Early on in our time here, I posted a blog about Will's teacher having gone to Auburn. The coincidences keep growing the more we get to know them. First off, She is from Birmingham and so is Allan. Secondly her husband Dan grew up in Pensacola and lived there at the same time we did. Ok so these aren't such odd things--just wait. At Auburn Dan and Ellen met through the ministry of the BSU(Baptist Student Union now called BCM- Baptist Campus Ministries) Same as Allan and myself. We all attended the same church, and Allan and Dan both went to a class led by the pastor on Thursday mornings for guys interested in full time ministry. Commonly refered to as the preacher boy class. Ok so all these things could very well be said of many students to pass through the hallowed gates of Auburn in the last 20 years. Here is where the similarites begin to get bizarre. It turns out that on a campus of 25,000 in which 80% live off campus mainly in some hundreds of apartment complexes that Ellen and I lived in the same complex. Not only did we live in the same complex, but the same unit, and....not only the same unit, but the same bedroom. Just 11 years apart(boy do I feel old) Kind of freaky huh that here we would meet on the other side of the world. We are enjoying having our WarEagle Club Mainla branch with the 3 AU familes. Friday night we got together to watch the AU Miss. State game. It takes a while for the games to arrive so we are seriously delayed. In fact the first game against GA Tech has been floating out there for over a month now and no sign of it arriving. My sister-in-law said the big loss is painful to watch and it may be for the best if it never arrives!
War Eagle! Ginger
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