I have not posted on here for quite a while, and I am sure that everybody has sorely missed the details of my life. :D The summer was quite busy, but even more blessed.
As about everybody that knows me already knows, I ran for Missouri State Representative over the summer. We ran a good campaign, worked hard, and met so many great people. In the end, I fell about 8% short of the needed votes. All my friends and family were so helpful along the way. From being in parades to working fairs to putting up signs to going door to door, I had support all along the way. I get "I'm sorry that you didn't win" pretty often. While it is great to hear that they are concerned, there is nothing to be sorry about. First of all, this journey has been filled with blessings--I have met a lot of great people along the way: Once accepted the Lord; Another family started going to church with us. A lot of young people got involved in this campaign, and this country needs that, young people interested and involved in politics. Secondly, it is not that disappointing because I was not doing this out of personal ambition. I know it sounds crazy in politics this day in age, but I truly was running because I wanted to serve the people. Imagine offering to help someone to move, and they say, "No thanks." Are you going to be bummed out about that? I offered my self and service to the people; they voted that they didn't need the help that I was offering. Now, I do believe that the people made the wrong decision and that I was truly the better option, but once again big money and lobbyists won out. However, though I wanted to serve the people, I will be just fine. I am not out on the street or anything, and I have a teaching career to get back to. I will keep on doing my best in whatever I do and do it to the glory of God. I thank all the people that supported me in my campaign and those that voted for me.
Looking at my previous post, it was about my girlfriend. Well, as it is clear to see the oncoming from the post, she is no longer my girlfriend. Tania was an incredibly sweet and beautiful girl, but she was not the right one. Circumstances were a bit too much for the relationship to survive. There was no fight, but a friendly agreement that maintaining a long-distance relationship any longer simply wouldn't work. I wish her all the best in her future endeavors, and I am thankful for all the time we spent together, the fun I had and the lessons I learned.
