May 18..... Interesting people in Fredricton

Hello everyone? Think you could forget about me? I don't think so... 

So first i would like to say. I am living in the best part of Canada. I've decided. Not in a "wow im going to move back here right after my mission" but in a "man, i love it here" kind of way. Does that make sense? 

So to start off. I have found such a great love for family history! We are now required by our mission president to do an hour of family history every week and i am seriously loving it! What a fun and exciting way to spend out time! Becoming connected with those who have passed on really brings a special spirit into your life and helps you recognize the true eternal perspective behind missionary work! 

So one of the reasons i started by talking about how great it is here is because we get the opportunity to go on the "walking bridge" fairly often and it is a bridge that tons of people go on and it has a great view of the city and the river. I will send some pictures! 

Another fun thing about the walking bridge is the interesting people we run into..... Just the other day we were talking to this guy who is hard core Pentecostal (the ones who speak in tongues and stuff) as well as a Druid. What is a druid you may ask? He is a guy who claims to have the power to heal through prayer as well as spells. He told us some pretty crazy stories, gave us some warnings about the blood moon that is coming (stay inside folks) and he claims to receive all this power from God but it is a bit questionable who the power is really coming from... anyways, long story short, he was actually pretty nice, committed to read the Book Of Mormon and when we left he gave Sister Pitcher a normal hand shake but then when i shook his hand he held on to my hand for a good 5 seconds while staring VERY deeply into my eyes, I KID YOU NOT when i say i seriously think he was attempting to cast an evil spirit into me or something. I was not feeling a very good vibe from him... But one of my favorite parts of serving a mission is the many interesting people we meet!! 

I wanted to share with you one of my favorite scriptures 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 

9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

I love this scripture for many reasons. 1. We need to constantly remind ourselves of the grace of God. 2. To remember that any challenge given to us is a blessing in disguise. It gives us an opportunity to become more dependent on our Heavenly Father, and find the trust that he will lift us up in times of need. 

3."for when i am weak, then i am strong" - it is only when we show unto God our weakness, showing our humility and readiness to learn and to serve, then we are made strong. It is the same as gaining physical strength, it takes, effort, discomfort, time, and a whole lot of motivation. But with these thing we can also expect results. If we do all that our Heavenly Father asks of us, we can expect blessings! 

How great it is to be lead by such a reliable guide. To follow our Father who loves us dearly and who will never disappoint us. 

I love you all, hope all is going well. I hope everyone is reading there Book Of Mormon and praying daily, doing the small things that bring big blessings! 

Love, 

Sister Lambert :) 

April 27.....Light is worth the fight!

Yes, i know that my emails have been super lame lately, for that i am sorry! i just haven't had any crazy "email worthy" stories lately. Not that my life is boring, things here are going amazing!! But typing out stories just does not do that story justice!

So this week it has been raining.... non stop. Sooo fun. But every once in a while it stops raining for an hour or two and when that happens me and Sister Pitcher run outside and do some street contacting so that we don't get stuck inside all the time. And i don't know what i am doing differently this week but for some reason, almost every one i have talked to is SO CRAZY. There was one guy who walked up to me and was like "you watch movies?" "uh... no, we are missionaries and..." "well crap. Well here. take this movie anyways." and he hands me a Planet Of the Apes movie. Its the legit movie, bought from a store. And he walked away after... so now i have a planet of the apes movie in our apartement... i don't know if thats apostate or not but i love the movie so im thinking of just keeping it in my suit case for when i go home...

We are teaching this girl who is a student at UNB and SO ELECT. She is loving the lessons and said to us this week "I can honestly say that since I have met with you guys, my life has been so much better. I have never been so happy in my entire life and i know that is not a coincidence" WOOHOO. But here is the porblem... she is moving to Ontario... next week. And hasn't been to church enough times to get baptized. So now we are prepping her to get baptized in Ontario!!!

I feel so blessed to have the key that brings happiness into the lives of so many people. And to have the technology to stay in contact with these people to continue to help them grow and become better.

I was studying this morning about our pre-earth life. As we come to know more about our existence and experiences before this life, the more we understand our purpose here.

