They arrived last night and will spend the better part of two weeks here at Shiloh.  They're here to work on a mission helicopter.  

While eating ham sandwiches when they arrived, we discovered that one of the guys is from a church in CA that Jim sang at fifty years ago.  His parents and grandparents are active in that church, too.  While we've never heard of his particular clan, we have many church friends in common.  Amazing!

Over breakfast we discovered that another one of the group was born and raised in Phoenix AZ.  He actually knows where Catalina AZ is.  And we discovered that we have various and sundry missionary friends in common.  Astounding!

Lingering over the lunch table we unearthed the fact that the reaming man had actually maintained the mission plane some years ago that flew my cousin and family out to a remote village where they were translating God's Word.  Imagine that!  To have someone staying here at Shiloh who actually knows my cousin!  Unbelievable!

We never know whom God will send to Shiloh next.  The world is a very small place.