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252 them of the changes in the schedule by phone but could not do so because the lines were not working. How to get to the guest house from the airport? That was the problem. Anyway we collected our luggage and came out. While we stood there not knowing what to do, I saw a young man who appeared to be an Ahmadi because he was wearing Jinnah cap. I greeted him. On my inquiry, he confirmed that he was Ahmadi and had come from the guest house to receive a friend who had not arrived. I introduced myself and told him that I too was guest of the jama’at. He said, ‘we had come to receive you a few days earlier but as you did not arrive, we went back empty handed. Alhamdolillah, I have met you. Now let me take you to the guest house’. Thus, by the Grace of Allah, we got another helping of heavenly hospitality unexpectedly.