You have often heard that it is a small world. Well, let me tell you how small it was for us this past weekend!
This past spring, Ira and I started attending the Rose of Sharon English Church service in Mexico on Sunday mornings. We became quick friends with a couple from Cambridge, Ontario Canada that were stationed in Queretaro for business purposes. Shortly after meeting them, we learned they were being transferred back to Canada to the town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia which is only 2 hours from Cape Sable Island where Ira and I lived when in Canada. We were very sad to lose their fellowship in Mexico but as we planned to be in Canada, they made a point to come to the Island to visit for the weekend.
While here, we took them sightseeing of the local sights, family homesteads, fish plants, wharfs etc. Along the journey, Judy wanted to get a picture of the lighthouse, and on the way, Ira took a detour to The Hawk Wharf. Let me emphasize that the Hawk is the most southern tip of Nova Scotia and often referred to as the end of the earth. As we pulled up, we saw another car park and a couple get out. I noticed the woman had a hoodie jacket on that looked much like mine and then when we got closer, I started pointing and my mind was going so fast that my lips couldn't keep up. No comment y'all!! Anyway, I stumbled on what I was trying to say as I was pointing and sputtering "a, look, it, stop..." I think I was actually in a half crawl across the van and in Ira's lap trying to yell out the window.
It was Bob and Karen all the way from Manitoba! We have never known them this side of the border because we also met them in Mexico. They have been a part of a team and often led teams to come to Pan de Vida for the last 9 years. They knew about Pan de Vida long before we did and have been instrumental in much of the construction from the ground up over the years.
We had so much fun reuniting on the wharf and learned that we fly out the same day from Halifax so we are hoping to connect for a supper the night before departures. Ira and I both reeled in the amazement of how God worked the timing so perfectly for us to connect. I am telling you, where we bumped into to them is literally off the beaten path that very few tourist venture to. They had no clue we were in Canada and we had no idea they were in Nova Scotia. Later it crossed my mind that if these by chance meetings are so fun, what we have to look forward to in Heaven is way beyond my imagination. So there you have another example of how small the world truly is.
George and Judy
Us with Bob and Karen
this is where God reunited us
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