London to Freetown...what a small world!

Ok, so I just wanted to make a quick note on my flight from London to Freetown, because it really gives you a glimpse of the small world that we live in. About two hours into the flight an African man in a nice suit came walking from first class into the coach cabin, and began shaking hands with many of the people on board. I looked at the woman I was sitting next to, to see if she had any idea who it was. "It's the president" she said. Yeah... the president of Sierra Leone was on my flight from London to Freetown. All I could think of was how crazy that would be in the US... I mean, really...Barak Obama walking down the coach aisle of a plane..?. that would never happen in a million years.
Then the three of us in my row start chatting, and asking eachother why we're headed to Sierra Leone... when I said my mom works at a clinic, Regina who was sitting in the middle says, "Wait, don't tell me... I know your mother... it must be Joanie!" Yep, that's right, the random seating arrangement put me sitting next to a woman who knows my mom. We all chatted for quite a while and both women had such interesting stories...both working to increase health in Sierra Leone. It is so interesting how things turn out some times...