Sentence 1: John was caught in the rain with his phone and it was ruined. 
 Sentence 3: He sent a text to all of his friends to let them know 
 Sentence 4:  Still some people didn't have his new number 
 Sentence 5:  Luckily in time everyone was caught up 
 Option 1: He had to get a new phone that week and it had a new number. 
 Option 2: He tried to put it in rice.