I was reading in Section 93 of the Docterine and Covenants and its says:

24 And truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come;

So we learned about Gods plan before we came to the earth, and we continue to learn as we grow and gain experience on the earth. We continue to gain truth.

27 And no man receiveth a fulness unless he keepeth his commandments.

As we are obedient we can gain more and more truth, and it talks in this section about how truth = light.

Now keeping this in mind, i thought of a less-active we visited this week. She has not been active since she was a teenager (she is in her late 40's now) but she stayed very spiritual still. The rest of her family is active and so she has always had contact with the church. As we got to know her in our meeting she expressed to us her testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel. She told us of some concerns that were small and can easily be resolved and a concern that she has forgotten a lot about the teachings and has lost a lot of knowledge over the years. We asked if she would be willing to take the missionary lessons. She thought about it for a minute and then declined. Confused, i asked her why and she said "Because i know that what you will teach me will bring me closer to God, which is great. But i also know that I am doing some things in my life that God does not want me to do. I know that as i come closer to God those things will become more apparent. And i like my life right now. I just dont want to change."

John 3:19

19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

We have the truth of the gospel. We have that light. But what i learned this week is that many times people do not have a problem with what we teach. They have just grown too familiar with darkness that they are not willing to make the changes necessary to find that light. They are scared to become accountable, to take ownership of there sins and mistakes; not realizing how much this is hindering their progression.

The story told this last Conference by Elder Clayton talks of a little girl trying to find her way to the light and he said "She saw a light in the distance and fought her way to it" Sometimes obtaining light is a struggle, it takes effort. But we do not want to become like this less active, content sitting in darkness. We know better. Light is worth the fight!

What a blessing it is to share this light with others, to constantly be searching for those who are willing to make the changes needed to obtain that light, that glory, and that joy that our Heavenly Father offers us.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week! Mothers day is coming up and i am excited to see my family! I love you all, i hope all is well, thank you for your love and support :) 

April 13..... Spiritual Knowledge

That's right folks... it got up to like +14 yesterday... and today is lookin pretty dang nice. 

So to start off with some funnies... Sister Pitcher is seriously hilarious. Sometimes i laugh a little more at her than with her but i just cant help it... I have to share two funny quotes from her this week. 

first, we were saying bye to someone after a lesson and were giving hugs... when we leave Sister pitcher just looks at me with such sad eyes and says "I have such nerd problems... she squished my glasses against my face" ... I know it doesnt sound as funny over email but if you could see the legit sadness and concern in her face when she said it, you would laugh to. 

second. We were rushing into the apartment to grab something and im a fast walker to begin with so i was ahead of her, and all I hear is "I feel like a wiener dog chasing a greyhound" and we had to stop and laugh for a few moments. 

I know these probably are not funny to other people. But im still laughing about it as a type...  

I love it here in Fredericton... with all my heart... we are getting transfer letters on sunday and i DONT WANT TO LEAVE. I have been here for 3 transfers now so it is that awkward medium where i could easily stay... but people are usually in an area for around 3 transfers so i could just as easily leave... 

Something that i love about serving in a mission with small wards is how close you get to the members. What  a blessing to be building up great friendships everywhere we go! 

I read a talk this week called "Why 1820?" by Hyrum Smith (not Josephs brother Hyrum, a different Hyrum) and it is the funniest, sassiest, but inspirational and factual talk i have read in a while, i encourage everyone to read it! It talks about why God needed to restore the church in America in the year 1820, instead of (for example) a boy in europe in 1420... 

It is an amazing gift to have the knowledge of the Gospel in our life. And it is amazing that we have been chosen spirits to come to the earth in the last dispensation.

 I have been studying a lot on the topic of "Knowledge" and what it really means to have knowledge of the gospel. Because it is not necessarily to know where every scripture is and the ability to quote every prophet that has lived. But it is to consistently learning, and coming closer to our Heavenly Father through action. Action is such a huge part of spiritual knowledge. Having that perfect balance of work (scripture study, prayer) and faith - knowing that you will receive answers and blessing from the work that you put in. As we work to balance these things, we will become more like our Savior, and we will build our capability to serve him. 

I hope everyone has a great week! It sounds like a pretty crazy week for a lot of my family and friends! I hope that everyone travels safely! 

Love you all lots, i am blessed to have so much love and support! 

