Columbine students came to my church in NZ in 2000

I find it a big coincidence that some students came from Columbine came to my church back in 2000. Although I wasn't there at the time I still find it quite strange. Out of all the places to go in NZ they chose to come to my church, in probably the most hated city in NZ.

Anyone know about something similar?

Rachel's Challenge came to Sydney several years ago. Darrell Scott told the audience that he received word from HQ that the total amount of students reached by the program had just gone past 1 million. I remember reading about it years and years ago. The only article I can find on it comes up with a dead link, though.