Call List Day!!

Woo hoo, woo hoo! *does silly little dance, circa 1985* Today is Call List Day! Justin called the office in Alexandria this morning and they directed him back to the Texas office. He had to play "let me transfer you tag" and then was finally placed in contact with the correct person, who he just happens to know. Score. So hopefully, after he gets his paperwork done to transfer districts, he will be on the call list by this afternoon or tomorrow. Eeeexcellent.

Yesterday was a big day. We went to First Lutheran yesterday. Justin interviewed with the full time DCE, the pastor, and some of the parents and kids. It went well, and the board has to approve it when they meet later this week. The only possible glitch would be if they didn't want to have to look again if we leave.

I still have to say "if" because something could still come up here, but it wouldn't be a church. Pastor Paul told us that none of the other churches in Southern MD have congregations that can support a full time DCE. Honestly, that was an answer to my prayers. I didn't want to be faced with having to choose between a local church and a church elsewhere.

After church, we had to talk to my Dad. He'd gotten a bit of information from Mom and Grandma, and he basically wrote it off as a whim until we sat him down. I was so proud of Justin...he did a great job, talking about how he had to do what was right for his family as the head of the household, and this service is nothing new, etc. Dad listened patiently and let Justin talk. He was glad that this wasn't just one of my zany ideas, which I tend to have, and that we were approaching this spiritually. Of course, he had to bring the perspective that this may just be opening our eyes to service and that some other possibility might open up, or one of the billions of applications could finally call him back, or, North Korea could nuke DC and we would be concerned with other things for a while. While the latter kind of made me roll my eyes, theoretically it could happen...anything could...I suppose. He gave us a lot of great advice and told us that, while of course he doesn't want to see us go, we have to do what we have to do. So now, that's one huge burden off my heart. We're so blessed to have such great family and friends supporting us.

So now, we wait. Pray and wait.