Return All Calls in Sequence After Async

I modified the code as shown below, and yet again, found it does NOT work. I added the ContinueWith, thinking it would do the

Post Processing AFTER SendRequestAsync returns data. The problem is that after executing QueryAsync(), the status of httpResponseTask = WaitingForActivation.

So here's the question: How do I activate httpResponseTask?????????????????????

public ProcessedResponse Query()
{
  ProcessedResponse processedResponse = null;

  HttpResponseMessage httpResponseTask = QueryAsync();

  // Need line here to Activate httpResponseTask!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  await httpResponseTask.ContinueWith(t =>
    {
      processedResponse = MyPostProcessing(t.Result);
    )};
  return processedResponse
}

async HttpResponseMessage QueryAsync()
{
  ...
  HttpResponseMessage httpResponseMessage = await httpClient.SendRequestAsync(httpRequestMessage);

  return httpResponseMessage 
}

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Randy