Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon: Chinese at restaurant. Thu, Jul 19, 2007.

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.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Chinese at restaurant. Thu, Jul 19, 2007.

07/19/2007. 850. The Elders' Quorum president works at an office close to where I live. We've been intending to have lunch some time, and finally meshed schedules today. We went to one of his regular spots, a Chinese restaurant, where they know him. I set some material (the two editions of the Chinese Book of Mormon, a bilingual Chinese/English New Testament, a Chinese Liahona magazine, an English Book of Mormon, and a "Finding Happiness" DVD, on the table while we ate.

As the staff came by to clear plates, a couple of them noticed the material, but didn't say anything. We got there during the lunch rush, so they were busy. But we ended up leaving shortly after the rush subsided.

On our way out, as the EQ president paid, he offered them some material, and engaged in a bit of conversation, with both the husband and the wife who own the restaurant. He offered, and they accepted a Simplified Chinese Book of Mormon, the Chinese Liahona magazine, and the Finding Happiness DVD. The husband mentioned having visited Salt Lake City.

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