And so here I was, this wounded, torn apart, uh, struggling individual, new to business, trying to figure out what to do, etc. And it was one way to make all things new, so to speak. And so uh, I still remember the word of life for that month. The first uh, time it was um, um, if someone asks you to go one mile with them, go with them, too. And so anyway, so we're sitting in in our office and our facility was a little bit south of Lafayette.
And so it was impractical to drive up to Lafayette to go to lunch. And so there's a little restaurant in a grocery store in Lynon. So we take turns driving into town to pick up lunch for the office. There's about five or six traders um there plus all the accounting. So, for the traders, um I had uh there's a person named Lisa who sat in front of me and it was clearly her turn to go get lunch that day and she somehow was just hellbent of no, it's not my turn.
It's your turn. And it's like, okay, I'll give it I'll give it up. I'll I'll I'll I'll do it. Not my turn, but I'll do it. Just it's not worth the fight. You got to pick your battles. And uh so I hopped out of the car, drove into town, picked up sandwiches, and on the way back I thought about the word of life, you know, in terms of if someone asks you to go one mile, go with them, too.
So I came back to the office and went back to the kitchen, warmed up her sandwich, put it on a plate, put a napkin, etc., and brought it back and put it on her desk. And she turns around at me, her jaws dropped open, and she goes, "I can't believe you did that." And I said, "There's no problem." it started becoming the the thing every person now who went to get lunch did that for everyone else over time and I I got the conclusion of this works living the gospel works you know where you can really you know change things by something so simple so simple but I've not forgotten that 50 years later uh so simple of an experience but it was one where you really left an impact on your soul and and you going this is for real you know this is this is not you know blah blah this is for real and to the degree that we could live the gospel concretely in her everyday life sitting here in Lynen,
Indiana, trading grain, you know, uh dealing with all kinds of personalities with Lisa from Alabama, from Selma, Alabama. And uh anyway, you just put a whole different spin on how we can live our life uh in a in a meaningful way without um you know, it gives joy to myself, peace to myself and al hopefully to those around us.
