March 14, 2016

I had a great week this week!! We had another zone meeting and it was the best one yet!! We were planning on doing it this week, but the assistants told us that it had to be last week so we were obedient and prepared it all in one day! We were up until 12 last Monday haha but we were able to get it all ready. Tuesday morning we are there and the sister training leaders gave their little part, and they ended up using like half of the stuff that my comp and I were going to talk about!! So we had to wing a little bit of it but its okay because in the Gospel when you have to "wing it" you just need to trust in the Holy Ghost :) so thats what we did and WOW it turned out to be even better than what we were planning and it was exactly what the zone needed! The participation of each Elder was awesome and it was such a spiritual boost! We talked about the attributes of Jesus Christ, things we can control things we cant control, being diligent, about the zone and our indicators from January and February, and we talked about the conversion of the Anti-Lehi-Nephites. We finished with everyone writing down something that was stopping them from being a better person or a better missionary and we "buried" it in a jar of dirt. It was super cool, very symbolic as to "burying our weapons" and becoming better missionaries. 

As for the rest of the week, we had Elder Lynn G. Robbins from the presidency of the 70 come talk to our mission and it was soo cool!! But we lost a day of work because it was in the afternoon, so we worked even harder the other days of the week to make up for the day that we lost and we ended up having one of our best weeks! We found a new family of five that came to church this week because the guys sister is a member from another ward, she came to church with them and then we took out a lesson for later in the day, we get to the base of a hill side and we call him like he told us to.... HE LITERALLY LIVES IN THE LAST HOUSE ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN!! But its all good because they all want to be baptized. Haha I love the mission so much! This is the True Gospel of our Savoir Jesus Christ!

My comp Elder Carter is a stud, the zone is going super well, we are working towards our goals and achieving them! Everything is going awesome and we have the eyesight only on the the glory of the Lord! I Love you so much, have a great week! Be grateful for all of your many blessings! :)
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Love,
Elder Lambson :)

February 15, 2016

I didn't even really realize that it was Valentines day yesterday. Its really sad, but almost every holiday or any event is just an excuse to drink here. There are so many great, amazing, sincere people here. But there are also many who don't appreciate the greatness of the lives that God has given us. Its something that makes my calling harder, but at the same time even more necessary.

My new companion Elder Carter is awesome. We are very similar, we started out working really hard this week and we have seen quite a few miracles, and we have met some great investigators with potential to progress. We taught our first zone meeting together on Thursday, just two days days after we were put together. We had to trust a lot in the spirit to guide our words and help them motivate the elders in our zone. The whole focus was on Jesus Christ. We broke it up in to parts, the first part was a training on how we can teach more like Jesus Christ, and the importance it is to testify of him in every single lesson. Then in the second part we focused on the Atonement, and how it can really carry us in our missions. We based it on a talk by David A. Bednar that Sister Jackman sent me almost a year ago that talks about the redeeming power of the Atonement, and also the enabling power of the Atonement. It really did turn out perfect and we felt the spirit very strongly.

Thanks for all of the great news! I love you guys so much and I am always so happy to see all of the great experiences, and all of the success that you are achieving. As we put Jesus Christ at the center of our lives we'll see how every thing else finds its perfect place, and others that we don't need will eventually fall out of our lives completely. Trust in him, and have even MORE faith!


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Love,
Elder Lambson :)

January 19, 2016

We had a great week. I taught my first zone meeting this week with my companion, it was really cool!! We talked about going back to the basics. We did a cool example with my rugby ball we all went to the field out side and passed the ball around. I taught everyone how to throw it the right way. Then we applied the example by asking them how they felt learning something new, if it was hard, and then how important it is to have the basics down because imagine having opposition, you have to make a good pass to the outside when there are people coming to hit you. The basics here are all in Preach my Gospel, and we need to remember how great of an importance is the Book of Mormon. I know its true!! Its the keystone and it is the way for God to testify to his children through the Holy Ghost that this is the True Restored Gospel on the earth today. I love it!! 

I love you guys so much!! Have an amazing week and put goals to keep reading the Book of Mormon!
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Love,

Elder Lambson :)

Portion of a letter Elder Lambson sent to some family friends.
Things are going amazing, I love every second. I am learning a ton with my new companion and we are working very diligently. I have never managed my time better before. All things are possible if we put priorities and determination to do whats right. Diligence is key, organization, cleanliness, and punctuality.

The picture is for the kids haha. This is my agenda for this transfer, I always like to decorate my agendas, but this one is extra special.

Talk to you next week! We are headed to the temple :)


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Love,
Elder Lambson :)