tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170600682024-03-13T23:30:05.249-04:00Flooding 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.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-46886914670811753842015-05-20T19:59:00.001-04:002015-05-20T19:59:33.281-04:00Roadside Bible/Book of Mormon giveaway.In December 2014 I tried a new contacting method with our ward's full-time missionaries.
I made up a couple signs. One said "FREE BIBLES AHEAD" and the other "FREE BIBLES HERE."
We put on cheap Santa hats, and stood along the street during afternoon rush hour in front of a parking lot. I had the "AHEAD" sign and stood about 3/4ths block "upstream" of traffic, to give people a few seconds Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-18512803732691114992013-03-12T19:00:00.000-04:002013-03-12T22:55:33.627-04:00Spanish at laundromat, Tue, Mar 12, 2013. 03/12/2013. 1322. As I was finishing up my laundry, an Hispanic man was folding his clothes next to me. I asked if he spoke Spanish, he did, and I said I like to give out free Bibles, and showed him the Spanish Bible I had with me. I offered it to him, and he accepted it. I then explained that our church also believes in the Book of Mormon as I showed him the Spanish copy that I had with me. IBookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-4600215309737727572013-03-05T14:00:00.000-05:002013-03-12T22:43:37.401-04:00Korean, Tues, Mar 5, 2013.03/05/2013. Journal entry. I was at a store where the owner had previously accepted a Korean Gospel Fundamentals book, but declined the Book of Mormon. After shopping, I offered a Korean language videotape, The Lamb of God, and she accepted.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-17804401621797009582013-02-25T13:30:00.000-05:002013-02-25T21:09:09.385-05:00Chinese at reastaurant. Mon, Feb 25,2013.02/25/2013. 1321. I took our ward's full-time missionaries to a nearby Asian restaurant. We asked our waitress what languages she spoke, and she said Chinese. After she went away, I pulled out a Chinese Simplified and a Chinese Traditional copy of the Book of Mormon from my book bag and put them on the table. On her next trip to us, she saw them and commented on them. I offered her a free copyBookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-38028034317446590312013-02-23T16:00:00.000-05:002013-02-25T20:58:25.188-05:00Pass-along card at gym. Sat, Feb 23, 2013.02/23/2013. 1320. I gave a pass-along card to some neighbors who I invited to church.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-22939006482567766232012-12-22T12:05:00.000-05:002013-02-25T20:54:28.709-05:00Pass-along card at store. Sat, Dec 22, 201212/22/2012. 1319. I was browsing at a nearby furniture store where I knew some of the employees. There was a lady there who had just arrived that day from Sweden. She was visiting her son, but he had left her there while he went on a quick errand. She said she was jet-lagged and needed something with caffeine and sugar to keep her awake. I offered to go to the nearby gas station, and I Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-37208473982064488342012-12-21T19:00:00.000-05:002013-02-25T20:07:30.813-05:00Amharic at store. Fri, Dec 21, 2012.12/21/2012. 1318. I saw an East African-looking man at a store, but I neglected to strike up a conversation with him. Through no effort on my part I ended up next in line behind him at the check-out, but there still didn't appear to be a clear opportunity to say something. Afterwards, as I went to my car, I saw him get into his taxi, so then I knew he was from Africa, and decided to approach.
Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-41934321169044376472012-11-28T17:00:00.000-05:002013-02-25T20:08:15.466-05:00English pass-along card at store. Wed, Nov 28, 201211/28/2012. 1317. I was at a store waiting on a service to be performed, and struck up a conversation with another customer. I found out she works at the same place where a former bishop of another ward works, so I asked her if she knew so-and-so. Her office was near his, and she had worked with him on certain things. Small world. So I explained how I knew him, that I used to Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-28671742487526046312012-11-24T19:00:00.000-05:002013-02-25T20:09:19.807-05:00Hausa at laundromat. Sat, Nov 24, 2012.11/24/2012. 1316. At a laundromat, I met a man from Niger who spoke Hausa. I offered him a Hausa copy of the Joseph Smith Testimony pamphlet, and he accepted it.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-66271887679258648592012-10-20T17:00:00.000-04:002013-02-25T20:12:27.821-05:00Arabic at restaurant. Sat, Oct 20, 2012.10/20/2012. 1315. The owner of a restaurant where I was eating spoke Arabic. I offered him a Book of Mormon in Arabic, and he accepted. I gave him both an Arabic and an English copy that I had in the car.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-55462419523297715152012-08-28T14:57:00.000-04:002013-02-25T20:10:12.123-05:00Burmese at store. Tues, Aug 28, 2012.08/28/2012. 1314. I met a Burmese man at a store and offered him a Burmese copy of the Gospel Fundamentals manual. He accepted, so I retrieved a copy from the car and presented it to him there.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-36868369406407526642012-08-12T21:34:00.001-04:002013-02-25T20:10:47.088-05:00Samoan at laundromat. Sat, Aug 11, 2012.08/11/2012. 1313. Things have slowed down. I haven't been traveling as much, or going to as many restaurants. So I don't strike up as many conversations with strangers as before, and therefore have less chances to offer church material. There have been some other placements this year that I haven't bothered to log, so I've lost track of the exact number.
