I walked into my science class and sat down in the third row. I felt slightly nerdy because it is a lecture class so there are maybe 30 or 40 rows and I was near the front. But it was okay. A hot girl sat four seats to the right of me and a girl with pink hair sat three seats to my left. We sat and the hot one listened to her iPod. The teacher walked in and he was black which already made me happy. He started talking and you could already tell he wasn't from here, and somehow I felt like I vaguely recognized his accent. I shunned the notion and kept listening. He went on to tell us that he was from the great country of Nigeria! The city I spent two weeks in during June! After class I approached him and asked him what part of Nigeria he was from, JOS NIGERIA! The CITY I spent most of my two weeks in! We said goodbye and I emailed him. He had told me that he wanted to get lunch or something because he would love to talk to someone who had been to Nigeria so I (in the email) gave him good times for me and he replied saying:
Hello Hunter,
It was a great surprise for me, a very pleasant one at that. I am very pleased to meet someone who has been to Jos. I am sure I have heard of these Missionaries in Nigeria. Are they in Florida or Texas? May be another one.
Well, I want you to know that I will be very glad to have lunch with you sometimes to discuss. Just also for you to know I belong to a fellowship here in Iowa City which is organized by the Navigators for international students mainly Africans. The navigator couple were in Nigeria for more than 20 years and in Jos for about half of that time. So Jos is like home to them and they go back there everyday. They will be glad to meet you. I will invite you to one of the fellowships so you can meet many other Nigerians and my family too, or actually we can have you in our apartment. But we have a potluck on labour day so if you don't plan to go home or have other plans you will be warmly welcomed.
We have a lot to talk and I am looking forward to it.
Thanks again Hunter and let's see again on Thursday after class
Sunday
It was a great surprise for me, a very pleasant one at that. I am very pleased to meet someone who has been to Jos. I am sure I have heard of these Missionaries in Nigeria. Are they in Florida or Texas? May be another one.
Well, I want you to know that I will be very glad to have lunch with you sometimes to discuss. Just also for you to know I belong to a fellowship here in Iowa City which is organized by the Navigators for international students mainly Africans. The navigator couple were in Nigeria for more than 20 years and in Jos for about half of that time. So Jos is like home to them and they go back there everyday. They will be glad to meet you. I will invite you to one of the fellowships so you can meet many other Nigerians and my family too, or actually we can have you in our apartment. But we have a potluck on labour day so if you don't plan to go home or have other plans you will be warmly welcomed.
We have a lot to talk and I am looking forward to it.
Thanks again Hunter and let's see again on Thursday after class
Sunday
3 comments:
Dude, how cool is that?!
I love meeting people from random places. I met a girl in the elevator today from Switzerland.
So freaking awesome!!!!! Makes me miss it so bad, what a great trip and anxious to hear more about the time with your professor. Maybe you can bring the hot girl!
- Bumper
hey thanks for the ads! but you can take off the trip one- im not blogging it anymore! but the other one- more power to ya!
glad you hear your enjoying the college life!
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