Last week after our Young Women's activity, one of my girls called me saying she had lost her phone at the activity. I hadn't seen it and I suggested some other leaders who may have picked up the phone that she could contact. But, unfortunately no one had her phone and we thought it was completely lost.
Well, each week, there is a group of men who use our building (not from our ward or stake) to play basketball in the evenings.
Yesterday as we were cleaning up from our activity, one of the guys from the basketball group came in with the lost phone! He had found it the week before when he was locking up the building. He had called everyone on his basketball roster and no one claimed it. He kept the phone charged, hoping to see a call from a "mom" or "dad" entry so he could answer and inform he had the lost phone. He kept seeing texts from another girl, so he figured that the phone must belong to our group. He made a point to get to the building early enough to track us down. He was so concerned and conscientious about getting this phone returned that it really struck me. So many people would do a little bit of work, but then say, "oh well I tried." To me, his efforts were above and beyond. And to my young woman who owned the phone it was an answer to prayer. She is still out of town with her family, but when we called her mom to tell her we had her phone, she started crying with relief.
I am glad that we got to meet this guy and the girls got to see his Random Act of Kindness. They continued to comment about it for the rest of the night. What a great impression!
