Funny Story

So earlier this week Sister Kafoa and I volunteered to take a meal to one our recent converts from Sister Jackson. So Sister Jackson made this wonderful meal, cornbread, salad, ice cream and soup. Yes she
made soup even though it was like a million degrees outside. Anyway the soup was still really hot when we were leaving to go deliver this meal so Sister Jackson told us to put it in the trunk of the car. We
humored her and put the soup in our trunk and drove down the street just a bit and then tried to figure out another way to transport this soup. We realized that the trunk was actually the best option. So luckily this lady lived really close but I had to drive very slowly so that the soup wouldn't spill all over the trunk of the lord's car. The whole time I was very worried about the other cars on the road who were sure to get annoyed at how slow I was driving. Every time a car would pass us. I would say out loud "sorry I have soup in the trunk" hoping that they would be understanding. We eventually got to the house and the soup miraculously made it without any spills. Later that day we were driving and I got stuck behind a car going slower than I thought they should. I made a comment about their speed to which Sister Kafoa replied "maybe they have soup in their trunk."

I'm so grateful for a companion who teaches me to be humble and patient. Since then I have tried to be more understanding when things aren't going the way I want or falling apart. This lesson came in very handy as we were trying to put together a fellowship night on Saturday and it seemed like everyone was canceling at the last minute. Instead of getting angry I just thought maybe something came up last minute or maybe they were going to call earlier but their phone died. And I trusted that it would all work out. It was definitely a "spirit"
meeting but it all worked out.  All this reminded me of the talk in general conference about Saints
are sinners who keep on trying. The part where it talks about how if we don't allow others to try we are latter day hypocrites. I know I make a lot of mistakes each week and I am very grateful for a companion and a Savior who are both so understanding and always allow me to keep on trying. I hope I can become more like that. And now every time I see a slow car I just think " maybe they have soup in their trunk"