We met an Iranian family this past week, and we are hoping to be able to start teaching them! He told us that they were Muslim, so we aren't completely sure that we are allowed to teach him without permission from our mission president. In my last area, the other elders in my ward were able to teach the Muslim people but weren't able to baptize them without permission first, so we'll see how it all goes!
I was able to go on exchanges with Elder Dedrickson, who is in the Roseville 1st ward, this week. We had a bunch of really cool experiences. It all started off with us riding our bikes and a lady drove up asking us if we were Jehovah's Witnesses. We told her that we were Mormon missionaries, and she said that would work. She told us about her 30-something year old nephew that she just dropped off at the park because he has gotten really deep into drugs and she isn't sure what to do. We went and talked to him for a bit, and he didn't seem very open or interested, but as we talked to him some more he opened up and at least took our number.
The next experience, which was probably the coolest experience of the day, happened at a place that we were at for lunch. We weren't sure what to get, and we were taking a bit of time to choose, so we let the older couple behind us order before us. They gave us a couple of suggestions of what to order, and we were able to chat for just a second. We thought they were really nice people, so we asked if we could sit next to them to eat. We were able to talk to them about our purpose as missionaries as well as what we believe in. The husband didn't seem very open, but the wife was pretty interested. We were able to leave a Book of Mormon with her, and she told us to look her up if we were ever in Lincoln! One of the coolest parts is that we almost didn't ask if we could sit by them, because we were kind of nervous. We got over our fear though, and because of it we were able to have an awesome teaching opportunity as well as leaving someone with a Book of Mormon!
I love you all, and I hope you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Ethan Nielsen
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