Halifax is bumpin' right now!! There is a buskers festival on the water front and so there are always tons of people downtown. They also have cruise ships coming in and so half of our street contacting consists of trying to tell the tourists from the locals. Not that tourists don't need there souls saved, but they can be saved by missionaries in there own darn country. Us and the other metro sisters are going to see all the buskers for our prep day today :)
Since i have been in Halifax, i have grown such a deep love for Chinese people. Oh my heavens they are so much fun. And once baptized, they become the best member missionaries! The Elders are teaching a kid from China named Chris, he is hilarious! And he just LOVES church. I was sitting beside him in sunday school and asked him what he thought of church so far and he was like "i like here. I feel like family. i keep come back" it was awesome :) YSA really are the best fellowshipers.
i find it interesting how so many members seem to get worse at being friendly as they get older, dont you think it would be the opposite?
We went on exchanges this week to Cole Harbour and Amherst. I spent the day with Sister Smith in Cole Habour, she is the sweetest sister! I am sad that she is going home this transfer. We got to go to North Preston to contact some referrals me and Sister Shannon had got our last day there. I finally got a picture by the sign, i was pretty stoked.
It was funny doing the Amherst exchange. I got to bring Sister Mangelson, who was my first trainer to Hali with me. It was fun spending the day together and seeing the progression we both have made.
We are getting more and more busy in Halifax! I love it!!! I just running around and never having a moment to stop. (and im not being sarcastic, i really do love it, it is exciting) we are going to be in NFLD wednesday and thursday so we are trying to mash everything into the other days. We are hopefully going to be having 3 baptisms is august and early september. :)
Now for the spiritual part...
Something i have always wondered is why scriptures are sometimes so harsh. i would always get a little frustrated when i finished teaching an investigator about how loving our Heavenly Father is and how much he wants us to find joy and then later we read a scripture that includes a nice little threat about fire & brimstone.
BUT i finally understand why. I was reading in 1 Nephi, and this is when Nephi was having yet another problem with Laman and Lemuel. and he talks about how there hearts were softened. 18:20 "And there was nothing save it were the power of God, which threatened them with destruction, could soften their hearts"
The only way to soften there hearts was with some threats and a good ol' rebuking! I was thinking how crazy that was that people needed to be given threats to finally make there hearts open enough to receive blessings. But then i realized how often that happens in my own life. How many times did i not realize how much i had hardened my heart to the promptings of the spirit until it had been completely removed from me for a space of time. Or how often have i waited to thank God for blessings that i had received in the past until God has withheld them from me. Now i have never been directly threatened with fire and brimstone, but i sure have received a kick in the butt here and there to remind me that this isn't my show, and that i need to soften my heart and become more reliant on our Heavenly Father for guidance. A goal that i have made for myself is to have frequent self evaluations. Considering the blessings i have been given, the actions i have made, and the things that i have done. Hopefully as i do this i will be able to stop myself from hardening my heart. Always being aware of my spiritual welfare. I feel i should not have to wait until God withdraws the spirit or blessings from me to realize how much i need Him.
So hopefully others can learn from this as well, do a inventory! Where is your spiritual dependency on God and our Savior?
Thanks for the love shown to me, i truly appreciate it :)
Love,
Sister Lambert
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