Reed B. Haslam was born and raised in the Salt Lake Valley and has lived there all of his life except for the two special years he spent as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Thailand (1973-1975). His last assignment in the mission field was to help with the translation of the Book of Mormon into the Thai language.

After his mission he completed his education at the University of Utah, where he received the following degrees: B.S. Meteorology, B.A. Mathematics, M.S. Meteorology and M.S. Computer Science.

His church service has included: ward executive secretary to 3 different bishops, Elder's Quorum President, High Priest's Group Leader, member stake high council, counselor in the stake mission presidency, stake family history consultant, and gospel doctrine teacher.

Having been trained in the technical skills of mathematics weather prediction, and computer science he never expected to author a book. In April 2005 he became convinced that the history of the translation of the Book of Mormon into the Thai language was such a magnificent story that it had to be preserved.

Reed and his wife Sherry are the parents of 4 children Robert, Jared, Michael and Angela (twins).

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