Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed last week and you’re out of the snow. I was grateful not to live in NYC (of course I’m grateful for that in spring, summer and fall as well.) Last week I had a dentist appointment for a filling that came out and meeting but Antonio and Precious, prayed to receive Monday. Carlos prayed to receive Christ on Tuesday. I also had a good apologetic discussion with Ethan a lapsed Catholic.  Lalo, Tae and Bobby each prayed to receive Jesus Wednesday and Natalie* said she would pray later but had to run to meet someone. The stories are below if you have time you want to spend. Please pray they grow in faith.  

 Carlos was a Latino guy in skin tone. He had a mop of dark brown hair bushy flyaway beard only on his jaw line. He had a teddy bear face and was shorter a solid looking guy, 5×5. He wore a black hoodie and pants. He told me at the end as he was leaving he wanted to do the criminal justice program but was currently a senior in High School. He was sitting in the cafeteria alone at a table. A friend sort of sat down later. The friend didn’t listen but was up and down. At the end he paced back and forth trying to distract Carlos (or had ADD). He might have been in fear of a bus ride they’d miss which came much later. Carlos looked me in the eye the entire time very interested and ignored his friend. I asked his one thing he would want to do before he died and he said, “Spend more time with my family.” I told him I’d read that that is what many rich men say at the end of their lives when asked if they would do something over. He agreed like he’d heard that before. 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 thought for a bit and said, “Probably that I helped a lot of people growing up.” He was sure he would go to Heaven, “100%” and when I asked if he went to Church he said, “I been to church.” After that I began to go through the Gospel with him and he was lasered in attentively. He knew Jesus had died when I asked what He had done to take away the sins of the world. I explained how that His blood cleansed him to allow God to live inside him and was a payment to God. The Righteousness of God was earned by Christ and was to his credit. I said God adopted him and he was saved by faith if he received Christ. I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done, then He would live in him with His Spirit and give him strength, take him to Heaven when he died? Or thought something else giving him a few explanatory sentences on the Islam and the Buddha. “So would you want to be forgiven for your sins?” I asked. “Yeah,” he replied. So I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through it and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart, “Yeah,” he said again. I said he could pray it silently; I wouldn’t hear him but God would hear and he’d know he was forgiven, “Wanna do that?” “Yeah,” he said. He prayed the to receive Christ. His friend by then had his shorts in a bunch but I quickly gave him Bible promises for You, I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside. He took it and said, “Thank you.” I gave him a Bible Study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet without explaining it. “Thank you,” he said again, enthusiastically and they were off.

 Lalo was sitting in a sofa chair at the base of the stairs by the bagel shop in the MAC. There’s one chair there and I sat as his feet. He had bright rosy cheeks and a smaller face, small nose and a mustache just above his lips about the width of eyebrows. His short, mostly straight hair had a bit of a wave to it making high bangs. He didn’t smile at all and was typical height for a lot of Latino guys I meet. He had on a charcoal grey baggy hoodie and baggy black sweats. He wore white socks in Adidas one strap sandals. He thought he’d like to travel, possibly to Thailand. 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 said, “I’m not worthy Bro. I sinned a lot. I gotta get right with God.” I asked him the likelihood he would go to Heaven when he died and he said, “15%.” I began to go through the Gospel with him, saying all I usually say and when I asked him what Jesus had done back in History to take away the world so God could live inside him with His Spirit he said, “He was crucified, He died for us.” I agreed and explained the blood to cleanse and be a payment to God for our sins and the righteousness of Christ. I said receiving Christ saved him, and believing He is God had died for his sins and rose from the dead. If he put his trust in that it would mean he had faith in Jesus. Faith saved him. I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting in Jesus. “Then you would be cleansed and God would give you strength, take you to heaven when you die or do you believe something else,” I said with the brief options Islam and the Buddha.  I asked again if he wanted to be forgiven, He looked hard at the circle with God on the throne of his life for a moment. He finally said, “Trust in Jesus.” I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray I asked if it expressed the desire of his heart and he nodded. I said he could pray it silently, “Wanna do that?” I asked. “Yeah,” he replied and he took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. I began to go through the Christian life with him. He only had a pocket New Testament from The Gideons that had recently been on campus. I asked if he would want one with the Old Testament. He said he did so I gave him one showing the study helps and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inner page. “Thank you so much,” he replied taking it. I explained living by the Spirit’s power, “Inside Out.” I gave him Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study. I told him I would pray a Bible Verse for him each day from now until Spring asking God to bless him. He said, “Thank you so much,” again. He stood up to go and I stood and shook his hand and he said, “Have a good day.” “You too,” I replied and he headed off.

Coming across Natalie she had a pretty wide, oval face, small nose with tight wavy hair parted in the middle, brown past her shoulders. She was 5’10” and raised in a non-denominational church. She said to the question, “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?” “Because…Ooo, that’s a good question.” Then she said, “Because I grew up with God I know who He is. I’m not close with God but I know who You are.” She thought she had a 32% chance of going to Heaven. She said she would pray later and asked for the Booklet and I said “Sure.” “Maybe I’ll come across you again and you’ll have prayed, “Yes,” she said with some determination and she headed off.

