West Wing Tour

One of the church members named Mike (who served on Bush's administration) gave Ryan and I, along with a couple of other interns, the opportunity to tour the West Wing last week. We were excited that we were able to do it while Bush was still in office.

Unfortunately, pictures were only allowed to be taken outside and in the press room.


It was really neat to see these rooms where so many important decisions are made. We were also able to see the Oval Office, which was neat. President Bush's Bible was sitting out on his desk, and Mike, our tour guide, said it was sitting in a different place than it was earlier. It is just comforting to know that our President is seeking to follow God's will, not his own.






Mike provided lots of great information to make the experience much more meaningful. One of our favorite parts was the pictures they had up all over of Bush. Mike said they change most of them out regularly to reflect the things Bush has been doing. Some of my favorite pictures included:

•President Bush dancing with Laura at the Inaugural Ball, giving someone in the background a thumbs up
•President Bush standing on the rubble at Ground Zero calling out that the whole world would soon here from us
•Bush addressing the nation from the Oval Office after 9-11
•Bush loving on some of the people in Africa
•Bush cycling with Lance Armstrong (apparently he is really big into riding his bike and is in really, really good shape--the Secret Service guys have a hard time keeping up)
•Bush apparently will cut down trees at his Crawford ranch to create new bike trails, so his staff gave him a chainsaw with the Presidential seal on it
•Bush with his puppies
•Bush sitting at his desk in the Oval Office with his dad looking on proudly

There were lots more great pictures, but Ryan and I both walked away from that tour with a much greater appreciation for what our President has done for us over the last eight years, as well as for the man that he seems to be.