"when are you coming home?"

this question has been asked of me several times as of late. a fair question... but im afraid that my response may not be. the answer invariably is this:
"i don't know"

but to put some of you at ease, i will try to give you an idea of the vision i have and tentative plans for the remainder of the year and the next.

***but please know that these plans are subject to change if it is my Master's will***

my contract at my school is officially over. i worked at Poly School in Korea for one year. but im still enjoying it and saving money to pay off my debts, so i signed on again for another year. however, upon signing on again i managed to negotiate a valuable thing... time off.

first of all i have a week off at the end of september that will allow me to go on a missions trip to nepal with my church in korea. i am eagerly waiting for the 21st of september to arrive.

also i managed to finagle the month of january and february off. i am in desperate need of open spaces and time away from the city. i am planning on going to australia for new years (5 of my friends from windsor are planning on being there). then im headed to new zealand until the end of february.

i'll fly back to korea and finish the duration of my second year. that will take me to the end of october, 2008.

i would then like to take the trans-siberian from beijing to mongolia to moscow and into france. i then want to visit friends in the uk and fly back to canada from there.

it is my hope that i will have most of my debts paid off by then and i will be able to start the rest of my life as a full-time missionary. i may go and get bible/missions training first. i am still praying about this.

if i still have debt, i have no problem going back to korea for another year. i feel i have so many opportunities to serve and be used by God in korea. i believe that God has led me to korea because i have a heart for asia and as pastor jack reid has said "korea is strategically placed by God to reach out to asia." i believe that to be true.

i am praying that this vision i have for the future is not of selfish ambition, but of God's will unfolding before me. i am praying for the Holy Spirit's guidance and direction. i am also praying that my thoughts and efforts aren't consumed on the future, but that i am living for and serving Christ and being content with the work i am given in the present.

so i guess the more i think about the question "when are you coming home?" the more i have to question what is home?

is it where my family and friends are? or is it where my heart is and where i can be best used of God? and although i often yearn for the former, i know that the answer is actually the latter.