 Tae was sitting in the hallway not far from the bookstore entrance in an arm chair. He said he’d do a survey so I pulled the empty one near over. He had an oatmeal-colored watch cap that looked like it had been crocheted having semi square nobs on it the size of half dollars. He had finger width dreadlocks falling down out from under and the ends of which were light brown. He had classic back features a medium rounded nose and a beard just under his chin, full lips, reasonably good-looking guy. Tall and thin wearing a military green quilted zipper vest over closed over a black hoodie and black skinny jeans. He was over 6 feet tall and had a warm smile, was very casual and soft spoken. He said he wanted to make enough for his family as a welder and was in school for it. 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?” “Honestly I’d be like ‘Everybody deserves a second chance.” I asked him the likelihood he would go to Heaven when he died and he said, “I feel like if I died right now I’d go to Heaven.” I began to go through the Gospel with him and he knew Jesus had died for the sins of the world and had gone to Church when he was young. I said everything I usually say to explained the blood and righteousness of Christ. A couple times as I made a point he said, “True,” in affirmation. He was engaged and liked listening it seemed. I said he needed to receive Christ by faith, believing he was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead, “Not that you just know the story but that that’s what you put your trust in. So if someone would ask, “Why should God let you into Heaven you’d say, ‘Because Jesus died for me.’” I asked him if he would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done. I gave him the option of the other faiths and asked, “When you are asking for forgiveness for your sins were you thinking, ‘I know I’ll be forgiven because Jesus died for me.’ Or were you hoping you were good enough?” he said, “The second one.” So I said, “If you’d want to be forgiven there’s a prayer you could pray,” and I talked him through it asking if it was the desire of his heart. “For sure,” he replied. I said he could pray it silently and he said, “For sure,” again and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. I explained the Christian life to him living by the Spirit’s power, “Inside Out.” I gave him Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven” in the front. I also gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study and when I explained it he liked it and said, I’m gonna check this out. I told him I would pray a pray a Bible Verse for him each day from now until Spring asking God to bless him. I told him the likelihood he would now go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. I shook his hand and said, “I’ll be seeing you in Heaven.” I appreciate that,” he replied. And I headed off.

 I came across Bobby later sitting one chair away from the clear walls just down the hall from Starbucks. He had a black hood up on a nylon zippered coat and a nylon black cap on under it, black shirt. Had on light brown baggy jeans and brown kind of traditional Ray Ban glasses, circle bottom flat on top. He had a narrow-trimmed mustache like Errol Flynn’s with a separation in the middle, smaller nose and thinner lip. He was African American with a firm jaw line and square chin, good-looking guy. When I asked him one thing he wanted to do before he died he said, “Get married”. That’s a good sign a guy will trust in Jesus, if they say, “Have a family,” basically it’s a lock. 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?” “I’d say He probably shouldn’t honestly. Slot is narrow,” He replied. “Jesus said to enter through the narrow gate, but He is the Gate. He just means the other ways are excluded,” I said in response. I asked him the likelihood he would go to Heaven when he died and he said he didn’t feel like it was his place to say, “Me right now, probably not. But I still have time to get better.” I began to go through the Gospel saying Knowing God was eternal life, this meant in the New Testament that God lived inside him. So God wanted to live inside him with but first He had to take away his sins. I asked him what the big thing was Jesus did back in History to take away the sins of the world. “Baptism,” he guessed. “Well,” I said, “Baptism is symbolic of it you go under the water and die with Christ and come up and are raised with Him from the dead.” “Repent?” he tried. I said something like, “Well this is how it works,” saying, “He died for you.” Then he remembered that much. I began to explain the work of Christ, His blood to cleanse him and be a payment to God and the righteousness of God Christ earned perfectly fulfilling the Old Testament law and demonstrating flawless obedience. It is to our credit when God adopts us. We become His child receiving Christ by faith. I asked him if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting I what Jesus had done or if he thought something else also giving him a quick version of Islam and the Buddha. I then asked, when he asked for forgiveness for his sins if he had hope he would be good enough or did he think, “I know I’ll be forgiven because Jesus died for me.” “Be good enough,” he replied. So I said, “Well, if you’d want to be forgiven there’s a prayer you could pray.” I talked him through it and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart. He nodded it did. I said he could pray it silently and only God would hear him, “Wanna do that?” I asked and he said, “Yeah.” He prayed the to receive Jesus. He had a Bible but said, his uncle was a pastor and he asked him where to begin reading in the Bible but he didn’t really answer the question. I explained things in the New Testament were often explained looking for more information in the Old Testament but most people say to start in John. I said I had a Bible study that showed that on the Deity of Christ and I explained it and he liked it. I explained living by the Spirit’s power, “Inside Out.” I gave him Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and forgiven!” in the front. I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told him I would pray a prayer for him each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless him. “Thank you,” he replied. I got up to go and he shook my hand and said, “You have a good one.” “You too,” I replied and headed off.

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

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was a blessed one walking in the knowledge of His righteousness gifted to us by the work of Christ and our faith [2Cor. 5:21]. I had a good day on campus and Antonio and Precious each prayed to receive Jesus. Please pray they grow in faith and trust in Him.

