During a tourist bus excursion to a volcanic canyon in Iceland, a woman was reported missing when she failed to return to the bus. The bus driver waited an hour before notifying the Icelandic police. Soon after the missing person's report, search and rescue teams and even a helicopter arrived to search for the missing woman. About 50 people also participated in the search on vehicles and by foot.

But the search was called off within about 12 hours when it authorities discovered that the missing woman wasn't really missing. She was actually on the bus and she had even been a part of the search party. Apparently before reentering the bus after the stop to tour the canyon, she changed her clothes and "freshened up." The other passengers didn't recognize her. Chief of police Sveinn K. Runarsson told reporters that the woman was innocent of the mistake. She recognized the description of herself and "had no idea that she was missing."

Possible Preaching Angles: People may be religious or even in the church (part of the tour bus), they may be doing good things (like joining the search party) without realizing that they are the ones who need to be found, or that they are the ones who need to repent and believe (like Nicodemus, for example). In other words, maybe you are the lost sheep, the prodigal son, and so on.