
MURRIETA – Translation efforts of Jehovah’s Witnesses reach U.S. residents in the language of their hearts.“Like this, ‘Chào chị,’” Murrieta resident Van Lam said, tucking her chin down to reach the low tone of the second syllable as she demonstrated how to say “Hello, sister” in Vietnamese. This short phrase moved her to tears of joy many years ago, and it came from an unexpected place, she said.“She didn’t speak Vietnamese; she just said one word, but she had a big smile,” Lam said of the woman who offered her a Bible and the book “What Does the Bible Really Teach” in Vietnamese. The Murrieta resident, who was originally from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, had been trying to study the Bible in English for years. But when she began studying in her own language