Reaching the one

I got a call from church headquarters yesterday. They were wanting to know the wherabouts of Ryan so that they could send his records. It’s funny because just a day or two before, I was wondering why I hadn’t heard from them for that very reason. When I hung up the phone, Erica said, “I am pretty sure that this is the only church in the world where the headquarters of the church will make calls around the world to find a lost member.”  I was excited that they had called, but choked up when Erica put it in that perspective. It is like the shepherd who leaves the ninety and nine to go out to find the one lost sheep. How thankful I am to be a member of this church. Another cool thing is that I can get on the internet and find the bishop who is assigned to Ryan. I am quite sure that no one in Mesa would ever get a call from Rome, from someone searching for their son!