Drivers Needed (and prayer too!)

Friday our robot was finally complete and we had driving competitions to see who our 6 drivers are going to be for mall day and for competition day. Sarah had made up her mind that she wanted to try out. Honestly I think for me I sit on two fences half the time with my children. One is the fence of doubt. Doubting whether or not my child can or cannot do something and knitpicking all their flaws. The other fence is the cheerleading fence when you believe beyond on a shadow of a doubt they are truly the best children in the world. Well Friday I was on the doubt fence! I watched her perform and my thought was, "No way will they pick her." Now to defend her and be on the other fence, there were only about 2 drivers I thought were even worthy for it. So we had about 15 children try out for driving auditions. They were timed, had to go through and around obstacles and such and mimic a dry run. Sarah was about 5 down in the line. They had a few kids who scored the same and so they had a run off and I'm still thinking Sarah will not get picked. So what happens when they announce the winners? I about dropped my jaw, and so did Sarah by the way (she was on the doubting fence too) that she was 3rd from the top!!!! Also she was the only girl picked! I was awed, amazed, shocked, and everything else in between.

Now here is where the prayer begins. She did very well under pressure at Mall day! We survived and we were one of two teams who even got close to building out planes. Even her daddy (who was on the doubting fence too) was impressed! But Mall day is a totally different day than game day. So please pray for her throughout this week to take this completely seriously and that she really understands the workings of the robot. She is now the leader of the robotics team (as all drivers are) and we score by her building or failing. Also pray for us because there are a ton, and I mean a ton of meetings this coming week including one today. Sarah will have meetings everyday this week on driving and Zech will have meetings for the Oral Presentation to tell why our robot is the best and Isabella will have meetings with the Spirit Team (she was chosen team captain of that and you should see her lead, she is quite the cheerleader and leader for this team!). Please pray for our sanity, we are so very tired from everything and we just need rest but that won't happen for this week for sure.

One more week to go! Please pray also for the competition on Oct. 25th, safe travel, safety of the kids, and the pressure/competition of it all! Way to go Sarah! (I promise to post some pictures as soon as I am able!)