Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, all foes to true understanding. Likewise tolerance, or broad, wholesome charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in our little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. ~ Mark Twain
 

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Posted by: supersi Thursday, November 23, 2006
Had an extremely weird “small world” moment this week. Our friend Mike from Bermondsey is in India to attend a wedding and do some trekking in the Himalayas. At the same time, Rachel (Vance) from Ontario is also in India doing some mission work. I got an email from Mike this week saying that he was in a remote village in northern India, and that he had met “your friend Stephen’s” sister Rachel! Is that weird or what?? In a country of a billion people and who knows how many thousands of churches and assemblies, and in some remote little village you bump into a friend of a friend!

I don’t know how many times I’ve met someone in another part of the world, and they’ve said, “Oh, Toronto! I know someone from Toronto! Do you know so-and-so?” You walk away thinking how silly it is that they’d even ask, and that they likely think Toronto is some small hick town. Well, I promise I won’t roll my eyes next time.

So, have you ever had a “small world” moment? Please share!
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Re: Small World Moment    By Anonymous on Friday, November 24, 2006
Well let's see, we do we start? One roomate from northern Ontario married a girl I grew up with on the east cost, who's Mother used to date my father. Her sister was best friends with my now sister in-law, and her cousin was in Ottwawa at the same time as I was. This cousin also knew a girl from out west who is engaged to my other roomate. Who by the way is my Cousins wifes cousins neice. Incedentally my roomates brother (in newfoundland) is marrying a girl fro the small town my sister in-law is from.

Oh and did I mention that my sister in law is my uncles cousin? But that's another story...


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