Y'all people,
I don't think that's grammatically correct. But I'm in Portugal so who cares?
A couple weeks ago, we found this super amazing couple, Bruno and Liliana, who have two kids and both have jobs and a nice house - this is amazing because it's really rare to find a working couple in Portugal! Portugal has a super high unemployment rate and it is hard to find self-sufficient people, so we were just super excited to teach them. Bruno doesn't (didn't!) believe in God and Liliana is more on the side of "energy" or karma" or what have you, so we didn't know how it would turn out; but we had a lesson with them yesterday and we invited them to be baptized, and they said yes! And they'll come to church this next Sunday even though they work Monday-Saturday and Sunday is there only day off - they're super willing and it is such a testimony builder of how God can touch people, and also taught me that sacrifice brings real blessings. We're really excited and we've only had two lessons, so we'll see how everything continues, but it's looking real good. Bruno found a Book of Mormon app and has been listening to it on the way to work everyday. What a stud.
Besides that, we got stuck in a little suburb area a few nights ago, because apparently buses don't pass through on Saturday's, so we had a nice 7 kilometer walk home. Good bonding experience for me and Elder Judd.
God is so good to us, and I think we just don't see it all the time. It's like God made a giant cake, and is giving it out for free. And sometimes we forget that we need to EAT the cake and not just LOOK at it. Sometimes we even watch other people eat the cake, and hear them say "wow, this cake is awesome!" and we complain saying "I want to know how good that cake is!" But you can't know how good it is if you don't GET UP and go get the cake! Go "ask of God" for that darn cake! You can't live off of your parents testimony that "this cake is really good" or say "yeah, I've seen how good the cake is, that's good enough for me." Nope. Go eat that cake.
That cake is the gospel.
God wants us to partake of the gospel, and even though it might be harder than just getting up and getting cake, I think that the reward is far more worth the effort than the cake. God doesn't ask much, and He gives so much more. I invite you to eat some cake this week! Metaphorically! Make the gospel work in your life; work for it, ask God for it, and He will give it to you. I know this is true! It happens in the lives of converts who know very little compared to some of us, so why would God not let you have the same experiences? Go get that cake!
- Elder Valentine!
P.S. Bruno and Liliana gave us cake both times we taught them, but that has nothing to do with spiritual cake. :)
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