Hey Brothers and Sisters and Christ,

I hope things were blessed today in your life, trusting in God through His Spirit, He holds our future in His hands though the world may change. Lymarie and Ephe each prayed to receive Jesus today. Please pray they grow in their faith. I’m grateful for your prayers. Their stories are in the notes below if you’re interested.

Lymarie was sitting at a table that had one chair on it. She sat on the hall, back to the wall, that runs to the bookstore from the student activities lounge she faced. She’s a cute kid, brown hair in kind of a shaggy haircut framing a face with petite features. There were praying hands holding a Rosary and cross tattooed on her left arm. I asked her to do a survey and she said she was religious and waved the rosary gold cross in her had at me which looked like the tattoo. She had on headphones she slid down to talk, her hoop earrings now resting on them. She wore a truck driver’s cap. She had a tan shirt on that, when she later stood, stopped a few inches short of the waist of black washed-out baggy pants. She was about 5’5”. She thought we had talked before but I asked her the question to think about for the day. “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus, so you’re dead and you stand before God and He asks, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven, what would you say?’” She was unsure. “So would you like to know the answer to the question from the Bible?” I asked “I think I answered it before but I don’t remember what I said,” she replied. So she listened as I went through the Gospel in the booklet. It had been more than a year since—if we’d ever talked. I’m pretty sure I was just talking to someone else and she was there. She did not seem to have any solid recollection of the Gospel. She said she went to Church and Bible studies but would stop and do something she wished she hadn’t to feel better.  When I asked her what the big thing was Jesus had done to take away her sins she said, “He forgives you?” I said, “Yeah this is how it works,” and got through the atonement in fits and starts as a couple boys interrupted (bees to a flower). Her friends from the fashion department also walked by as we talked headed to the cafeteria. 2 girls and a guy tanned for Spring break. I said what she lacked was God’s power inside her changing her so that she could ask for his help and transformation to be a better person by the Spirit. Then more and more she would not do the things she did not want to do. She said she did something she knew was wrong to feel better and I said she could ask for God’s peace in those moments if He lived inside her by faith. “You can ask Him to change you and when you fail ask for forgiveness because Jesus died for you,” I explained. The attractive fashion kids came back, there was a display of some kind they wanted her to see. I asked them for 2 minutes and the spokesperson (a cute girl) for the 3 agreed politely, and they gathered just past us. As I had just explained praying to receive Christ so I encouraged her to do so and she did. I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I told her I would be praying a Bible verse for her each day for the next year. “Really?” she asked. “Yeah I promise I’ll do it.” She was grateful and headed off.

Ephe was sitting down the hall a bit from where I had talked to Lymarie, not quite to the Bookstore. His parents were both Ethiopian in background. He was born here and had no accent. He had black nylon sweats on that had white silhouette of two women back-to-back with knees bent. From a distance they looked like letters running down the hem, an M or a W. Then I realized they were a mud flap design I’d seen on the highway. He had on maroon hoodie had a beard and a mustache, his afro was shaved on the side and topped like a mushroom. Good looking guy, nice features. He was pretty reserved had little to say though I got him to smile twice. He wanted to care for his family as a life goal. He said he had family in Ethiopia who did not wish to move here (aunt and Uncle). I told him I had read about Muslim terror there where they walked into Churches and killed 20 people. He agreed and said the Government there was trying to destroy the Eastern Orthodox Church he attended. I asked him what he would say to God if asked “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “My best answer I would give… I would say… I believed and [put] full trust in Jesus Christ and followed and tried to lead an honest and peaceful life through the path He created,” he said. I asked what the likelihood he would go to Heaven. “I don’t think I’ve done enough to have God believe I truly [should be] walking on the Heavens,” he replied. I said the last part of the survey was what he thought of Christianity and I thought he would like it. I began to go through the Gospel with him and asked him what the big thing Jesus had done to take away his sins was, “He forgives you?” he guessed. I said, “Yeah He forgives you and this is how he does it.” I explained the Blood of Jesus to cleanse him and as a payment to God for the imperfect things we had done we owed God something perfect for. I explained the righteousness of God that was to his credit. That he would not go to Heaven because he was good but because Jesus was good and he was connected to him. I said that God adopted him and gave him the blessings of his family, the sacrifice for his sins, the blood that cleansed him and the righteousness of God that surrounds him. I said he could receive this by faith and that his good stuff did not fix his bad stuff. I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done so he could live inside him and give him strength or thought something else. “Be forgiven by Jesus,” he replied. I said there was a prayer he could pray and talked him through it, asking if it was the desire of his heart. “Yeah he said. So I said he could pray it right then and I wouldn’t hear. But God would hear and he’d know he was forgiven. “Wanna do that?” “Yeah,” he said. He prayed then to receive Christ. “Your sins are forgiven,” I said as he finished shaking his hand. “Not ‘cause I say so but because Jesus does.” He smiled then.  I gave him Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “forgiven!”. He had a family Bible. I also gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study on the Deity of Christ. We talked then about Ethiopia a bit. He reached out to shake my hand as I got up to go. I shook it and said, “Thanks for talking with me man.” “No problem. Have a good day,” he replied. And I headed off.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a good day walking with the Lord and trusting in Him. I had a good day on campus. With so few students present in the halls I’m grateful to have some conversations with someone I have not spoken with before. Jose prayed to receive Jesus today. I had a long talk with a Muslim guy from Egypt Gabriel, I don’t think much of a seed was planted, but he heard the Gospel. I’m grateful for your help in prayer. Jose’s responses are below if you have some time.

