A Week at the Capital

Last week, I had the privilege to be a page for the House of Representatives in our State's capital. Following is a summery of this splendid week.

**I believe the dates on the pictures are about 2 years off =) **

I stayed with this wonderful, godly couple - Mr. and Mrs. K - For the week. The gentleman is a representative and he and his wife do much to fight for the Constitution and our liberty.




Here I am with the Representative and his Liberty Tree. It was a great honor to have my picture taken with the Liberty Tree, for there is much behind it. What is pictured is actually Liberty Tree the 2nd. Every time a bill goes through the House that is especially detrimental to our Liberty, Mr. K takes a branch off the tree. Last session the Democrats were happy to take the snipped branches as trophies. I also understand that the Democrats did much to harm this little tree in the last session. Nevertheless, the tree is back again and Mr. K requested the liberals to be nicer to it this session. Whether they will or not, I cannot say, as they are trying to get the speaker to take it away. The Speaker of the House, however, is wonderful man from our church and will, at this time, have nothing to do with taking it down. In fact another conservative is planning on getting a Liberty Tree for his own desk. Now won't that make the Liberals mad? =)

On the House floor, the Democrats sit on the left side, and the Republicans on the right. One of the most memorable parts of the week, was meeting other great Conservatives. One gentleman I met, was a Constitutional party member who is second, only perhaps to Mr. K, in his defense of the Constitution. Others I met included another Rep. from my church, and my sponsor, Jack W. The latter was especially fun to meet and it was very interesting watching him and Mr. K converse.

While there, I also met the Governor, Lt. Governor, and the Secretary of State. I was disappointed with our Democratic Governor, whom I expected not like anyway, but I was impressed and honored to meet our Lt. Governor and Secretary of State.

As far as the other pages go, I was pleased to find no Democrats among them. There were six of us in total. As far as political convictions go, one was a hard-right conservative who knew a lot about State politics, there were two others who were conservative but unknowledgeable about politics, and the other two didn't really care. But all were nice and a few of us had mutual friends. We talked about God and religion quite a bit, and I found that I was in the company of two Christians, a Deist, and Mormon. Getting to know these other pages was also a highlight of the trip.

In summery, I learned quite a bit about how bills go through, and how much there is to combat as far a leftist politicians go. I learned a lot from Mr. and Mrs. K about education, and how other points in politics relate to the Bible. I do not foresee a career as a politician, as that, I believe, is a little out of bounds for a woman, but I do see the urgency and need to pray for those in power and for those Conservatives who are a making a stand against the odds opposing them.