oh visa!

okay! so, a long story short is that i got my education visa from the thai embassy. i was under the understanding that it i could leave the country and return to the country no problem under these circumstances. so, when i went to laos for new years i did not think that it was a problem. unfortunately the travel to laos voided my education visa right then and there, as my visa was not a re-entry visa and so i would have had to apply for a re-entry visa before i left thailand for the original education visa to not be voided. since i did not the education visa became void, and the tourist visa which i got automatically upon my return to thailand from laos came into effect as my legal visa.

with all that said, the visa i'm on now is tourist and therefore i cannot extend my education visa, as it is invalidated (is that even a word?! haha!) so, i have to leave the country in order to recieve another visa. i could go and recieve a 30 visitors visa (as they re-issue the visas every year, so i have a clean slate to get 2 more visas! (as i already got one from Laos this year and they only give 3 out a year)). after i recieved that visa i could apply for the education visa. but, since i'm leaving april 1st that means i'm only here for 2 more months... wow that's so short!(yes, i did get confirmation from the Lord on leaving that day, we'll see if all the flights work out for my travels after that, but i will be leaving on april fools day from thailand!) anyways there's a 60 day tourist visa which you can apply for if you go to a thai embassy in a different country. and since i'm only staying 2 more months (just under 60 days... it's cool how God works all the planning out perfectly, even through our imperfections... He sees beyond our imperfections!) i thought, "why not apply for a 60 day tourist visa in a thailand embassy in a neighboring consolute and then i won't have to pay a lot of money for the education visa, or go through all the paperwork?" so, although that sounds confusing, it just means that i'll be leaving the country (going to cambodia, almost for sure) and applying at the thailand embassy in cambodia for a 60 day tourist visa. so, that's where i'm at right now. although it sounds rather stressful, i've been quite relaxed during it all... knowing that Christ is in control, and although there's a lot of confusion, there's a peace just knowing that it'll all be alright.

with all that said, there are many complications which could come. i'm not focusing on them, but prayer is needed. God has been faithful and always will be, unfortunatly we're not the only one's who know that, satan does as well, and he's pretty interesting at how he tries to stop that faithfulness from truly happening. i know it will be okay, it's just quite a lot of things to think about.

also, just so you know and don't have too much pity on me, if i would've told my teachers that i was leaving the country i would have been able to walk through this smoothly, or with less halting demands. even though this is my fault, i'm actually finding it nice to be humbled. i've been asking for it and i need it and all i can say is that YOUR PRAYERS ARE WORTH MORE THEN GOLD! i know that people say this, but i mean it. all your prayers, thoughts and presence has comforted me a lot during this year/years of life. i want to thank-you all so much for the impact and influence you've made in my life, knowing it or not, your prayers have been felt. and i want to thank-you.