 Jose was sitting alone in the far Northwest corner lounge on the second floor of the science buildings. He had a ball cap on turned backwards and a generic medical mask on with a gray t-shirt and gray sweats. 5 by 5 dude. He had a round face and his eyes squinted a bit when he smiled which gave me a clue he was tracking with me. He’d been a child in Mexico where he’d gone to Church, I assumed he’d been Catholic but his family was now all over the country and he didn’t go to Church at present. I asked him what he’d say if he died and God asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “Because I try to be the best person that I can—in this lifetime,” he replied. He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. He was a nice guy and there was a warmth about him.  I said that God would have to take away his sin so He could live inside him, “make you His type”. I asked “So what’s the big thing Jesus does that takes away your sin?” He shook his head as if it was a rhetorical question, so I asked if he knew what that was. “I don’t know,” he replied. “OK it’s like this,” I replied. I went on to explain the blood and righteousness of Christ where he is cleansed and God gets paid. I asked if he wanted to trust in what Jesus had done by faith. “Ya definitely,” he replied. I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and talked him through it asking if it was the desire of his heart. “Sure,” he said. I said he could pray it silently and would he want to. “Definitely,” he said taking the booklet and then checking, “Just silently?” I said yeah and he prayed to receive Christ. He seemed happy. He had his own Bible so I gave him Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “forgiven!”  on the inside. And he said, “Thanks.” I gave him a copy of, The Case for Christ Answer Booklet saying Strobel had other stuff on YouTube he could check out. I said, “This is 100%,” holding up the survey and writing that on it. “If you trust in the righteousness of Jesus to be your righteousness.” I said I would pray a Bible verse for him each day for the next year. “Thank you,” he said reaching out to shake my hand. “Sure, thanks for your time,” I replied. “No problem. Thanks,” he said. And I headed out the door and down the hall and he ran to class.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

We are having nice warm weather in Chicago so I didn’t use the tunnels to go between buildings to take some in some sun. Abby and Daivion each prayed with me to receive Jesus so that was great. Please pray they each grow in their faith. Thanks for your prayers. Their stories are below if you have time to read a few things they said.

Abby was sitting in the MAC Arts building. There’s a short stairway dropping down to a table and chairs in front of the entrance to the drama theatre and she sat there. She looked Filipino had a pretty, wide face and thick hair in two braids running on either side of her head then down behind. She wore a red, white and blue V neck pull over, stripes and lettering and cargo pants that tied at the ankles. A creative art building kid. She hesitated to do a survey but went for it. When I asked her what she wanted to do before she died. “Really figure out what to do to get happy,” she replied. I thought, I know something that might help. When I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven if she died she thought for a moment with an Ummm but that didn’t seem to help. So I asked if she ever went to Church, she’d gone to a Catholic church when she was younger. “What would they say you do to get into Heaven?” I asked. “Be a servant of God,” she said after a moment. “Do you feel like you serve God?” I asked. “No,” she said. “I’d almost feel like, unworthy. I feel like saying what I should get is like praising myself, but I don’t hold myself that high.” “Well, you have humility, that’s something,” I replied. She thought she’d have a 65% chance of going to Heaven. I went through the Gospel with her and she took it all in, I asked her what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world and she said, “He died.” I went on to explain the Bible said the blood of Christ cleansed her and paid God for all the imperfect things we had done that we owed God for. I told her the righteousness of God Christ earned was to her credit, by faith. I asked if she’d want to be forgiven for her sins. “Yeah,” she said. So I said if she did there was a prayer she could pray and talked her through ii. I asked if it was the desire of her heart. “Yeah,” she said again so I said she could pray it silently I wouldn’t hear her but God would hear and she’d know she was forgiven. “Wanna do it?” “Yeah,” she said again and I bowed my head as she prayed so I could only see her hands (from under my cap) holding the booklet. When she let it rest on the table I looked up and said, “Your sins are forgiven. Not because I say so but because of Jesus,” “Yeah,” she said with a big smile. She had a family Bible she wanted to use so I gave her Bible Promises for You writing her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I told her now trusting in the righteousness of Jesus the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study. Resting her elbow on the table she held up her fist and said, “Very cool, Bob.” I bumped her fist. “I’ll see you in Heaven,” I said telling her I would pray a Bible verse for her each day for the next year. “Nice to meet ya,” “Have a good one,” she replied. “Thank you,” I said and headed out the door.

Daivion [day v on] was sitting alone at the long table they have along the base of the stairs in the PE building lounge. He had a unkempt afro and was wearing black sweats and a black hoodie with a small pack across his chest. He was on a laptop. He had a mustache and a goatee, square jaw, dark complexion, good-looking guy. He ran track and thought he’d pick it up again next spring at another college. When I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “’Cause of the love I showed my family and friends.” He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. He went to Church he said and when I asked him what Jesus had done to take away his sins he said, “He died.” He made some matter of fact faces of acceptance as I went through the Gospel. After explaining the gospel and what Jesus had done to save him I asked him if he thought something else or would want to be forgiven for his sins. He shook that he did want to be forgiven.  So I said if he did there was a prayer he could pray and read it through. Only one other big dude had sat at the table a few seats from us on the other side. So we were alone at our end. I asked if it was the desire of his heart, reading that line in the booklet. He smiled and said, “Yeah.” I said he could pray it silently and I wouldn’t hear but God would and he nodded, took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. He had a Bible so I also gave him, Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave him a Bible study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet saying he might have time this summer to look at it and Strobel also had YouTube videos. I told him also I would pray a Bible verse for him each day for the next year. We fist bumped and he said he appreciated it and I headed off.

So thanks for your prayers for the Ministry and for evangelism if you had a chance. God truly blessed. 

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and you were filled with, grace, mercy and peace. I had a good day on campus and Laokratis and Ben each prayed to receive Jesus today. Please pray they each grow in faith. Thanks for your prayers. Their stories are below if you wish to spend the time.

