THIS IS AMAZING!!

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Time stands still on Parliament Hill

Last Updated Wed, 24 May 2006 20:24:36 EDT
CBC News

Canada's most famous clock stopped early Wednesday morning, the first time since it was installed on the 92-metre tall Peace Tower 25 years ago.

The clock on the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa is seen frozen at 7:28 a.m. on Wednesday, the first time it stopped in 28 years. (Fred Chartrand/ Canadian Press)
The hands of the four clocks that adorn each side of the Peace Tower ground to a halt at 7:28 a.m. after a small electrical relay malfunctioned.

The carillon of 53 bells timed to chime every quarter-hour are controlled by a mechanism connected to the now kaput clock.
Dozens of tourists crowded around the Centennial Flame snapping photos of Parliament Hill were quick to notice the incorrect time on the clock, and the sound of silence.

"I was disappointed not to hear the bells. I have never been here before and, yes, it was a highlight for me," said one tourist.
Government officials said the clock is only in need of a simple repair, but it may be days before it can be fixed.
The American company that built the clock, the Verdin Company in Ohio, is sending a technician from a subsidiary in southern Ontario.

Government officials estimate it could take up to 72 hours for the repair work to begin.
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**Ps 72:8**

Hey 4 MY Canada Team,

I just wanted to drop you a quick line to tell you whats going on in Oshawa in regards to meeting with the MPs and MPPs. The first meetings with the Mayor and the MP of Oshawa went awesome! It was such a great oppertunity to make that connection and be able to honour them for who they are and all they've done. The MP was so thankful that young people were showing an interest in what is happening in our city, political matters and the direction of our country. My team and I were slightly shocked when he began to ask us questions and take notes. Our experience definetly left us feeling like we were heard and that our views mattered to that member of parliament.

Dayna
Community Pentecostal Church, Young Adults

Hey Guys,

I just felt that after visiting your site last night, i would tell you how much i appreciate and honor your ministy and what God is doing through you guys...

Be encouraged, people were right stirred up after your visit, and we were motivated to make some "strong advancing" into some political arenas, and we've seen incredible favor in our city.

Just this week we met with one of city counsellors and our mayor and we were offered the chance to come to the councel meetings and have a voice at the table representing the ministy and speak on behalf of the young people in our city.

Just thought of telling you about the fruit that has been developing since your visit...Praise God. Looking forward to the youth conference in the summer that i heard you might be a part of.

Wes

Hey Team!

This morning our Siege Prayer Movement met and had a powerful time of intercession on behalf of Canada and its political leaders. We prayed for issues, politicians, the church and for youth to rise up and speak out! Our numbers are growing - we were at about 35 committed youth and young adults this morning! This past weekend at our annual youth camp, Canada kept coming up prophetically, in worship, in the preaching. Everyone around here is grabbing onto a burden for change in our own nation - it's like a contagious disease that is spreading beyond anyone's control now! It's the burden of the Holy Spirit for his kids! Anyways, I am so excited and thought I would send you a pic we took today of our team - they are praying for YOU!

Next month we will be attending a BBQ Chuck Strahl is hosting for youth in the community to share issues that are in their heart We are going to SIEGE that bbq and make sure Chuck knows that we are standing with him and his party as they promote biblical values. Should be exciting..

Have a great one!
Todd

ARTICLE WRITTEN BY BONNIE LASS (a leader from the March 06 Siege Week in Ottawa)



As our youth group prepared for our mission’s trip to Ottawa, we were regularly met with the question, “What are you going to do there?” And we would reply, “Pray.”

Inspired by our nation’s motto “He Shall Have Dominion from Sea to Sea” and by our national anthem’s claim to “Stand on Guard”, our group of 25 from Abbotsford Christian Assembly took a flight out of Vancouver on March 9 with the plan to simply honor our leaders and pray for our nation. O*ur team consisted mostly of youth, as young as 13 years old, as well as our senior pastors, Mitch and Bonnie Borrows, Pastor Roy Rubilak, and our youth pastor, Chris Carrick.*

While we were there we stayed at the National House of Prayer, a large beautiful building located only 20 minutes away from Parliament Hill. We joined with other groups from Chilliwack, Edmonton, Ottawa, and Kingston. All 80 of us came with the intention of raising our voices for the cause of traditional Christian values. *We all came together with a ministry called 4MYCanada (which stands for "Motivated Young People for a Strong Canada). The leaders of this ministry took the time to teach us some Canadian history and lead our tours around Ottawa.*

We took the time to visit Rideau Hall (the Governor General’s residence), 24 Sussex Drive (the Prime Minister’s residence), Parliament Hill, the East Bloc, and the Supreme Court of Canada. While learning history of our nation we were also able to pray in each place for there to be an increase in integrity and respect for the sanctity of life.

