Simple as a peanut butter sandwich..

So we had interviews this past week, and for lunch the heavens blessed us with peanut butter.. That may sound like it has no significance at all until you realize the fact that Italy doesnt have peanut butter unless you want to pay 10euro. Not my cup of tea...I dont think i have loved something as much as that simple PB&J. Now is when i get to make a great connection to the gospel and the significance of a sandwich!! The gospel is simple! Every time i go searching for more, or make things wayyyy to complex, to complicated, it always comes back to the fact that the simple answers and the simple things in life are what brings the most happiness. Everything we have in the gospel is simple! 

...now that i have related a sandwich to the gospel, i will explain the reasoning behind it and my week.  

We have been dropped, not listened to, and sick(literally) Some of my least favorite things in the world! But seriously. I sometimes lead things like that to what am i, as a missionary doing wrong? What can i fix, and where is the punishment coming from.. And than a moment of AH HA hits.. and i realize it is not punishment. Yes, there is ALWAYS room for improvment. I can always be more diligent, but that does not mean we are punished for what we have yet to do.... but this work cannot always be a piece of cake. I am not going to lie... It has always seemed a little too easy. I have always felt like there was something that needed to happen bad because i have seen so much good here in Sanremo... I have no idea what i am getting at here. I told President that i feel like there is this big spiritual pool that every time i learn more i think i am filling it...WRONG. I am not filling the pool...i am growing the pool, and that means i have to continue to fill it! Never ending! But than i come back to the basics (Back to the PP&J sandwich) basically a sentence i say at least 3 times a day. We have, LITERALLY have a loving Heavenly Father.. Can i just say the word Father again.. With the word Father entails all the other words (loving, caring, all knowing, wants the best for us personally, listening, waiting... we could keep going...dont get a big head dad) and that is the moment where i realized whatever line we miss. How ever short i fall of a goal, of being a better desciple of Jesus Christ, He is literally watching me and is that push of comfort we have ALL felt to continue forward... and it is as simple as that. That is where the simplicty of a PP&J comes in! (Weird analogy, but it works!) He is waiting for us to open that door to Him. To really accept Him as our Father and accept his gospel, which in the end, just brings simple contentment.. When we do that, that is when we are converted! That is where we find that simple happiness that doesnt come from some grand event, or some material item in this life..we dont need that garbage. What we have as members of this church is special. We have this knowledge, and i think i forget about it sometimes....BUT when i do...i go back to the beginning... when in doubt, we have a loving Father, and He knows all. 

Simple as a PP&J. :)

Love Sorella Woods