tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170600682012-01-31T13:16:36.890-05:00(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.comBlogger11131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17060068.post-28627518722100003512012-01-25T15:00:00.005-05:002012-01-26T12:20:30.233-05:00

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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 Book

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11/21/2011. 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.

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11/12/2011. 1300. I was at a checkout counter of a large national chain. The cashier had a name tag indicating an African name, and he spoke with an accent. I asked if he spoke French (Parlez vous francais?), and he said yes, and asked how I guessed. I said because of his name-tag and his accent, and many African speak French. He was from Togo, so I asked if he knew so-and-so, the guy from

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11/8/2011. 1299. I had supper at a really good Mexican restaurant on the other side of town. It had been a while since I've been there. I forget if I had offered material there before, but the waitress was new, and I knew I hadn't given her anything. After eating and paying, I was the only customer there, so I offered her a free Bible in Spanish and English and some other material from church.

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11/7/2011. 1298. I was driving home, and there was a gas station on the corner on the other side of the street. I was planning on going straight through the intersection, but I received a strong prompting to stop at the gas station, so I checked to see that there was no traffic to the left and in back of me, and made a last-second left turn and pulled in.I bought a cup of hot chocolate. The

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11/4/2011. Journal Entry. While traveling around the far side of town, I spotted two elders putting air in their bike tires at a gas station/convenience store.I stopped to chat and see if they needed any church literature to give out.They did need English copies of the Book of Mormon. The local mission office has cut back on the number of copies of the Book of Mormon they give to the full-time

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10/31/2011. 1297. I was shopping at one of my regular stores, and there was another customer who was speaking in English (to her daughter) with a delightful accent. I did not recognize the accent, but it was sort of a British accent, not directly from England, that made me think of people who learned English as a second language from teachers in former British colonies. I asked her where she

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10/26/2011. Journal entry. The missionaries were in my neighborhood and they stopped by to say hi. I found out that the church's Ndebele Gospel Fundamentals was indeed the correct dialect for the ward's recent convert from Zimbabwe.They recently met another person from Zimbabwe and offered him "a church book in his language" as their conversation starter. He agreed to receive it, and the

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10/23/2011. Journal entry. Our ward had a convert get baptized a couple months ago. I hadn't heard her speak, so I didn't realize she was from Africa. Our ward's missionaries knew where she was from, but didn't know the exact dialect she spoke. This past week they found out she spoke Ndbebele, so I took an Ndebele copy of Gospel Fundamentals to church and presented it to her. She was pretty

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10/22/2011. Journal entry. Our ward's full-time missionaries asked for a Japanese copy of the Book of Mormon for the missionaries who have a Japanese investigator in a neighboring ward. I delivered it (and a Joseph Smith Testimony pamphlet in Japanese) to our missionaries, and they took it to meet the missionaries in the other ward "on the border."

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The UK Daily Mail has an article on Mormon Modesty blogs and fashion.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2049283/High-necklines-low-hemlines-The-rise-Mormon-modesty-blogs--fashion-bang-trend.htmlIt was given a sidebar headline on both their UK and US main pages.

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The Indianapolis Star Newspaper had an article on October 3, 2011 on Indianapolis being a market for the "I am a Mormon" ad campaign. Other Indiana cities include Fort Wayne and South Bend.http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110030324One of the main goals of the campaign is to prompt non-members to visit www.mormon.org and learn about the church and the members.Some profiles of

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10/01/2011. 1296. As I was going back to my car at the gas station (see previous post), a young man asked me if I wanted to buy any movies. I assume he had them inside his jacket. I said no thanks, but I had a couple of movies I'd like to give him. I went to my car and got out a "Testaments" DVD and a "To This End Was I Born" DVD, and went back and presented them to him, and he accepted them.

