Good People.

So, I have a story.
Kelby left her phone on one of the city buses yesterday. On our way home from church, she had it in her pocket. After we got off the bus and got home, she realized she didn't have her phone in her pocket anymore. She searched her purse with no luck either. So, losing your phone at home is one thing. But in another country where you can't communicate with anyone and you can't call it (no phone service) what do you do? We re-traced our steps back to the bus stop which is like a mile away. No sign of it. We decided we'd get back on that same bus and check the are she was sitting in to see if it fell through a crack or something, hoping nobody picked it up and took it. Well, the bus wouldn't arrive for 45 minutes. So we walked to the store and got a treat (we deserved it, okay?) and then sat at the bus stop for 30 minutes and waited. Finally, it came. We hopped on. Honestly, I wasn't expecting we'd find it on there. It had been at least 2 hours since we left church, so the odds of finding it still in the same spot were slim. So nope, no sign of it. We got off at the next stop. Walked back to the previous stop and then walked home. Freak, we walked like 2 1/2 miles just to look for that phone. She was completely stressing out, which I would too! We called our coordinator and asked him if he could call the bus station and see if they've had it turned in. Well, it was Sunday so he couldn't call until Monday morning when they were open. We kind of gave up, and she talked about other options she had like getting a new one or just dealing without it. Which either would just suck. Well, we get a phone call on our Lithuanian phone, and it's our head teacher. She asks "Hey, did Kelby lose her phone?" And we're like, K how does our head teacher know? Well apparently, one of our friends from church, Louisza, got a phone call from a man telling her that he found Kelby Gummersall's phone. Wait rewind, whaaaat?! How is that possible? And how did he know her name?! Okay so we called Louisza to ask her what the guy said. Apparently, he got on the bus sometime after we did, and found this phone just sitting on one of the seats. He picked it up and noticed it was all in english so he knew it had to be an american's phone or something. He looked through her notes trying to find any info about the phone and it just so happens that Kelby had Louisza's phone number written in her notes. The man noticed that it was a Lithuanian number, so he called her! And he also opened up her Facebook just to see what her name was. So he calls Louisza and says "hi, I have Kelby Gummersall's telephone, I found it on bus 55." Louisza was just like "What the?" But then she figured out that Kelby must have dropped it on the bus. We met up with the man and he gave Kelby back her phone. She even offered him 10 Litas and he wouldn't take it. He was just glad that she got her phone back. He said it happened to his sister in England, and it was so stressful for her. So he wanted to help! Isn't that amazing? So, before you decide to think that Lithuania is a "scary" place and that there are only mean people here..think again! There's good everywhere :)
-Shelb xx
P.S. do you like my new blog header? I was tired of the "too girly" flowers. Peace!