Please share your Book of Mormon flooding stories here.
Have you given out a Book of Mormon in a foreign language? Do you have an interesting "Flooding the Earth" story? If you have, and if it fits in with the theme of this blog, please consider posting a comment on this blog entry.
I'm starting to get feedback from others who have given out copies of the Book of Mormon in languages other than English. Rather than have those comments sprinkled throughout various blog entries, I'll designate this blog post, put a link to it in the sidebar, and ask people to share their "flooding stories" here.
posted by Bookslinger @ 1:33 PM
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I'll tell a story of my father and a foreign language edition. When he was in Vietnam he ended up assigned to the Korean Marine Dragon and Tiger Battalions (he speaks Korean and had had forward fire control experience and training).
The chaplain wanted something religion for the men, as all they had to read was some Korean porn. My Dad was able to get a few Book of Mormons in Korean (though not as many as he would have liked).
The Chaplain assigned the men to read the book in shifts and give him reports. At the end of my dad's tour he gave him a marble statue which I have at my house.
The ironic twist to the story is that the translation of the Book of Mormon was originally done by a Korean marine in the Tiger Battalion, years before.
I've often wondered if he knew what had happened. The chaplain's name was Chu (I his name is on the statue), my dad's name is LeRoy Marsh. The unit's colonel was named Lee.
I am a ward mission leader in Bakersfield, California. I shared some of your inspiring experiences and achievements with my ward during a sacrament meeting talk yesterday. Thank you so much for staying close to the Spirit and taking the time to share with us.
I am going to see if I can inspire some of my ward missionaries to take a foreign-language approach to placing Books of Mormon.
We *do* have a dear sweet Hawaiian sister in our ward who, over the years, has placed about 250 books with her friends and acquaintances.
-Brent W.
I work as a security officer in a shopping center. There is a clothing shop there run by a Korean couple. One day I was talking to her and it came to religion, and she began asking me questions about what makes our church different from other Christian churches. Toward the end of our conversation I offered her a Korean Book of Mormon. She seemed uninterested and since I didn't have one with me I didn't push the issue. About 2 weeks later I took a Korean copy and paired it with an English copy. In the ziploc bag I included a list of all our chapels and meeting times here in the city. I also put in a "Restoration" pamphlet. My wife and I went into the store and I handed her the bag. Her eyes lit up and she smiled and commenced to shouting, "It's in Korean! It's in Korean! Where did you get a Korean one!?!? It's in Korean!" She was so excited. It was the best experience I have had in a long time.
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