(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.
Vearl McBride of Roanoke Virginia has given out hundreds of copies of the Book of Mormon to strangers too. He's been doing it since January 2005. Yippee! I'm not the only one.
posted by Bookslinger @ 9:06 PM
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3 Comments:
Neat. Now if he will blog on it as well. ;)
How many do you estimate to have given out?
1135 encounters - 10% who decline to receive material.
I estimate 10% of encounters had 2 or more people, each getting their own material (not just husband/wife). So add back in 10%.
That means 1135 successful placements of something.
I estimate 80% of the successful placements were a Book of Mormon, the other 20% being a Gospel Fundamentals, video, Liahona magazine, or Bible.
80% * 1135 = 908 people receiving a Book of Mormon.
Most people received at least two. Some even three or more.
So 900 actual Book of Mormon placements, and at least 1800 copies given out.
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