It is amazing what you learn on a journey and who you meet. Our flight was ok but 11 hours in a seat is not the best place to sleep!!! I have great memories of all the days I spent in Lesotho and was envious of the straightforward wisdon of so many people I met there including our key driver. "Don't knock your house down until you have built your new one."
At a BBQ on Sunday afternoon I met a man who was the DFID programme manager from the UK. He had just sold his car to an organisation called MAF (mission aviation fellowship) because he was returning to England. He spoke with great enthusiasm about the work done by MAF in their flying doctor service to the Highlands of Lesotho. My dad was Chief Executive of MAF for 10 years in the 1980's and 90's!!
On the tube from Heathrow to Kings Cross I met an English man who got engaged in Maseru 4 years ago!!! On the train from Kings Cross to Newark I met a man who was marking a PHD thesis who knew of all the development activities currently taking place in Lesotho. On the train from Newark to Barnetby I sat next to a man from India who was travelling to Lincoln to provide software development services for an insurance company. His software writers are based in India, recently he was assisting with other software development in Africa.
It a small world!!!
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