(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.
1/28/2009. I finally got around to fleshing out my notes and documenting the contacts I made on a road trip to Florida and back in November.
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"All saints have a past, all sinners have a future." That's a cool adage I heard the other day.
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01/19/2010. Journal entry. I had lunch with a guy I know from church at a local ethnic restaurant. We were going to go to lunch anyway, so I suggested this one near where he works. I had already placed a couple copies of the Book of Mormon there, so the follow-up was just some chit-chat with the owner when we paid.
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Here are a few legitimate places to donate for Haiti earthquake relief:
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