Constitution Party Convention

As I mentioned previously, Laura and I attended the State Convention for the Constitution Party of Illinois on Saturday. We had a great time, got to meet some cool people, and, more importantly, got excited about standing up for what we believe in. Maybe your values are consistent with those of our party. You can find out by reading the platform here.

At the convention, we got to listen to the bylaws, which were voted on for approval. Not super-exciting, but definitely interesting. The afternoon was the good stuff. We nominated Randy Stufflebeam (shown with me in the second picture) as our nominee for Governor of Illinois. We got to listen to keynote speaker, Cal Zastrow, (shown with me in the first picture) who is the chairman of the Constitution Party of Michigan and the chairman of Michigan Citizens for Life. Cal was not only inspiring, but gave us practical tools to use to build the party. Today, with the news of the Republican and Democratic nominees for Governor, we are excited to be able to tell the people of Illinois that there is a candidate who is 100% pro-life running this fall, and his name is Randy Stufflebeam.

Many folks volunteered to run for office at this convention as well. It looks like I'm going to be joining them. Details on my candidacy are coming later. I will say that I will likely be running as a "flagpole" candidate. This is a person who simply gets their name on the ballot for the purpose of giving the party more credibility in the eyes of the voters. Sorry, but their probably won't be any yard signs or anything like that.

We've been excited about the different things that God has brought into our paths during this season of life. With the passing of my mother, my stepfather, and my daughter Hannah, there has been a great deal of grief, and it is easy to just stop and do nothing. We have been active, however, and forward looking, and we're being used to touch others' lives. Thanks for praying.

I meant to post this on Wednesday, but I couldn't get the pictures to upload until today.