There is often a purpose to people coming into and out of our lives, so it's very likely that, yes, we were meant to meet and friend each other. *grin*

Major suckage being stuck in hostile territory, though. And, yeah, I've gotten many mixed messages reading the Bible. Trying to have them make sense in my brain relies on serious interpretation of Biblical stories as folklore. Not every Christian is happy with that idea, though, on the other hand, many are.