Though there were many vendors inside the IMAX Entertainment Complex, we were placed in a prime location in front of the restaurant in the center of the mall. From ten o’clock until noon, we distributed 81 Bibles.

• About 26 people who were part of a tour bus of senior citizens from Virginia received Recovery Versions.
• A woman at the jewelry stand turned down our offer at least twice but continued to watch us from a distance. She finally asked to look at the Recovery Version, and after a volunteer explained the features to her, she happily filled out the request card.
• A pastor came to receive a Bible and wanted more for his young disciples’ class. He had moved here recently to start a church and had gathered a group of young people to study the Bible. He said that he was looking for a Bible that was not “full of religious stuff” but was just full of the pure Word of God. He wanted to know how he could obtain a quantity of Recovery Versions, but since each person must personally order a Bible, we gave him about 40 brochures to give to the youth.

Later in the day, we contacted a former chaplain of Fort Leonard Wood who is now a Baptist pastor. He ate breakfast with us on Friday, and then, because we did not have identification tags on the motor home, he drove all of us onto the base in his church van. We gave 40 Bibles to the military personnel there and told them they could order more Bibles through Bibles for America’s Web site.