Laokratis was sitting in the science building lounge on the ground floor against the south windows on a couch waiting to go to class. He is Greek Orthodox. He was wearing a watch cap looking hat had blue eyes and what looked like very dark red or brown hair. Looked a better looking version of like Archie of comic book fame, absent the freckles. He had blue nylon sweats on and a red t-shirt. I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” He took a moment “I’m trying to think, that’s a good question,” he began and then said, “’Cause I’ve done everything I can to try to work toward my goals.” (That might sound odd. But since some people believe God wants you most of all to fulfill your purpose you can see what they might mistake that for getting them into Heaven.) He was 100% sure he would be let in to Heaven. I went through the Gospel with him and when I asked him what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world he said, “He was hung on a cross.” I stated the rest of the Gospel to him and he agreed with each point as if it was familiar saying he was purified by the blood of Christ where God got paid. I explained then it was the righteousness of God Jesus earned. He would not go to Heaven because of what he had done but because of what Jesus had done. Faith was the way he could receive Christ and be forgiven. In the end I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done or thought something else he said. “I have a sense in my heart I would want to be forgiven.” I said then there was a prayer he could pray and going thought it asked if he’d like to pray it silently. “Right now? Sure.” He read it through than said, “I have to get to class.” I quickly said he could keep the booklet and gave him Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and forgiven in the front and gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study. He got up and reached out and shook my hand with a smile and said, “Thank you sir.”  I said, “I don’t know if I’ll see again but I’ll see ya in Heaven.” And he headed off.

Ben is a Filipino guy. He’s about 5’6” and has a diamond shaped face and jagged bangs mustache. His eyes had a bit of an Asian appearance. He was wearing a tan hoodie and blue jeans. He was sitting in the hall just beyond the entrance to the bookstore. I asked him what he would say to God. He said, “The question is worded weird. I don’t think I should tell Him why I should be let into Heaven. I don’t think I have any right to convince Him. I feel like my choices in life should speak for themselves.” He thought he’d have a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. He knew Jesus had died when I asked what He had done to take always the sins of the world.” I explained the Gospel and he seemed to track with it. When I finished I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done or if he thought something else. I said Islam had a different God who did not live inside them of require a sacrifice for sin. “Don’t they have the same God as we do without Jesus?” “Well,” I replied. If you described me to someone but said I was Mexican or described a Mexican saying he was Swedish you would not be describing that person. If you remove something essential from a person’s description you change who you are describing. Jesus is part of God so if you remove Jesus you have a different God.” He seemed to accept that. It later turned out he car pooled with a guy who was a Muslim, so maybe that will be an interesting conversation.  “Well I’m Catholic so I’d want to be forgiven,” he replied. I offered the prayer to him saying he could pray it silently after I explained it and he said, “Ah sure.” He prayed then to receive Jesus. I gave him a Bible as he said they had a family Bible but he would take a small one. I gave him a compact Bible and showed him the “Where to Turn” section and the information sections in the back. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I told him the likelihood he would go to Heaven trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness was 100%. I explained living inside out. “By the Spirit’s Power.” He I gave him Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Book. I gave him a bible study also and we got up together to go. “Thanks for this this was really interesting,” he said as we walked. He said what I’d said was different from what his mother read in the Bible but thought we all believed the same thing. “That Jesus was God died for your sins and rose from the dead?” I asked. “Right,” he agreed. “and that faith saves you.” I put in. “Yes,” he said. I am not sure what his mother believes in addition. It is very rare for me to come across a Roman Catholic who understands Catholic doctrine or read the Bible. I could count these encounters on one hand with a couple extra fingers at most. He had made his decision it seemed and had said God would see the decisions he’d made. We got to where he was going to go into the cafeteria and I was going up the stairs. So I will keep him in my prayers.

Thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism if you had some time. God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Blessings on you and yours this good Friday! May your hope be in the Lord Who gave Himself for you.  I had a good day on campus Thursday and Ugo and Lily each prayed with me to receive Jesus. Please pray they grow I their love and trust in Jesus. 8 People received Christ this past week

Ugo was sitting opposite the bookstore at the base of the stairs. He is a tall African National, (or I assumed by his accent) good looking guy, short afro with kind of a professional look about him. He wore a neat pull over fleece and blue slacks. He agreed to do a survey but just as I got his name he glanced at the time and said, “Oh I only have 5 minutes before I go to class.” I asked if he would want to answer one big question then and he said OK. I asked, “Say you get hit by a bus, so you’re dead and you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “Because I’ve been righteous and I’ve done… I’ve followed You,” he replied. I pointed out that was what he had done but what had God done to get him into Heaven. He didn’t follow me so I went through the gospel stating what the verses meant as I pointed to them in the booklet, only reading a couple but talking about the blood and righteousness of Christ He earned that we could not. I explained that faith in what Jesus had done saved him, not his own righteousness but the righteousness of God by faith. I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting then in what Jesus had done and not his own works. “Yes,” he replied. I said then there was a prayer he could pray and reading it over quickly I asked if he would want to pray it silently before he went to class. He agreed and when he finished I said, “Your sins are forgiven!” and he smiled. I quickly gave him Bible Promises for You I wrote his name and the date and “Forgiven!” in the front. I gave him The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet and saying I would pray for him he was on his way up the stairs.

I came across Lily up on the third floor. She looked like a softball player in stature and had shoulder length straight naturally blonde hair. She wore no make-up and was wearing a grey sweat shirt with some printing on it of a university I did not recognize. She wore grey sweat pants of a different shade. She had pale blue eyes and it turned out she went to a Christian Reformed Church I had known of in High School and I said I went to Timothy Christian for High School. She said she did too and we hit it right off. I said I had blonde hair and blue eyes and though I was Swedish I fit in at Timothy and she laughed. I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven and she said, “Umm… I’m trying to think.” “I don’t know—I’m a good person, I feel pretty confident.” She thought she had a 70% chance of going to Heaven. I explained to her the Gospel and saying knowing God unto eternal life was Him living inside you with His Holy Spirit, “It’s like you’re the Energizer Bunny and God’s the batteries: You keep going and going and when you die it’s like you don’t die ‘cause God’s inside.” Saying Christianity was like a blood transfusion wherein for God to live inside you had to be made God’s type. I said he made you that way taking away your sin. Asking her how He did that she knew Jesus had died. I explained that then His blood cleansed her, paid God for what we owed Him and the righteousness of God Christ earned was to her credit. She need only believe and place her trust in that by faith. “So would you want to be forgiven for your sins trusting in what Jesus did or do you think something else?” I asked. “This one,” she said, pointing to the circle with God living in you. I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I talked her through it. I said if she wanted she could pray it silently and know she was forgiven, “I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven. Wanna do that?” Yeah sure,” she replied. “Just pretend I’m not here,” I said. “Alright,” she replied and prayed to receive Jesus. When she finished I said, “Your sins are forgiven!” “Awesome!” she replied happily. I explained the Christian life to her living by the Spirit’s power, “Inside>out” and I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside of Bible Promises for You. “Awesome,” she said again as I handed it to her. I’ve started writing Ephesians 1:13 on the page with Eternal Life promises and did that too. I gave her a Bible study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I got up to go and said I would pray a Bible Verse for her every day for the next year.  “Awesome,” she said again. “Thank you so much.” I said sure (and I think I said happy Easter) and headed out.

