A Godcidence

Last night after returning from our field trip downtown, a woman that works in the Central College Abroad office arrived here with her sister to spend a couple days sitting in on classes, going to internships, and spending time with us one-on-one to see how things are going. She and her sister as well as Val and the visiting professor came and visited me at the Patronato when I was there today. They gave me a ride home so I didn't have to spend an hour making the trek back to the house which I was very appreciative of. As we were sitting in the car discussing why I was working with the kids and how it doesn't fit with my major but that I am trying to get as much experience as possible working with children with disabilites, we got to talking about how she started working at Central. I knew her name was Jen Larson and her sister's name is Megan Stewart (spelling) but I had never seen Jen on campus. Come to find out, she worked at Cornell right after graduating from Central. So my first response/question was, do you know Nancy Reasland (Neal's mom that is a nurse at Cornell) and she said, ya! of course! Jen then told me that her mom works in the alumni office so she and her mom both know Nancy. At that point, Jen says, of course I know the Reasland's. I am from Lisbon. I then started laughing so hard. Come to find out, Jen's sister Megan who was with in the car graduated with Liz, Neal's sister-in-law and Megan's boyfriend graduated a year ahead of Aaron, Neal's brother and is now an assistant football coach at Cornell so I'm sure Ray knows him. I first told them that I am very good friends with Aaron and Liz and they were saying, "Oh we love them! They are so fun to be around!" And I of course had to ask if they knew Neal. They both said yes and Megan turns to me and says, "Neal is such a sweetheart" and I said, "I completely agree" and she responds, "You do? Why is that?" and I say, "Well I'm dating him...". Their responses were priceless. It became very obvious that this world is very small!!! Come to find out, Neal knows Megan pretty well since she transferred to Cornell from Central when Neal was there and they were only two years apart in school. So basically we all had to come to Merida to find out we both knew the same family! How crazy. We then started talking about FCA and just their faith so it was awesome to learn more about them and to think that they know the Reasland's! Sorry, but as you can probably tell, I am still in shock that it is such a small world! Jen already invited me to her and her husband's house for supper some night in Pella. She and Megan are so sweet. It was definitely a Godcidence today! =)