Hello Family & Friends,

It was a holiday yesterday so that is why I am emailing today:) We went to take a tour of the Colts stadium today with all the elders in our zone. They were quite excited and Sister Lambson and I had a good time freaking out over the little things:) It was a good time and a good bonding experience. I forgot my camera cord so I will send pictures next week, we got a little out of hand at the stadium. Sister Lambson and I have so much fun together and we are always laughing pretty much 99.9% of the day, I love it so much. We are staying safe from the tornadoes and it got a bit out of hand a couple of days ago and we had to be inside but all is well. We also survived the Indy 500, yeah that was pure madness on Saturday and Sunday. We were just told to stay away from the track but there were people EVERYWHERE!!!! And I can't believe how people parked on sunday, the day of the race. I forgot to take pictures but yeah anywhere and everywhere they were crammed on lawns, I mean it was serious business. We stayed safe though:)

Sister Lambson and I have had some truly great experiences that's for sure. We have been doing very well at staying motivated in our finding efforts and our teaching pool is picking up. I have just been praying A LOT for us to be able to find those that are ready. Sister Lambson is doing so well and is always trying to improve. I am so thankful for her and I am able to trust her and we can effective talks to improve our companionship as sisters. I love her so very much and I know that she is here for me:) We are reaching most of our goals and I love it and I know it is because we are improving on our planning. It's not perfect but it's getting there.

We had an amazing baptism on Saturday, Luke Rhoades, and has the most amazing spirit. He has been an answer to my prayers as we have taught him. It was a little hectic at first because we thought the Indy 2nd elders were getting his jumpsuit but apparently there was a miscommunication there, but we were able to get that figured out and then the font lost about 4 inches of water when we went to have the baptismal ordinance and he is a very tall guy so that worried me. I was a little stressed at the beginning but the spirit was there and I was so proud of him and was able to just focus on him and this wonderful decision he has made. We had to baptize him four times because his knee kept coming up but all was well. I was so grateful that he had asked me to speak about the Holy Ghost and it was such a tender moment for me and I love him so very much. He was confirmed on Sunday and it was such a sweet experience. The branch members have been so willing and helpful and he is going to well in the YSA branch. We were able to have an investigator there at the baptism, Michelle, who we tracted into and she has come to church and was more than willing to come to the baptism. She is doing well, but there is definitely a language barrier because she is from China but she knows english, she just has a hard time understanding the meaning of some of the words. We had a lesson with her afterwards and we are definitely going to have to go slow with her but her enthusiam is so inspiring. We also have been meeting with a guy that we met on campus who is a very devout catholic but I know he is feeling something and it has his interest, I just know it. He keeps meeting with us but is still trying to understand why the restoration was necessary and so we are trying to help him understand that, but I have felt the spirit so strong in our lessons. We also met with a student, Keon, one last time, but he came to church on Sunday and we were so excited!!!!! We gave him a book of mormon reading schedule to take with him to Florida this summer and we are going to stay in contact with him here and there this summer.

As we have been out finding on campus and on the canal, we have met some of the coolest people and also some not so nice people:) We started talking to these three men and they were very kind at first but then they flipped out on us because of what the church did in California with Prop 8 and they just thought that our church was promoting hate. It was hard to hear that we were a hateful church and we did our best to explain that it was not about that but that marriage is sacred and of God and is between a man and a woman, but they wouldn't really listen. They started going off some more and I felt the best thing to do was to let them know that we weren't there to argue and we just wanted to share what we hold dear, and then we walked away. I didn't know what else we could do. I know Heavenly Father is aware of us and he put some awesome people in our path shortly after that. We talked to a guy that has heard a lot of the music from the Tabernacle Choir and so we decided to sing him a song. I love that the spirit was there for that time with them and I know they were able to feel of that as well.

Sister Lambson and I had the great opportunity to speak in church on Sunday and our topic was adversity and hope. I was so grateful for that chance to study for that this past week. I used one of my very favorite stories from the bible of Peter walking on the water but getting scared and sinking but the Savior extends his arm and catches him, just like He will always do for us. I love that story so very much and it felt good to bear testimony of that and the hope that that story has brought to my life.

We learned an amazing way to teach about the Book of Mormon using the pictures in the front and we have used it a few times this week and it's been incredible. We tried it out on a bum the other day, it went quite well I must say:) We have been using our companion study to be more effective teachers and we have been doing well at role playing every day. We are working more and more with the branch members and they have been so great and have been inviting friends to our dinner appointments. We also received three referrals yesterday from the branch members, of course we wouldn't let them leave the table until they gave us one, but nonetheless we received them:)))

Love,
Sister Lamb