Pictures from the Josiah Team, Nov. 25-30th - Meetings with MPs and Senators

Polite Canadian
Robin-Lee Pereda
August 23rd, 2007

They say I’m a polite Canadian-
Let me tell you some reasons why.
I give a friendly smile to my neighbor
and directions to a passer by.
I help with the highway cleanup,
Into the recycling bin it goes.
Helping to save the environment-
There’s holes in the ozone you know!

They say I’m a polite Canadian,
but there’s a price I’ve paid.
Too often my voice hasn’t been heard,
so from our nation’s roots we’ve strayed.
Our founders had the ten commandments
posted proudly on their walls.
Now our children barely know them
Have they heard of them at all?

They say I’m a polite Canadian,
but I question if it’s true…
I’ve sat back too long & watched-
now it’s time I got a clue.
A melting pot of all Nations
they say that we’ve become.
But lets not forget our foundations-
The righteous roots from which we come.

They say I’m a polite Canadian,
so I suppose that’s my excuse why
I haven’t bothered to take a stand-
instead I watch the innocent die.
Murder shows up in so many ways.
Abortion- legal & on demand.
Pop! Bang! Shoot another one.
Pedophiles killing innocence in our land.

They say I’m a polite Canadian.
I guess what should I care
if they re-write the dictionary-
just a few changes here & there.
Like the word marriage-
which used to mean a man & wife.
Beside “discipline” let’s erase spanking-
you'll scar your kids for life.

They say I’m a polite Canadian
so I think it’s about time
that I stand & take back ownership
of this great nation I claim as mine.
It’s time to put those 10 commandments
back into their rightful place.
Let’s get on our face to repent before God-
seek His wisdom & His grace.

They say I’m a polite Canadian.
Today I take a vow.
A watchman for this nation I’ll be,
though I may stand against the crowd.
Pushing on for righteousness & truth
my song will ever be
resounding from the east to west
“Oh Canada, I stand on guard for thee!”

There has been tons of other activity this summer as well - sorry - we often forget to blog it :). A group of hard cores in Coquitlam had a 7 night prayer siege leading up to the CALL -- it was a powerful time. The CALL itself was also huge. You can get a fuller report in our e-mail archives on the site. Here are a couple picts from it. Powerful

We love it! People are rising up all across the nation to connect with local MPs/MLAs to share their hearts with them on the issues they care about. We often foget to take our cameras but this time we didn't. This is the Vancouver team after a great heart-to-heart with Penny Priddy in the Lower Mainland of Vancouver.

Go hard guys!! .... and keep going

4MYC Leadership Team

This is a very 'interesting' e-mail that we just got in from one of our members. I am amazed these days at how many young women have been coming up to me and telling me of disturbing experiences they have had that are similar to this. Very recently I had a young woman share with me that when she found out she was pregnant, she was in her doctor's office and he presented to her the 'choice' of abortion. She told him that she did not want to go that route. He proceeded to agressively council her to abort her pregnancy. She again explained that she wanted to keep the baby. After this he referred her to a psychiatrist who proceeded to 'pressure her' to have an abortion. I was amazed. This girl is level headed and has her head screwed on right. Her testimony (and a few others like it that have been shared with me since) give pretty strong evidence that the pro-choice stance is not always one that is encouraging our young women to make their own choices....wow.

Here is the e-mail we just got....

"I wanted to share something with you about my experience surrounding the abortion I had. I am not going to explain too much.. just what is in my heart as relevant to share with you.

When I was in the pre-op room I know that I heard the still small voice of my conscience. I also know that something was trying to speak to me during the time I found out that I was pregnant and the day I went to the hospital. I had a gut feeling I should not go through with it. Anyway, when I tried to tell my "friend" that I wanted to change my mind she did the opposite than support me. She went to get the nurse and they gave me something to sedate me. ( Ahh.. I hate this part of it the most - please forgive me). I tried to tell the nurse but I wasn't strong enough to stand up to both of them. I took the drugs and was so whacked out by the time of the abortion that I could not even think straight, never mind resist even though I did not want to do it.

I want people to know what I went through so they know how to pray and to find strength and ecouragment not to do it.

I am very sorry that I had the abortion and that I did not stand up to them when they drugged me up." Cindy (Grimsby, Ontario)

Here are some more amazing e-mails from youth in our network sent their MP about C-22:

Dear Mr. Goodyear

I am 15 years old and concerned that the age of consent is still 14. I ask you to support Bill C-22 and raise the age of consent to 16. This will give some protection to the youth who are vulnerable to sexual exploitation from so many different sides. Also, it will give protection to all other kids of that age.

Thank you for your consideration on this issue.

Sincerely,

Louisa

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Dear Mr. Goodyear;

I was recently at a youth conference and the issue of raising the age of consent was talked about. I think that it is important that the age of consent be raised. Supporting Bill C-22 is critical. It will help ensure that many more kids at risk are protected from sexual predators and will make for a stronger Canada in the future.

Thank you for all the good work that you are doing as our representative in Parliament.

Respectfully,

Tereza

Here are some e-mails that were sent into MPs from youth that were present at the Justice Committee when Faytene presented regarding C-22. They are powerful. They just cc'd us on them so we wanted to share them with you too!

"The age of consent is 14 right now, and I'm 14, and some of the people there said that all people around my age have sex. That's not true, because my friends wear purity rings, and some of us made a commitment to abstain from sex. I know that's not everyone but those people in there, didn't think of people like me and my friends.

I can vote at 18 and have sex at 14. Let's say you were running for Prime Minister or something, and I had sex, what would be more effective to this country? My vote? Or my sex life? I think that the age should be higher, from 14 to 16 is good and all but let's raise our standards a little higher, and say 18." - Maddy

"I am 13 years old and will be turning 14 next month so this meeting pertains to me and I would like to share my opinion with you. I want the age for consentual sex to be raised from 14 to 16. I don't think that trying to give children more education about sex in school will make that much of a difference in whether they have healthy sex with someone or not. I know that for me personally I learned about sex from my parents and from different books, not from school. Most kids don't even listen in school when they are being taught about sex because it is really awkward for both them and the teacher.
Until I attended this meeting I did not know anything really about the age of consent or even that there was one. The reason why most kids don't tell adults or even their friends about having sex is not because they think that they will get in trouble with the law. It is because they feel enbarassed and shameful about what they did." - Raelynne

AGE OF SEXUAL CONSENT

We have been getting some very powerful e-mails in from a bunch regarding C-22 (raising the age of sexual consent from 14 to 16). This one is extremely powerful and we wanted to share it with you too. -- 4MYC Team

"...Heres what I would like to say to our Federal government concerning Bill C-22.....As a 17 year old Canadian, I believe that Bill C-22 is very important to protect the youth of our nation. I find it sad to think that when I walk through my halls at high school, most students aren’t really protected of sexual predators under currant Canadian legislature. I can easily admit that at the age of 14, I probably could’ve been easily been manipulated or pressured, especially with the internet opening tons of new doors to sexual predators. When I was 14, a friend of mine who was already 15 at the time, spoke to a man a couple times in a chat room. However things didn’t end there, this man then stalked her and one day attempted to abduct her. Fortunately, there were people near by and she managed to get away. This hurts it’s me know to think, that this man could have raped my friend and probably could’ve gotten away with it. My friend was 15 but wasn’t really more mature then me but unlike me, she wouldn’t have been protect under current legislature. So basically I am pleading that the government to increase the age of sexual consent to 16, so that I can walk through my halls at school and know that at least half of the students are protect of sexual predators."

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