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10/01/2011. 1295. Between conference sessions, on my way to lunch, I stopped at a gas station to visit a friend who worked there. He wasn't there, but the cashier on duty knew him, and told me when he'd be there. The cashier was from Benin, and spoke French and Fon, and a couple other languages in addition to English. I was out of stock of the Fon Gospel Fundamentals, but I offered him a French

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09/25/2011. 1294. After my ward got out, I went to visit another ward in another chapel to see a friend. There was a South Asian family milling about in the hallway. They were from Pakistan and spoke Urdu. They already had an Urdu Book of Mormon. I asked if they'd like an Urdu church magazine, and the mom said sure. I went back out to my car and dug out a couple copies of the Urdu Liahona out

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09/13/2011. 1293. I was on dinner break from volunteering at the local storehouse, and after eating I had stopped at a nearby grocery store to stock up on some things. After returning my cart to the store, there was an African couple standing near the door waiting for another person in their party. I asked them where they were from and they said Nigeria. I then asked if they were Igbo or

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09/01/2011. 1292. Wow. It's been too long since my last placement attempt. Since the last blog entry, I've had a couple of missed opportunities that I didn't blog. It's too easy to get out of the habit, of offering people material, and of blogging. Tonight I was on my way home from a friend's house and due to a road closure, I had to take a different way home than I normally do. I passed a

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I saw this guy on TV earlier this year.Machine Gun PreacherAngels of East Africa.His book at Amazon: Another Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the Sudan [Hardcover] (about $10 including shipping, on used page)Update: I've now bought the book and have read most of it. WOW. WOW. WOW. I recommend the book with the caveat that it is not for the squeamish. Sam has

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08/05/2011. 1291. I was on my way home from volunteering at the church's local storehouse, and felt inspired to explore for new ethnic places at a certain exit off the interstate highway. I found an Indian grocery that I hadn't been to before. I browsed around, bought some of my favorite stuff, and a couple of new things. I chatted with the cashier, who appeared to be the owner, and I found

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07/30/2011. 1290. I met a man at the laundromat who was from Niger. He spoke English, French, Hausa, and Germa. He accepted my offer of the Together Forever and Special Witnesses of Christ DVDs that have French audio tracks.

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07/28/2011. 1289. I had lunch at a Chinese restaurant I hadn't been to before. I ordered, sat down, and put out a Chinese copy and an English copy of the Book of Mormon on the table. When the cashier guy brought out my meal, I asked if he still liked to read Chinese, and he said yes. I offered him the Chinese Book of Mormon, but he politely declined, saying his family was Buddhist.

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07/09/2011. 1288. I met an Hispanic family at an outdoor fair/market kind of thing. In addition to Spanish, they spoke an indigenous language that is related to one of the translations of the Book of Mormon. It wasn't the same language, but it was close enough that they were interested, so they accepted it, along with Spanish and English editions.

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07/01/2011. 1287. Had a great lunch at a nice Thai restaurant. My waitress didn't say anything about the Thai Book of Mormon that I had placed on my table, but one of the other wait-staff did. He accepted when I offered it to him, and he also accepted the Thai Liahona magazine that I took with me.

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This is the kind of thing I'm hoping for. Missionaries gave a Book of Mormon to a man who later threw it away. A golden investigator finds it, calls the missionaries, and asks to learn more. From the July 2011 New Era.http://lds.org/new-era/2011/07/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-treasure?lang=eng

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06/14/2011. 1286. On the way home I stopped at a gas station. I have to give the Lord extra thanks for this one because I think this stop was prompted of the Spirit; I didn't really need anything. I went in and bought a newspaper. The cashier spoke with an accent, so I asked where he was from. He was from Niger. I asked what languages he spoke, and he said Hausa, Fulani, and French. I

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6/14/2011. 1285. I invited a member of the Elders' Quorum to have lunch with me during his lunch break. We went to a Chinese restaurant near where he works. We ordered at the counter and sat down. While waiting on the food I put Chinese (Simplified script) and English copies of the Book of Mormon on the table. When the cashier brought out the food, we offered the material to her, and she

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06/14/2011. 1284. I had pulled into the Post Office parking lot behind a taxi. Most taxi drivers in Indianapolis are from Africa. Just as I was crossing the parking lot to go inside, he got out of his taxi and headed towards the front door too, and we ended up walking side by side. I asked what country he was from, and he said Nigeria. I asked if he was Igbo or Yoruba, and he said Yoruba.

