Long Time No See.....

What a fun surprise! I finished up teaching today and decided to go to the supermarket. A supermarket that I rarely frequent. I literally bumped into a man on my way in and realized that I knew him. I was a bit confused at first because it was YEARS after I first met him and not far from the place that I previously knew him. Let me fill you in on the details.... When I was a missionary, one of my areas was the same part of Queens that I live in now. Our apartments windows faced another apartment building that was next to our church building. Javier, this man, was the "super" of that building and we would speak often. He wanted nothing to do with the church but that didn't keep me from stopping to talk to him. I lived in that area for 6 months and so I got to know him pretty well. I used to help him push the snow blower machine and he even lent me a bike that someone had left in the basement of his building. Now, 10 years later, he was here on vacation because he moved to Florida a few years ago. He had gone to the store for his daughter and we bumped into each other. It was so fun to stand there (for an hour) talking to him. The really cool part is that I was under the impression that he was from Puerto Rico or some place like that. Too my surprise he is from Costa Rica. It probably didn't stick with me before because it didn't mean anything. Now, with my recent connections to Costa Rica through my travels and my parents, it was the coolest thing ever. Here's to meeting up with old friends....great memories!