The results of thirteen years of study will be delivered to more than sixty-six thousand Higher School Certificate students beginning this morning " but Mark North is one student who won't be hanging on the telephone.
Mr North is already contemplating a call of a different kind.
HSC students have had access to their results from 6.00 am this morning.
Those who can't wait for the post and don't choose to visit the Board of Studies’ website can opt to have their marks delivered direct to their mobiles via SMS.
But Mr North says his decision to set his mind on ministry has taken a lot of the anxiety out of the need to know.
"I'm interested but I'm not incredibly worried about it. I'm happy to take it as it comes. I don't have to worry about my results so much because I know where I am going," he says.
Mr North is one of four young people taking up a position with the Crusader Union of Australia, courtesy of the Ian Holt Memorial Fellowship.
For the next twelve months he will be leading on Crusaders' Summit School Camps.
The workload will be anything but light; Mr North expects to participate in as many as 48 camps over the next twelve months.
"I am really looking forward to starting. I know there is a lot of hard work ahead but I think it will be fun learning new things and going into full-time ministry," he says.
Mark North is one of the Crusader's key audience groups come full circle.
His parents have been taking him on Crusader camps since he was 14 months old. By age 15 he was doing work experience with the youth movement and leading on some holiday camps.
Now that he is seventeen he has attended some thirty different camps and conferences, including the one during sixth class where he made a life-long commitment to Christ.
"It's very important work because reaching out to kids is really important," Mr North says.
"It's a crucial time for them to be making decisions about Jesus."
Crusaders takes on a number of fellows each year, providing students with a healthy circuit breaker between work and further studies, as well as a means of giving back to an organisation dedicated to youth ministry.
Each of the Ian Holt Memorial Fellowship workers is contracted to Crusaders for one year, with the option of applying for a second year.
Mr North is not ruling out following his commitment to Crusaders into other forms of full-time ministry.
But whatever his decision, he believes he has already got the better end of the deal.
"Crusaders has taught me how to lead and how to evangelise. It's been very helpful developing my character as Christian man."