So Happy Resurrection day weekend. And thanks for your prayers God truly blessed evangelism this week.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a great day knowing the kindness of the Lord. I had a good day on campus and John, Billy and Bobby each prayed with me to receive Jesus today. Please pray each of them grows in their faith. Thanks so much for your prayers. We’re grateful for your help in ministry, very grateful.

John was sitting at the counter in the cafeteria. It turned out on a field trip and said he was a senior in High School. “Well you’re a student. Would you still like to do a survey?” I asked. He was still willing to do it..  In the Spring there are young students that come in to check out the College of DuPage. He had curly tight hair, nearly an afro, black rectangle rimmed glasses. He had a mostly white sweater with green horizontal stripes black jeans and blue tennis shoes. He wore a gold cross around his neck that was on a chain that looked a bit like a rosary or prayer beads.  He had an oval face, fair skin and something of an accent, his syntax as sometimes disordered in English. I asked him where is parents were from and he said, “Egypt.” I asked him what was one thing he’d like to do before he died. “Got any big dreams?” I asked.  “I wanna go and teach about God. Jesus,” he replied I asked what he would say to God to get into Heaven and he said, “I’m your son, you should let me in,” he paused and then confirmed, “That’s what I would say.” I asked the likelihood he would go to Heaven and he said, “65%”. So I asked why it was not 100%. “I feel like I’m a believer, I know God, I speak with Him, pray. But I’m not a servant. There’s a few more points I need to get there.” I began to go through the Gospel with him reading the verses. And he took it all in listening. I asked him what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world. He said, “I know He did that.” I went on to explain the Gospel and the blood and righteousness of Christ, salvation by faith and not by works and he tracked with these thoughts and I explained he needed to receive Jesus by faith “So if someone would say to you ‘Why should God let you into Heaven?’ you’d say Because Jesus died for me. Not that you just know the story from Church but that that’s what you place your trust in.”  I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in Jesus or thought something else. “I would be with Jesus,” he said. So I said if he would want to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and after reading through it with him asked if he would like to pray it silently. “Absolutely yes,” he said. And he prayed to receive Jesus. I noticed his classmates had left. They were once seated behind me. But he said not to worry he’d find them. I explained living inside out by the power of the Spirit and told him I would pray a Bible verse for him each day for the next year and he thanked me. He did not have his own Bible so I gave him a Study Bible showing him the 99 doctrines page and the cross-references and devotionals and maps in it saying there was probably one with Egypt. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front which he really liked. I gave him Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Book and a Bible study. “Can I tell you something?” he asked. “Sure,” I replied. “Please keep doing what you do,” he said. “Thanks,” I said. “That’s a real encouragement.” “I want to give you something for all these,” he went on pulling out his wallet. “No that’s ok,” I replied. “I don’t pay for these people give me money to buy books to give away.” He handed me 2 $5 bills and put them on the counter in front of me. “I want to donate,” he replied. “How about if you just give me one of these.” “No,” he said smiling and thanked me and I thanked him and he walked away to find his classmates who had wandered out of the cafeteria.

Billy was sitting in one of the lounges that has doors to an atrium displaying a path and trees growing in the middle of the BIC building. I asked him if he wanted to do a student survey and he said, “Sure I don’t have anything to do.” He had a brown shaggy head of hair in a 70’s vintage haircut, spit randomly on top. He had a dark blue hoodie and grey sweats on and long oval face, good hearted guy. He wanted to climb the highest mountain in North America and I told him I’d known a guy who froze off his fingers and toes doing that and we talked a bit about climbing. I asked him what he would say to God if asked why He should let him into Heaven. “Hmm, well, um,” he said pondering and then, “I do go to church every Sunday,” then, “Because I have to,” he added with a smile. “I’m nice to everybody, my kindness is contagious,” he said with a grin. He thought he had a 75% chance of getting into Heaven and then changed it to 80%. I went through the Gospel with him and when I asked what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world he said, “He died.” I then explained the blood and righteousness of Christ, explaining that he needed to receive all Jesus had done for him by faith. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven or thought something else. I’d be forgiven,” he said leaning back in the chair and at the table we sat at and raising his arms like he was stretching. I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and talking through it I asked if it was the desire of his heart. “Yeah,” he replied.” I said he could pray it right then silently, “I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven. Wanna do it?” “Yeah,” he said and took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. I explained living the Christian life inside out, first transformed by the Power of the Holy Spirit then doing good things. I told him the likelihood he would go to Heaven trusting in Jesus was now 100%. I told him I’d pray a Bible verse for him each day for the next year. I gave him a copy of Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and handing it to him I said, “Happy Easter.” He grinned at that. I gave him Strobel’s Case for Christ Answer Booklet and he thought he’d heard of him saying he’d tried to disprove Christianity and then believed. I agreed and said he had youtube videos he could watch. Getting ready to go I said, “God bless you man.” I appreciate it,” he replied and I headed out saying I’d see him in Heaven.