 I was at a split I the hallway and asked God which way to turn, towards the bookstore or the cafeteria. Sometimes I do that and have no sense at all either way but I had a nudge toward the cafeteria. I hadn’t been able to find someone to go through the Gospel with yet, just talking to students I knew who had received Christ this year. So I went with it and found Antonio was sitting at a table in the cafeteria killing time. He wore a light grey hooded sweatshirt and black cargo pocket sweats. Wasn’t a big guy, he had brown reddish hair, a wavy mop on top short on the sides.  He had gaps between his teeth otherwise perfectly spaced. He looked like he could have been related to Charlie Kirk, a brother with a shorter face. He had full lips and was upbeat. I asked him if he’d wanna do a student survey about God and he said, “Sure I don’t have anything to do.” I began, getting his name and he said he wanted to hold public office. I said I didn’t and we needed good people so that was great. I asked, “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 said that was “really a good question actually,” and then said, “I’m not sure.” I asked if had gone to church at all and he said not since he was a little kid so I asked what he thought it was that got you into Heaven. He thought and said, “Staying close to the Lord. Living by His morals and His commandments,” he replied. I asked the likelihood he would go to Heaven. “According to the Bible we all go to Heaven, so 100%, right?” I said some people might say that but that if everyone went to Heaven it would be just like Earth. He agreed that wouldn’t be good. I pointed out some people hate God and do not want to be there. “People that accept Him then,” he replied. “OK,” I said. “The last part of this is what you think of Christianity. It’s 4 quick points and ya say what ya think.” He agreed and I began to go through the Gospel with him saying, “knowing God” was that He lived inside you. I explained that God wanted to transfuse His life into you, live inside you with His Holy Spirit, but first He had to make you His “type”. Like a blood transfusion, so God had to take away his sin. “Interesting,” he said. I asked what Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world. “He was crucified,” He replied. I agreed and then explained the blood of Christ as cleansing for his sins and a payment with an illustration. “God has to be just to forgive you so there has to be a payment. “Got it,” he replied. I told him of and righteousness of Christ and how God adopted him. I said all this was received by faith, faith God’s gift saved him. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done or thought something else and gave him the quick version of Islam and the Buddha. He liked seeing a quick way to think about them. “So would you like to be forgiven for your sins trusting in Jesus?” I asked. “Yeah absolutely,” he replied. So I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through it and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart. “Yeah,” he replied. I said he could pray it silently, “Wanna do that?” “Yeah, absolutely,” he replied again and he prayed then to receive Jesus. I told him the likelihood he would now go to Heaven trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus was 100%. “That’s awesome,” he replied enthusiastically. He had a Bible and I encouraged him to read in the book of John. I explained the Christian life living by the Spirit’s power, “Inside out.” I gave him Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front showing him how he could turn the verses into prayers. I gave him a Bible study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet which he was very interested to read. I told him I would keep him in my prayers each day praying a Bible verse for him until Spring and one year after. “This is an awesome story. Thanks, God bless you,” he said. “God bless you too,” I said. He was one of the most receptive upbeat guys I had talked to all year. I hope he gets in office.

 I came across Precious later in one of the cutouts on the Third floor that overlooks the lounge. It’s a great place to sit, you can see out the glass 3 story wall looking east. Precious is a pretty girl, a darker skinned Latina. Some Latina girls I speak to at school are really indistinguishable from a Spanish European. But she had pretty tan skin and a cute small head with a pointed chin. Her straight dark hair was pulled back behind her head with a high forehead. Her teeth were a bit crowded. She wore back rimmed semi-round glasses that slid down her nose, which she pushed up a few times as we talked and she wore a navy blue pull over hooded sweatshirt and had light grey baggy sweats. She took one of her larger bags off the chair beside her so I could sit and informed me I had talked with her boyfriend, Drew, and I had given him a Bible, “Well Andrew,” she corrected. I then knew who she meant saying I knew him, he’d been sitting in the cafeteria earlier this semester. (Another guy last school year named Drew had prayed with me also but I hadn’t given him a Bible.) She said she went to Calvary Church. She thought she’d like to travel. I asked her, “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?” She thought for a bit and said, “I think I’ll say, ‘I believe in you with all my heart.’” But she only thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I went through all the Gospel with her and she knew Jesus had died to take away the sins of the world. She took it all in. I came to the end and asked, “Which kind of person are you or would you want to be. Would you want to be forgiven for your sins trusting in what Jesus has done? Then He will live inside you and give you strength and take you to heaven when you die, or do you think something else?” I gave her the CliffsNotes version of Islam and the Buddha and said, “When you’re asking for forgiveness for your sins are you thinking in your heart you are a good person and going to Church and you believe in God or are you thinking, I know I’ll be forgiven because Jesus died for me?” She took a bit and said, “I’m thinking.” “Sure take your time,” I replied. After a bit she said, “I think it’s both.” I believe thinking she had split the horns of the dilemma. “Yes it is both,” I replied. “If you believe in Jesus you will do good things but were you believing in Jesus so that you could do good things?” She thought just a second and said, “No.” “Ok well if you want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus has done there’s a prayer you can pray,” I said and I talked her through it and asked if it expressed the desire of her heart. “Yeah,” she replied. So I said she could pray it silently and she took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. She was happy then and I told her the likelihood she would go to Heaven now was 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front showing her also how she could turn the verses into a prayer. She really liked that and said, “Thank you.” I gave her a Bible study and explained it to her with the miracle of walking on the water. I gave The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I explained Strobel’s story and how it was a comfort to have a really smart person researching Christianity and finding it true. I told her I would keep her in my prayers each day praying a Bible verse for her until Spring and one year after. “Thank you,” she said again. I told her I would see her in Heaven. “OK,” she said with a smile and I headed off.

 So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed the work, telling the awesome story of the Gospel.

 In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your week was blessed this week walking with the Lord. I had a slow week on campus and there are few students around (most in remote learning class) but 12-week classes begin on Monday so I hope that will get a few more peps in the door. Kinsley, India and Alfonso all prayed to receive Jesus this week and Leslie said she would pray later. Alfonso’s story from Thursday is below if you have time. Please pray God continues to draw these into a closer walk with Him.

