Pineapples and earthships
It’s amazing how people get connected. Back in ’93-’94, we were living with a team in Mexico City. One girl on the team knew that her boyfriend had a cousin that was a missionary – he lived somewhere in Mexico – but she didn’t know where or how to find him.
This was back in the old days when even a phone call to Canada was a challenge. Besides, we were so busy there wasn’t much chance we’d have time to connect. But in the largest city on the planet, we happened to bump into him on the Mexico City Metro. What were the chances? And now, the girl (Shelli) and her boyfriend-now-husband are missionaries in Mexico themselves, where his cousin had worked.
It’s amazing how people find this website. Thanks to website stats, I can see what words people use to find the site. Unfortunately, I can’t see which words go together, which does make a difference. But I temporarily installed another stat service so that I could see phrases as well.
People that find us in search engines usually are searching for things like “Cottrill”, and sometimes names in our family trees, like Fretz or Winger. But here are some more unusual words:
Here are some popular words – they may be a part of a phrase, but I have no way of knowing:
Quite a few people have come here to find out how to peel or slice a pineapple, and in this case I do have the answer. It’s amazing how many people continue to come here just to learn that. This week I got a nice email from someone who was looking for that very information. They also happen to know the Lord, and so they told me a bit about their ministry.
You just never know how people will become connected!
This entry was inspired by Andrew Coming’s much more hilarious post [link no longer available]. 🙂