A Day of Amazing Chance Meetings

Today I had 4 amazing chance meetings with students.
1. At a culture festival held at an elementary school where our church's gospel choir sang, I met a former student from my Wednesday night class, a middle aged man who quit my class 6 months ago and happened to be volunteering as a stage hand today.

2. At the same festival, I met a woman who hasn't been able to attend my class at all this year because of her husband's recent cerebral hemorrhage. It was great to get a chance to talk to her.

3. Then Mike (fellow teacher at the English School, from Tasmania) and I went to downtown Yokkaichi to eat lunch, go to starbucks, and walk around the big shopping center. There, I met another former student.

4. As I was talking to her, another former student walked by! She quit my Wednesday night class (same as #1) at the same time as #1 because she was getting married and moving far away. So obviously I was surprised and glad to see her back in Yokkaichi for the first time since she left and got married a half year ago.

All this, and then one of the video games there in the shopping center started playing the tune of "It's a small world after all"...and THAT after some kindergarteners had played "It's a small world after all" on handbells earlier that day at the culture festival!