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Dear friend,
It's been over a month since our last newsletter.
The
hiatus is mainly due to our communications director,
Richard Long, undergoing surgery for cancer at the
beginning of October. He is very grateful for all your
prayers, and is well on the road to
recovery.
Since so many of you have prayed for our assignment in Kiev, Ukraine, I thought it would be good to share some of what happened there and also in Manitoba upon my return to Canada. My assignment in the Ukraine was to share a burden that I have carried the past 4 years and to come alongside the Church of Kiev regarding the atrocities which happened in a site of Kiev called ?Babi Yar.? (See the link below for more information.) Here, as many as 100,000 people, mostly Jews. were executed by the Nazis during the 2nd World War. On a previous visit, God gave me the opportunity to explain how the Canadian Church responded in November 2000 to the survivors of the St Louis ship which tried to seek asylum in Canada in 1939. (Read the story on the Watchmen for the Nations website at www.watchmen.org). Many of the leaders of Kiev wanted to follow Canada?s lead and bring repentance concerning Babi Yar right away. To my surprise, they did so on the 65th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, Sept.29-30th. They felt that I had initiated this and that I needed to be present. Mike and Sharon Molnar, a couple from Vernon, B.C. who have also walked out this entire journey, joined me in being there. Here?s some of what Mike wrote:
Abundantly more than we could ever hope or
imagine
for!
We showed up for the march, with an estimated 4
thousand people meeting
outside in a cold and dreary morning. When we
arrived, we were told that the
secret service had told one of the leaders in charge
of the event that there
was to be no mention at all of repentance or
forgiveness, as this was not
allowed. The Lord clearly spoke that there was
no ?Holding back?. When Rob was invited to speak, he did not hold back, and cried out before God, and shared the whole history of Canada walking out the repentance to the survivors of the St. Louis ship, and indicating that as a nation, we 'stood aloof' as in Obadiah 11 (which is from the same root word for cursing as in Gen.12), and that this was a very similar sin that effected the Ukrainians in relationship to the atrocities committed by the Nazi?s at Babi Yar. None could say that we were completely innocent, we even were called to search our own hearts for any evidence of an anti-Semitic spirit. There then began a cry coming out from the people there, both Jew and Gentile. Then repentance and healing was spoken, and the crowd wept.
As mentioned earlier the day was cold and dreary,
BUT when the
repentance happened, the sun, the light and the
warmth amazingly broke
through, instantly, and it warmed to about 22 Celsius!
(Rob continues) When I returned to Canada, I was in
Winkler in southern Manitoba. I brought a loaf of
bread that an elderly Messianic Jewish man had given
me in the Ukraine. In his own way he was thanking
us for what had transpired at Babi Yar, and he kept
on saying ?Canada,? ?Canada.? I brought this bread
back to Canada and felt led to use it for communion
at a meeting with local intercessors, knowing that
this elderly man had another loaf made with the same
batch of dough. I believed that in some real way we
were linking our nations by sharing of the same loaf
(1Cor.10:16,17).
Photo of the March
Mike, Sharon and Rob at the memorial
Babi Yar Memorial
1. Pray for our armed forces in Afghanistan and their families back home. One way you can pray is by asking the Lord to powerfully use the Alpha courses that many troops are attending while on their tour of duty. 2. Let's continue to pray for the Liberal party's leadership race. Let's ask the Lord to give them a righteous and wise new leader who will be an effective politician in their role as the official Opposition. 3. Pray for the whole issue of communication around government. It has become clear to us that there is a lot of warfare in the spirit realm in this crucial area. Misunderstanding, confusion and misinterpretation have been the operating environment. Let's ask the Lord to reverse all of this. 4. Please pray for us at NHOP. Rob Parker was in Calgary this week meeting with city pastors. Pray for ongoing fruit from his ministry among them. Richard Long is hoping to return to work at least half-time in another week. Pray for his strength to be restored.
If you are in the Ottawa area, or perhaps have
friends here, you will want to take the opportunity to
hear Dr. Jonathan David speak on Nov.
14th at 7:00
PM at the Peace Tower Church.
representing you in Ottawa, |
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