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| sunset in Khartoum |
Last weekend I was invited by Frank's colleagues to attend one of the women's evenings as preparation for her niece's wedding. It was a nice relaxing evening with lovely Sudanese food and, naturally when women get together, lots and lots of chatting and gossiping. At some point, Frank's colleague and I were talking about people that used to work in the old office. My friend said that she hadn't seen one of the women for a long time. This particular young woman used to be part of the team of guards, which is quite an unusual profession for women. We kept talking about her and we wondered where she had been placed after the old office was closed. We could have never thought that this very morning the same woman we had talked about, suddenly walked into the new office! "
I just felt like dropping by", she said,
"and I asked some people the directions to your new place. So, here I am!". You can imagine the face of my friend, when she saw her walking in.
"That's a coincidence!" she said, "
I was thinking about you a few days ago and now you just walk in after all these months!" After she had greeted her she turned to me and said
"In my culture we believe that God sometimes gives you what you want, if you just think about it." I answered that I found it quite a nice and soothing idea. But while a big frown appeared on her forehead, her voice turned sceptically: "
I wish I had thought of a lot of money or a new house, instead of this thinking about this woman. Then maybe I would have got that instead!"
