Sorry, it's been too long...
Wow, I just love those times when I can actually see God actively moving in my life.
In the initial vote from last Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th I had 26% of the 1,310 votes cast while my primary opponent recieved 46%. Since nobody had a majority there was a runoff on Thursday between the top two candidates.
I have never been as deeply honored and humbled as I was Thursday when people came out of the woodwork to support me in the runoff election. Even the two candidates who had run against me and hadn't made it to the runoff rallied their supporters to vote for me. So many people supported me that I ended up winning with 59% of the vote. As of Changing of the Guard last night, I am officially the Executive Vice President of ACU's Students' Association. To say the least, I'm pretty pumped. I have a huge vision for this next year and I simply cannot wait to see how it is going to go.
Now I am sitting in my new office. I have already put in a good 15 to 20 hours this week since Wednesday morning. I love it. I am daily forming relationships with the administrators and staff whom I will be working with throughout the next year. I am taking a brief break from counting ballots for the Mr. and Miss ACU election which I have been running the past week. There is so much coming up, I am filled with dread and anxious excitement as I plan my summer and fall.
This spring I applied and interviewed for a few things that I really wanted to do this summer and next year. I thought it rather odd that I got turned down for all of them, having never been turned down anything I had applied for in the past. I now realize that all of the things I wanted to do would have made it very difficult to fill my job as Vice President. God really paved the way for what I am to be doing next year. For most of my election I was pretty stressed and was trying to make everything work myself. During the last couple days though, I realized that it is really all up to Him. I love the experiences that show me that there is in fact someone in control of my life. I don't have to have all the answers and know exactly what is coming.
I hope and pray that throughout the next year I can continue to grow into the man God wants me to be and that I can be a light and leader for all those around me.
In the initial vote from last Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th I had 26% of the 1,310 votes cast while my primary opponent recieved 46%. Since nobody had a majority there was a runoff on Thursday between the top two candidates.
I have never been as deeply honored and humbled as I was Thursday when people came out of the woodwork to support me in the runoff election. Even the two candidates who had run against me and hadn't made it to the runoff rallied their supporters to vote for me. So many people supported me that I ended up winning with 59% of the vote. As of Changing of the Guard last night, I am officially the Executive Vice President of ACU's Students' Association. To say the least, I'm pretty pumped. I have a huge vision for this next year and I simply cannot wait to see how it is going to go.
Now I am sitting in my new office. I have already put in a good 15 to 20 hours this week since Wednesday morning. I love it. I am daily forming relationships with the administrators and staff whom I will be working with throughout the next year. I am taking a brief break from counting ballots for the Mr. and Miss ACU election which I have been running the past week. There is so much coming up, I am filled with dread and anxious excitement as I plan my summer and fall.
This spring I applied and interviewed for a few things that I really wanted to do this summer and next year. I thought it rather odd that I got turned down for all of them, having never been turned down anything I had applied for in the past. I now realize that all of the things I wanted to do would have made it very difficult to fill my job as Vice President. God really paved the way for what I am to be doing next year. For most of my election I was pretty stressed and was trying to make everything work myself. During the last couple days though, I realized that it is really all up to Him. I love the experiences that show me that there is in fact someone in control of my life. I don't have to have all the answers and know exactly what is coming.
I hope and pray that throughout the next year I can continue to grow into the man God wants me to be and that I can be a light and leader for all those around me.
posted by Jordan at 10:42 PM
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