Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon: Nepali at gas station. Fri, Apr 29, 2011.

Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon

(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.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Nepali at gas station. Fri, Apr 29, 2011.

04/29/2011. 1279. After gassing up the car, I went into the gas station to buy a newspaper. They were out, but they had some road maps that I needed.

As I paid for them, I noticed that the cashier spoke with an accent, and I asked him if he was from India. He said he was from Nepal. I asked if he still liked to read Nepali, and he said yes. So I offered a free book from church (Gospel Fundamentals) in Nepali, and he agreed to receive it.

I went out to my car and brought one back in. I was all out of English editions of Gospel Fundamentals. I also gave him a local info flyer with the chapel addresses on it, and one of my calling cards. He gratefully received them, and read the title out loud, saying it meant "Good News."

I mentioned that if he wanted to know more, he could call one of the phone numbers on the flyer, or call me. We chit chatted for a while about Nepal and then I was on my way.

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