 Alfonso has sitting at the counter height tables outside the bagel shop in the MAC arts building, his back to the glass wall that looks out at the patio and outdoor theatre. He had a narrow oval face and curly brown hair in a mop on top, short on the sides. He looked Latino but had fair skin and indistinct features, round edges to his nose, just a nice-looking guy. He wore a vintage style button up knit collared shirt with narrow horizontal stripes and black dress pants. Maybe he’d had a presentation in a class as he looked a bit dressed up. He said he wanted to travel, see Japan. 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?” “I feel like every day I try to be a better person than yesterday. You have to wake up every day, hope things will be better and be positive,” he replied. He said he went to Church every Sunday. He thought he had a 60% chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel and he had kind of a warm look on his face of sort of wonder, not having really understood before. I said knowing God was eternal life and this meant God wanted to live inside him. when I asked, he knew Jesus had died on the cross to take away the sins of the world. He just seemed to quietly and patiently take it all in, the blood that had cleansed him and the righteousness of God Jesus earned to his credit when God adopted him. I explained he was saved by faith reading the Bible verses through as I always do or quoting them with a reference. He had the same half smile on his face the entire time but the vibe was receptive. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done and gave him the brief CliffsNotes on Islam and the Buddha. Asked then in summary if he’d want to be forgiven and he nodded. I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and asked if it “Expressed the desire of his heart.” He nodded. I said he could pray it silently and be forgiven and he nodded the third time. He took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. After, I walked him through the Christian life. He said he had a Bible I explained living by the Spirit’s power, “Inside Out” as the difference between Christianity and other religions. I told him the likelihood he would now go to heaven trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus was 100%. 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 The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told him I would keep him in my prayers each day praying a Bible verse for him until Spring and one year after. “Thank you,” he replied. “I’ll try to remember what you look like but a year from now it might be hard,” I said. “Yeah a year’s a long time,” he said. “Well, it was so nice to meet you,” I said getting up to go. “I was nice to meet you too,” he said warmly and I headed off.

 So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism this past week if you had a chance, God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed walking in the provision of God who says He will supply all our needs. India prayed to receive Jesus today and Leslie [a rail-thin Latina girl with a pretty face and stick straight hair] said she would pray later but I think she believed. She had been a Catholic schoolteacher before she was recently married to a Marine. So I may not see her again to discover. I’ll pray for her for a while. We talked a bit about how the sacraments would require faith and the power of the Spirit to act on someone. Though I’m not a sacramentalist. Please pray these young women grow in faith. India’s story is below if you have time you wish to spend.

India was sitting at a counter height table in front of what looked to be a large medical text. From behind she had long thick curly hair, about 4 inches past her shoulders and a head band holding it back curly bangs pressed to her forehead in front. I thought I might have talked to her before since it seems there are an abundance of brown curly heads on girls on campus this year. But seeing her face it was new to me. She was pretty and had fair skin with otherwise traditional black features. She had full lips and a nose, wider at the base but thin on the bridge that held black rim near circular glasses. She had a sharp jaw line and a square chin. She told me her name and I said “Like the subcontinent”. She laughed. I asked her if there was any special way to spell it, “Like the subcontinent,” she replied with a smile. She said she wanted to travel. I asked her, “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?” “You know honestly. I feel like because we’re all born into sin in this life I do what I can to be a replacement for God. I feel like that’s for Him to decide not for me.” She thought she had a 75% chance of going to Heaven. I said that the last thing was what she thought about Christianity in this booklet. She said she felt like people had misconceptions about it a bit but if they’d spend more time reading the Bible, “it holds all the answers they need I this life.” I said there were some Bible verses in the booklet and asked if she wouldn’t mind responding to them. She agreed and I began to go through the Gospel with her. She liked the illustrations and when I asked her what Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world she knew He died on the cross. She tuned right in listening to how the blood of Jesus sacrifice cleansed her from sin and was a payment to God. I explained the righteousness of God for her and that this had to be received by faith.  Faith saved her, her good stuff wouldn’t fix her bad stuff. I showed her the two circles and said, “So the last question is would you want to be forgiven for your sins trusting in what Jesus had done. Then He would live inside her giving her strength and take her to heaven when she died or did she think something else?” I gave her the CliffsNotes version of Islam saying they had a different god and the Buddha (we really can’t be sure what he said but the physical world is an illusion and we must be born and die thousands of times to get a perfect life). “So when you are asking for forgiveness for your sins are you thinking you have been faithful to follow what you should do and hoping you would be forgiven or have you thought, ‘I know I’ll be forgiven because Jesus died for me?’” “Oh!” she said in sudden realization. “You have to trust in Jesus.” “I said, “If you want to be forgiven trusting in Jesus there’s a prayer you can pray.” I talked her through it and said, “It says here ‘Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?’ Would you say it did?” She nodded. “Well, if you want to you could pray it silently right now. I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and you’d know you’ll be forgiven. Wanna do that?” I asked. “Yeah definitely,” she replied. And she prayed then to receive Jesus. I explained the Christian life to her then living “By the Spirit’s Power.” “Christianity is different than from other religions, it’s inside out not outside in,” I explained how we ask for transformation by His Spirit, be then become good people and we will do good things. “So when I screw up, you’d think being old I would have it down by now. But I don’t just ask for God to forgive me I ask Him to transform me.” I said now trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and showed her how she could turn a verse in it into a prayer. I also gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study explaining that. I told her I would pray a Bible verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless her. I said if I saw her again I’d just say hi and not keep her from her studies. “God bless your day,” I said getting up to go.” “God bless you too it was nice to meet you,” she replied. “Nice to meet you too I said 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 your day was blessed today knowing the love of Christ Jesus. I had a good day on campus and Kinsley prayed with me to receive Jesus. Her story is below if you have some time. Alex studying to do HVAC said he had been trusting in Jesus though he had not been able to explain why God would let him into Heaven moments before hearing the Gospel, saying “there really isn’t anything if I’m gonna be honest”. But he committed to faith when I left him, taking the booklet. Please pray these are blessed and sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

