A Welcome Stranger

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After finishing a full day of teaching, we got in the car for a four-hour drive to Trichy. After a few hours of sleep, we headed for the airport where we took the morning flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Our host’s son picked us up around 11:30 AM. We arrived in Batticaloa at 9:30 PM. With n…