A New York Moment
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Talk about random meetings – sometimes it gets to be a little ridiculous.
So as I mentioned before, New York is the kind of place where you happen to meet unexpected people. Sometimes they’re people from your past, sometimes they are people who loosely associated to you, and sometimes it just bizarre chance meetings that end up being very very helpful.
As I mentioned, I met Becky on the very first day I came to NYC. Recently I visited her in her apartment. She has 2 other roommates but I had never met either of them, though I did see the silhouette of one as she ran from her room to the bathroom and back again. In any case, later that evening, I went to a Bible study for the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in the upper west side. The people there were so great! So sincere and so earnest. I really liked them. I’ll probably become a regular at their group study.
At the end of the study, we were all just hanging out and being social. This one woman, Audrey, looked so familiar. I mentioned this to her and she said the same thing of me. Then the question of “where do you live?” came up. “108th and Columbus,” I said. She looked at me and said, “I live on 108th and Manhattan.” Columbus and Manhattan are parallel and run on either side of my apartment. Then the address came up. It was the same. “What unit do you live in?” “5C.” 5C is Becky’s apartment! I gasped, “I was in your apartment this morning! Was that YOU stumbling from your room to the bathroom?” “That was you visiting Becky?” Audrey was just as shocked as I was. Nooooo way! I remember her because Becky had mentioned that Audrey always brings over her song service group to practice, unannounced, on some nights. It all made sense when i put 2 and 2 together and eventually, after much manipulation, got 4.
So now I have an activity partner who lives in the same building. There is another girl, Susanna who also lives in the same building. God’s really taking care of me. 
yup, God is taking care of you! it must be fun running into peoples all over the place, all linked together. and in a singing band too! y’should join, after all, it’s only across the hall. recreate the all girls band!!!
more cowbell, yo!
Posted by kimi =) on 09/02 at 11:51 PMHee hee… that is cool. I remember that we all prayed that God would send you people like this and put in this type of situation.
Prayer answered. Keep it coming Lord! amen.
Posted by on 09/03 at 08:09 PMDivine ambush. (^_^) You’re awesome, God!
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