Report from Wanda

We are making an impression!

Last Wednesday we had a group of counter protesters picket our vigil. Then on Saturday morning a by-law enforcement officer stopper his car in front of the vigil site and, without any warning, proceeded to take the total number of our remaining French signs, which were hanging on the fence around the tree, and throw them in his vehicle. It seems we are breaking a city by-law by tethering signs to city property. When the people who were praying at the vigil, came to find out what was going on, the by-law officer said we were breaking a city by-law and the signs were being impounded. In order to retrieve them, we will have to pay a fee of $50 for each sign.

This came as a total surprise! The 40 Days for Life vigil has been held on this spot since 2008, and never before have we been told that we cannot hang our signs on the tree guard.  It’s too pricey for us to get the signs back, at $50 each, so we are now in the process of ordering new French signs. In the meantime we have no French signs, only English ones. All the English signs are being kept in the bin and we are asking everyone to put their sign back in the bin before leaving. We don’t want to lose any more.

Thank you for helping to fill up the unassigned vigil days last week. This week we need people to come out and pray, every day of course, but especially on Wednesday and Friday.

Remember to join us at the mid-point rally on Sunday October 18 at 7 pm at the vigil site, across from 65 Bank Street. Rev. John Counsell, CFRA radio host and pastor of the Biker’s church, will be our speaker.

Keep up the good work. When we see the other side working to suppress our prayer vigil, we know that we are doing greater things than we realize.

Wanda

(Désolée, je suis grippée dans le moment donc, pas de traduction mot-à-mot. Mais en somme: Mercredi passé, nous avons eu une contre-manif et samedi, un agent de la ville est venu prendre les pancartes en français qui étaient accrochées sur la cage d'arbre. Il a dit que c'était contre la loi de les accrocher là et que ça couterait $50 chaque pour les retirer. Alors, comme c'est trop dispendieux de les repêcher, on va commander des nouvelles.

Le ralliement pour le mi-temps aura lieu le 18 octobre à 19h00 devant 65 rue Bank (l'autre bord de la rue.) Le pasteur John Counsell de CFRA y sera.)