The Perils of Pride

So the weather here is crazy. It was super cold all week and then yesterday warmed up a bit and now its raining. Its the middle of winter! Get it together New Brunswick. 

Also i have a cold which is lame. Its fine cause i can still go out and do stuff but its getting kind of noticeable that i'm sick.... but i refuse to stay in the apartment. Im not on my mission to just sit around, that would just be silly. 

I am loving Fredericton!! We are getting out transfer letters on sunday and i'm freaking out cause i dont want to leave!! Sister Hughes has been here for 3 transfers now so she has a better chance of leaving than i do but still... ya just never know what's gonna happen transfer week. 

We got some new investigators this week which is exciting! Sadly no super funny stories... sorry everyone. I haven't heard back from my baptist friends which is to bad. But we have been focusing a lot on less-actives. We are hopefully going to start teaching a super cute part-member family! Im excited because i haven't taught a family yet! 

We had a zone training this week and had a really good training on how to use our time wisely. We basically realized that missionaries are amazing at wasting time and we need to remember that this is the Lords time not ours. Its hard because most of the members and less actives in this ward live 20-40 min out of town. And so we spend a lot of time traveling. We are focusing a lot on using that travel time wisely to make calls at set up appointments. We have also been having lessons over facebook and skype which is pretty great because the spirit is still there but then we don't hahave to drive for 45 minutes to have a 40 min lesson and then drive 45 min back....  

I have come to realize that i am awful at talking to people on the phone. I am super awkward and i sound like a robot. I told the zone leaders about this and they said that i was probably over exaggerating. So we role played talking on the phone and he was like "wow... i see what you mean.." So then he helped me learn how to talk to people on the phone. I had to practice just saying "Hi this is Sister Lambert" about 12 times. It was embarrassing but i finally know how to talk to people... yay for me! 

I have been struggling a lot with my own pride since i have been on my mission. I recognize that i just really hate being bad at things. And my first reaction is that if im bad at something then i just dont do it. But you cant do that on your mission! Like the talking on the phone. I was really bad at it, so i just didnt want to talk to people on the phone.... and it was really embarrassing for me to have to turn to someone else for help. But because i did, i know what i need to do to be better and i will improve because of it. We all need to do this in our lives daily. Recognize our weakness, and admit that weakness to our Heavenly Father and ask Him for help to over come it. And He will help you by giving you the strength and knowledge you need to do it on your own, or put people in your path to help you. 

One other thing we talked about at Zone training was how every single concern or problem you or your investigator have in the gospel can be resolved with the first 3 lessons. The Restoration, The Plan of Salvation, and The Gospel of Jesus Christ. If you have a testimony of these 3 things, mainly that Joseph Smith is a Prophet of God and the Book of Mormon is the word of God, then there is nothing that can shake your testimony. This is the true gospel of Jesus Christ. That is something i will never be able to deny because i have learned it for myself through reading, praying, and personal experiences. This gospel can bless every family and every individual. And it is the responsibility of those who already have that testimony to share this knowledge with everyone. Remember: Every member a missionary :) 

Love you all, thanks for the love and support! 

Sister Lambert

-30 in Fredericton and the Baptist are having a Potluck!

I met this cute girl on the street, found out she is from Alberta, so we chatted, me being the awesome missionary i am, set up an appointment with her and got her contact info. Her being the awesome person she is, calls us up and invite us to dinner. We have a hoot of a time, we teach her and her husband (also from Alberta) about the restoration, we leave feeling jolly as can be. Try and set up another appointment and instead they say "hey, we are having a potluck at our house with all the friends from OUR church. want to come?" And we were like "do we want to come to a baptist potluck? Heck yes we do." (i was of course more professional and missionary like in my vocabulary) And i had sooo much fun. It was great! Everyone was super nice, they asked us questions about ourselves, we ate some good food. There was this guy visiting from Germany for a couple weeks and he asked me why i decided to go on a mission so i got to share my testimony with him and ended up teaching him most of the restoration. I bet none of ya have ever taught a resto lesson at a baptist potluck before.... (just kidding, kind of...) 

There was this guy who was pretty intense though. They were talking about potatoes so i asked him if he was a farmer, and he goes on for 20 min telling me how he found Jesus in his life. (jesus told him to plant the potatoes) and then he said that he shows his love for God through singing so i said i would love to here him sing some time. And in the middle of the room he just starts singing this Christian song and he gets so into it he starts crying! In the middle of the room! And then when we were leaving he quickly moves his truck in front of our car, blast some music and starts belting this other Christian song, and starts crying again and got so emotional that after he gave us a big group hug and is just like "God bless you girls, God bless" IT WAS AWESOME. i had a great time... 

Other than that, this week has been good. We have a girl on date for baptism! She is  a student at STU and she is actually from Newfoundland, i just cant get away from those Newfies. She is a sweetheart though! 

Did everyone watch the Worldwide broadcast that was on last night? It was amazing! He talked about having real intent in all we do. And it honestly is so important. On your mission, real desire and true intent is what makes the difference between a good missionary and a great missionary. 

As you come closer to Christ you recognize that God really does have the power to change your desire and the intent of your heart. You just need to simply allow him into your life to do so. You need to ask for his help and be completely vulnerable to Christ and his everlasting atonement. I am so happy to be sharing a message that changes the course of peoples lives. The gospel of Jesus Christ can completely change someones life from destruction to everlasting and eternal happiness. What an amazing opportunity!!!! 

I love you all, i miss you. Sounds like a lot of great and exciting things are going on and i am happy that everyone is doing well.

Love,

Sister Lambert

-30 and all alone on an otherwise crowded bridge