I love to share the joy and peace I have found from reading
the Book of Mormon but don’t give out copies to people I know
as much as I would like to. In fact, it had been a few years since I have
actually given someone a Book of Mormon. I started off by doing what any LDS missionary
would ask members of the church to do: Pray to ask God who I should give this
book to. A name of someone came to mind almost as soon as I finished the prayer
but I questioned if the timing was right. Instead, I would hope that it would
just come up in conversation and basically have her say something along the
lines of “I would really like to read the Book of Mormon, Where can I get it?” As
you can guess, that didn't happen.
In the meantime, I decided to be prepared for this person or
anyone else to show interest and keep a copy of the Book of Mormon in my car. I
also continued to think about other people I could give it to or hoping that
someone would ask for one.
Then, I had a pretty cool “missionary experience”. One Sunday
after church I went for a walk in the park by my house and had two guys stop
and talk to me. They mentioned they had recently moved to Edmonton and were
asking some questions about the area. One of them asked if he could join me in
my walk. At first I was thinking "No!" (unfortunately, we live in a world where
you can’t easily trust people, especially as women) but I looked around and
there were lots of people around and I felt OK about it. We got on the topic of
religion and he shared interest in knowing more. Long story short, he came to our
Family Home Evening (FHE) activity the next day with his friend who I also met at
the park that day. They met with the missionaries who gave them each a copy of the Book of
Mormon. They continue to meet with them. At first I thought, “Hey, I could
count this because I introduced them to the missionaries who gave them the Book
of Mormon. However, I still felt that I needed to give this book to a friend of mine (the first
person that came to mind when I prayed about it).
I recently went for lunch
with this friend and on our way back she was asking me about church and things
I was involved with. As we were sitting in my car about to get out I told her
that there was actually something I wanted to give her and since I had a copy
in my car I was able to give it to her then. We talked a little bit about it
and she seemed happy that I wanted to give it to her. I hope that she will read
it and find the peace and joy that I have experienced, especially in more fully
recognizing the love that God and the Savior has for her.
If you would like to read about my gratitude for this book,
you can click here to read a post in my gratitude blog. You can also click here
to read more about this book on www.Mormon.org. You can also request a free
copy if you would like or you could also ask me for one. I would be more than
happy to get one for you. J
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