Some of the awesome campaign staff -- there were many, many more!
This is part two of a blog(see part 1, Kirby Knows) about my experiences on the Auburn University campus this past week as our eldest son campaigned for Student Body President. Yesterday I wrote about three aspects of the campaign team that awed me. Here are two more:
Values and Vision: I was awed to hear the campaign workers and Kirby discuss the platform. They had a vision to add to the beauty of the campus by making good things better. They saw the broken places and moved to create better ways to do things. The contest wasn’t a popularity contest – all of the candidates believed in their platforms and wanted to explain them to anyone who would listen. The vision and values were summed up in Kirby’s pre-callout prayer, “To you be the glory, God!”
Gratitude and Celebration: I was awed by the excitement and celebration at the announcement of the results. In this case, my husband’s pictures do reveal the spirit of the moment. Kirby’s head bowed in prayer with his girlfriend tucked at his side waiting eagerly, the workers surrounding them in various positions of anticipation. Even without hearing the announcement, the upward motion of the Kirby-camp’s eruption defines a spirit of celebration. And then, when the interviews had been done, all of the congratulatory hugs and well-wishes spoken, when the large crowd had dispersed and the 15 or so remained alone in the cold night of the quad, Kirby asked us to gather one more time to pray before they went off to a victory party. The prayer was centered on gratitude for what God has done and will continue to do.
The campaign slogan was “Kirby knows.” That is true. He and his team know leadership. They know their platform. They know it is one that will enhance Auburn University.
But best of all, God knows Kirby. God knows these young people. And I am in awe at what God has done in and through them for His glory.
