drive away. their father was on a church trip in mississippi. carly tried to call them both. but couldn t get through at first. we were talking on the phone, about 10:00. newell kept on hearing that little beep on the phone. call waiting. someone was trying to get through. kind of ignored it because we just had a chance to catch up on what was going on. then she tried me. that s when she didn t talk long at all. she s like, mom, you need to pray. and so we i was kind of scared. i just started praying. at about the same time, laura van ryn s parents and sister were all at home in caledonia. their phone rang as well. someone said, is this the van ryn residence? i thought maybe it was a telemarketer or something. i was all ready to say, we re not interested. i think he said something like, we have your daughter, laura, in the hospital in ft. wayne.