I was a bit surprised when I ran into former students and colleagues from Sri Lanka at TTS, but since it is affiliated with the church I worked with in Jaffna, it wasn't a huge shock. But yesterday, I was REALLY astounded when I bumped into a former Jaffna College student on the crowded streets of Chennai, one of the biggest cities in southern India.
I had only been in town for about an hour, and had ventured out to find something to eat. I'd gone less than a block from my hotel when someone came up beside me and said hello - I turned, expecting to see a taxi driver looking for business, but instead it was Rajeevson, one of my favorite former students, who used to teach me the words to all of the popular Tamil film songs. He had just arrived in Chennai himself the previous day, to enroll in a university there (he was studying at the University of Jaffna, but the classes meet so irregularly with the political situation in Sri Lanka now that he found it difficult to make any progress). So, I spent the afternoon sightseeing with he and his roommate (another resident of our old village in Jaffna). It was nice to have some friendly company in an unfamiliar city.
This morning I flew from Chennai to Colombo, Sri Lanka. I enjoyed my time in India, but I'm really excited to be back here again, and catch up with more old friends (on purpose, this time).
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