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Here are some typical comments:
When we were ready to leave the campus at the end of the day, several of us gathered around the BfA vans loaded with large quantities of our supplies. We invited students passing by with our bookmarks in their hands to come over and redeem them for a free Bible right away. As some came over to get their Bibles, other students came over to see what was happening, and they also received a free Recovery Version. All in all, we gave 76 New Testaments to students today, the largest number we have distributed on any single day so far. The Lord continues to encourage us by the wonderful response of college students to the Recovery Version. After dinner, some of us drove the motor home to a department store parking lot. We began to pass out brochures and gave people a choice of either waiting for their Bible to come in the mail or going directly to our motor home to receive their complimentary Recovery Version right then. We passed out 38 Recovery Version New Testaments this way. 
Day after day and campus after campus, we see how the Lord is moving through
our going out, just as Revelation 6:2 says, "And I saw, and behold,
a white horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and a crown was given to
him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer." The Recovery Version
footnotes tell us that the gospel has been spreading, typified by the rider
on the white horse. The one who sits on this horse has a bow but no arrow
because "the arrow has already been shot to destroy the enemy, and
the victory has been won for the constituting of the gospel of peace. Now
the fighting is over, and the gospel of peace is being proclaimed in a peaceful
way." We count it a mercy that we can take part in proclaiming the
gospel today.
Tomorrow we leave for Iowa. We pray that the rider of the white horse of the gospel will go forth conquering and to conquer. For
the spreading of the gospel of Christ,
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Monday, October 29, 2001 - Today we went to the main campus of the University
of Nebraska in Lincoln, arriving around ten thirty in the morning. We
began to distribute hundreds of BfA materials to the students, especially
a new bookmark for college students offering a free New Testament Recovery
Version. Students so eagerly received these bookmarks that we passed out
more material today than on any previous day of our trip so far. We put
a total of 4,152 BfA pieces into the hands of students-3,420 were the
new bookmarks.
One of the volunteers was near some sororities just off campus where
she met a Christian girl who was very attracted by the features of the
New Testament Recovery Version. As it turns out, she's the president of
one of the sororities that houses 110 girls. After she received her Recovery
Version, she asked for a handful of literature offering free New Testaments
saying, "When I talk to the girls in the sorority house, I'll tell
all of them to get one of your Bibles."