 Kinsley was sitting in the PE lounge alone at a table. She’s a pretty girl with a statuesque edged nose and sharp jaw line; her brown hair was wavy and parted down the middle. She wore a dark blue pullover hoodie with some printing on it I could not make out. Looked a little like actress Courtney Cox with a narrow face. She was willing to do a survey with me when I asked her the big question to see if she was interested. “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?” She replied, “I feel like it’s what you do but it shouldn’t be a list of stuff.” I agreed and said, “Yeah, say you had a boyfriend for a while then you found out he was cheating on you and stealing your stuff, so you cut him loose. He comes back in about a week and says, ‘I know I did you wrong, I was even stealing your stuff and selling it for drugs but I just want you to know, I’m gonna be nice to my next three girlfriends.’ You can’t do good stuff over there to fix your bad stuff here.” She smirked a half grin agreeing and saying “right.” I asked if she would like to hear the Bible verses that answered the question, “Or aren’t you really interested?” She agreed and I asked again if she’d want to do a survey or just hear the verses. She said she’d do the survey. Before she died she wanted to, “Do more good, fulfill my purpose, what if feel like I should do.” She thought the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 60%. I asked if she went to Church at all and said she hadn’t regularly but “currently I’ve gotten more into it because of my boyfriend. So I’ve gotten more closer.” I began to go through verses with her. Saying “Knowing God” was that He lived inside her with His Holy Spirit I asked what Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world. “I actually don’t know at all,” she replied. So I began to explain what Jesus had done in living a perfect life. I told her of His sacrifice and His blood cleansing her, which was also a payment to God. The righteousness of God Christ earned was to her credit. God adopted her and gave her the blessings of His family. I said she needed to receive this by faith and faith saved her. I asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins trusting in what Jesus had done or thought something else, explaining Islam and the Buddha a bit. “So would you want to be forgiven?” She nodded. So I said then there was a prayer she could pray. I talked her through it and asked if it was the desire of her heart. She nodded I said she could pray it silently and she took the booklet and said, “Do you have multiple of these, “I do but you can keep that one,” I replied thinking she might say she’d pray later but she said, “Thank you.” And she prayed to receive Jesus. I began to go through the Christian life with her and she did not have a Bible, “I just have a small one,” she replied. “Would you like a full Bible?” I asked. I would,” she said. I’d forgotten to put one in my pack but I said if she was going to be here five minutes I could go get one. I had some in my truck. She agreed. I explained the Christian life by the Spirit’s power living “inside out”. I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside. I gave her “The Case for Christ Answer Booklet telling her Strobel’s story in which she had interest and a Bible study. I told her I’d go get a Bible. I was at the other end of campus but parked by the door so I drove back to the PE building about a quarter mile and gave it to her. She was sitting with a girl when I returned. I gave it to her and she thanked me and I quickly I showed her the study aids in it and wrote the date and “forgiven” in the front. I told her I didn’t know if I would see her again but I would pray a Bible verse for her each day from now until spring and one year after asking God to bless her. She thanked me and I headed out.

 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 your week was blessed with good things from above. I had a good week on campus and Alex, Ella, Luis, Nick and Jonny each prayed to receive Jesus. Then Thursday Thalia prayed to receive Christ. Her story is below if you have some time. Please pray she grows in her faith.

 Thali was sitting just past the glass fire doors in the hall near Starbucks that goes down to the bookstore. She had on a light pink hoodie and pink print pajama pants. She had straight blondish hair and a flat-ish nose, chin came to a point, a bit like singer Kelly Clarkson (Or two twins I once knew Jen and Noel). I asked her if she wanted to do a student survey for a Bible Study group. She said she had a church she had started to go to. I asked her the name and she went to her phone and showed me the picture of the white Church. It had an A frame drive under awning. I guess she had just recently looked it up. It was a “Church of God” denomination. I believe the church that does not use instruments in worship. I said the survey was really about this question, “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?” I asked her if she knew what she’d say. She didn’t seem to have a solid idea so she agreed to do the survey. Revisiting the question she said, “Because I’m a good person, I love animals.” She thought she had an 80% chance of going to Heaven when she died. I began to go through the Gospel with her saying God had to take away her sins to live inside her. I asked what Jesus had done back in History to do that she thought and said, “He died on the cross.” She believed the Gospel and I explained all I usually do, what the blood of Christ did and His righteousness to our credit. “You don’t go to Heaven because you are good but because Jesus is good and you are connected to Him. Like if you marry a millionaire you got a million bucks of if you get adopted into a billionaire’s family you get to live in the mansion and drive the cars.” I said God adopted her and gave her the blessings of His family, the sacrifice for our sins the blood that cleansed us and the Righteousness of God that surrounds us. I explained she was saved by faith; placing her trust in that Jesus was God, died for her sins and rose from the dead. I asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins trusting in what Jesus had done. “Yeah,” she replied. I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray. I talked her through it and asked if it expressed the desire of her heart. She said it did. said she could pray it silently and she said, “Unkay,” I gave her the booklet and she said, “Thank you,” and prayed to receive Jesus. I said that the likelihood she would go to Heaven now trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus was 100%. I began to go through the Christian life with her By the Spirit’s power and living “Inside Out.” She didn’t have Bible but had been meaning to buy one so I said I could give one to her. I showed her the study helps and how a cross-reference works. I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. “For free?” she said. “Yeah sure,” I replied. “How come?” she asked. I explained people gave me money to buy Bibles and give them to students. She accepted that saying, “Thank you so much.” I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote her name in it. I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study explaining that. I told her I would pray a Bible verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless her. I had made her late for class and she said, “I have a class at 12:30.” So I said I was sorry and she left right at that time and was probably 2-3 minutes late as she hurried off.

 So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism last week if you had a chance. God blessed the work.

 In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ.

I hope ya had a blessed day walking with the King. I had a good day on campus and Nick and Jonny each prayed to receive the Lord as their savior by His blood and righteousness. Please pray they grow in their faith and commitment to Christ. Their stories in brief are below if you have some time you want to spend. They were the only students I was able to go through the gospel with in several hours on campus today.

 I got to campus and got buttonholed, by a student who is a little unstable and has been there for 10 years (sort of spinning his wheels). Today he had some Latin words he was misinterpreting to tell me. He then made up an interpretation for a patch on my coat. When I finally split from him I headed up stairs.

