Am_lite not showing links with getUserLinks()

I'm trying to add some php to a wordpress widget to show a user's active links. According to http://www.amember.com/docs/API/Lite this should be pretty simple:

PHP:

require_once '/home/crogue/public_html/member/library/Am/Lite.php';
$links = Am_Lite::getInstance()->getUserLinks();


Unfortunately, this didn't work. I looked at the code for the getUserLinks() function, and it's looking in the session for the links. I even went into the Lite.php code and added a test line:

PHP:

    public function getUserLinks()
    {
        $sess = $this->getSession();
print_r($sess); // I added this
        return $sess['amember']['amember_links'];
    }


to look at the session. (output is below) As it turns out, there is no [amember_links] stored in [amember], so that's why it wasn't finding them.
How to I make sure that amember stores the links in the session?
thanks!

Code:

Array
(
    [__ZF] => Array
        (
            [amember_admin_auth] => Array
                (
                    [ENT] => 1352575120
                )

            [amember_admin_csrf] => Array
                (
                    [ENT] => 1352574464
                )

            [amember_auth] => Array
                (
                    [ENT] => 1352578724
                )

        )

    [amember_admin_auth] => Array
        (
            [admin] => 
        )

    [amember] => Array
        (
            [admin_redirect] => /member/admin/
        )

    [amember_admin_csrf] => Array
        (
            [keys] => Array
                (
                    [0] => JLCSU30C
                    [1] => yaFlbGbY
                    [2] => a9I1n4jo
                )

        )

    [amember_auth] => Array
        (
            [user] => Array
                (
                    [am3:id] => 46
                    [need_session_refresh] => 
                    [signup_email_sent] => 1
                    [user_id] => 23
                    [login] => ajim
                    [pass] => $P$72tyuHGWTXZfrMGdHoQHPXb6Z/
                    [email] => ajim@
                    [name_f] => Epik
                    [name_l] => Johnson
                    [street] => 
                    [city] => 
                    [state] => 
                    [zip] => 
                    [country] => 
                    [phone] => 
                    [added] => 2010-11-16 19:08:31
                    [remote_addr] => 12.237.110.114
                    [status] => 1
                    [unsubscribed] => 0
                    [lang] => 
                    [i_agree] => 0
                    [is_approved] => 1
                    [is_locked] => 0
                    [reseller_id] => 
                    [comment] => 
                    [aff_id] => 
                    [is_affiliate] => 0
                    [aff_payout_type] => 
                    [street2] => 
                    [tax_id] => 
                )

        )

)

Having the same issue with a php page created to show the users resources as it does on the members index page. Nothing is returned for links or subscriptions.

PHP:

$userlinks = Am_Lite::getInstance()->getUserLinks();
$usersubs = Am_Lite::getInstance()->haveSubscriptions("ANY");

rmara you need the following in your php page before using above calls

PHP:

require_once '/home/myusername/public_html/amember/library/Am/Lite.php';