the waiting game

the waiting game. doesnt everybody just love to play it? waiting for final semester grades. waiting for a boy to call. waiting for vacation. waiting for a surprise. in my case - waiting for a mission call.

checking the internet every hour for grades. sitting by the phone, waiting for that call. looking at pictures of all of the wonderful places you could be, but your not. hoping for something new, exciting, and random to happen. in my case - dad walking out to the mailbox through the snow every day, me watching from the window. looking for that big white envelope in his hands.

i was making cookies, a new recipe. dad had just checked the mail and said it hadnt come, and i thought that it would never come. next thing i know, i am getting poked by something, and i turn around and see a big white envelope... to sister brooke baker.

and we all know what happens after this - we get everyone on the phone. i tear open the envelope, read where i'm going and shout "i'm going where i wanted to go!!!" of course, no one had any clue, because i hadnt read where i was going out loud. AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE MISSION. and i think everyone is a little surprised.

why? why would they be surprised? first of all, no one guessed anywhere even close to autsralia for me. they all guessed in the states. for good reasons too. all the missionaries in our stake are either in the U.S. or in South America. and here i am, going to AUSTRALIA!!

to say i am excited is an understatement. i cant be more thrilled or happy about my call. foreign. english speaking. perfect. only down side to my call - i dont leave till june 22nd.

and that my friends, is what we call karma... i rushed to get my papers in before we left for our trip back east, i put my ready date in february, and i decided to not go to school this winter. of course i would get my call soon after my ready date. right? boy was i wrong. i have a 6 month wait. stuck in moses lake. what am i going to do? i have no idea. only time will tell...