Our week her in Halifax was great!
We had 2 exchanges this week, one with a new STL who is just soo awesome! We had so much fun with her :) And then the other exchange was with the sisters we are over in Dartmouth. They don't have a car so we did a lot of walking and busing... It was so much fun! I felt like an old school missionary. good times. I did "bus contacting" for the first time and it was so much fun. I absolutely loved it! You basically just start conversations with the people around you and then casually turn it into a gospel conversation. I made it into a personal game to see how creative i could get at starting conversations. Then once you get the conversation started it is easy to turn it into a gospel conversation. We has some good contacts from it :)
So this weekend was the Nova Scotia stake conference. On Saturday Sister Fenn and I attended the Priesthood leadership session... let me repeat that... On Saturday me and Sister Fenn attended the Priesthood leadership session.... yes it was weird, and yes we got weird looks from the men thinking we were those crazy people who think that women should be ordained with the Priesthood. I assure you that we were invited. President Pratt asked us to come! They broke into groups and we went into the session with the Branch Presidents, Bishops, and Ward Mission Leaders (and a few others) and they were discussing the talk given by President Nelson on Women in the church and how they need to be stepping up in leadership roles. President had us come with the intent giving an example of the benefit of having women leaders when it comes to making decisions and deciding trainings and focuses. It was a really good meeting. They talked on how they can involve the women in the wards and branches (mainly though branch/ward council) and how they can encourage women to take lead in local communities and in missionary work.
There were two comments that i remember the most. One was from our ward mission leader in the YSA ward "we are sitting here as a large group of men, trying to think about how we can involve the women more... what is wrong with this picture?" And the second was from our institute director Brother Cartier, he said "The first thing we need to change is this attitude that we are "giving" women leadership opportunities, President Nelson clearly teaches us that women will be taking there rightful and needful place"
Needless to say, it was a good meeting and i feel really blessed to have been invited to it. At the very end, President Pratt had me and Sister Fenn do a 10 min role play of the restoration for the purpose of showing the brethren the power that comes from a sisters testimony and to break down the idea that males are better teachers... WE WERE SO NERVOUS. Like thank-you President for putting the views of all the sisters teaching skills on our shoulders. gahhh... but it went good. I said a million prayers and then the spirit guided us through.
This morning i was reading in Preach My Gospel under "Our Life On Earth" and something that really hit me this is how we are given 3 main purposes in this life. 1. have joy 2. prepare to meet God 3. gain a physical body. And so i was thinking a lot about how we need to plan our lives around these 3 things to make sure we are achieving all that God desires of us in this life. We need to make sure that the things we are doing bring everlasting joy. We need to make sure we are making and keeping covenants that prepare us to return to our Heavenly Father, and we need to make sure we are taking care of the bodies that God has given us. I decided that every year i am going to make 3 specific goals and plans that will help me to achieve these goals. And these goals will be things that will help me to work towards the 3 main purposes. And so that is my soap box for the week. I hope everyone can take a look at the things they are doing in there daily life and really ponder on if those things are helping them to achieve those 3 main purposes. :)
HALLOWEEN IS THIS WEEKEND :) woohoo!! I hope everyone has a great weekend!!! The missionaries will all be trapped in our apartments at 5pm for the evening... woohoo... but what im excited for is all the on-sale candy we will find on monday! Not that i need any.... On monday i am expecting pictures from everyone of their awesome halloween costumes :)
have a great week :) Love Ya!
Sister Lambert
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