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06/02/2011. 1283. I was on an errand to another part of town and stopped for gas at a gas station that I haven't been to in a while. I went in to pre-pay. The cashier spoke with an accent so, after paying I asked where he was from. He said Niger. I asked if he spoke a certain language from there, and he said no, but he did speak French, and another language that I hadn't heard of before. I

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I wanted a convenient link to this.John Mark Reynolds says nice things about Mormons in the Washington Post, "The Christian case for Mormon values," Feb 9, 2011.

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Someone came to my blog after doing a web search on the above phrase.So if you're not LDS, and someone offers you a Book of Mormon, (or gives you one before asking if you want it) and you don't want it, what should or could you say to turn down the offer? (Thanks, but) No thanks. I already have one, thank you. (Thanks, but) I'm not interested. (No thanks.) I'll read it online (or download the

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05/07/2011. 1282. The grocery store was selling grilled hot dogs out front. I stopped to buy and eat one. There were several other grocery store employees out front on break. One spoke with an accent, so I asked him where he was from. He said Malawi. I asked what languages were spoken in Malawi, and he said about 15, but the main one was Chichewa. As far as I know, the church doesn't have

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05/07/2011. Missed op. I joined some of the Young Men in the ward (along with the YM president, and a member of the bishopric) on a 10 mile hike in a nearby state forest. I brought along two copies of the Book of Mormon, and a King James Bible. The bishop's counselor carried one Book of Mormon, and another youth and I traded off carrying the other two books. As we were hiking, we met a

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05/03/2011. 1281. I was visiting an elderly friend in a rehabilitation hospital/nursing home, after he had a mild stroke. I hung out with him while a nurse took him to the workout room to do some exercises. I accompanied him back to his room to free up the nurse/technician to take care of others. But when he got back to his room, he needed a couple of nurses to help him from the wheelchair

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04/30/2011. 1280. I was out of town on a trip and stopped to get gas. I paid at the pump, but went inside to buy something. The cashier was a native English-speaker, but a couple of other guys, who seemed to be the owners or managers, were behind the counter speaking a foreign language. They were leaving just as I was done, so I asked one of them if they spoke Punjabi (just a guess on my

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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

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From the various reviews written by LDS who've seen the Book of Mormon Musical, my take-away is that most LDS church members will not want to see it based on its vulgarity and the blasphemous dialogue. It's as bad, or worse, than South Park, by the same writers/producers.But the same reviewers go out of their way to point out that the musical is not an attack on the church or its members. It is

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04/06/2011. 1278. Right before I left the laundromat, I was able to strike up a conversation with a young Asian-looking man who was getting ready to leave. He spoke Chinese, but politely declined my offer of a free book in Chinese from church. I neglected to mention the name of the book or the church.

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Grand Hardy's 10 things everyone should know about the Book of Mormon.

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The Book of Mormon is #8 on this person's list of the top 10 notoriously controversial books. http://listverse.com/2010/04/24/10-notoriously-controversial-books/

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03/23/2011. 1277. I was doing late night laundry at the 24-hour laundromat. As I was leaving I noticed a lady in African garb doing her laundry. She was from Mali and spoke Bambara. I offered her a free book in Bambara from church (Gospel Fundamentals, aka, Gospel Principles Simplified.) She politely declined.

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03/09/2011. 1276. More amazing than this being a new language placement, is how it came about. Yes, the Lord does micro-manage sometimes. This situation was what I call a "double set up" which has been very rare in my experience. I was prompted to alter my itinerary to make an extra stop, which was a "timing loop" in order to put me at the right spot at the right time. And, it's not too much

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03/04/2011. 1275. I was at a restaurant for a buffet lunch. There was only one other customer at the time. We were both at the food table. I forget what we initially talked about, but I noticed that he spoke with a slight accent, and his name tag showed a non-Anglo name. I asked where he was originally from, and he said Kenya. In addition to perfect English, he spoke Swahili and Arabic. He

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03/04/2011. 1274. I was on the West side of town running errands, and was on my way to a restaurant. I stopped at a dollar store to buy some stuff. One of the other customers was talking on her cell phone in a foreign language. After I went around the store getting some stuff I needed, plus some impulse purchases, she was still on her cell phone. Not wanting to interrupt her, I went to the

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03/03/2011. 1273. While on a shopping trip, I stopped by a gas station where my Marathi-speaking Indian friend works. He was recently transfered to this gas station when the owner closed the old gas station where he worked.He wasn't there. I bought some soft-drinks and the cashier on duty spoke with a cool accent, so I asked where he was from. He said Burma. He was multi-lingual, speaking

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Preview of "Book of Mormon Musical" from the irreverent and raunchy creators of South Park. Opens March 24, 2011 on Broadway in New York City. Web site.