 I was a bit frazzled trying to navigate my first conversation, not really sure why. But I somehow knew I was supposed to look for someone in the cutouts that overlook the SSC lounge (where we have Bible study) from the 3^rd floor. Nick was sitting in the last of them and said he would do a student survey. He looked like a stereotypical Italian guy, though tall, had a boxers nose a bit swollen in the beak. Good-looking guy with straight dark brown hair split I the center randomly with hooks of bangs. He had a black t-shirt on and light gray sweats and looked fit. He wanted to travel. 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 thought for a moment with an “Um…” then said, “I’d say that I’ve only been helpful and respectful to my parents and those I love.” I asked him the likelihood he would go to Heaven when he died and he said, “I don’t really know how that works,” he replied but then decided it was 100%. I asked him if he went to church and he did sometimes, but wasn’t that into it. “I guess I’d say I’m lukewarm,” he replied. I began to explain the Gospel to him and he knew Jesus had died to take away the sins of the world saying when I asked, “He died for us.” I began to explain things using illustrations with the blood of Christ cleansing him and being a payment to God. I explained the righteousness of God Jesus earned and he said matter-of-factly, “What’s your point?” “That you don’t go to heaven because you’re good but because Jesus is good and your connected to Him,” I replied. “OK,” he said accepting the proposition. I showed him the passage where Jesus rose and said that this was all received by faith. Not just knowing Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead but placing his trust in what Jesus had done. “So if someone were to ask, ‘Why should God let you into Heaven?’ you’d say, ‘Because Jesus died for me.’” That would mean he had faith in Jesus. And faith saved him. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else. He said he would want to be forgiven. So I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through it and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart. He said it did, I said he could pray it silently and I wouldn’t hear him but God would and he’d know he was forgiven. “This?” he asked. “Pray right now?” he asked. “Yeah,” I replied. So he took the booklet and prayed out loud to receive Christ sitting alone with me in the cutout.  When he finished I said, “The likelihood now you are going to Heaven is really 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus.” “It’s really either zero or 100%,” he replied realizing. I agreed. His family had a Bible but he said he’d like one of his own. So I gave him one showing him some of the study aids, cross-references and concordance maps and such. I put the ribbon maker in John. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave him a couple Bible studies. “I guess I wasn’t really as interested in this because my friends who are religious are some of the worst people I know,” he replied. We talked about how hard it was to know what is true right now and I agreed. I used the example of the manual for your car and the light on the dashboard. I said I’d owned a Toyota but now own a Nissan truck. A light went on, on the dash, I thought it was a break light (from what I watched a YouTube) but when I showed it to a mechanic friend he looked at my breaks saying they were fine and then looked at the light. He said it was a low tire light. But he knew that from the manual for my car. Otherwise I couldn’t find out what the light meant. I explained that the Bible was the manual for humans. When things go wrong it tells us why and also how to live. He talked about all the voices on social media and all the lies. I said a lot of influencers were sociopaths, they say 1 out of 100 are, so they just lie to get clicks and followers. They might not even believe what they are saying. The Bible was the truth. We have a Christianized culture I said, but that is going away and people do not know how to live anymore. I explained the Christian life living by the Spirit’s power, “Inside Out.” I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and Bible Promises for You. I said I would pray a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless him. “Thanks for talking with me,” I said. “Thanks for talking with me too, I’ll see you around. Thanks for all this,” he said gesturing to the books and the Bible. I said he was welcome and headed off.

 Jonny was sitting in the upstairs PE lounge his back against the glass wall. He looked Southeast Asian if I were to guess. He had a very large nose for his face with small bumps on it, brown skin and otherwise sharp features. And a warm smile, he was tall and thin and wore a hoodie, green pants cut off at the ankles and had stick straight hair that poured out from under a black ball cap with white letters. He seems like a nice guy. I asked him one thing he would want to do before he died and he said, “Love everybody.” I said that seemed good to me but there were some people I would prefer to love at a distance, thinking of a few dangerous people I knew of. 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?” “I don’t know, only if it is your will,” he replied. I asked what he thought it was that got him into Heaven and he said, “Love others, let God love me,” he replied. He thought he had a 50% chance of getting into Heaven. When I first asked him if he’d do a survey he asked how long it would take so I went as fast as I could through the details. Saying, “The rest of this is about what you think of Christianity. Christianity is like a blood transfusion,” I said. God wants to transfuse His life into you, live inside you with His Holy Spirit but first He has to make you His type. So He takes away your sin, then you are perfect and holy inside and you match God and he can live inside you. So what’s the thing Jesus does back in History to take away the sins of the world?” I asked. “He dies on the cross,” he said. “Right,” I said and then pulling out the booklet I quickly explained the blood that cleansed us and was a payment for sin and righteousness of Christ, saying, “Paul says, ‘It is not by my own righteousness but the righteousness that is by faith.’” I read the verses on the resurrection, Christ as the only way and that we were yet sinners when He died for us. I said then he was saved by faith saying all I usually say from there. I said the last question of the survey is would you want to be forgiven for your sins trusting in what Jesus had done or did he think something else. Then I gave him the brief summary of Islam and the Buddha. “So would you want to be forgiven for your sins?” I asked again. “Yes absolutely,” he replied. I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and I talked through it asking if it expressed the desire of his heart. “Yes I think so,” he said. So I said he could pray it silently and know he was forgiven. “Wanna do that?” I asked. “Sure,” he replied. And he prayed to receive Jesus. He crossed himself finishing and I explained the Christian life to him living by the Spirit’s power, “Inside Out.” He had a Bible so I gave him a Bible Study and Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside. I said that now trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I told him I would pray a Bible Verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless him. He asked my name again I told him and I said it was on the back of the booklet and my email was there if he had any questions. “If I see ya again I’ll just say hi, but I haven’t seen ya before so who knows.” He thanked me and I said, “I’ll see you in Heaven.” I started to walk away ad he said, “See you at the Eucharist.”  In some churches the Eucharist is referred to as the “marriage supper of the Lamb,” in Heaven. So I think that’s what he meant. I headed out.

