Sharly in Arkansas : November 30, 2015

Hey y'all!
Update from Tennessee:
-Wednesday we met a girl our age who is converting to Judaism and her best friend is Mormon. We talked with her a good minute and were able to answer a lot of her questions about the church, and she told us a lot about her beliefs too. One thing I really liked is the concept that when we make a mistake or fail to fulfill a commandment, we miss an opportunity to be our best selves.
-We had a great Thanksgiving. We visited members and shared the Christmas video and gave them pass along cards to share with their friends. It was a great way to spend the holiday and help members with their missionary work. We felt the spirit a lot!
-Saturday we had a great miracle! Sister Jensen, another ASL missionary, met a deaf couple at a restaurant just before she left. We hadn't been able to set up something with them, so we finally just went to their house. We thought we would just say hello for a minute, but I felt I should bring an ASL Book of Mormon anyways. They let us in and we had 2 hour lesson! Two hour lessons are normal for deaf people, but still. We chatted a bit, then they started asking questions about why God lets bad things happen. We answered with a scripture Sister Havran read that morning. They had more questions and we taught the whole restoration lesson. They have great questions, like, "How could the people trust Moses?" Good question! So we talked about prayer and the spirit and how the prophets always teach good things. They have so many questions of the soul and a desire to learn God's word. They are excited to read/watch to Book of Mormon. They also want to share the word and have tons of referrals for us. Serious miracles! They will be such a blessing for the deaf community here. It felt so good to teach them, we teach much better in ASL than English, and the gospel just makes more sense to me in ASL. I know we are definitely supposed to be here teaching the deaf.
Love you, have a good week!
Sister Nielsen