We also had the great honor of meeting with Senator Anne Cooles, an RCMP officer, the Conservative national caucus chair Rahim Jaffer, as well as a representative from the Supreme Court of Canada. In each meeting our young team members had the chance to share their views on what they envision Canada to be.

On one of our final days in Ottawa we took the time to visit the Canadian War Museum. As we walked around I became increasingly solemn as I again recognized the sacrifice that so many have made for us. A sign boldly displayed the words, “What We Have, We’ll Hold” and those words have been echoing in my heart ever since.

What _do_ we have? And what does it take to hold on to these things?

It takes a sacrifice of our time, our money, and possibly our reputations as we stand up for what we believe in. As long as we are able, we will continue to instruct ourselves on these national matters and raise our voices to share truth.

Hey Guys!

I hope things are going well for you! Just thought I'd send you a quick update about the happenings here since our trip. We have started a weekely Siege prayer MOVEMENT in our youth ministry - we're meeitng every Friday morning from 7-8 AM to pray for our school, church, government, city, and nation! Last week we had 30 people out to this and I think it will grow as we go! Priase God! Also, we're definitely planning on attending the Cry. I showed the 6 min video clip in our meeting last week and had a few people come right away in response to this and say that they are definitely coming!

Advancing,
Todd
(from the Siege 3 Team)

Favourite Quote:
"We the unlikely, leading the unwilling have now done so much with so little that we are qualified to do anything with nothing." Mother Teresa

Gandhi once said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Although I may not agree with much of his spiritual ideals, many of his activist ideals really set my mind to working.

This last March 12-18 I had the immense priviledge in helping lead a group of young people, along with a few young at heart folks in being the change they've always longed to see in Canada. How do we do that? The answer is simple. You operate in the Spirit of Christ.

We learned that it is not enough to operate in the Spirit of Christ by coming to Ottawa. It wasn't even enough to operate in the Spirit of Christ by praying at NHOP. We needed to operate in the Spirit of Christ through the halls of Parliament, through the Senate and Supreme Court, through the streets of Ottawa and even in front of the Prime Minister's house! We were a sight to see, I'm sure. But the Lord had arrested our hearts.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

A righteous revolution has been sparked in Canada. The seeds are being stirred. Still I'm not interested if you know that righteous revolution is upon us. I'm interested to know that you know you're a part of it. We've moved from the place of longing for the day when the government will look to the church for answers. We've moved to the place where this is happening now. How do I know? Because I've heard with my own ears our government leaders tell me this. I've looked into their eyes as they've called for us to arrive not just as a voice, but with action.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army was once questioned about moving to quickly in his work. His answer has been ringing in my ears these last few days. "Can we move too fast in saving souls? If anyone still wants a reply, let him first ask the lost souls in hell."

Be the change you wish to see in the world. Possess the gates of influence in your nation. They are waiting for you.



- Kayle Mumby

THIS IS EVIDENCE OF HISTORY IN THE MAKING:

4 MY CANADA/NHOP are The FIRST to SIT in the 39th Parliament's Seats!

This past week 4 MY Canada helped facilitate a team of 70 Jesus lovers on a Siege prayer week with the National House of Prayer. On Friday (St. Patrick's Day) the entire group had opportunity to meet with the Chair of the Conservative Caucus, Rahim Jaffer, thanks to the work of 50 Siegers in Edmonton led by Kayle Mumby who helped get him re-elected.

At 4pm the Siege troop landed in Parliament and were escorted by Mr. Jaffer's assistant to the House of Commons. To our amazement it was not just to gaze in upon the green cushioned seats from the public viewing area (which is the protocol for non-elected visitors), but, he was bringing us right into the gallery of the House to sit in the seats ourselves!! (Pause) This is not 'normal'...unless you have God on your side.

Mr. Jaffer had the 70 of us (young and a few reps from the older generation) sit in the seats where the new natural government will take their place on April 3rd. He looked at us and said, "You are the first group to sit in these seats for this government's term. You are sitting here even before the new Conservative government has." We were blown away.

Faytene Kryskow (4 MY Canada Director) then got to address Mr. Jaffer and give a concise statement regarding the moral stance of this group of young people on the issue of age of sexual consent, integrity in government and the traditional view of marriage (all of which are issues the government has promised to address in this term).

She said, "Mr. Jaffer we want you to know that we are here to stay and that we will support the government in every way possible as you stand for traditional moral values in our nation." Mr. Jaffer as the chair of the Conservative caucus explained to us that anything that is shared with him goes directly to Prime Minister Harper. In effect the group was addressing the Prime Minister and the entire Caucus via Mr. Jaffer in that moment.

