The short version is our visas are running out soon – March 19th – and we have no real leads on how to extend them. The longer version isn’t much longer.
We’re not always, like, broadcasting it, but we’ve made no secret of the fact that we’re in Japan because we feel like God has called us here. It’s not a missionary thing – neither of us feel called to missions as a distinct thing – and in fact, we’re still not really sure why. We just know that Hakodate is where we’re supposed to be. It might not even be about us serving God, it might be about God giving us a gift; we certainly love it here, and we already have a lot of friends. If all he did was tell us a place like this existed, that alone would be lovely.
But we know that’s not the end of it, because he’s also made it very clear that there is a plan – we just don’t know what it is. And he’s similarly made it clear that it’s not really our job to get us visas or a place to live – so we’ve just kinda been chilling.
But now we’re reaching the end of our tourist visas, and while he’s made it clear that he has options for us, they’re also not happening yet, so in the meantime, we have to leave for a while. We hope it’s not for long, but we’re ready to follow his plan wherever it takes us. So we’re going to Vietnam, at least at first; it’s cheap to get there, cheap to stay there, and some of our friends here highly recommended it. We’ll spend a couple weeks there, maybe as much as a month, and then if we still don’t know what’s happening with our Japanese visas, we’ll make our way up to Cambodia – Cassie has some family there, so it could be fun to see them. Past that, we’ll just see what happens.
So you can expect some more updates and some fun pictures soon!