I found Bobby up on the third floor. He was tall and thin about my stature and wore a purple windbreaker and running shorts. He was chilling out in the SE corner lounge of the BIC. It looks out onto the outdoor terrace where they have concerts. He had a short fade haircut on the sides and straight blondish hair on top. He had a short very neatly trimmed beard and a thin mustache. I asked him what he’d say to God to get into Heaven. “I don’t know, I’d probably say I was raised Catholic, and I believed. I wouldn’t say I’m perfect. But who is?” He thought he had a 90% chance of going to Heaven. He was a really soft-spoken guy and listened closely to the Gospel. He knew, when I asked what He had done, that Jesus had died for our sins. As I finished I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done. “Mumhm,” he replied. I walked him through the prayer and asked if it was the desire of his heart and he nodded. Saying he could pray it silently and offing that to him he replied with another “Mumhm.” And took the booklet as I said, “Just pretend I’m not here,” then prayed to receive Christ. When he’d finished I explained the Christian life living inside out by the power of the Spirit. I told him the likelihood he would go to Heaven was now 100% saying that trusting in the righteousness of God, He would forgive both of us.  I gave him a copy of Bible Promises for You writing Eph 1:13 on the page with promises concerning Eternal Life. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside. I also gave him a Bible Study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told him I would pray a Bible verse for him each day for the next year and he thanked me. “Happy Easter,” I said to him. “Happy Easter. Nice to meet you,” he replied. “Nice to meet you too, I’ll see you in Heaven,” I said with a smile and he smiled back. I headed off then down the hall.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed.

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a joyful day walking with the Lord. I had a good day on campus and Joe, Mark and Justin Each prayed to receive Jesus today. Please pray these guys all grow in their faith. Thanks so much for your prayers. God led me right to these guys and their stories are below if you want to take the time.

Joe was sitting along the counter against the windows in the cafeteria. He had a dark gray College of DuPage hoodie and light grey sweats. His curly mop of brown hair fell out long enough to fall past his eyes. He had kind of a baby face, ready smile nice guy.  I asked if he wanted to do a survey about God. He said no thanks he was religious and went to Church.  I asked him if he wanted to just hear the one question. He said no so I said, “Ya sure? I’ll just tell ya the question and I’ll say no more and walk away.” So then he agreed and I asked him, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus, so you’re dead and you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” He struggled for a second but then said, “Because I trust in You?” I said the Bible was a had a different answer. I said I could tell him but I’d said I’d leave and I didn’t want to bug him. “No yeah OK,” he replied and I began to go through the booklet with him. When I told him he had to be cleansed of his sins so God could live inside him and give him eternal life he said, “Makes sense.” I asked him what the big thing Jesus did to take away his sins so God could live inside him and know him. He couldn’t think of anything saying, “He lives inside you?” So I repeated that first his sins had to be taken away so that could happen and just said, “…this is how it works.” I began to tell him, “…the Bible says we are to be perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect.” We owed God for the hurting His stuff, ourselves others or any of the world but we could not pay. I used the example I often do about borrowing a car denting the fender and paying a body shop to give it back to the person the way it had been loaned to us. “If I rolled over your foot with my car I can’t fix it back again, it would be wrecked.” I said God becomes a perfect man. His blood is worth an infinite amount and when He pours out His blood it pays God back for all the imperfect things we’ve done that we owe God something perfect for.  Explained the Righteousness of God Christ earned could be to his credit. I said all God did for him could be received by faith if he believed Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven or thought something else going superficially through Islam and Buddhism. Then I ended with “So would you want to be forgiven trusting in Jesus or do you think something else?” “I’d be Forgiven,” he said. I said there was a prayer he could pray and walked him through it and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart. “Yes,” he replied and so I said he could pray it right now I wouldn’t hear but God would. “Wanna do it?” “Yes,” he said again and he prayed to receive Christ. He took a Bible from me enthusiastically. I wrote his name and the date and “Forgiven!” in the front and he thanked me. I gave him Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible Study. I explained the Christian life living inside out by the Spirit’s power. He thanked me and shook my hand. I told him I would be praying for him each day a Bible verse to bless him for the next year. “Thanks Bob,” he said and reached out to shake my hand again. “Yeah sure you’re welcome,” I replied. I got up to go and we had hit it off in spite of his hesitancy at first. I don’t blame students for not wanting to talk about religion since there are cults walking around and they don’t want to get sucked into a trick argument. “I appreciate your talking about that that really helped me a lot,” Joe said. “OK,” I replied with a smile. And picked up my pack to go. “Thanks Bob,” he said again sincerely. And I smiled and headed off. It was a great first conversation back from Spring Break.

I headed over to the Science buildings and looked for people to talk to. Most everyone there is usually studying but if they are looking on their phone I’ll ask them to talk. I talked to a Christian girl who was really cheerful and then going back through the lounge that connects the building I asked two guys who were sitting together. They did not look completely grown in stature; they might have been High School seniors who were visiting. But they both were up for doing a student survey. I sat at the table in the third chair the vending machines off my right shoulder to the west. Justin on my left had swept back brown hair, short on the sides and a t-shirt on with some printing I never made out and shorts on. He had an oval face, looked a bit like a young Dick Van Dyke somehow. Mark had a dark quilted coat with narrow horizontal lines. His hair was curly on top and short on the sides, shorter face sharper small features. Both had teenage skin but had gotten some sun recently. I asked them the question I’d gotten started with Joe. “That’s a good question,” Justin said. “Yeah that’s a good question,” Mark agreed. Justin said “I help out with kids as much as possible, do volunteer work, Feed My starving Children [You can volunteer with this NFP to pack food to send abroad] and other stuff.” Mark then said, “God I’m gonna be honest with you I don’t think you should let me in,” he replied. “Is there a ‘but’ there?” I asked. “No, I’ve done stuff I don’t think I should be let into Heaven,” he replied. I asked the likelihood they would be let into Heaven. Justin though he had a 75% chance. I asked Mark if he thought God might be merciful. He intonated there might be something he’d forgotten, God knew about, that might work in his favor and said he might have a 50/50 chance. Justin and his family had stopped going to church with the Covid lockdowns and never gotten back in the habit. Mark just said he didn’t go to church. I went through the Gospel then with them telling them all the good news. I explained the righteousness of God Christ had earned. I said then they would not go to Heaven because they were good but because Jesus was good and they were connected to Him. I asked if they would want to be forgiven trusting in Jesus or thought something else. “Forgiven,” one said and the other said, “Yeah.” I said then there was a prayer they could pray and talked them through it, saying they could pray it silently and God would hear. “Wanna do it?”  “I would, “Mark replied right away and Justin said “Sure.” I took out another booklet, handing it to Mark, and they each then prayed to receive Christ. I took Mark’s book back when they’d finished and wrote some verses in it I’d written before. “Thanks a lot. Yeah Thanks,” they said one after the other. Mark shook my hand. I explained the Christian life living inside out by the Spirit’s power.  They both had Bibles but I gave them each Bible Promises for You writing their name and the date and “Forgiven!” in the front. I gave them each a Bible Study and The Case for Christ Answer Book and told them they could email me if they had any questions. I told them the likelihood they would go to Heaven now trusting in the Righteousness of Jesus was 100%. I told them I would see them in Heaven and I’d get there first being old and show them around.  I probably would not see them again but I would pray a Bible verse for them each day for the next year. “Thank you again,” Mark said and again shook my hand again as I got up to go. I said “You’re welcome,” and headed off.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Third Watch Ministries, NFP                                                             Bob & Ellen Bollow

