airport coincidence

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In 2005, I returned to Kenya to attend my maternal grandmother's funeral in Kisumu. On the flight from Nairobi to Kisumu I was sitting next to a Rotary doctor from Sweden on his first trip to Africa. He was going to work in a rural mobile clinic in Western Kenya. We spoke briefly and I assured him not to worry, if he wasn't picked up by the Rotarians in Kisumu, I would ask my mother to help arrange for assistance to get him to the rural clinic. We also exchanged email addresses but had limited communication. A few years later in August 2007, I was in Copenhagen to see the Rolling Stones in concert and the Rotary doctor spotted me at Copenhagen Airport, he was flying out at the same time. Last June, the night before I left for Kenya on a short visit, I received an email from the Rotary doctor asking me if I was in Kisumu! He was in Kisumu once again working in a rural mobile clinic.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:01:30 +0000Coincidence ID:4613