 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 blessed day walkin’ in the light of His word. I had a good day on campus. I taught a Bible study and Luis prayed to receive Jesus today. Please pray he grows in his faith. His story is below if you have some time. Alexia did not have assurance of salvation; she answered the question wrong but thought she was believing on Jesus after I went through the Gospel so I encouraged her and gave her a Bible Study. And I talked to a guy Ricky who had been in Cook County on a gun charge and was wearing the ankle bracelet for another month. He’d receive Christ in prison and we talked about how scary that place is spending a month surrounded by murderers. That was interesting, I talked to him quite a while after I went through the Gospel with him and encouraged him in the Christian life. He looked like a boy. God really kept him in there and he realized it had been a blessing he’d been caught. I gave him some books and a Bible Study.

 Luis was sitting at a table in the PE lounge. He was wearing black sweats and a black and light shade of patterned black (kind of camo) short sleeve shirt.  There were few people in the room, though a couple guys (both Christians) I had talked to before rolled by us and said hi. One knew him also but looked at his face and kept going as we were in the middle of the gospel then and he was dead serious. He had his headphones on, pulled them up to pinch his head as I asked him. I said as he looked up and saw his face, “Oh I’ve talked with you before.” He said I had asked him to do a student survey before. Then he’d said he didn’t have time. He had a mop of brown curls and a mustache the width of a pencil that was not as long as his mouth. He had a small goatee that was long enough for him to tug on {like a golf ball) which he did a bit as we talked. He’s a good-looking guy with kind of a hawk nose rounded on the bridge. He agreed to do a survey saying, “You can talk to me about it.” I asked him one thing he would like to do before he died and he said, “Leave my family financially stable.” 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?” “That you probably shouldn’t to be honest,” he replied. I asked what he thought it was that got someone into Heaven. “Following Him, [as] one of His disciples, His sons,” he said. He said he had gone to church when he was younger and that he believed, “I just haven’t been following it. I stopped following the rules He wants a man to follow,” He confessed. I began to go through the Gospel with him, he knew Jesus had died for the sins of the world and he was very serious and listened carefully but either looked at the booklet or over to the corner where no one was sitting and didn’t meet my eyes. There was a lot of activity in the gym, some group, I think they were all women, were swinging their legs back and forth on one foot through the glass doors. But he wasn’t distracted, he listened to the analogies and the verses. He even gave a word of ascent here and there and said, “Right.” I explained all I usually say about the blood of Christ to cleanse him and be a payment for sin. Jesus lived a perfect life for us, His righteousness to our credit, Jesus was our robe of righteousness our garment of salvation.  “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. Or if you get adopted into a billionaire’s family you get to live in the mansion and drive the cars. So God adopts you into His family and gives you the blessings of His family. He gives you the sacrifice for your sins, the blood that cleanses you and the righteousness of God that surrounds you. So you got someplace to go, Heaven, and something to wear when you get there, the robe of God’s righteousness.” I was praying as I talked that God would work. I explained that he was saved receiving Christ, believing Jesus is God died for your sins and rose from the dead, “Not that you just knew the story but that that’s what you put your trust in, so if someone would say to you, ‘Why should God let you into Heaven?’ you’d say, ‘Because Jesus died for me.’ That would mean you had faith in Jesus and faith saves you.” I read him the verses.  I asked him if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done. Then the Spirit would live inside him and give him strength and take him to Heaven when he died or did he believe something else and I told him the CliffsNotes version of Islam and the Buddha. “So would you want to be forgiven for your sins?” I asked again. He nodded. So I said, “Well if you want to be forgiven there’s a prayer you can pray.” I talked him through it and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart he nodded again and so I said he could pray it silently and know he was forgiven. I slid him the open booklet and he looked at it. Then he stared off to the corner again and then he pulled his shirt up at the neck like an NBA player using the collar to wipe sweat from his face for a free throw over his eyes. I sat and then looked down and waited a minute. Finally he recovered himself and took the booklet and looked at the prayer and prayed to receive Christ. When he’d finished I said, “Amen?”  and he nodded. I reached out offering him my hand and said, “Your sins are forgiven man,” and he shook it. “I appreciate it,” he said. I explained the Christian life to him and encouraged him that the power of the Spirit was the way we lived the Christian life. Inside out. I told him I had a couple books for him and 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 The Case for Christ Answer Booklet telling him Strobel’s story. I told him I would keep him in my prayers each day praying a Bible verse for him until Spring and one year after. I gave him a Bible study on the deity of Christ. “I appreciate it man,” he said, “Sorry for tearing up on you.” “It’s all good man if it’s real it’s all-good,” I said shaking his hand. Tough looking dude. I told him if I saw him I’d just say hi, no strings attached and I headed off. It kind of took it out of me so I headed out and down the hall and around the corner and sat on the floor and took some notes and took a minute headed for the Bible Study.

So 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 your day was blessed today and you proved what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. I had a good day on campus and Alex and Ella their stories are below if you have some time. Please pray they grow in faith. I gave assurance of salvation to another Baptist girl (Faith) and also gave a book to a guy (Itzel, curly long hair wearing a watch cap in the cafeteria) who’d heard nothing of the Gospel growing up in a non-churchgoing family who said he could figure it out on his own.

