The First  Three Steps  

Step 1. Pray and Meditate – It is important to keep up hope.  Never underestimate the power of prayer. Not only can it provide a sense of hope, real answers can spring from prayers and mediatation.

Step 2.Get a notebook and pen as you need to record everything you can.  Having it in one place is very helpful that way you can have others write in it if you so desire.

Step 3.  Determine if they are truly missing.   Adults and older kids do not get the attention they deserve when their missing because they have the ability to be independent. They have access to money, transportation, etc.  Sometimes a suspected missing adult is discovered to be someone that intentionally broke off communications and went into hiding, so to speak, because they wanted to.  Not because of foul play or a disabling incident.  

Ask yourself and others... Is the missing person’s lack of communications or action,  such as not answering the phone,  not coming home,  missing work, etc… a behavior that is new or has it been done sporadically in the past?  When you determine NO and your gut tells you, ”something is wrong” , then you want to start a process of eliminating possibilities and look for any sort of event or communication that corroborates your suspisions ans enhances your plea for help. This may lead you and the officials to where they are and what happened.