The fact that both of you could grow up in small, non English-speaking villages and write such beautiful English is a testament to the power of learning English

The fact that both of you could grow up in small, non English-speaking villages and write such beautiful English is a testament to the power of learning English through the internet. It's amazing how natural and clear non-native-speakers' English feels when they've learned it as they're interacting with the wealth of discourse on the internet. People who haven't learned foreign languages (looking at you, fellow North Americans) won't quite appreciate what a huge achievement this is. (To be able to write and communicate freely in a way that feels native.)