I have customized a basic journal approval workflow. The workflow is working and the history on the record does show that the "Approver" is set along with the "Created By".

I need to send an email to the "Approver" that the Journal is awaiting their approval. The "workflow approver" is a role not a user. The issue is in the recipient for email there is not the option in "record join field = current record, field = "Workflow Approver". I should note it's an option to choose the "created by" as the email recipient so one would think I should be able to choose the approver as well. I'm thinking it has to do with being set as a role rather than a user.