General Lessard speaks to the troops in Kandahar;
Lt.-Gen. Marc Lessard, the head of the military's overseas command, addresses Canadian troops on Saturday, Nov.27, 2010 in Kandahar, Afghanistan during a change of command ceremony that marked the arrival of the last battle group in Kandahar. Lessard said Tuesday that the army in Kandahar has until the spring to make measurable gains in development and governance throughout the war-torn sector.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Murray Brewster
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/101130/national/afghan_cda_lessard
The Bloc under Gilles Duceppe tried a vote in the house to usurp the Governments position on providing trainers after 2011. It
was defeated on Tuesday evening in a 209-81 vote. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/11/30/afghanistan-bloc-motion-vote.html#ixzz16oMeGJ8v Our Troops currently serving in Afghanistan will once again miss a Christmas at home. Kids at home will be missing thier Daddies and Mommies. Yrt they will survive as Canadian Kids do. They know that their parent serving in Afghanistan is serving Canada and helping people. I am sure that this makes them prouder than ever. The media tends to forget about the folks at home, members of the Invisible Army. I do not forget them and I hope you remember them as well. I received this pre Christmas e mail and link from a Veteran reader I hope you enjoy it as much as I.I think you'll love this...read the story FIRST then listen/watch video..
While at the mall a couple of years ago, my then four year old nephew, Spencer, saw kids lined up to see Santa Claus. Having been taught as a toddler that Christmas is the holiday that Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, he asked his mom, "where's the line to see Jesus"? My sister mentioned this to my dad, who immediately became inspired and jotted words down to a song in just a few minutes. After putting music to the words, and doing a quick recording at home, he received a great response from friends. He sent the song off to Nashville without much response, except for a Christian song writer who suggested adding a bridge at the end of the first chorus. My dad then asked if I wanted to record the song to see what we could do with it. I listened to the song, made a few changes to the words to make it flow better, and we headed to Shock City Studios. It was at the studio where Chris, owner and producer, rewrote the 2nd verse and part of the chorus... with goosebumps and emotions high, we were all hopeful and felt like we had something special. The demo was recorded in just under 2 hours and sent off again to Nashville... still no response. Then 2 weeks before Christmas last year, my cousins Greg and Robbie decided to do a video to see what we could accomplish on YouTube. The first day we had 3000 hits and it soared from there. We received e-mails, phone calls, Facebook messages from people all over asking for the music, CD's, iTunes, anything... we had nothin'. After a couple of meetings with Chris following the amazing response, we got serious. We headed back into the studio this past spring... this time with guitars, drums, bass, pianos, choirs... the real deal.... and here we are today. Getting iTunes set up, a website put together, and loving that thousands upon thousands of Christians have come together... remembering the true meaning of Christmas. Out of the mouths of babes come profound truths that many adults can not understand. Hopefully Spencer's observation will cause people all over to reflect on the love of Jesus, and that one day we will all stand in line to see Him. We are most thankful to our Heavenly Father to have this chance to share our music with you. Merry Christmas everyone. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=pPViKJRHyZo&vq=medium
On that note I close todays Blog The PDF is a letter from a Veteran that you may find interesting. I removed senders full address.
Please Support Our Troops
Nil Sine Labore
Robby