Love, 

Sister Lambert :) 

March 30.... Sun made a guest appearance

Yes, yes it is true. The sun made an special guest appearance here in the east coast. GET THIS. I got to wear my fall jacket instead of my winter one for a few days!! And one day i just wore a light sweater!!! I know what you are thinking.. "well Sister Lambert, its been like that all winter here in Alberta... so thats not exciting" But believe me when i say that it was the most glorious blessing from God when i got to go outside and actually feel the warmth of the sun again... 

We went on exchanges this week so i got to go to St.John for a day. It is such a cute city! Kind of reminded me of St.Johns a little bit (yes there is a difference between St. John and St. John's) It is very cute and i got a couple pictures but of course i left my camera cord at the apartment so you will just have to imagine the beauty in your minds this week folks. I hope i get an opportunity to serve there at some point. With that said, its right by the water and so the wind is freeeezing. But in the summer im sure it would be nice! But im also planning on staying in Fredericton for forever... so thats more likely. 

How great was womens session of General Conference??? So amazing! My favorite line in the whole session was when one the speakers (who's name escapes me right now) said "The home is only second to the temple". What a great way to put into perspective the importance and sacredness of the home. A home needs to be an escape from the world, where anyone, member or non-member can feel the presence of the Holy Ghost and feel of our Heavenly Fathers love and comfort. It made me really ponder on the things i am going to do to make my home a Christ- centered home. I sanctuary from the world! 

General Conference is more exciting than Christmas as a missionary. What a great opportunity to hear the Lords Prophet and apostles speak to us and give us council. I hope everyone will get an opportunity to listen and apply the council given!! 

April is almost here..... its crazy... time is going waaay to fast. Im sorry this email is short, but i love and miss all of you!!! Hope everyone is doing well!!! Have a happy easter!! Make sure to watch and share the video the church put out for easter called Because He Lives! Its awesme :) 

Love, 

Sister Lambert

6 month mark, 1 year left!

Yes yes yes, all the rumors are true, i HAVE been on my mission for 6 MONTHS now. Sometimes I'm excited that i have made it this far and learned so much already. And sometimes I just want to cry thinking that i have only learned so much already and i have SO MUCH MORE to learn!! And thinking that 1/3 of my mission is gone is just the saddest thing in the world...

So yesterday morning me and Sister Pitcher decided to be good girls and complete our personal study before running to the church to check transfer letters. During our study we get a text from the Elders saying "woah....." and then a text from the STL's saying "Well that's a twist...." So of course we are freaking out the whole time and not even focusing. We get to the church and turns out they were just messing with us.... Me and Sister Pitcher are both staying in Fredericton. WOOHOO!!! What they were talking about in the text is all the changes they are making to the leadership. Since we have sooo many new missionaries. And all the leaders are going home, they are putting all the current leaders (zone leaders, district leaders) with new or less experienced missionaries to help train all the new missionaries. So now we only have 1 zone leader instead of 2. But then we also have 3 STLs instead of 2... its all confusing. Im not in leadership (thank goodness) so i don't really have to worry about it right now. 

I have been having some awesome personal studies this week. I have been focusing a ton on building confidence, and self-esteem. I talked about it a bit in my last email but its really interesting when you really look at it. Low confidence in yourself is the root of so many issues and is often what leads to disobedience. So how do you combat it? I was studying and studying and then realized "wow... im so dumb. (obviously a great example of self confidence) I have been studying this for 3 days.... but the church has men called of God who have probably already thought about this. Where would their findings be? In a place that is easy access to the main focus group for this issue. The Young Women." So what do the young women recite every sunday? The key characteristics needed to have love for our Heavenly Father, those around us, and ultimately ourselves. Faith, divine nature, individual worth, knowledge, choice and accountability, good works, integrity and virtue. As i have been studying these characteristics i have thought about the countless times i recited this theme without have a real understanding of what i was saying. And they all interconnect with each other. You need to have faith in God and His teachings to understand what your divine nature is, and once you understand that you will gain more individual worth... and so on. 

