Current Plans
Comments(0) Things have been so busy the last couple of months here in Tokyo. I could probably write an entire book on the adventures that I have had. However I don’t know who would read it -since no one really ever read this blog either, it would be kind of a waste to go into any kind of detail here.
Instead of writing about the past two months, I’ll write about the future. I was originally only planning to be in Tokyo for a little over two months, I was scheduled to leave on August 14th; just three days from now. However shortly after getting here I approached Joshua JDSN about the prospect of me staying on an additional three and a half months. He heartily agreed granted that I get permission from Pastor Stephen in Seattle.
After getting said permission then came the tricky part -rescheduling plane tickets. A quick google search for Expedia customer service will reveal the epic adventure I was preparing for. After a lot of wrangling I finally got my ticket situation sorted out. I will be heading back to Seattle on the 27th of August and returning on a new round trip ticket for an additional three months on another tourist visa.
Of course, the reason that I could stay longer was because I pushed up my enrollment date for Wheaton College. Instead of attending on August 25th as I had previously stated, I bumped up the date a full semester to January, which freed me up to stay here in Tokyo. The reason I decided to wait to attend Wheaton was so that I could apply for the Billy Graham Scholarship -it would definitely help with the expense of attending Wheaton.
If I do end up getting the scholarship for Wheaton it will mean that I will have to serve as a missionary for four years after I graduate, which is what I intended and hoped to do anyways, but since it is obligatory it gives me a little less freedom to explore other doors which God might open -I’m still single, but who knows, I might meet a nice girl at Wheaton… but since most major missions agencies frown on newlyweds as missionaries (at least they did traditionally) then I might have to wait until after the four years of service in order to pursue a bride. Unfortunately that will add another problematic issue to my already lengthy list of character flaws which have detracted from the pursuit of a suitable wife -namely my receding hairline, frumpiness, wobbly teeth, bad eyesight, fur coat and shrill voice -put on top of that ‘over 30′ and I’ll definitely be an underdog worth cheering for.
Since the next seven years of my life are pretty much starting to appear upon the horizon, albiet a mere shadow of what is to come, there is a little anxiousness about it and excitement as well. Today I caught myself watching youtube videos regarding Wheaton College and reading about all the wonderful perks and benefits of being a graduate student. Gotta love perks and benefits.
I also sent out some emails making inquiry into a possible church to attend while studying at Wheaton; it may be a little ways off, but there’s never being too prepared.
I still have to fill out my scholarship application for the Billy Graham Center Scholarship so I don’t want to count all of my ducks before they hatch, maybe God has some radically different plan for me after attending Wheaton, or maybe He’ll show me some other path once I get there -that is where the anticipation is, I serve a God who is faithfully unpredictable in his faithfulness to love me.