 Alex was sitting on a bench in the MAC arts center lounge on the other side of a false wall they put in for display space, making something of a hallway. He had straight brown hair shot and flat to his head and a small mustache, bad skin like I had in college. He had a boyish face, might have been Latino but didn’t go to Church anymore. He wore a Mardi Gras print button down shirt under a jacket and jeans. He had an oval face with a pointed chin. He was meek. I asked him one thing he would like to do before he died and he said, “Get a family.” Becoming another example of a guy who if they say they want a family they will later demonstrate they are already a Christian or will pray to receive Christ. (It’s a tell.) 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?” I’d probably say, ‘I always followed You, even though there’s times when You seemed angry with me. I always asked for help and for Your forgiveness.’” He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I explained God loved him and wanted to live inside him with His Holy Spirit and asked what Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world. “I actually don’t know,” he replied. So I went on to explain that Jesus had died for him as a payment for what he had done and His blood cleansed him. I explained the righteousness of God. I told him God wanted to adopt him and he could be saved by faith. I asked him if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else. “I would choose to be forgiven,” he replied. I said then, “If you’d like to be forgiven there’s a prayer you can pray.” I talked him through the prayer and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart. He nodded. So I said he could pray it silently I wouldn’t hear him but God would hear and he’d know he was forgiven. “Yeah,” he replied.  And I said, “Just pretend I’m not here.” “OK,” he said and he prayed to receive Jesus. When he finished I went on to explain the Christian life, praying reading the Bible and living by the Spirit’s power “Inside Out”. I told him the likelihood he would now go to Heaven trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus was 100%. I told him I would pray a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless him.  I gave him I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside. I also gave him a Bible study and explained it a bit. “It was nice to meet you,” I said shaking his hand. “Thank you,” he replied. “I’ll see you in Heaven,” I said. “Thank you,” he said again gratefully and I headed off.

Ella was sitting alone in a lounge with vending machines on the first floor, north side of the BIC. The back of it empties into a hall. She had a pretty small face and wore pink plastic rimmed glasses. Her earrings were gold butterflies the size of a nickel and she had a press on gold star on her upper lip. She had a Latina skin tone and small features and a pointed chin. She wore black and white leather Nikes and jeans and had several chains around her neck and a button up black blouse. I asked her one thing she would like to do before she died. “Honestly get closer to God. I haven’t been doing that. I’ve been distracted lately.” She said she recently bought a Bible but hadn’t done anything with it yet. I asked, “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?” “I would say don’t let me into Heaven. I’m not worthy to be in His presence.” She thought she had a 40% chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with her and she knew Jesus had died to take away the sins of the world. So I went on to explain what that meant for us, explaining his blood and righteousness in the manner I always do. I explained that he had died and rose from the dead she said, “right.” I said then that God adopted her and all the work of Jesus was hers received by faith. I asked if she would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done, then he could live inside her with the Holy Spirit to give her strength and take her to Heaven when she died. I then gave her the CliffsNotes version of Islam and the Buddha. “So would you want to be forgiven for your sins or do you believe something else?” I want to be forgiven,” she said. So I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and walked her through it asking if it expressed the desire of her heart. She nodded. 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 that?” I asked. She nodded again and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. When she finished she made the sign of the cross. I explained the Christian life to her praying and reading the Bible and said the Spirit would give her power to do what she needed to do. She could pray and ask God to remind her to read the Bible if she wanted. I handed her the booklet and she said, “Thank you sir.” I told her the likelihood she would now go to Heaven trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus was 100%. I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study explaining that. I told her I would pray a Bible verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless her. She was happy and I got up to go saying, “I’ll see you in Heaven.” “Thank you sir,” she said again and I headed off.

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 blessed week walking with the Lord in His will. I had a good day on campus Thursday and Maenota [Mah no ta] prayed with me to receive Jesus. Her story is below if you have time, Eva, Ashley, Chris & Andrew also prayed to receive Jesus and Kassim (this Christmas break). Please pray they all grow in their faith.

Maenota was sitting at the long table on the ground floor of the PE lounge at the base of the stairs. She had thick braids of her own hair starting at her scalp that went behind her head 6 or 8 inches. She had a sweet slightly wider maternal/pretty face and wore a multicolored workout jacket. She had a slight accent. Telling her my family was from Sweden I asked where hers was from and she said, “Ghana.” She said she wanted to travel, which always seems strange to hear when I am talking to someone from somewhere I have never been. She described herself as “God-fearing”. I asked her, “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?” “I would say, ‘Yes, He should let me in. I’ve tried to be accountable for everything I’ve done. I’m not perfect but I’ve tried to be accountable’.” She thought she had an 85% chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with her explaining that Jesus had said Knowing God was eternal life, because knowing God in the New Testament is that the Holy Spirit lives inside you. But God has to take away your sin, make you His type, so he can live inside you. Then since God is eternal and the source of life, if you are one with Him you would have eternal life. I asked what Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world. She knew He died on the cross. I went through all I usually say and to explain the blood and righteousness of Christ, His payment for sin and resurrection. I asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins trusting in what Jesus had done, then He would live inside her with his Spirit. Or did she think something else? I then gave her the CliffsNotes version of Islam and the Buddha I asked, “When you are asking for forgiveness for your sins have you been thinking that you are a good person and will try harder?” she was nodding Yes in response. I then said, “Or have you been trusting in Jesus. “The former,” she replied. I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray. I read through it and explained it and I asked if it expressed the desire of her heart. “Yes, I prayed it,” she replied. So I said, “Amen?” and she said, “Amen.” I went on to explain the Christian life to her she had a Bible. I explained living by the Spirit’s power, inside out, not outside in like other religions. I said the likelihood she would now go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. I gave her Bible Promises for You I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and gave her a Bible Study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told her I would pray a Bible Verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after, asking God to bless her. “Thank you,” she said as I got up to go. “If I have a chance I’ll come by,” she said about Bible Study. “You’d be welcome,” I replied and I headed off.

 So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and evangelism on campus this week. God blessed again drawing the peeps to Himself, though foot traffic appears to be way down at school.

 In Him,

Bob