This is where it comes down to faith. Just the other day, Sister Pitcher asked me where i found my faith, how i got it. And the only thing that i could think of is "well, it just makes sense." and i stand by that! Why not choose faith? What else is there to choose? Doubt? fear? loneliness? no thankyou... I would rather put all my trust, love, and time into a God who loves me, who has a plan for me, who cares for my well-being, and who is consistent and will never let me down, then in a world that is shaky and forever changing. 

So this is my plea to all that I meet, including anyone who reads my emails. Choose faith! It is the only option that makes sense!! 

Thanks for letting me rant to all of you! I hope at least some of you chose to accept my Book of Mormon challenge! I love and miss all you! 

hope ya'll are enjoying the nice weather i keep hearing about. This week was actually so beautiful!! We had awesome weather!!!! 

Love, 

Sister Lambert :) 

In honor of my 6 months, im gonna flash it back to the mtc, where i was still with sister Pitcher haha and i was actually tanned and warm...and cute and not pale and tired of snow...and being cold. 

Ello me duckies, March 2

Ello' me duckies.

Sounds like everyone is doing well at home, with baby blessings and weddings and all that fun stuff that makes me freak out for when i have to go home... But i am glad everyone is doing well! 

So just a funny little example of how much snow we have here... Me and Sister Pitcher are teaching this girl, and we were talking about having our next lesson at the church and she says "Oh yeah its the church with the park behind it right?" And we are like "uhh no there isnt a park..." and we get into this 5 minute debate about this park that she thinks is behind our church. And she is saying that she has been there before for blood drives and stuff so she knows there is one. 

We go to the church today and are looking around for this park, and then i look at this 20ft snow bank that has been there all winter and just think ".....no way" i climb it and lo' and behold there has been a park literally 15 ft from our church THIS WHOLE TIME but its buried under 8 ft snow and then hidden by a 20 ft snow bank! Ive been here since december and Sister Pitcher January so we dont know what this place even looks like without snow! It was pretty funny though... 

We have had a great week! The work here in Fredericton is increasing like crazy! we got 4 new investigators this week that are building up our teaching pool, and the Elders are finding even more success! We are all really excited for the work here! We have transfer letters on sunday and i really really really dont want to leave so we will see what happens. 

Something i have recognized is a common theme with a lot of people we teach and is the root of a lot of problems within the church as well. This problem is self-worth and struggles with low self esteem. So i have been focusing on it a lot in my personal study this last week and wanted to share at least a little bit of what ive learned with you! 

When i think about the worth of souls the first scripture that pops into my mind is D&C 18:10 "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God" And i would always read this and just skim past because i am always told that God loves me. But this time i looked up the definition of 'great' in the dictionary. Great means remarkable and outstanding. So each soul is remarkable. But how often to we think of ourselves as remarkable? Not as often as we should!! To deny ourselves that title is to deny what God is telling us. To think less of ourselves could in a way be considered a form of disobedience. We are denying what we have been told, and we are then denying ourselves our true potential. 

We are each remarkable and outstanding. God teaches it to us. Christ had a full understanding of the worth of our souls. It is because of His understanding that He so willingly died for us and created the atonement. Because He fully understood what our potential was and knew that we need a little help. 

When my mind wandered to the Atonement i then got to thinking more about Christ. When He was a child, he had the veil put before him just like the rest of us. Christ had to find His potential. He had to learn who He was and what He was capable of. We in turn must follow Christ's example and find our for ourselves what it is that our potential is. What makes us remarkable. 

As you are obedient to God's commandments, and follow His council (including remembering the worth of your soul) you will be able to build a closer relationship with Him as you work towards the potential and the blessings that are yours to receive. 

I love you all, i promise im not buried under snow. Their

snow removal systems here are top shelf. The only scary thing is that almost every stop sign here is buried under the snow haha luckily nothing bad has happened yet! 

Love,

Sister Lambert :)  

February 22, Snow, Snow and more Snow

Sounds like im mad about the snow doesn't it? Well its a trick! The snow is awesome! Yes... there is a lot of it... but when it snows... its not as cold... and i get to randomly push Sister Pitcher into snow banks all the time... and we have surprise snow ball fights pretty much daily. Its pretty great. 

We had a great week this week! We found some new people to teach and had blessings poured upon us all week! It was so cool! Its always great to have those reminders that God is mindful of us and always willing to give us the help we need, when we need it. 

