Off to Japan!

Ill be leaving in a few hours time for the land of the rising sun.
i guess i should be excited, going for a family holiday in a real long time, and to japan for my first time.

This is the trip i have been fretting over since 3 months ago, going through a whole episode of dilemma before making the decision, and happening at the cost of missing out on a large chunk of Go Fest Asia and the SYOG - both once a lifetime events; as well as more than $10k in expenses.
At the same time, family holidays come at a rare chance too in the recent years, and the chance to have it in japan comes once in my lifetime so far. Such an amount of money to spare is also hard to come by. I know some ppl go on holidays 2 or 3 times a year, going as far as europe and have gone to japan countless times. I have not such fortune, thus this opportunity is to be treasured.

All i want now is for God to show me why He has arranged for the trip to occur at such a bad timing, and why i should miss out on Go fest and SYOG. then i shall fully be at peace.