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02/22/2011. 1272. On the other side of town, and on the way home I stopped at a gas station. I've made several stops and several placements here before. Tonight the cashier was someone I hadn't seen before. He was from Ghana and spoke Twi. He was interested in a free Twi book from church, so I brought in a Twi and an English Book of Mormon. He recognized them, and he said he already had a

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02/19/2011. 1271. I was doing some volunteer work at a local church office on a Saturday. Right after I exited the door, a delivery guy showed up with a package that needed a signature. I was the only guy there, and had a key, so I offered to sign for it and take it inside, so as to save him a trip on Monday, or save the office staff from having to go pick it up.He appeared foreign-born, so I

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02/13/2011. Journal entry. (Written/posted March 7, 2011.) One of the those milestones in the life of a male convert. The elderly African man who I saw baptized in July 2009 blessed the sacrament today. (I had met him in April 2007, and he started investigating the church in December 2008.)I normally give him a ride to church. He called me before I left home to pick him up, and informed me

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01/31/2011. Journal entry. Missed opportunity. I wanted to do laundry before the big winter storm hit, because it looked like the roads would be bad for at least 3 days. I chose a laundromat which I haven't been to in a while because it's closer than my favorite one. I wanted to get back home in time, and I was cutting it close.There was a Southeast Asian lady at the laundromat who was within

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01/30/2011. 1270. On the way home from church, I felt inspired to stop at a certain store. I didn't really need anything, but figured I could stock up on something I would use anyway. I met a couple of dignified ladies who were speaking a mixture of English and what sounded like German. I asked one of them if they were speaking German and she said yes. I asked if she still liked to read in

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01/24/2011. 1269. I made a large purchase at a gas station, but I was about 40 cents short. I asked the cashier to take off an item, but she gave me the 40 cents out of her own pocket. I thought of how I could return the favor, and thought of a DVD. So I retrieved a "Joy to the World" DVD from the car and went back in and presented it to her, and she graciously and enthusiastically accepted

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01/24/2010. Journal entry. The Indianapolis Star newspaper has an article announcing the location of the Indianapolis temple. It's actually to be located in Carmel, the suburb immediately North of Indianapolis, at the Southwest corner of intersection of 116th Street and Spring Mill Rd.That location is four blocks West of Meridian Street. Meridian is the center N/S street running through

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01/18/2010. 1268. I stopped at the nearby gas station to see my Marathi friend, but another cashier was on duty. He was speaking French on his cell phone. So after I asked about my friend, I asked where he was from, and he said Benin. He spoke English, French, and Fon. I offered him a copy of Gospel Fundamentals in Fon, and he agreed to receive it, so I retrieved it and a copy of the Joseph

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01/16/2011. Journal Entry. The man who I saw baptized in July 2009 received the Aaronic Priesthood today. I had met him in April 2007, and he started investigating the church in December 2008.I'm just getting caught up. This and the previous 5 entries were posted Mon Jan 17, 2011.

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01/04/2011. 1267. After leaving the drug store, and starting to drive way, I saw an Ethiopian-looking man enter the coffee shop next door. So I parked again, grabbed an Amharic Book of Mormon from the trunk, and went into the coffee shop, and ordered a hot-chocolate and bagel. On my way out, I stopped at the man's table where he was sitting by himself, and asked if he spoke Amharic, and he said

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01/04/2011. 1266. This was an assignment. I was inspired to do laundry on the other side of town at a laundromat that I used to frequent. Nothing happened at the laundromat or the nearby store where I bought something, so I thought I had blown it. But as I left I saw someone enter a nearby drug store who I wanted to meet. I went in looking for him, but couldn't find him in the store. So I

