Yes, you heard right. For the first time in almost three months I feel busy.
Tomorrow (the 26th) morning I will fly to Mae Hong Son, Thailand to visit Beth, a missionary friend that I met back in January. I will fly back to Chiang Mai on the evening of the 30th. This is only a 30 minute flight, by the way. I would still appreciate your prayers that I am able to actually fly to and from Mae Hong Son. Right now, it looks like we will fly tomorrow, but lots of things could change between now and monday.
I'll barely be back in Chiang Mai long enough to unpack since I will be heading out bright and early on April 1st to visit a Karen village with a Swiss couple. We won't actually arrive at the village until sometime on the 2nd. We will leave there on the 5th, arrive back in Chiang Mai on the 6th.
On the 7th I'll be making a trip to the Burmese border to renew my visa. I was only given a 90 day visa when I entered the country and that visa actually expires on April 4th, but I'll be out in a remote village, so I decided it was worth it to pay the fine. It is actually cheaper for me to be illegally in the country for 3 days than to pay to have my visa extended for 7 days before I leave for the village. When I re-enter the country I will get a 15 day tourist visa, which means I will be making another border run later in April.
Adding to the busy-ness are the deadlines looming over my head. After I get back I will have less than a month to finish everything up school-wise. It seemed like not so long ago those deadlines were months away...
Well at least you won't have to worry about finding a place to live when you get back!!!
ReplyDeleteJess-thanks for the postcard!
ReplyDeleteI miss SFG, I miss you, and I work alot at a greenhouse...that's the quick summary of life right now. I would send you a pic of me in front of my post office, but it just wouldn't be near so exciting. Hope the travels are going smoothly and that you continuously see how God is working where you are,
-Emma