(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.
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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05/13/2009. 1139. I was driving the missionaries back to their apartment after a lesson with an investigator. We stopped at an Asian grocery store along the way. I had been there a couple years ago, and one of the employees accepted a Korean Book of Mormon. We could follow-up to see if they still had it or had read it. The missionaries went in with me to buy some snacks. The cashier today didn't look like the same person, so I offered her a book or magazine in Korean from church as we checked out.
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04/24/2009. 1135. I had dinner at a nice Chinese restaurant that I haven't been to before. The waitress was so busy that she didn't have time to notice the material that I had laid out on my table, or if she did notice it, she didn't have time to chat. Eventually the owner or manager came by, and when he was about to clear off the plates, he noticed the material and started a conversation about Utah in the news. He accepted a Chinese Liahona, but politely declined to receive a Book of Mormon. When I went to pay, the cashier politely declined material, saying she didn't have time to read.
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10/20/2008. 1078. I had lunch at a restaurant owned by a Korean family. I took in a Korean and English Book of Mormon and a Korean Liahona. The waiter noticed them and asked if I read Korean. I said I'm just learning a little, and offered him the material. He politely declined.
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02/06/2008. 985. A very nice lady looked at, but declined to receive a Korean copy of the Liahona magazine, and the Together Forever DVD (that has a Korean audio track.)
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