It's a small world, even in NYC.

Work on Saturday took "crazy" to a whole new level. In the midst of coordinating a furniture delivery for Katrina evacuee families, I met someone who has a mutual acquaintance. Last week, my work was part of a collaboration of 11 different nonprofit agencies that pulled off a huge event without too many hitches. One of those agencies was the City of New York Office of Emergency Management (OEM). The main contact person I was working with all day Saturday from OEM was Ben Whitfield. Throughout the day we engaged in a little small talk and eventually found out that his father-in-law teaches Greek and New Testament at a Christian college in Atlanta. Thinking the coincedence too great, I asked if his name was Barry Blackburn. As it turns out, Ben is married to Dr. Blackburn's daughter Bonnie - that's just weird. We were both a little surprised to have made the connection. Who would have thought that of all the places you might run into someone associated with ACC that it would be through doing relief work with the City of New York!