I had a series of interesting phone calls yesterday. It seems the church’s second phone line’s number is only 1 digit different from another family in Rapid City.
That’s not necessarily that unusual, except when you get a wrong number phone call from a family in Kyrgyzstan!
They called several times. Their daughter Regina was coming to Rapid City as a foreign exchange student. They hadn’t heard from her. They dialed a number they THOUGHT would connect them with her host family. Instead, they got First Wesleyan.
Lyz (our office manager) and I tried to find the host family and help connect this young lady with her loved ones in Kyrgyzstan. Our hearts went out to this family. Having a child far from home in a strange land and, up to now, no contact had to create anxiety!
The city’s school administration put us in touch with Betty, the foreign exchange coordinator in Rapid. Betty helped us connect with the designated host family (sure enough, their phone # was only 1 number different).
PROBLEM! The host family wasn’t sure they were going to get a student. On top of that, the coordinator wasn’t expecting students to arrive yet.
To make a long story short, Betty ended up heading to Rapid City Regional Airport and picking up Regina. Regina had arrived with no one to greet her, but help was on the way. No one was secured to house this girl, but help was on the way.
HAPPY ENDING!
I hope to meet Regina at some point during her stay in Rapid City. Mostly though, I’m glad we didn’t simply disregard a wrong number from people that didn’t sound like me!
I don’t believe in coincidence. God must have been holding an anxious family close to His heart when they “accidentally dialed the “right” wrong number!
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