Just after this one member of the team had a vision of Jesus facing the group of us with His arms outstretched. Pointing to the group he said, "Behold, my new government."

SIGNS IN THE SKY OVER PEACE TOWER LINK TO THE FIRST SIEGE

As the team walked out of the Parliament we were amazing to look up and see that there was a rainbow prism directly above the Peace Tower! Not a rainbow spanning the sky but a stripe of rainbow directly over the Peace Tower and only over the Peace Tower (no where else)! Reports told us that the rainbow appeared right at the time the team was coming out!

What is amazing about this is that during the last team meeting we had before the first Siege (in Aug. 05) the same phenomena happened directly above the house that the Siege team was meeting in. A rainbow prism appeared just over the house and nowhere else. All of us witnessed the sign that day. Could it be that this rainbow prism is a sign that what God has been birthing in the emerging generation to reclaim the righteous foundations of the nation is now sealed!?! Our spirit's all resonate with this and we are so thankful for the Lord's faithfulness to confirm with signs following. (We are currently trying to trace down a photo of the rainbow prism).

NOTICE: GET A JOB CANADA!....A STRATEGIC JOB FOR THE NATION

We have just heard word that many MPs on the Hill are scrambling to fill needed job positions for their offices and for various posts on the Hill. We wanted to encourage those of you who can, and who feel the call, to submit your resumes for consideration. We want to see TONS of our members to get jobs on the Hill!!

Contact for General Enquiries: the Public Service Commission of Canada
Job Postings Program, 1-800-645-5605, http://www.jobs-emplois.gc.ca/menu/home_e.htm

*Federal departments and agencies also recruit individually.

http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html

Pictures from the March Siege Week In Ottawa

Amazing week. This past week we gave leadership to a team of 70 young people from BC, AB & Ont to Ottawa. It was a joing effort with NHOP and was a blast.

We prayed, we weeped, we rejoiced, we met with politicians, we worshiped our God on the steps of the Peace Tower (Parliament Hill). It has been great.

One of the coolest things has been watching these young people catch a deeper vision for Canada and her purpose.

One of the highlights in the natural happened yesterday when on of the more influential MPs gave us access to the House of Commons floor. He took us in there at the end of the day and had us all sit in the GOVERNMENT'S seats on the House of Commons floor!! He explained that we were the first group to get to do this! Wow. What an honour and what a picture--a new government is arising in this hour, we are a people with an new kind of authority that will fight for morality in the land.

These are indeed exciting-days to be on the moral battlefield of our nation.

Bless you all and thanks for your prayers,
Faytene

This is an e-mail I got from a church who has taken up the call....very encouraging...

"Hey Faytene, ...just wanted to write back and tell you how blessed we all were by your visit to Kingston. ... Be encouraged, people were right stirred up after your visit, and we were motivated to make some "strong advancing" into some political arenas, and we've seen incredible favor in our city. Just this week we met with one of city counsellors and our mayor and we were offered the chance to come to the councel meetings and have a voice at the table representing the ministy and speak on behalf of the young people in our city. Just thought of telling you about the fruit that has been developing since your visit, and to honor you again for your visit..., Wes"

Way to go Kingston!!!!
;) Faytene

Well most of you have likely heard the news by now...the new Justice Minister (the Honourable Vic Toews) announced that the government is going to be working to raise the age of consent! We think this is awesome!!

Right now in Canada the age of consent is 14. That means a 50 year old man/woman can legally have sex with a 14 year old girl/boy as long as there is an appearance that they consented to it. This has huge problems to it and, some reports have already said, that Canada is becoming a haven for sexual predators because of it.

We interviewed some youth yesterday (12yrs to 16 yrs) about it and they were all totally in support of legislation that would protect them from older wo/men who may want to take advantage of them. It was powerful stuff and we will be editing some of it for Vertigo Correct to help get the word out about all this.

We will be throwing all of our weight behind supporting this move of the government's and hope you will too! Stay tuned on the site and in the news for more on this.

Grace and peace,

Faytene
ps-See you at the Cry, July 15th, 06 in Ottawa!!

We are ressurecting the CRY!! This July 15th! This is a first effort at a brochure which should be coming out soon. Stay tuned and keep your July 15th clear. This is going to be a historic gathering for our nation and our generation in Canada. Please start praying into it now and telling your friends about it!

:)

This is cell phone picture from one of our teams in Ottawa. They totally rose up to help out in the election. Royal G., took the show in their riding and they had a blast helping out.

Good stuff!