I finished reading the Book Of Mormon this week! And I am now going through and reading it again! It is amazing how you can read and re-read a chapter and still get something new from it every time! Kind of like the temple... always learning! 

I thought about reading the bible, or the Doctrine & Covenants, but i heard this quote saying "It is better to have a deep understanding of simple doctrine than a simple understanding of deep doctrine" Not that the Bible and D&C is deep doctrine, and of course it is God's word and extremely important. But the Book Of Mormon is the keystone of our religion, it is the physical evidence that what we teach is true, and so i am working to have a greater knowledge of what truly holds our gospel together before moving on to other things. 

And yes, this is turning into a challenge. I have a little over a year left on my mission. This is TONS if time. I CHALLENGE EVERYONE TO READ THE BOOK OF MORMON ONCE THROUGH BEFORE I GET HOME. (i put it in capitals for everyone who just skims through my emails, dont lie, i know you all do it) 

I promise you, that as you do this, you will find to be true what is in the introduction of the Book Of Mormon "Those who pursue this course and ask in faith will gain a testimony of its truth and divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost. ". Let me know if you are planning on doing it so i can follow-up with you! 

I am sorry this email is a bit short, i promise i will do better next week! But i love you all, i thank you all so much for everything you do! 

Sister Lambert

Well Happy Valentines Day!!! We celebrated our valentines day with a BAPTISM!!! It was awesome! He and his wife have been getting taught by both us and the Elders for a long time (i think Elder Raymant was teaching them first?) And Nealson finally did it!!! !. It is amazing how God prepares people and puts them in the right path to discover the truth! 

Yesterday was a fun day... people were saying it was about 40-50cm of snow? I dont know how true that is but the snow banks are all taller than me now so i would say that is about right... We went to the church in the morning and only 7 people showed up to church which is better than cancelling!! And then we stayed at the church and just had all our lessons over skype instead. When we left at about 5 we got stuck in the parking lot but made it out after about 15 minutes so all was well. Luckily it was crazy windy and the snow was really light so it just blew right off the car haha We went to visit a former investigator that just lives across the street from the church and decided that it is obviously best to just walk. The snow in the front of the church had not been walked through most of the winter (we all go through the back) and so we trecked through waist deep snow to get to his house haha he wasnt even home..... 

This morning we had to dig our way into the church, the snow against the door was as tall as me!! But we made it inside!! Getting out is going to be just as fun haha but we really have been loving the snow. Sister Pitcher is only 5'3" so watching her waddle through the snow is absolutely hilarious. 

This week has been a great week for me, i feel as though my testimony has grown so much in this last while. I do not have a big spiritual story, nor an insane experience about why my testimony has grown so much. But God has blessed me with tender mercies every day to keep me going and gives me answers to my prayers every single day to keep me constantly aware of his existence. 

I was re-reading the Fourth Missionary talk and something that really stuck out to me was how it said that to live as the fourth missionary is the "only intelligent way" of living. ITS SO TRUE. God has promised us soooo many blessing, all we need to do is be obedient and have faith. So whenever i am feeling down because we have a small teaching pool i remember that God has promised us people to teach, and God never lies so obviously i am doing something wrong on my end, i find it, i fix it, and BAM we meet someone who is ready and eager to be taught about the gospel... ITS AMAZING. I seriously get so excited about this gospel. I can not show my excitement through words and i have a hard time writing out my testimony... But i promise you with all my heart that this church is true. We are being led by a Prophet who is called by God, the Book Of Mormon is the most true book on earth, and if you read it with sincere desire and a open heart, you will find a testimony and it will bring you more joy than any other earthly thing. The most amazing thing i have ever had the honor to do on my mission is give this promise to people. To give them the hope that God is there, and he loves them. Sharing this truth has brought me so much happiness and has really changed my life. I cannot deny the feelings i have felt, nor the miracles i witness every single day. 

I am over joyed to be a member of Christs army in these Latter Days, i thank everyone for there love and support. I am sorry i dont have any super funny stories this week! I really do wish i had a video of Sister Pitcher running through the snow... but sadly not. 

Love, 

Sister Lambert 

Here are some pictures of the snow though, the one of me is at about 5pm yesterday, so the snow storm was not even over yet and thats how much snow we had haha and then the second one is sister Pitcher locking me out of the church... its okay though, we were still in sight and sound.

