Election 2022: The death of a son propelled Lindy Blanchard from business to ministry to Alabama politics.
Election 2022: Death of a son propelled Lindy Blanchard from business to ministry to Alabama politicsLindy Blanchard is running for governor, hoping to oust incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey. President Donald Trump had appointed her as U.S. ambassador to Slovenia, First Lady Melania Trump’s home country.
The heightened security came against a background of international intrigue. About two months earlier, Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny had been poisoned with a nerve agent. Blanchard says she cannot reveal further details about what type of assault that happened that night. But she and the Marines on duty were commended for their response under pressure, she said. As she tells the story, she’s wearing a bronze eagle and globe lapel pin she was given by the Marines.
“I knew Chris very well,” said Bell, who officiated the funeral. “That was a very, very sad moment. We all knew Chris, loved Chris, had seen Chris grow up. I remember the Sunday morning after it happened. The whole church wept together. It was a shock.”We thought he was doing well,” she said. “We were on this roller coaster ride for about five years. First it was marijuana, then it was playing with harder drugs. It was during the first group of opioids.
They did, and the Blanchards became deeply involved in helping the orphanage in Malawi that had been a mission project of Landmark Church. “It’s a beautiful story of taking a tragedy and making something good come out of it to the glory of God,” Bell said. “Something that could have destroyed them, they were able to turn and make something good come out of it in Chris’ honor.”
“In the past five years our ministry has also been working in Moldova, working with vulnerable teens who have aged out of the orphanages there and would be homeless,” Spackman said. “During the more recent developments in Ukraine, Lindy and her family have been magnificent in mustering help for us as we have taken in refugees and tried to ensure the safety of our children in our homes there.
Blanchard says politics is a way for her to serve the underprivileged. “I can do better serving orphans and foster children if I win,” she said.Blanchard said she began working in children’s ministry in 14 different countries and began visiting members of Congress in Washington, D.C., “asking how I could do better for children internationally,” she said. “I made a lot of friends. I wasn’t asking for money.
She was appointed in 2018 and took office as ambassador to Slovenia on Aug. 29, 2019, and served until the administration left office, on Jan. 20, 2021. She also calls for a renewed emphasis on vocational and technical education in high schools, so students can leave high school and go straight to work in fields such as welding and factory jobs that focused on technical skills.
Because of her son’s fatal battle with addiction that she says started with marijuana, Blanchard does not support legalization of recreational marijuana. “You can’t build a state without law and order and education,” she said. “We’re not supporting our law enforcement. We’re not backing them up. We’re letting people out early because of overcrowding.”
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