Hello everyone :) What a crazy week!
So this week was insane.... We only had a day and a half in our area :( Monday we were at Presidents for most of the day for thanksgiving as well as to talk about the upcoming Zone Training! It was us and the assistants and it was lots of fun! It is remarkable how much you can feel at home away from home!
Tuesday we presented the training we were going to be giving to the mission leadership in MLC and got some feedback, then that evening all of our investigators decided to disappear, either away with family (because of thanksgiving) or studying for midterms :(
Wednesday me and Sister Fenn gave the training to the Nova Scotia and the assistants gave it in New Brunswick.
What we trained on was working with the YSA and fully utilizing the campuses in our area. We created a format that every missionary can use to get to know the campus in there area. We also gave everyone a list of YSA in there area and told them how they can contact the people on the list through there Ward or Branch council with the intent to invite them to institute.
We had a cool experience while giving the training. To get the point across of why we need to use the members to contact the people on the list rather than contacting them ourselves we asked the question "how many of you could say that you would contribute the growth of your testimony to the missionaries you had back home?" Only 2 missionaries put up there hand. "how many of you would contribute the growth of your testimony to friends, family, and church leaders?" There were about 50 missionaries in the training and every single one put up their hand. The spirit filled the room as we each reflected on those who have strengthened our testimonies in our youth. It helped each of us remember why we need the members help. When it comes to the finding and rescuing efforts, missionaries should be the last resort! Even though it is our job to help strengthen testimonies, realistically we are the least effective. Having the assistance of the members is essential because they will be the ones who make a consistent and lasting change in a persons life. And this is something that i learned to be absolutely true as i saw the "fruits of the labors" of many church leaders and friends as i watch the missionaries, with now strong testimonies in Christ and Heavenly Father, devoting there time and effort in doing His work. None of us would be where we are now without the help and support of those loved ones. And so now we just need the same thing to happen with the "lost sheep" here! 
We left straight from that zone training to the airport, and headed to St.Johns NFLD. From there we had a 6 hour drive to grandfalls, gave the training there, and then had a 5 hour drive to Bay Roberts where we stayed with the STLs for a day and then headed home.
We got home Saturday morning...without a single thing accomplished in our area!! (because we were gone all week) but that didn't sit right with me, so we tried to set up appointments but they all fell through... so we went out and talked to 140 people, it was lots of fun and made me feel a little bit better haha
So over all a crazy week but so fun and so fulfilling! I feel so blessed to be doing the Lords work. I feel so blessed for the calling i am given because it gives me an opportunity to see all the missionaries and really get to know each of them. The fall season is here (we had to scrape the frost off our windows this morning...) but the trees are beautiful!!!! This is by far my favorite time of the year. Newfoundland was stunning and i will add a few pictures, plus i sent some to Mom so maybe if you are all lucky she will share them with you ;)
Have a great week :)
Ton ami
Sister Lambert
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