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
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