I never realized how much there is to organize to do an overseas move!

Visas
Tax
Powers of attorney
Bank accounts
Tickets
Birth certificates
Luggage
Prayer cards
Brochures
Freight

…. The list goes on and on and on! (our list of ‘to do’ things is still over 3 pages and not shrinking very quickly!)

Suddenly how grateful I am that we aren’t leaving for another 3 ½ months, and we have time to sort things out properly…. Yet how eager I am to actually get to Japan at the same time!

I feel like I am living in 2 different worlds.

I am amazed at how everything is falling into place. God is giving us what we need just when we need it. Though sometimes when I forget to look at His big picture – it is easy to think God is being too slow! – why doesn’t He work on Jessica Time? (and sometimes it’s funny to think about what would actually happen if God did things in my time – the world would be in utter chaos!)

At the moment I am sitting at my desk at my temporary job – working at a call centre for Optus. (for a few months until we leave for Japan).

The reality and strength of my calling to Japan becomes ever so clear when I am sitting here on the phone all day, frustrated with repetitiveness and shallowness of what my job entails.

And how I long to be in Japan, church planting, sharing the gospel…..

The thought comes to me though, when I get to Japan, I wonder if I will be longing to be sitting in a call center, doing an easy and repetitive job rather than being out of my comfort zone in a scary and new country!

Isn’t it easy to want what we don’t have?

Wise words of Paul say to ‘learn to be content in all circumstances’. Definitely a good lesson for me to meditate upon.