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01/03/2011. Follow-up. I've known this guy who works at a gas station for a few years. His gas station is just a few minutes from my home. I've given him material before, but I always thought he was Hindu. I always assumed it. Well, he finally specifically said something, and said he was Christian. Wow. What a reminder not to assume. His main language is Marathi, and second language is

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12/21/2010. Missed op? - I was on the other side of town running errands. As I turned at an intersection, I felt inspired to stop at a drug store next to a gas station. I bought something. Nothing happened at the drug store, but maybe I was supposed to talk to the cashier. She had a bright and shiny look to her, like she knew the Savior. Later I thought that I could have asked her what church

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12/20/2010. 1264. I was shopping at a department store, and the check-out cashier seemed South Asian, so I asked where she was from, and she said Bangladesh. I offered her a free Bengali Book of Mormon, but she very timidly declined.

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12/17/2010. 1263. I was at a store and after paying for my purchase I offered the clerk/cashier a Mr. Krueger's DVD from church, explaining that it featured Jimmy Stewart and the Mormon Tabernacle choir. He accepted, so I retrieved it from my car, and went back and presented it.

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Wow. Please listen to this guy. It's an uplifting tribute to women, and Relief Society in particular.His other web pages:www.youtube.com/user/00britman#p/uwww.AlexBoye.comwww.myspace.com/4boyewww.facebook.com/alexboye.musicVideo: www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1545355031142en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Boye

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11/29/2010. 1262. I was shopping at a store. After paying, I asked the clerk/cashier if I could give her a holiday movie on DVD with Jimmy Stewart and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She said sure. So I retrieved a "Mr. Krueger's Christmas" DVD from my car, and presented it.Note: the new online LDS Distribution Center store that replaces www.ldscatalog.com, is store.lds.org. The new store doesn't

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From a comment by Ardis Parshal at her Keepapitchinin blog. Worthy enough to be linked to, and to duplicate here in case her blog goes away. Ardis is a researcher, genealogist and historian in Salt Lake City, Utah.... it would help to think of “a testimony” not as a single, solid thing, but as made up of many smaller parts. I know that we usually speak of “a testimony” as something you gain or

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Isaac Asimov wrote a short story, in one of his robot series, about a defective robot that could create works of art, generating much income for its owner. A robot engineer happened to be visiting the owner, recognized that it had a defect, and, not knowing that the defect was tied into the creation of the art, "fixed" the robot on the spot, thinking he was doing the owner a favor. However, by

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10/20/2010. Journal entry. As I walked into the grocery store, I ended up right behind two guys who looked like they were from India, who were speaking a foreign language. I blew it. I chickened out of speaking to them. A few minutes later, after I got what I came for, and was heading toward the check-out, I was again walking behind them for a few seconds before they turned to go down one

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11/11/2010. Journal entry. I took the ward's two full-time missionaries to a local Mexican restaurant. During our meal we put a Spanish paperback Bible and a Spanish Book of Mormon on the table. Our waiter saw them and commented on them on his next trip to the table. One of the missionaries offered them to him. At first he was only going to take the Bible, but then he took the Book of Mormon

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11/05/2010. 1261. I stopped at a mall to use their restroom, and on my way out I walked past a Chinese place in the food court. After walking past it, I felt drawn to it, so I went back and bought something inexpensive. There were no other customers, so I talked a bit with the operator. I offered him a free Chinese book from church and he wanted to see it. He asked where the nearest church

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11/05/2010. Journal Entry. I was at a new restaurant. I was out of the Book of Mormon in their language. But lately, I've often gone to a restaurant the first time without a placement in mind, and plan to go back a second time to create an opportunity for a book placement.Anyway, the very gracious owner brought a free cup of tea to me after I was done with my meal, and I politely turned it down

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11/03/2010. 1260. Laundry night at the usual place. A guy I hadn't seen there before struck up a conversation with me, asking what languages I spoke. Wow. I told him English and Spanish. He spoke Russian. He was waiting on his dryer, and seemed a bit desperate for conversation as he invited me to sit next to him to talk. He had been in the US for several years, but in Indianapolis only a

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11/01/2010. 1259. I was walking by a place that offers a quick chair massage, the kind where you sort of sit/kneel, and put your face in a support rest, for only a few dollars for a few minutes. I've recently started doing some new exercises, and my shoulders were a bit stiff, so it seemed worth the price. The employees were Chinese, and I happened to have been carrying some Chinese and English

