you've got to do something while
you're waiting for the new day
(StoryPeople)
In the past week, we have done a lot of laying down at night so that we could wait for the new day and the news that it would potentially hold. The six of us Jerusalem/West Bank volunteers are still waiting in Chicago and our visas are still in limbo. We awaiting the e-mail that informs us of our departure date. Everybody at the ELCA and ELCJHL(Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land) is doing everything they can, so in the meantime all we can to is hurry up and wait.
The wonderful flip side of all the waiting, is that it has meant some quality group bonding time and exploration of Chicago. Yesterday we got a chance to go to ELCA Churchwide offices. We got a tour of the building, we even got to see Bishop Hanson’s desk.
We also got to spend some time talking to Robert Smith and Julie Rowe of the ELCA’s Peace Not Walls campaign and got a wonderful opportunity to meet with three Palestinians who now work in the U.S. This time was a wonderful opportunity to have some honest conversation about some of the joys and challenges that we will encounter during the next year.
With each passing day, and conversation, I am getting more excited to continue this adventure and take off. So hopefully our visas will be released from limbo soon but in the meantime, I will continue to enjoy Chicago and lying down at night to wait for the news that the new day will hopefully hold.
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