I want to send out a heart-felt thank you to all of you who have been praying for me! This past week has been pretty rough. I feel like not a lot has been accomplished, regardless of my efforts. I find myself trying to fix things myself rather than placing it in God's hands. I am trying to keep my focus on why I'm here, and the fact that God placed me here for a reason!
I have been constantly visiting campuses and talking with students. Unfortunately, my job relies on students responding to my e-mails/phone calls. As we all are in college or have been in college, we know that sometimes it's easier to look past an e-mail rather than respond to it. Our minds are so focused on finishing our school work and going to the next get together with our friends, that we push aside some opportunities. I keep praying that God places it on a certain student's heart to start a group. Some of the students that I come across are conservative but either won't admit it or don't want to get involved. However, sadly, most of the students that I run across have no interest in politics. Many don't recognize the names "Ron Paul", "Mitt Romney", or even "Glenn Beck" (who does not recognize that name--good or bad?). All of them recognize the name Barack Obama. All of them. Yikes!
Recently my strategy to draw students to my table has been a simple poll: "If the 2012 presidential elections were held today and your choices were between Barack Obama, Ron Paul, or Mitt Romney who would you vote for?" The most common answer, of course, is Barack Obama. The reason behind this answer, though, is scary. Probably 7 times out of 10 the reason they answer Barack Obama is because they "don't recognize the other two names." Seriously? These people are strong political leaders and you have no idea who they are? I've even had some answer, "I don't really care about government, I don't care about elections." I just want to shake these kids until some sense is knocked into them. This job is tough. And I'm starting to feel the weight of the responsibility I have up here. Please pray for me.
Well, I'm off to meet with Scott D'Amboise. He's running as a U.S. Senate candidate for Maine in the 2012 elections. I met him a a Tea Party rally a few weeks back. I'm so excited to discuss his campaign with him! Until next time!
It was encouraging to hear you are feeling better! I think you have a good attitude about moving forward. And, perhaps the purpose of your recent struggles is to reinforce your dependency on God for strength and wisdom! Sounds like His idea worked! Keep doing what you are doing! Remember, since you are one of them you can appreciate the reluctance of college students to put anything else on their plate. But, don't give up! Just use a pillow instead of a hammer as you reason with them! Love you! DAD
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