Feb. 9, Gettin ur done in Fredricton

This week was pretty great! Quote of the week goes to sister Pitcher, when we were street contacting downtown we were not having a lot of success and feeling a bit down, so then i started talking about how us feeling down is just straight up dumb. We are disciples of Jesus Christ, and we have power from Him to (according to our faith) do anything we want to do. Including bringing the spirit into peoples lives. And Sister Pitcher thought about it for a bit and then said "we can do anything? okay, next blind person we meet, i dare you to heal them"... Maybe its not as funny when i retell the story, but we had a good laugh about it. (have you seen the progression of my humor dulling? i have...) 

So as of tomorrow, i will have been out for 5 months.... SO CRAZY. i dont know if that sounds like a long time to anyone else, but it has just flown by. Sadly... i still feel pretty new. I was hoping to be awesome and waaay experienced and know everything by now. But sadly that is not how it works, and thats okay... because although i have not learned everything yet.... i have learned more in the last 5 months than i have in the last 5 years. Missions truly are amazing. How many opportunities do you have to drop everything worldly, and focus just on serving others. It is so rewarding. We were talking to a lady last night who is "unconvertable" (we will see about that...) and she said that something that is so impressive about our church is the young people, never has she seen such a large amount of young people so willing to serve God. And who are so happy and friendly while doing it. And the reason that we are so different in that way is simple. What we come to teach is true. It is the only possibility. There is no way that a church without the spirit could convince so many 18-19 year olds to abandon everything for 2 years, pay for themselves, and then give them no supervision, a car, an apartment, a pre-paid credit card, a new area where they dont know a soul, and expect them to follow the rules, work hard, and serve the Lord with all there heart, might, mind and strength. It is only through the Holy Ghost and through love and guidance from our Heavenly Father that we are able to achieve this. Our message is that important. It is true, i dont have a single doubt in my mind that what i have to share can change the lives of every single person in the world. I have had to much proof, too many experiences to ever deny this. 

God has promised us so many blessing, if we are to be obedient. D&C 82:10 "I the Lord am bound when ye do what i say, but when ye do not what i say, ye have no promise" Because God is a perfect being, when he promises us something, we can be 100% positive that that promise will be fulfilled. Having this knowledge has gotten me through some hard times. When our teaching pool is small i just remember that God has promised me people to teach, therefore i need to stop and think about what i am doing in my daily routine that is blocking me from receiving this blessing. And as i fix those small things, the blessings poor in. And so this is my challenge to everyone: Do a life inventory, think of the small things that you are doing that could be blocking you from the promises that God has given you. I promise that as you do this, you will find a closer relationship with our Heavenly Father.

Let me know how it goes! I will be following up!!! 

Fun story of the week: A nice family from Nigeria (who is baptist) decided that because we are so pretty and nice, that they needed to help us "find the truth so we can be saved" which is very nice of them... so sweet. 

Hey, i love you all :) thank you for reading to my crazy rants, hope you enjoy them!! Be safe and enjoy life!

Love, Sister Lambert 

February 2, New Start

Hello everyone :) This is going to be a shorter email, not a whole lot happens during transfer week because of travels and getting settled and all that fun stuff.

Its been cool being able to show Sister Pitcher around Fredericton. We had a super fun snow storm at the beginning of the week. We weren't allowed to drive our cars because the weather was crazy so me and Sister Hughes walked to the church instead. We went because we decided to skype all of our investigators since we couldn't make it to our appointments. The walk there wasnt to bad, but on our walk back..it was an adventure. It started snowing in the morning at about 8am, by 10am the snow was too our ankles. By 5pm the snow was  above our knees. it was pretty awesome. We had a good laugh walking home in that. We ended up just walking on the road because they had already cleared those. While we were at the church we asked one of the Elders to take a picture of us in the snow and he ended up locking us out of the church...that was less fun. BUT we got our picture...  The next morning it took us like 20 min to clear off our car. Then we had another smaller snow storm on friday which wasnt to bad, now its like -25 which isnt too fun but all is well, we can still drive in this weather at least. There are rumors of more storms coming so we will see what happens. 