P.O. Box 1283                                                                                       March 23, 2023

Wheaton, IL 60187

“Your sins have been forgiven….Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Luke 7:48,50

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your days of winter are behind ya and it’s been warming up outside at your house. We had some false hope coming into March and now it’s cold again. The volcano off the shore of Tonga has created the “Year without a summer” in the southern hemisphere, and the temperatures dropped 15 degrees on average. So we’re told by some experts to expect the same ice clouds to drift to the North. These clouds that formed in the mesosphere (the eruption sent water 52 miles up) increased the moisture there by 10%. So if Jesus returns soon with His angels they will have to strap on ice-skates to get through the first layer of clouds it seems. Buy some extra food ya like, as I presume the price of everything will be rising again.

Wow, lots of bad news on the weather front Bob. Got any good news? Yes! God is at work on campus again this semester. 44 students have prayed with me to receive Christ. Many conversations have gone like the one I had with Jake a few days ago. He looked slightly older, in his 20’s, light brown hair in a pony tail poured over his right shoulder—touching his chest. He had a long chin beard and a one inch thin jawline beard he had just begun growing out from the looks of it. He had kind of a windbreaker jacket on and appeared like something I’d have bumped into at Yosemite in 1980. He did not think he had time to do a long survey so I asked, “Want to just answer the main question then?” “Sure,” he replied. “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” I asked. “Hmm, Umm, well I’ve had faith” he answered.“What kind of faith? You had faith when you sat down on these chairs. You did not check them first, you just plopped down. What do you have faith in?” I asked.“That there is something greater,” he replied. He was 100% sure he was going to Heaven.”From the perspective of the Bible, that is not a faith that saves you,” I replied. I went on to explain the Gospel to him. It turned out he went to church some. I asked how Jesus took away his sins so God could live inside him with His Holy Spirit. “Reconciliation,” he guessed after a moment of thought. “I agree with you that you that it’s reconciliation. But what did Jesus do that reconciled you to God?” I asked. He was uncertain and I knew I did not have much time, so I launched into the Gospel. At the end I asked him if he would want to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else. I quickly mentioned “Islam does not believe God lives inside you nor was there a sacrifice for sin. So they have a different God. And the Buddha left his wife and kids to go off and seek enlightenment. But he’s not looking for God at all. He thinks he is trapped in a dream and can think his way out of it. So would you want to be forgiven for your sins, trusting in what Jesus has done or do you think something else?” “I would want to be forgiven!” he exclaimed. So I said there was a prayer he could pray and talked him through it and said he could pray it right now and know he was forgiven. He took the booklet, looking at the prayer, and said “I’ll take this with me.” “OK, here let me give you a book,” as I quickly handed him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet.  He took it, gratefully it seemed, as I quickly said something about Strobel’s story and he got up and crossed the hall and ran up the stairs to the class I had made him late for. I hope he will pray and I will find out. Fortunately for me, over 120 students have prayed with me right after going through the Gospel with them and I saw it. A few others told me later they had prayed when I bumped into them. Hopefully Jake will come to saving faith. He was the only person I found to go through the Gospel with that day.

Most days this year it seems someone has trusted Christ as Savior. Thanks so much for your prayers for the ministry on campus. I know there is power in prayer and this is the reason God is at work. Over 1800 students have prayed to receive Christ after hearing the Gospel from me since I began college ministry. I know that at Pentecost and other times in history God turned that many to Salvation by faith in one day. But Ellen and I are grateful to be used by God and feel He has been kind to put you in our lives to share in the work.

These are the names of the students who have prayed to receive Jesus this school year.

(If you don’t get the daily email, the accounts of their stories are at www.thethirdwatch.org)

Kevin, Brian, Riq, Shane, Fernando, Dona, Mariana, Kyra, Ethan, Savannah, Riley, Litzy, Gordon, Scott, Josie*, Henry, Sam, Anthony, Ryan, Arely, John, Skye, Michael, Jason, Giancarlo, Andrew, Sam, Anish, Erika, Erick, Jocelyn, Christian, Gian, Victoria, Tony*, Mike*, Nick, Emerald, Dom, Sam, Martin, Desha, Morgan, Citlali, Julie, Leslie, Max, Mattie, Eduardo, Cyrus, Bris, Kayla*, Heaven, Mimi, Isaac, Micky, AnnMarie, Dejan*, Nathan, Ysabela, Zakia, Michelle, Ryan, D, Robertro, Jayden, Mayra, Freddy, Emily, Znyia, Gianluca, Alex, Jessica, Riley, Juan, Kenny, Omar, Kiara, Joaquin, Rose, Ben, Tanya, Quin, Denise, Sam, Ozzy*, Ashley, Mars, Allison, Ishani, Osvaldo, Kelly, Sabas, Daisy, Andrew, Aaliyah, Sydney, Shanice, Taron, Melissa, Preston, Daniel, Evelyn, Abbey, Adrienne, Kyle, Ahsi, Kristina, Sandra, Emily, Diego, Ryan, Nicole, Xia, Fisayomi, Noah, Sarah, Niko, SarahMary, Janet, Will, Chris, Rico, Dan, Miles, Aaron, Sara, Ethan, Jaden, Devin*, Hameedah, Michael, Otto

In Him,

Bob & Ellen

                                                                                          Happy Spring!

