My wife and I are in Istanbul. There's a Christian church here that meets in a beautiful old chapel that's attached to the Dutch consulate, so we went one Sunday. As we entered, we met a young man from Madison who's parents just moved to Starkville. Thought it was pretty cool, in a city of 20 million people (mostly Muslims), to meet someone basically from my hometown of Jackson. It got better.
The service starts and they do the "stand up and introduce yourself" routine for first-timers. I introduced us and mentioned that we were from Mississippi. Out of about 120 people in the room, we promptly met, in addition to Madison kid:
1. Guy sitting next to us: MSU grad from Meridian.
2. Woman sitting behind us from Olive Branch.
3. A couple from Batesville.
4. A church staff member from Pelahatchie.
This is OUR English-speaking Christian congregation in the midst of a million mosques.
The service starts and they do the "stand up and introduce yourself" routine for first-timers. I introduced us and mentioned that we were from Mississippi. Out of about 120 people in the room, we promptly met, in addition to Madison kid:
1. Guy sitting next to us: MSU grad from Meridian.
2. Woman sitting behind us from Olive Branch.
3. A couple from Batesville.
4. A church staff member from Pelahatchie.
This is OUR English-speaking Christian congregation in the midst of a million mosques.