I am really excited for this transfer! Sister Pitcher and I have both only been out for less than 5 months so it will be a awesome experience to be able to learn together on how to be as effective as possible. The Elders in our area have more investigators than us right now, and it is really starting to bring out my competitive side. Im working to make sure i keep my motivation centered on the Lord. But sometimes i just really want to beat those elders, its hard though because they are also the Zone Leaders so they need to be setting the example and be getting the most key indicators in the zone. But we can do this. (to bring others unto christ of course....i promise i am trying to keep my motivation in the right place) 

We have been working a lot with less-actives. Its pretty cool because we havent really sought out less-actives to work with, they just fall into our path. Of course we are always looking for people to teach but i really think at this time, these less-actives are people we need to be working with. Its really sad to see people who have a strong testimony in the truth of this gospel, but just simply forget about the blessings they can receive because they maybe took offence to something someone said, or they were swayed by a false truth. But it is amazing to see the change when they remember that relationship they once had with God, and to see the shock in there eyes when they finally realize all that they did to distance themselves without even realizing it. I am really excited to really help people find that truth once again! 

The great things about missions is being able to build my testimony of God's love every sinlge day. I have seen God answer my prayers this week and i know it is because He is always watching over me. And not just me but everyone. Faith is the key. It can be sooo scary to give everything to one person, hopes, dreams, desires, and just have faith that it will work out. But When you  give these things to God, He doesn't just make things "work out" He shapes them into a greatness that you could never have even imagined. That's what's great about God, He will always go above and beyond all you thought possible. 

I am so blessed to be serving here in New Brunswick. I am where i need to be. Thanks for all the support i am given. I feel so blessed to have been raised in such an amazing family, surrounded by friends who are so supportive in all that i do. 

I love you all :) Hope the weather at home isnt as crazy as it is here!!!!

Love, Sister Lambert :) 

January 26th Transfers

So yes, we did get transfer news this week. And thank the heavens i am staying in Zion. I am going to be in Fredericton for another transfer and my new companion is Sister Pitcher who was my MTC companion!!! I am beyond excited!!!! I love that woman. We got along great and worked really well together so i cant wait to be serving with her :) We are both pretty young missionaries so it will be a great opportunity for us to really step up and stop relying on our companions for everything. 

With missionaries dying.... there is a bunch going home this transfer so they are "dying". We have been making jokes for the last two weeks about Elder Tusa being on his death bed. This is Elder Torrie's 5th kill. He is basically the assassin of the mission. But next transfer there are a bunch of missionaries going home to, basically all of our leaders (zone leaders and STL's) are going home! So it will be interesting to see what happens! Almost every Elder i have come out with from the MTC is either training or a district leader this transfer! There were no sisters that came out this transfer, just elders. 

 Yesterday we had a Q&A with Elder Torrie. We asked questions about how to be a good leader, effectiveness, helping others improve, and working with hard companions. I recognized a lot i need to change in myself, not just in my actions. But changing my heart and my will to fit the Lords. But what i need to start with is changing my motivation. It is easy to get caught up in the goals and the key indicators, as well as working to impress President and the other missionaries, that you can easily forget your true purpose. I was sitting in a lesson the other day, and last minute, the member that was supposed to come ditched out. And my first reaction was "dangit, now we wont hit our goal for a member present" My first thought was about the goal we set, not about the girl we were teaching. In the moment i realized that this is not the way i should be thinking, and i needed to change. You will not do any good without the spirit, but the spirit is here to help us bring others unto christ, not to help us hit the standard. 

I think this same thought of motivation can be transferred to many different aspects of the gospel. Our we praying out of habit or for sincere desire to communicate with our Heavenly Father? Are we following the guidance given from our Prophets because we recognize the blessings it brings and out of desire to come closer to Christ, or because we dont want to be judged by those around us for not following them? It goes back to the CES devotional given a couple weeks ago. It all comes down to what is your motivation. What do you truly desire?

Just something to ponder... and if you recognize that your desire is not in the right place, just remember: everything leads back to the atonement. Through the atonement of Jesus Christ all things are possible. It is only through Him that the desires of our hearts can be changed. It all leads to that foundation, that testimony in Him. 

I love you all :) my address is the same so if you sent me mail, i will get it. If you havent sent me mail... thats okay. 

