# I hope to see you soon

John wanted to visit them, but he did not know for sure if he would be able to. Alternate transaltion: "I plan to come to you" or "I want to come to you"

# face to face

"Face to face" here is an idiom, meaning "in person." Alternate translation: "in person"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])