Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon: June 2005

Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon

(One drop at a time.) My journal entries about offering copies of the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and other LDS church books, mainly to immigrants in their native language, mainly in Indianapolis, Indiana. With 106 translations, the Book of Mormon (along with the Bible) is a good "Rosetta Stone" for learning English or other languages, in addition to being a missionary tool.

My goals in keeping this blog/journal are: to encourage others to offer people copies of the Book of Mormon and the Bible, to illustrate the incredible number of recent immigrants who are eager for bilingual material, to illustrate the ease of encountering them and offering them material, and to make known the wonderful deeds of the Lord (Ps 105:1, Isa 12:4) in arranging many of these encounters. I realize that the concept of offering foreign language books to strangers is just plain weird to many people, so here are some hints if you are intrigued by this and wish to try it. Respectful comments and constructive criticism are invited.

The goal of the book placement effort is to provide, in a friendly non-threatening way, gospel material to someone who is willing to receive it in their native language and English.

To the recipients of these books who read this: I thank you again for allowing me to be of service to you. I encourage you to read the material, and pray to God that He confirm the truth of it to you. The Bible and the Book of Mormon are both the Word of God. Living according to their teachings brings happiness.

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Moment #345, French/Hausa, Wed, June 22, 2005.

06/22/2005. French/Hausa at Post Office.

I picked up a package of Ebay purchases and took it to the outer lobby to open it. A lady who had been at the main counter next to me came out to the outer lobby and started addressing her packages at the table I was at. I could tell she was not fluent in English as she spoke with the postal clerk. I asked "Parlez vous francais?", and she said "oui." She spoke about 5 languages, including Hausa. I offered her free "church books" in French, English, and Hausa, and she eagerly agreed to accept them. I went out to the car and retrieved French/English copies of the Book of Mormon, and Hausa/English copies of Gospel Fundamentals. (I knew there were Hausa-speakers in town.) She excitedly accepted them.

Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Moment #345, French/Hausa, Wed, June 22, 2005.

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