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10/25/2010. 1258. A couple from Bangladesh was using the washer next to mine, and I struck up a conversation with them. Later, I helped them use a dryer, as they seemed unfamiliar with the temperature setting, and how many dryer sheets to use.Before I was done folding my laundry, they were sitting around waiting, so I offered them the Book of Mormon in Bengali. The husband agreed to receive it,

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It was announced at the last conference that the church will build a temple in the Indianapolis area. Other temples announced at the same time: Hartford, Connecticut; Tijuana, Mexico; Urdaneta, Philippines; and Lisbon, Portugal.(Update, Jan 24, 2011: The location for the Indianapolis temple has been announced.)The following is from the Indianapolis West Stake President. Carmel is the suburb

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10/06/2010. Journal entry. Missed opportunity. After eating supper I did some shopping at a couple stores in that shopping center. I eventually had to go to the restroom again, and it happened to be more convenient to stop at a fast-food restaurant (not the place I had just eaten at, but nearby) to use their restoom. After using a business's restroom, I feel obligated to buy something, so I

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10/06/2010. 1257. It was getting towards dinner-time, and I didn't want to fix supper at home so I tried to figure out which restaurant to go to. I was trying to decide between a sit-down Chinese restaurant and a Chinese buffet. I was leaning towards the buffet while I was out doing some errands prior to eating. However, before I turned down the street to go to the Chinese buffet, it seemed

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10/05/2010. 1256. After eating, I went to a nearby African grocery store to do a little shopping. The owners are from Nigeria and speak Yoruba. I've given copies of the Book of Mormon to the owners before, but they weren't there and some relatives were manning the store. I hadn't given anything to these folks, so after I made my purchases I offered them the Yoruba Book of Mormon. They were

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10/05/2010. 1255. I ate supper at an African restaurant. The owner speaks Wolof and French as well as English. She accepted my offer of a Wolof copy and an English copy of Gospel Fundamentals (aka Gospel Principles Simplified, or Gospel Principles Old Edition). And she was delighted to receive it. Another employee joined the conversation and wanted one too, so I went out to the car and got

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10/04/2010. Journal Entry. Missed opportunity. I was at one of my favorite laundromats. There was another customer there who spoke with a beautiful Caribbean accent. I was waiting for the perfect moment to casually strike up a conversation, when both of us were just waiting on the machines. But she was done and left before the moment came. If ya snooze, ya lose. And I missed the chance to

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09/30/2010. Journal entry. I went to a Chinese restaurant that I hadn't been to in a while. The same people worked there. I had given them material before, so I just took in a Chinese Liahona magazine. The waitress/owner recognized me. As I put the magazine and my newspaper on the counter to reach for my wallet to pay, she noticed the magazine and said something about it, so I just offered

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09/25/2010. 1254. I was at the Post Office checking my box. Just as I left the building, an Asian-looking man pulled into a parking space and got out of his car. I felt like I should talk to him. I got into my car, rolled down my window, and waited a few seconds for him to come back out. When he came back out, I said to him, that I liked to give out books in foreign languages from my church

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09/20/2010. Journal Entry. Missed opportunity.I was at the all night laundromat doing some late laundry. There was a man waiting around for his laundry to get finished. He was wearing a knit skull-cap that many Muslims wear.After I got my laundry in the dryers, I went over and asked him where he was from. He said Bangladesh. I said "Apnar shathhe shakkhat kore khoob khushi holam." ("I'm very

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Today, Monday Sep 20, 2010, is unofficially "Pray for Christopher Hitchens Day." He is an author famous for being an atheist, and has written books strongly advocating against religion.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100920/ap_on_re_us/us_christopher_hitchens_cancer

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09/19/20. 1253. I was getting ready to go to church (afternoon meetings), and was restocking the trunk of my car with some copies of the Book of Mormon to replenish ones I had recently given out. A neighbor drove by, stopped her car, rolled down her window, and asked me what church I went to. (I was wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and tie on Sunday, so my look screamed "church guy.")I told