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Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with all good things from above. I had a headache all day but the Lord brought Michael and Otto to Himself after I told them the Gospel. So that was great. Please pray they grow in their faith. Both were truly grateful to hear the Good News. Their stories are below if ya have some time.

Michael was sitting in the hallway on the Third floor of the BIC building on the south side and was the first person I asked to talk with. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt that had tiny orange icons on it with some kind of tweedy black and white sweats for pants. His hood was up and he had block features. There was a bit of dark blonde or brown hair I could see front the front at the top of his forehead, about an inch long. He said he’d do a survey. I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “Hmm what would I say let’s see…” he said thinking. “I believe in God. I believe everyone makes mistakes.” Then as if he was thinking he added, “I’ve been going to Church since I was a kid, and should be let into Heaven. I love my parents I love God so I believe I should be let in.” He thought the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I began to explain the Gospel saying God loved him and wanted to live inside him but to do so He would have to take away his sin. “What’s the big thing that Jesus does to take away the sins of the world, to pay for your sins and the sins of the world?” I asked. He thought for a moment and said, “He was nailed to a cross.” “Right,” I said, “this is how it works.” So, I began to explain the blood of Christ cleansing him, then as a payment for his sins and that the righteousness of Christ was too his credit. So, you don’t go to Heaven because you are good but because Jesus is good and you’re connected to Him. “Like if you marry a millionaire, you got a million bucks.” I explained because he had said he went to a Catholic Church that this was the symbolism in the mass that the wafer was symbolic of His body and the wine Symbolic of His blood so when he took it, he should say thank you because it as commemorating Jesus had died and so he was forgiven. Then saying God adopted him I said that if he received Christ, he’d be given the “right to become” a child of God. I said this was by faith and that his good stuff did not fix his bad stuff. So, I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done or thought something else. “Be forgiven for my sins,” he replied.  I said there was a prayer he could pray and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart. “Hmm,” he said agreeing it did. I said he could pray it silently and I wouldn’t hear but God would hear and asked if he wanted to do it and nodding, he took the booklet. Looking at the prayer for a second he said, “Out loud?” “No silently is good,” I replied. He prayed and he thanked me and I told him about living by the Spirit’s power and asking God’s help in everything. I gave him Bible promises for You and wrote his name and the date and forgiven in the front. He thanked me again and I gave him a Bible study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told him I’d pray a Bible verse for him into the Spring and a year after. “I’ve seen you around,” he said. We talked a bit and he said “Thank you so much.” I said sure. I told him if he had any questions, he could email me and if I saw him around I’ve just wave. He thanked me again and I took off.

Otto was sitting in the southeast corner lounge of the science buildings by himself in front of a laptop at a table. He had a mop of curry hair and looked Latino, clean shaven. He wore jeans and a gray old-school looking sweatshirt, had wire rimmed glasses the shape of aviators. He said he had some time and would do a survey. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven and he repeated the question thinking and said and said, “I don’t think that’s my decision to make at all.” I asked him what he thought the likelihood he would get into Heaven. He said, “I’m not sure.” He then said something about Passover and baptism he had not done yet. As I went through the Gospel I explained that Jesus had died on Passover to fulfill the law. I told him in the old covenant there were sacrifices each year but Jesus was the perfect sacrifice lamb that fulfilled all of the law and His blood paid for all our sins. I said His righteousness was too our credit, later explaining after he prayed that the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the righteousness of Christ and not any righteous religious deed he had done and at that point explained baptism. I also explained then Paul said in the book of Romans that he did not trust in his own righteousness but the righteousness of God that was his by faith. I went on with the Gospel, all Jesus had done was for those who had received Him, believed on “His name” (or His reputation) that He was God had died for their sins and rose from the dead. Otto’s good stuff could not fix his bad stuff but God could turn his bad stuff into good because He controlled the future [Rom. 8:28]. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done or thought something else. “Forgiven by Christ,” he replied. So I said there was a prayer he could pray and talked him through it and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart. “Yeah,” he said. I said he could pray it silently and I wouldn’t hear but God would hear and he’d know he was forgiven would he want to. “Yeah sure,” he said and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. When he finished I explained living by the Spirit’s power. I explained that the church he was attending on line, if it was giving him religious works to do should be saying he could only do things to please God by the power of the Holy Spirit, not by his own effort. They had told him he needed to be baptized after he thought it through well enough. Then once he was baptized he would be let into Heaven. He had been baptized as an infant in a Catholic Church and they said that was not it. I said if he felt he should be baptized again that was fine and the Bible does encourage us to make a public statement of our faith through Baptism but it is the appeal to God for a clear conscience that Peter says in the Bible make the Baptism effectual. The only way for us to have a clear conscience is to know our sins are forgiven by what God does when Jesus dies for us on the cross. So we say we trust in that when we are baptized and go under the water symbolically dying with Him and raise up but it is not the baptism itself that has power. I also explained Paul says, [1Cor. 1:14] ^“I thank God that I baptized none of you.”  He would not have said that if Baptism was necessary to be saved, he would have baptized them right away himself to be sure. I said being baptized had no relationship to the Passover and it did not matter when we did it. Jesus dies on the Passover so people will know He is the Passover sacrifice to pay for sins. He said they talked about the Sabbath day and I explained that in Christ we become the temple of the Holy Spirit, so every day is the Sabbath Day, we don’t ever take a day off and rob a bank or something where we are not resting in Christ who is our sabbath rest as it says in Hebrews 4. So they are right in saying the Church is not told in the Bible to change the Sabbath day to Sunday from Saturday, but Christian’s do not change the day or discard the day but amplify it because every day we rest in Christ who is the Sabbath. We are the temple of God. He lives in us, so every day is like we go to Church and honor Him. I pointed out they were not keeping the Sabbath anyway since if you start your car you kindle a fire. I quickly explained an internal combustion engine saying that breaks the Sabbath just driving to Church. I said it sounded like they were trying to trick him by adding things but salvation was all God’s work not his even by being baptized. I gave him Bible promises for You and wrote his name and the date and forgiven in the front. I gave him a Bible study and explained it. I also gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told him I’d pray for him each day until next spring and if he had any questions to email me. “Thank you so much.” He said and I headed out and he went off to class.

