President Obama; Working Around the Clock

Its being said that he works around the clock! His staff is working through weekends, Sundays as well as some of the president's long trips aboard Air Force One. It is known that the standard White House work day is nearly 16 hours a day!

Just this week, news of yet another recent White House resignation. The general term usually used is "for family reasons". That mantra is reverberated throughout the home on Pennsylvania Avenue quite often. Although a wonderful opportunity to serve in a presidential administration as well as surviving among the pools of influence and prestige are unmatched, the weight of the day to day pre-requisites dominate the corridors of the West Wing.

Reporters have commented frequently since the inauguration that this president, unlike the former President Bush, "burns the late hours" with his dedication to the job. "Even after we are informed that the President is done for the day, we often hang around the White House just in case....", said one reporter from the Gazette. What he's referring to is, each night the press secretary comes out to tell those reporters just hanging around in the event of a late breaking story that "the President has put a lid on it". What that means is, he's done, nothing else to come...you're free to go for the day.

However, these reporters have come to learn that, "the lid" doesn't stay on for very long. This is an active White House. News just broke this morning that the First Lady, Michelle Obama usually sneaks out of the White House with some of her staff to get burgers and visit some of the "fun places to eat". Although she said she sneaks away, that doesn't mean without her 6 car motorcade and security, but what that does mean is she sneaks away from the reporters. "I like Five Guys burgers", said Mrs. Obama yesterday at the White House.

Above all, I have added the photo to show that each evening, President Obama sits down in his private office in the residence after work to read 10 personal letters from everyday american who wrote to him of their concerns and wishes. He has requested that his staff pull 10 letters for him to read each night as "homework". Mr. Obama then personally writes those individuals a response in his own handwriting on White House stationary.

We ought to keep the prayers for this First Family coming with the same intensity inwhich they serve us. Faith is dead when we fail to act! Pray so that they may continue to find the strength to continue on in this effort that we have elected them to do.