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09/18/2010. 1252. I was on my way home from a ward dinner and activity. As I came up to a certain gas station I felt like I was prompted, rather strongly, to stop there. However, either I missed the opportunity to make a contact there, or else it was merely a timing loop. I bought a newspaper. The cashier seemed foreign-born, but somehow, offering him something just didn't feel right. As I

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09/14/2010. 1251. This one was weird, but I thought, and still do, that the encounter was prompted of the Spirit.I was on the other side of town and headed towards home. As I came up to a gas station on one of the major streets, I felt prompted of the Spirit to stop there. I didn't really need anything, but I bought a canned beverage. The lady ahead of me in the check-out line was short of

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Remember 9/11/2001. Please read this column by Michelle Malkin.Here's a story about a real hero, not only that day, but his whole life. Rick Rescorla.

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9/3/2010. 1250. I stopped at a gas station for a soda and a snack. There was a taxi in one of the parking spaces, with the driver inside the taxi. When I came back out here was still there. I ate my snack at my car, and the taxi driver was still there, so I decided to go over and see if he wanted something from the church. I looked like he might be from Africa.I asked him if he spoke French,

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08/28/2010. 1249. I was on my way home from doing laundry. A new gas station had opened up on the route that I had chosen to drive home. The idea occurred to me to stop and get a newspaper. I don't know if it was a spiritual prompting or not. Anyway, the cashier was a black man who spoke with a heavy accent. So after I paid, I took a guess and asked "Parlez vous francais?" He said yes, or

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This is not only hilarious, it sounds pretty on-the-mark too. It's a simplified version of Section 76 in the Doctrine and Covenants, where it states that people in one kingdom can visit the lower levels, but no one can visit the levels up from them (verses 86-88). From Sista Beehive at http://www.sistasinzion.com/2010/04/i-wonder-if-heaven-got-ghetto.html.Tuesday, April 27, 2010I was visiting

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08/22/2010. Journal entry. It was right after stake conference, and people were milling about. A member of my ward asked me for a Persian and an English Book of Mormon for a friend of his. I had them in the car, so I went out and retrieved them and gave them to him. He even offered to pay for them, which I accepted.

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08/20/2010. 1248. I had lunch at an Indian restaurant. I put a Hindi copy and an English copy of the Book of Mormon on the table as I ate and read my newspaper. The waitress noticed them and started a conversation about them. I offered them to her, and she enthusiastically accepted them. Later, she gave them to one of the other employees and appeared to make a brief explanation of them to

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08/15/2010. Journal entry. A family on vacation visited our ward today. They used to live in the ward, then moved to Utah. They were passing through Indianapolis on their way home from vacation.I thought "There are a lot of Chinese restaurants between here and Utah" so I offered the father a Chinese/English pair of copies of the Book of Mormon, and suggested to him that they eat at a Chinese

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I thought I'd do a post of all the various custom pass-along cards that I've come up with. All of these are business-card sized, 3.5" wide by 2" tall. Some were done at Office Depot, one at Office Max, and some on my home computer and printer. The reason I use these in addition to church-produced pass-along cards is that these fit in my wallet. The church-produced cards are not business-card

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08/12/2010. 1247. I was on a trip in a nearby town (see previous entry), heading back towards home, and I stopped to refuel at a convenient gas station along the right side of the main road back to the Interstate highway. The cashiers weren't immigrants and I did not offer them any gospel material.As I was about to pull back onto the main road, I believe the Spirit indicated I should go to

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08/12/2010. 1246. I was in a nearby town, and stopped at a Chinese buffet restaurant for supper. The last time I remember going to that restaurant was September 2004. So I was pretty sure they would have had a turnover of waitresses since then.I put a Chinese (simplified script) copy and an English copy of the Book of Mormon on my table while I ate and read the newspaper.When the waitress came by

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A church invitation card:These are standard size business cards, 3.5" wide by 2" tall.

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08/09/2010. Journal entry. Missed opportunity. At the grocery store, I heard two young caucasaian ladies speaking a foreign language. I turned around and politely asked what language they were speaking. One of them said Hebrew. I thought that was so cool since they were the first people I've encountered locally who were speaking Hebrew. There is a sizeable Jewish immigrant population in Indy,

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