Often these interactions are fertile ground for sharing God’s love (not preaching or proselytizing, just loving)
I don’t know why I was researching this question. However, I found an answer: 80,000. This answer is based on our living in the city and interacting with 3 new people daily after the age of 5 years old. (Infographic )
I have a little difficulty in defining interacting. Must it be in person, or can it be on the phone-or, in today’s world, even on social media? I think they mean in person.
- We’d have to define “meet”. Webster says “to come face-to-face” or “to come into the presence of”. This is too broad of a definition for my question. If I work as a cashier and Jim Morrison buys a pack of gum from me, that doesn’t really count. Yes, we came face-to-face, but we didn’t exchange names, we didn’t share any conversation, perhaps we didn’t even make eye contact. Let’s agree to use the following definition: meeting someone qualifies if ANY of the following takes place:
Consider that I will live the average life span-78.3 years, Adjusting the number of days to include Leap years I will interact with 78.3-5=73.3 x 3 x = 80,, about the population of Amiston, Alabama or Lafayette, Colorado. Continue reading How many people does the average person meet in their life