This evening I was doing laundry at a Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-31475745207296845652012-07-27T14:00:00.000-04:002013-02-25T20:47:12.847-05:00Korean Gospel Principles at Restaurant. Fri, Jul 27, 2012.07/27/2012. 1312. I took the ward's two full-time missionaries to lunch at a Korean place. The owner accepted a Korean copy of Gospel Principles.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-27625161625155865372012-07-06T12:05:00.000-04:002013-02-25T20:43:40.563-05:00Mongolian at restaurant. Fri, Jul 6, 2012.07/06/2012. 1311. I was at a resaurant on the other side of town after volunteering at the storehouse. The waitress accepted my offer of a Mongolian Book of Mormon and a Mongolian Liahona magazine.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-29945176225628872532012-07-03T20:00:00.000-04:002013-02-25T20:40:46.564-05:00Chinese at restaurant. Tue, Jul 3, 2012.07/03/2012. 1310. I had supper at a Restaurant not far from the storehouse. The owners accepted my offer of Chinese and English copies of the Book of Mormon.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-43696646246398739352012-05-05T12:05:00.000-04:002013-02-25T20:38:57.459-05:00Chinese at Restaurant. Sat, May 5, 2012.05/05/2012. 1309. I was in another part of town, and had lunch prior to attending a friend's graduation ceremony. The owners of the Chinese restaurant acceped my offer of Chinese and English copies of the Book of Mormon.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-50211833923901902932012-03-17T14:00:00.000-04:002013-02-25T20:31:27.939-05:00Lithuanian declined at grocery. Sat, Mar 17, 2012.03/17/2012. 1308. I was at a grocery store, and struck up a conversation with a lady who had an accent. She was from Lithuania. She declined my offer of a Lithuanian Book of Mormon.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-54250889758329647212012-02-03T18:00:00.000-05:002013-02-25T20:27:27.606-05:00Pass-along card at cultural festival. Fri, Feb 3, 201202/03/2012. 1307. I spoke with a lady from Africa at a cultural festival. I offered and she accepted a pass-along card.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-4543022838403329372012-02-03T14:00:00.000-05:002013-02-25T20:23:50.106-05:00Pass-along cards outside of store. Fri. Feb 3, 201202/03/2012. 1306. I spoke with two men outside an African store, and they accepted my offer of pass-along carss.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-28627518722100003512012-01-25T15:00:00.005-05:002012-01-26T12:20:30.233-05:00Amharic. Wed, Jan 25, 2012.01/25/2012. 1305. I was at a financial institution and the person who was helping me spoke with a beautiful accent. She looked and sounded East African. I guessed the wrong country, but she said she was from Ethiopia. She spoke Amharic. After chatting a bit about local Ethiopian restaurants, I offered her a book from church (the Book of Mormon) in Amharic, and she enthusiastically agreed to Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-77574521009049044752011-12-16T22:55:00.016-05:002012-01-06T17:46:05.887-05:00Flooding the Earth with the.... Bible.I've written before that my mission president, over 25 years ago, sent my companion and I to Chinese restaurants with Chinese copies of the Book of Mormon. No baptisms resulted, but we had some "Hmmmm" moments. I forget if we paired them with Spanish copies or not. I still attribute that as my main inspiration for this Book of Mormon distribution project. Here is another item which I believe Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-80120274203995947662011-12-02T13:30:00.001-05:002011-12-13T23:39:02.421-05:00Shona at Post Office. Fri, Dec 2, 2011.12/02/2011. 1304. After volunteering at the storehouse in the morning, I went to a Post Office to run an errand. As I was going in, two young adult women were leaving, and were speaking English, but with an accent. I turned around and went back out, and before they got in their car, and from a respectful distance, I asked where they were from. They said Zimbabwe. I asked if they spoke Shona. Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-69721062543447043722011-11-22T18:45:00.000-05:002011-12-13T23:34:00.349-05:00Chinese declined. Tue, Nov 22, 2011.11/22/2011. 1303. I was taking a break while volunteering at the storehouse and went out to eat at a Chinese restaurant that I hadn't been to before. It was a very good meal. After I paid I offered the Chinese Book of Mormon to the waitress/owner, but she politely declined.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-6314305029866651492011-11-21T21:30:00.001-05:002011-12-13T23:31:24.542-05:00Chinese at restaurant. Mon, Nov 21, 2011.11/21/2011. 1302. I was shopping at a store and ran into a friend I hadn't seen in a while. He was going to eat supper by himself at a nearby restaurant, and so we could catch up, he invited me to go along. I had already eaten supper, but went anyway.I had been there before, and offered material, but the nearby Chinese restaurant was under new ownership, so I took in a Traditional Chinese BookBookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-25953170129681128622011-11-21T20:30:00.001-05:002011-12-13T23:25:55.213-05:00Korean, declined. Mon, Nov 21, 201111/21/2011. 1301. I stopped at a gas station to buy a newspaper on the way to another store. The cashier was Korean, but declined my offer of a Korean Book of Mormon.Bookslingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com0