Thanks for your prayers for the Ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a chance God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope you had a blessed day walking with God. I had a good day on campus.  Jaden and Hameedah each prayed to receive Jesus and Darin* committed to Christ but had to run for his ride who had called him. Thanks for your prayers. Their stories are below if you have the time.

Jaden was the first guy I found to go through the Gospel with today. He was sitting on the second floor of the BIC on the north side on a bench in the hall. He had stick straight hair, spiked up in the front, short on the sides. He was slight in build shorter than me wearing a light blue pull-over hoodie and dark blue sweats. He had dark circles under his eyes and a square chin with kind of the Private Eye film noir look. I asked him if he died, what he would say to God to be let into Heaven. He thought for a minute and said, “I’ve lived a good life. I’ve been a good person.” He thought the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 90%. He hadn’t been to church in a while but regularly went to Church growing up. I began to explain the Gospel to him and said in order for God to live inside him he had to make him his type and asked “Do you know what the big thing is that Jesus does to take away the sins of the world?” He nodded then and looked at me the way you do when you can’t answer the question. I said, “This is how it works.” And explained the gospel. He followed closely listening carefully and I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done, then God would live inside him and give him strength in life or did he think something else. Then said again when he was slow to respond, “So would you want to be forgiven for your sins.” He thought a moment more taking it all in and said, “Yeah.” I said, “Well, if you want to be forgiven there’s a prayer you can pray.” I read through the prayer and asked, “Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?” “Yeah,” he replied again. I said if he wanted he could “pray it right then silently and I wouldn’t hear him but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven. Wanna do that?” “Ummhum,” he replied and he took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. I took the booklet back saying he could keep it. “Thank you,” he replied and I explained the Christian life living inside out. I gave him a copy of Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and forgiven in the front. I gave him a Bible Study and Told him the likelihood now he would go to Heaven was 100%. I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I said I would pray a Bible verse for him each day to bless him through spring and through the next year. “Thank you,” he said. I said, “Really cool to meet ya.” “Yeah you too,” he replied. Have a good one,” I said. “You too,” he said and I shook his hand and took off. He was very low key and reserved but friendly as I left him.

Hameedah [ha mead ah] was sitting in the booths at the doors leading out to the waterfall, it’s turned off for the winter. She had dozens of long braids of brown and black. She was African American but had an African accent. She had a petit pretty face with a small nose and almond shaped eyes, a small pretty mouth. She had a kind sweet demeanor. She had on a black puffy coat with thin horizontal quilts and skinny jeans, white tennis shoes. We sat across from her friend who had headphones on and never looked up. She said she went to Church every Sunday downtown. I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven and she said, “I tried my best to be a good Christian. I’ve been committed to God and feel I’ve been a good Christian.” She thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with her and she had John 3:16 memorized and knew Romans Rom. 6:23 finishing each as I read. But then I asked her what was the big thing Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world so God could live inside her. She had no idea and said nothing and kind of shrugged. I finished telling her how Jesus had died for her, His blood had cleansed her and His righteousness could be to her credit. “You don’t go to Heaven because you are good but because Jesus is good and you are connected to Him.” I said, saying God adopts her and gives her His blessings of a sacrifice for her sins and Jesus’ blood and righteousness.  I explained she was saved by faith. I asked if she would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done. “Yes,” she said. Then I said there was a prayer she could pray to be forgiven and walked her though it and asked if it expressed the desire of her heart. “Yes,” she said again. So I said she could pray it silently and she nodded and prayed to receive Jesus. When she finished I said she was forgiven. I explained the Christian life living inside out. “It’s also my Birthday,” she said happily.” I said I had a book for her for a Birthday present. I wrote her name and “Happy Birthday” and the date and “forgiven!” In the front. I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study. I then told her the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. Saying, “Jesus’ righteousness was worth an infinite amount because He is God, so there is enough to an old Biker like me and a young girl like you that hasn’t even done hardly anything yet, God’s righteousness will cover us both.” “Amen,” she said. I said I would keep her in my prayers through the Spring for the next year praying a Bible verse to bless her each day. “Thank you,” she said. And I got up and headed out.

Darin was in the MAC Arts building wearing his jacket with a satchel at his feet. He had a watch cap on and a beard and mustache, African American, slight in stature. As soon as I got his name he immediately got a call and said, “I see you I’ll be right out.” I said it did not seem like he had time now but asked him If he died what he would say to God if asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” He thought about it saying it was a good question. “I haven’t done anything necessarily to warrant not going to Heaven,” he finally replied. He thought he had a 70% chance of going to Heaven. I took out the booklet and quickly made 4 quick points asking if he’d want to be forgiven or thought something else. “I’d want to be forgiven,” he replied. I said there was a prayer he could pray and read through it and said he could pray it silently right now or take it with him. “Ok,” he said, “Thanks.” I asked if he believed Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead. “Do you think that’s a true story?” “Yeah,” he replied. “And do you trust in that to be forgiven for your sins?” “Yes,” he said firmly. I said he was forgiven then and need only talk to God about it. I gave him Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and he got up and left for his ride. His phone rang again two steps from me with the impatient ride calling. So I think he has believed unto salvation and I will see him again. Matt. 10:32 “Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.”

Thanks for your prayers for the Ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob