Another kind of waiting

So, when the waiting for test day came and went we were left with another kind of waiting. First call assignment process waiting. For probably the only time in our lives we will be a part of a draft starting in 3 days. We've been waiting 4 years for this draft. It's sort of like a sports draft, which is why we call it a draft. And we're not the only ones who call it that...a former Bishop admitted in the Luther Student Newspaper that even they call it a draft. We might not ever be in the NBA, NFL or NHL draft...ok we never ever will be...but we do get to be in this draft. Lots of classes completed successfully, internship a grand success, entrance, endorsement, approval, candidacy committee, Luther Faculty...it's all finished, it all comes down to next Tuesday and Wednesday!

So, here is the conclusion of the assignment process, or at least our next few days with the assignment process:
Monday February 21: 9:10pm students in the draft meet in the Chapel of the Cross on campus and pray hard for assignment
*also the 2 Luther reps head to Chicago, part of our prayers will be that everyone traveling there can make it safely, the weather is supposed to get bad Sunday night into Monday! Chicago is a terrible place to try to go to with a winter storm happening! But God can do this!

Tuesday February 22: The Bishops and seminary representatives meet. The reps are there for us, like our agents. The Bishops have over a hundred students to pray about, talk about and assign!

Wednesday February 23: the draft in Chicago continues. One of the Luther reps flies home early to be with us by 6pm that night, with the envelopes!
*At 4pm Joel goes to help set-up the Senior Night Party he has been planning!
*At 5pm we all gather in the Northwestern Atrium for Shenanigans and dinner (From Pizza Luce...Joel and our friend Lindsay are the food committee)! And dessert...homemade Cake Pops!
*At 6 pm Erica, the Associate Dean of Students (and one of the Luther reps at the draft) arrives with the envelopes!!! Joy, laughter, tears, anger...
*Then worship!

Our envelope will contain both a Region # and a date that the Bishops from our region meet to decide on the synods.

Round 1 of the draft is about to begin! We are so excited! We are elated!! There is nervousness floating around campus...eeeekkk!

And for now Joel and I are choosing to set aside any drama we've dealt with in this process. We are choosing in these finals days before and during the draft to continue to seek God, to lay it at the foot of the cross, to ask him to bless us and to rise above everything and place us right down where are meant to be....even if that is Hawaii!:)