Have a wonderful week :) CONGRATS TO KENSEY AND ALEX ON THE BABY!!!!!!!!! i am so sad i wont meet Lydia, but all im missing is the boring stage where all you can do is look at her anyways, ill get back just in time for when she can really start playing and interacting with everyone :)

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Here I Come

So i will start with the exciting news of Transfers... drum role please....... IM GETTING TRANSFERRED to Fredericton New Brunswick. Am i freaking out? yes. Am i excited? Heck yes. Honestly soo many emotions. I am soooo sad i am leaving St.Johns. Newfoundland in the promised land. Strong families continue to be moved here, and it is so they can help the work to grow and build up the branch here. There is so much work to be done here and i wish i could have done more while i was here. Its a pretty crappy feeling to wish you would have done more, so thats something i will make sure i will never experience again. I am here to work hard and give my all. I will make sure that at the end of each day i will have the assurance that there is nothing more i could have done that day, and i will have nothing left. Because this feeling of wishing i helped and gave more is the worst. I dont know anything about my new companion. Her name is Sister Hughes, but nobody here has served with her. I will be serving in the same area as my zone leaders who are Elder Torie and and Elder Tusa. Elder Torie was the assistant when i came out and he is awesome, Elder Tusa i hear a lot about because apparently he is really funny, so i am excited. And i might be serving in one of the few wards in the mission!!! That will be cool! Elder Gibb is going to be the Zone leader here in NFLD!! crazy!! 

Thank you for all the packages and gifts i have received! i feel so loved!!! And it really does make my day! My favorite thing to get is letters and pictures!

The weather in Newfoundland will forever be the weirdest thing in the entire world. It is so warm lately, it had been raining a lot and it looks like they may even have a green christmas, no snow here. In one day you will experience snow, insane wind, sunny skies and then rain. But i will miss the warm times and the lack of snow, because all i hear about NB is snow, snow, and more snow. 

We had our Christmas Zone Conference this week, my trio and elder Gibb may or may not have performed a little song... it was pretty great! Santa came and gave us all gift cards for timmies, and we had a white elephant gift exchange and i got a massive stuffed giraffe that i am determined to take with me, it is going to be a huge struggle to try and stay under the weight limit when i fly out. 

Christmas is a great time of year because everyone really stops and remembers family and service. After the Zone Conference a bunch of missionaries who traveled from all over NFLD as well as the assistants went caroling with us in Downtown St.Johns, it was so fun! We sang Christmas carols, talked to a lot of people, and even had pictures and videos taken of us. People really loved it! It was a great opportunity to share the He Is The Gift initiative with many people and help others recognize the real meaning of Christmas! 

Something we have been focusing on a lot is faith. It is such a simple word with so much power behind it. It is truly only through faith that anything can become possible. If you lack in faith then you lack in power, in teaching, in the spirit, in everything really. And the best way to gain faith is through prayer. So thats something i have really been focusing on lately, my prayers. It is an amazing blessing to be able to have such a personal conversation and connection with my Heavenly Father, it would be crazy for me to not take advantage of that! 

At first, i was so nervous about transfers, this is my first area and i love it here with all my heart, but i am comfortable and i could see my progression slowing down. So i cant wait to have a change and to once again be pushed out of my comfort zone, because that is the best time to grow and become better. Its a little sad it is happening right before Christmas since i wont know people yet and i now have to figure out how to get my gifts from here to there. But all will be okay because this is Gods will. I am here to follow Gods will, not my own, and i am here to work to the point where my will and Gods will are aligned. Because it will be at that point that i will reach pure happiness and satisfaction in my abilities and talents given to me in this life. But i didnt recognize this at first, i needed to pray, and i needed to have faith that President Leavitt puts us where God needs us and wants us to be. 

A mission is not what i expected it to be, its harder, it creates hardships and at points, sorrow. But it has been the most rewarding time, i have never felt so much joy, and ive learned so much. And its only been 3 months!! I know that great things lie ahead for me and for this work. And i cant wait. 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas! I hope everyone has seen and shared the He Is The Gift video on christmas.mormon.org because its awesome and needs to be shared withe everyone! I love you and miss you all!!!! 

Love,

Sister Lambert