(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.
Elder Holland gave a stirring talk on the Book of Mormon in the Sunday afternoon session of conference, on October 4th. You can see the video here. Or, listen to the mp3 here, or read it here.
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posted by Bookslinger @ 10:20 PM
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Elder Hollands talk was indeed powerful. When I was in Kuwait I also felt the need to distribute the Book of Mormon to others. I bought it in as many languages as the Soldiers who passed through as well as it's common English language. The promise in Moroni is powerful that WE can read it and decide for ourselves through prayer haveing faith in Christ. Amazing, absolutely amazing. Thank you for your blog.
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