Well it is election night (late) and it has all been decided in terms of the 39th Parliament. I (Faytene) am sitting here on my bed as I type and, though I am completely exhausted from a full day of working on 3 campaigns this 'election day' (pictures coming soon), I can't seem to sleep.

I feel quite emotional actually....

Around 7pm on the nose tonight I was sitting in a polling station in North Vancouver volunteering. I was totally focused on task when all of a sudden the Holy Spirit came and overwhelmed me right there in the gymnasium. I knew in my spirit things had just shifted in the nation and that the next government had just been announced (though I had no factual knowledge of this). I called back to the headquarters on the campaign that I was helping with and, sure enough, the E-Day coordinator told me, "They just un-officially announced that the Conservatives have won. It is going to be a minority government." Ever since that moment I have not been able to stop weeping. I feel this incredible mix of 'bitter-sweet' (interestingly I have heard this phrase several times over the last few hours here in Vancouver).

#1-it is the feeling you get after you have completely poured yourself out and have nothing (of yourself) left to give...I am sure many who worked on campaigns can relate to this

#2-it is the feeling of incredible gratitude to the God for answering many prayers giving us evidence of the turning of a tide in our land (not endorsing a party here...just stating the facts: there has been a shift)

#3-it is the feeling of deep sadness that some very outstanding brothers and sisters will not be going to Ottawa for the 39th Parliament. In the GVRD there were some gems that ran. These are men and women that carried and amazing heart for our land and I believe would have been some of THE key players if elected. They were incredibly talented, skilled, sharp and tender to heaven.

I feel a deep sense of loss deep in my gut due to the fact that these one's were not elected. Perhaps I feel for them even more because many of them were in my home town and became my friends over the last weeks. I am thankful for the tide that has been turned, and, I thank God for the work of unified prayer He is catalyzing in our nation, at the same time I have a soberness in my spirit of how much work we have yet to do in terms of practical mobilization.

We've only just begun.

A sleeping giant in the nation has awoken but, at some level, perhaps we still need to learn how to run.

Having said that, I am SUPER PROUD (big time!!) of all the young people from coast to coast that did take up the challenge and serve along side pro-morality campaigns. I don't know the final tally but I think the MY Canada-ites helped with 15-20 in total. That is a great start considering we all just got thrown into this last fall by the Holy Spirit. He has amazing timing.

I pray for Prime Minister Harper and his new team and look forward to meeting more of them in the very near future.

OK--I think I need to press "Publish Post" and go pray.
The deep groaning in my spirit is still here and I think I will just take it before the Lord. I will let you know if I get any revelation worth sharing broadly :). Let us know if you do as well.

Faytene

The MY CANADA Ontario SWAT Team rocks! We have conducted several missions to practically help pro-morality candidates get elected (in some cases re-elected)! AND we've had a blast in the process! I want to especially thank Mark, Beth and Becky for making every single SWAT Team event!! I am so proud of our group of dedicated young Canadians who have taken time out of their lives to pound the pavement (and slush & snow) and distribute literature, knock on doors, data entry, etc. to help these awesome candidates! I want to encourage all of you who have a heart for this nation and are looking for a practical outlet in the last few days of the election to call up the campaign offices of your local pro-God candidate and volunteer a few hours of your time - it makes a HUGE difference on many of the close races! Feel free to check out our WE LOVE THEM list on the MY CANADA website for some of the candidates that we encourage you to support. No better way for a group of friends to get together and do something fun and worthwhile at the same time - I DARE YOU TO DO IT!


Kelly Linton
MY CANADA - Ontario

We are 6 days before the election and our teams across the nation have been buzzing! I talked with Siegers all the way from Newfoundland to Victoria today that are helping out (and getting their friends to help out) with pro-morality campaigns!

The fire has caught and is spreading--it is so exciting.

Last week one of our members in Ottawa bounced into the campaign office of man running in her riding to ask if there was anything her and her youth team could do to help him in his campaign with. The man said they had just been praying (!!!) and said, "If only God would send someone into our office who would just say, 'What can I do to help'." She was an immediate answer to his prayers. How cool is that!

Another one of our teams in SW Ontario spent the entire day today working on a campaign for a guy that they feel will stand for traditional Christian values if elected.

Out here in BC we are doing the same. A bunch of our Siegers are helping on a bunch of campaigns and I feel so proud of them!! Granted, there is still a lot more we could be doing...but we have 6 days! Come on Canada.

Now is the time to:
1) Volunteer in pro-morality campaigns (check out our "We Love Them" list or give as an e-mail if you have questions
2) Pray for righteousness to be established in our nation through righteous Members of Parliament
3) VOTE on the 23rd for those who will stand for Christian values

This is our time!

We will post some testimonies from the campaign trail in the days to come.

Grace,
Faytene