Now for the million dollar question that everyone is thinking: am I ready??
Short answer: yes. (and no.)
Long answer: Preparation wise, I'm ready. I've bought all of the recommended items (a years supply of deodorant as it's not as available over there, all the medication I might think I'll need, shampoo and conditioner to last awhile, warm jackets, vacuum seal bags for travel, and plug converters to name a few). I went to San Francisco on Monday with my mom and picked up my E-2 Visa that will allow me to live without fear of being deported in Korea.
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| Outside the Korean Consulate after getting my Visa! |
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| What I want to pack...I need to downsize. |
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| Think it'll all fit in this? |
as always, there's a however. while I have all the necessary things done, I still have so much to do. I mean, how do you pack for a year in two suitcases?? How do I know what to pack, what to leave behind, what I can buy while over there, and what I can't and should definitely pack from here? How do you say goodbye for a year to people you love and care about? If you know the answers to those questions please let me know - because I am at a loss.
Blanketing all of this questioning, overwhelmed feelings, and anxiety is an overpowering excitement. I'm so ready to go. I'm ready for preparations to be over and to go. I want culture shock and weird showers and korean food and a language barrier and adventures.
I'm still working on this trusting God for everything - for safety for myself in korea, for my family here, for Him to provide solid friends, for everything to fit in my bags, for a political calm in between the Koreas, etc. I keep going back to this quote:
"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God" - Corrie Ten Boom
I know He will provide in the next year. Provide strength, comfort, love, reassurance, courage, determination, and so much more.
7days. it's flying by.
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