Beautiful Bruny

Fishing going very well.

This was the result of 2 hours fishing at Adventure Bay , Bruny  Island,Tasmania, Australia. I grew up here.

Landed in Singapore

Boat fixed

The beautiful sight of the wake of ma wee boat.

Irvine harbor at sunset.

Off to the land of Oz

This afternoon I fly to London , then get a direct flight  to Sydney. Then at noon  on Saturday I hope to be landing in Hobart , Tasmania , Australia  to be met by my little ( younger ) brother Keith.

There shall then be some very serious fishing expeditions to where I fished as a child.

Photographic evidence shall follow.

A great book !

On the 15th of March 1844 Cooper Smith stole two shirts ( value one shilling ) and was transported to the uttermost ends of the earth.

I am the great great grandson of Cooper Smith.

If you would like to read an account of my " illustrious " ancestor  please go to :

WWW.LULU.COM

and type in " A convict Pioneer "  in the upper right hand box. Then proceed in the normal way for a purchase. My brother Bruce and I have put in a great deal of work into this book. 

It is a good read.

Austin Cherry at the UN

The young man sitting next to me is Austin Cherry , I know his Great  Uncle Wayne Cockfield, a real pro-life champion at the UN Disability Convention negotiations. What follows is Austin's view of his week at the  UN .

Having the opportunity to work at the United Nations with Jeanne Head and Peter Smith for the first week of the 59th Commission on the Status of Women was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I must say, I had low expectations regarding the UN supporting actual women’s rights, and the UN lived up to my expectations. It seems that at the United Nations, sexual “rights” (abortion, contraception, LGBT education in schools, etc.…) takes precedence over the chaos engulfing our world. Instead of focusing on ways to defeat Boko Haram, ISIS, and other terrorist organizations preying on women, the UN invited a representative from International Planned Parenthood Federation to decry the teaching of abstinence in schools! That representative continued to blame abstinence for teaching children that sex outside of marriage is wrong; that it leads to “binary sexual practices”, and that is deprives adolescents of learning about their bodies. Surely abstinence is worse than forced marriage, or sexual slavery, right!?

The majority of the CSW59 meetings I attended focused on advancing sexual rights in the developing world, not protecting women endangered by terrorism, or supplying clean drinking water or providing better medical care. Even the hordes of angry feminists teeming through the halls of the General Assembly building believed sexual rights and abortion trump everything else. If only they realized abortion does not empower women, it kills them!

The United Nations was not all pro-abortion, though. Pro-Life groups held several fantastic side events (which were shockingly not publicized by the UN). The Holy See, Qatar, and Family Watch International organized a meeting entitled, “The family as Agent of Women's Equality and Human Rights: Fulfilling the promises of Beijing”. The room was filled well over capacity, and it was like a breath of fresh air. This meeting was the first time during CSW that the traditional family structure was credited with advancing women’s rights!

There is a remnant of Christian values at the United Nations. I will be praying for the delegates, staff and NGOs at the UN daily. The work being done at the UN directly affects poorer, weaker and smaller nations, and it influences every other nation on Earth. The UN needs prayer. Please pray that a culture of life overtakes the culture of death at the UN, the future of the world literally hangs in the balance.

Confession and success.

You may notice some of our wall got knocked down.

I hit it with the boat trailer , jet lagged and in too much of a rush.

Success , my " new " outboard is working fine.

The problem was not enough fuel in the tank !

Video made at last UN meeting.

Last week while I was at the UN , some Canadian colleagues made this short video.

Enjoy :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44hSuMbmh7k


God bless

Peter Smith

Randy Alcorn blog on George Verwer.

Please click on :

http://www.epm.org/blog/2012/Aug/20/george-verwer-prolife-hero

God bless

Peter Smith

Heading back to Scotland

This afternoon I fly back to Bonnie Scotland to see my wife , then ten days later I head off to Australia.The Aussie trip is at my own expense , but I may do some pro-life work there given half a chance.

My main intention will be to go fishing with my little brother Keith. You might get to see some good fish pictures as well.

May the Lord bless you, and I thank you for your prayer support.

Morocco

Belarus

Nicaragua- Family meeting.

European perspective

Dr. Lola Verlade President European Family Policy Institute.

Mexican perspective

African perspective

Dr Theresa Okafor Ph.D.

This is the first speaker that I have heard at the UN that supported patriarchy. God bless you Theresa.. 

Holy See

Archbishop  Bernadito , Nuncio.

Excellent speech by His Excellency on the family from a traditional Catholic perspective.

Family meeting at the UN

A great event now going on at the UN sponsored by Qatar , the Holy See and organised by Family Watch International. The full title of the event is " The family as Agent of Women's Equality and Human Rights : Fulfilling the promises of Beijing. "

Conf room 1 cleansed

Yesterday Lila Rose from liveaction spoke in conference room 1. This wonderful young pro-life activist lit up the room. A beautiful defender of the culture of life, a true pro-woman and child event.

Conf room 1 polluted

Had the misfortune of listening to Jane Fonda yesterday singing the praises of Hillary Clinton and Bella Absug. I was looking for a bucket to throw up in.

Mission of Hungary and Dr Semmelweis exhibition

Yesterday there was an excellent exhibition on the life of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis who was an antiseptic pioneer. He discovered that if doctors washed their hands after dissecting dead bodies then many fewer womenpatients died of puerperal feverwhen thet delivered their babies. His findings were ignored by the medical establishment , just like they deny the harmful effects of abortion today.

See : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis

New SPUC lobbyist at the UN

Here is Maria Madise SPUC,s newest lobbyist at the UN getting a tour by yours truly.

Pro Family parallel event today.

Small demo at UN.

Sign reads   I am 65 years and 9 months old.

I wonderful group of Latin American girls had this placard out in the foyer of the UN today , great job. 

Hungarian Mission

Yesterday we were at the Hungarian Mission to congratulate the Ambassador and Minister for their good pro-family stance as a country.

At the UN , meeting good people at Beijing +20.

Lto R Juie Robins , Victoria & Brian Scarnecchia and me

Its great to meet up with old friends even law professors.

My great friend Lady Justina Okogun

I have done pro-life training  for Justina in Nigeria. She is a great pro-life champion in Africa.

Chairing Nigerian NGO Meeting this morning

Start of CSW.

Here I am with young Austin Cherry at the Start of the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Women's Conference in New York.
Just heard the Secretary General read out his speech. The men did not get much of  a positive mention.

The old Spanish church

Here I am where I stood 20 years ago looking for Graffiti Church.

Graffiti Community Ministries , Brooklyn

Last night I went to Brownsville , Brooklyn to speak at a Bible study. I do not think they get to meet many Aussies there. It was snowing quite hard so all the muggers were at home. I felt quite safe.

Please pray for the negotiations going on at the UN on a Women's declaration. There is no bad language in it yet.

Owen Field on the right runs this Ministry.

New lady at the UN

This fine young lady, Arlene ,  has come to the UN to pray for me. Her husband , Pastor Rick , has also been here with me.