nation's capital. We feel like we own the place we are so at home here.

We had a great rally on the Parliament steps on Tues when we declared the Josiah covenant together. Several key prayer leaders from the nation showed up to be a part. The generation rose up and committed to be a voice for biblical righteousness and justice in the gates of influence in the nation....and the Parliament grounds and all who were there stood as a witness. It was a thrilling time for me and we could feel such authority as we declared this covenant.

After this the older generation surrounded us to pray a blessing over what had just happened. The whole thing was sealed up in such a perfect way. (And as a bonus one of the key Gen-X papers in the area (Dose) reported on the event!)

In the days to follow we have me with several key politicians (3 Senators and several MP's/MPPs). We were all amazed at the continued favour the Lord was giving us and the doors He opened...with the Senate especially. Awsome stuff.

Our last meeting was with Pierre Poillievre and was more than the cherry on the ice-cream. He is the youngest Canadian MP and is on fire for traditional morality, and not afraid to take a stand for it. In our time together her basically spoke our own message (calling the generation to rise up and be a voice) in his own words back to us. I wanted to cry it was so amazing.

The team is doing well...we all start to head back to home posts tomorrow but are FULL OF VISION for what is to come. The SIEGE HAS BEGUN AND IT IS NOT STOPPING. We are looking at doing another thrust in October focusing on Ottawa (stay tuned). Also we will be posting more of the articles that came out during the tour and PICTURES up on the blog shortly so make sure and come back to visit us here in the days to come.

Thanks again for all your prayers.
We love you Canada.
Grace.
Faytene

Hello Once Again!

Sorry for the late post. Much has happened and it feels like a bit of a blur. I'll fill you in best I can.

We have been spending most of our time at the parliamentary Buildings in Ottawa for the last 4 days.



We were very fortunate to get a private tour of the parliamentary buildings by the assistant of an MP we contacted. He was very gracious and gave us lots of freedom to pray and bless the building as we walked through all of the different rooms including the house of commons and the senate chamber. The highlight though was the peace tower and memorial chamber as they had a rich heritage left by our founding forefathers. Many scriptures have been set into the stone of the peace tower including, "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea", and "where there is no vision the people perish". On the largest bell in the peace tower which rings on the hour are the words, "Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will to men". In the memorial chamber remembering all those that have died there are numberous scriptures set into the brass cases and in the stain glass windows. As we discovered these foundations we felt right at home and spoke forth that which had been established by our forefathers.



We had many precious times of prayer on the steps including the rally where we resited the Josiah covenant. Many times throughout our times of prayer the bells would chime from the peace tower at perfect times joining in with our prayers with a resounding "Glory to God in the highest". It was an agreement of the ages- the old declarations made by our founding forefathers agreeing with our prayers and vice versa. It was a holy and historic time.





We also had the chance to meeting with various MPP's, MP's and senators. Each meeting added fuel to the flames and was very encouraging.



Our final meeting was with Pierre Poilievre, the youngest MP in Canada. It was as amazing meeting! Unlike some of our other meetings with MP's, we found that we shared very similar views on many things and he was able to make us aware of some very important issues and offer us some great advice of what to do next.



Wow, what can we say. The team has been blown away with all that has happened. This online journal has only scratched the surface. This is just the start of something and we can feel in growing in our spirits and have had many confirmations. The vision is catching, the fire is spreading. Welcome the revolution - The Siege Has Begun!

p.s. Please keep checking the website as we will keep you informed with what's happening next.

Hello Everyone!

Wow, the last several days have been amazing. On Saturday we flew from Winnipeg to Toronto. We were blessed by a anonymous business man who paid for hotel rooms for the team for two nights. Saturday night we went to do a meeting a Church Without Limits and was amazing. From the moment we walked into the church we instantly connected with the young people there- we were totally in the same spirit. We could really sense the expectation in the air, we could feel something was going to burst- and it did.

God's presence came in a powerful way as the church packed with 200+ young people worshiped their hearts out. The group was hungry and the were impacted by the message that Faytene shared. The service lasted 4+ hours and nobody wanted to leave.




Sunday we did a meeting on the steps of the leg and reporters were there from City TV and the National Post (we later found out that our article was published in the National Post entitled, "Young and Wild for conservative values", or something like that). Our time there was precious and there was a great time of prayer where the fathers and mothers prayed over the younger people. Some great practical idea's came forth of how we can be a voice.



Monday we met with 3 politicians in the Toronto Area. It was a great time of discussion, where we we're able to bring our voice to the table and get some awesome pearls of wisdom.



We have now arrived in Ottawa and we can feel a great anticipation as this has been what our siege has been building up to. Please be praying that we finish this race well and don't let-up. We are in this till the end. :)

Worshiping on the steps of the Leg in Regina

Serving Communion on steps of the Leg in Regina

Meeting with MLA in Regina

Echoing the words of Louis Riel on the steps of the Leg in Winnipeg

Meeting with a Senator in Winnipeg

Worshiping on the steps on the Leg in Winnipeg

Heavens opening as we worship and make a covenant before God on steps of the Leg in Winnipeg