(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.
01/27/2009. 1109. I was grocery shopping late at night (for myself this time) and the cashier spoke with an accent. He was from Poland. I offered him a free Polish Book of Mormon, but he politely declined.
Labels: grocery, Polish declined
posted by Bookslinger @ 12:45 AM
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I gave a Ksiega Mormona to our neighbors a few years back and they returned it saying they could not accept it.
It's your offer that's important. Your offer itself is a testimony. Some day in the future, in this life or the next, they will know that your offer came from the Lord trying to show His love for them.
Just curious, did you verbally offer it to them first, and they verbally accepted your offer, then you handed them the book, and then they returned it; or did you just hand it to them without asking them first, and then they handed it back?
I generally go for a verbal offer first, then wait for their indication of acceptance, and then (retrieve it from the car and) physically hand over the book.
That verbal introductory protocol seems to help. It's as if giving people the opportunity to politely say "no" actually increases the probability of them saying "yes."
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