And the traveling continues...

Hey all! I apologize so much for not posting the past few weeks! It has been pretty chaotic and this job is definitely not easy! Between field work and trying to keep up with my online classes, I’m averaging 16-18 hour days. Basically the past few weeks have consisted of tabling and canvassing campuses during the day, and e-mailing and calling those students interested in the evenings. A typical day goes like this: table on campus between the morning and early afternoon (and try not to get kicked off campus), use the list of signatures gained throughout the day to e-mail/call students, then research the next campus on the list and e-mail potential contacts, and finally do homework and go to bed. Probably the hardest thing about everything is finding students who are motivated enough to take that first step and start a group. There are plenty of conservative students up here— the only problem is that none of them want to voice their opinions. With most college campuses already having a liberal bias, you can imagine how strong the bias is on the campuses up here (New England). Though this doesn’t apply to all of the campuses, it definitely applies to a majority.

Oh, probably the best story that I have is about the group that I started in Orono, Maine. They changed their name recently to Young Americans for Liberty, as they have decided to join teams with that organization as well as the Leadership Institute! They are an amazing and very successful group, I'm expecting good things from them! I recently received an e-mail from my boss regarding an e-mail that the president of that YAL chapter had sent to him. In the e-mail, the president of the group thanked LI for sending me out to their campus and helping them start their group. He went on to compliment me on how much I helped them, and how I was a great representative for the organization. To be honest, I'm not sure I deserved all of the praise that he gave me! However, I am very grateful! I did not realize how much of an impact I had been on them, but according to him, the group would have failed without my help. It was great to see that my work out here has already been a success. I hope that I can continue to do that throughout the next few months.


I spent the last 3 weeks in Maine and now I’m in New Hampshire. These states are beautiful, especially now that the leaves are starting to change. I’m in Manchester right now and then I’ll head a little bit further south before I head into Vermont probably in another couple of weeks. Traveling has definitely been interesting, but God has provided for me and shown his power and mercy in so many ways. I stayed with a family, the Gerry’s, the past week or so. What an amazing family! God blessed me by providing me with a good, Christian, conservative home to stay in. They gave me an entire room along with a home-cooked meal every night. They invited me to participate in family outings, and Pam (the mother) and I even attended a Tea Party rally together. Pam is running for State Rep in Maine, and is a strong conservative/libertarian. She is a very passionate and honest woman who has a lot of great ideas for the state! I pray that God allows her and her fellow conservatives to take office in the state legislature. I miss the family, I really do! They are definitely people that I will never forget.

I am now staying in a hotel in Manchester for a few nights, I have a few people working some contacts of theirs to help me find a place to stay for the next week or so. I’ve also looked at couchsurfing.com again for some people in this area. So far, no luck. But, I know that God will provide for me! We'll just have to wait and see!

Today I visited Saint Anselm College. I had a good time there! I met a lot of great students who are interested in getting more politically involved both on and off of their campus! I will be speaking at the College Republicans meeting tonight to see if they would like to work with the Leadership Institute. Pray that God gives me the right words to say! I know that He will! God put all of these students right in front of me, He led them right to me! I really am loving this job! Traveling and meeting all of these new and amazing people has been so much fun! And everyone is so willing to hear what I have to say and learn about what it is that I'm doing (for the most part, at least!).

Prayer request: Please pray that God opens the hearts and minds of the students here. They find it very difficult to stand up and speak out against the issues that truly concern them. With the exception of a few campuses, conservative students rarely speak up. I always tell students when I talk with them, "the conservative movement will never be successful as long as we sit on our rears complaining. We have to stand up and speak out and actually do something about it."

Anyway, I will try and post sooner next time. But, like I said, this job definitely keeps me busy! I love and miss you all so much!