Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
How’s the life?  I hope you had a blessed day walking in the Spirit.  I had a good day walking about on campus where two girls, Erika and Denaisha (Den-asia), prayed to receive Christ.  I also had some good encouraging talks with some peeps.  I started to talk to a guy who I later learned was Anton, an athletic looking African American guy with an afro.  He said, “I’m interested but I have to go to class.”  So I gave him a booklet to read in the hope I would run into him later.  He passed me in the hall later in the afternoon walking with two other black student friends, Louis, a tall thin guy and Jemari, a bit shorter and stocky with a shaved head.  Anton said, “Hey I read through part of that booklet it was good.”  So I stopped them with a question, “Great, so how does God take away your sin, what is the big thing Jesus does?” “He died,” he answered. I said, “Right” and then I went into some analogies about how God’s Spirit in us is like a blood transfusion.  We have to be made His type by Him taking our sins away so He can transfuse his life into us and live inside us.  I told them “It’s like you are the energizer bunny and God is the batteries.  If he lives inside you–you keep going and going and when you die it is like you don’t die because you go to Heaven.” I talked them through Imputation; like extra credit in a class where you were getting a zero but you are given another student’s extra credit who dies and is the teacher’s pet and had 1,000 extra points in a class where only 10 peeps are left.  They were really enthusiastic and Jemari said, “Hey can I have one of those booklets too?” and Louis said, “Me too.”  They were from a church background but had not clearly heard the Gospel before where they received the righteousness of God by Christ’s imputed righteousness which was to their Credit.  I showed the prayer they could pray to be certain they had committed to trusting in what Christ had done for them.  So I am hopeful they either came to saving faith or at least understood things better.  I gave them each Bible studies I had in my satchel, a couple on the prophecies of the Messiah and to Anton one on the deity of Christ.

Denaisha was sitting by the doors waiting for a ride and said she’d answer some questions.  Shy, thin, quiet girl, African American but her features were white though she was dark skinned.  She wore her long hair in braids that were curled and fell down past her shoulders, her hair had some highlights and looked like about 16 hours of work.  She was 100% sure she was going to Heaven and had been attending a Baptist church in St. Louis.  But they had not found a new Church up here.  She didn’t know how God took away her sins however, even when I tried to prompt her by saying, “What is the big thing Jesus did to take away the sins of the world?”  So I explained the Gospel to her slowly and clearly with the analogies I use and the Bible verses in the booklet and some others I throw in.  She said she wanted to be forgiven when I asked and so I said she could ask to do so and walked her through the prayer reading, “Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?”  She read it through again to herself and said, ‘Yes.”  So I offered her the prayer to pray, asking her if she would like to pray it in her head to God and she said she would and did.  As I explained the Holy Spirit to her and trusting in God’s power to live the Christian life, her ride called.  I gave her a Bible study and the book More Than a Carpenter to read.  She did not want to get emails and ran for her ride and I told her I’d pray for her.

Erika was sitting in one of the cubbyhole overlook, looking down onto the science building lounge.  She is studying to be a nurse. Long dark hair, cute, olive-colored skin.  Her dad is a pastor and when I asked her if she stood b4 God, why should he let her into Heaven, she struggled a bit and said, “I followed the Bible.”  I said, “That’s a good answer,” and asked her if she thought she was going to Heaven.  She was sure she was and so I asked her how God took away her sin.  She knew Jesus died and I started talking her through how God lived inside her and said, “Here I’ll just show you this booklet to help you share your faith.”  I walked her all the way through and she enjoyed it.  Then at the end I asked her if she had been truly trusting in what Jesus had done for her on the Cross to save her and make her right with God, asking Him to forgive her based on that, or if she had been going to church and was raised a Christian and just thought she was ok.  She thought about it for a moment and said, “I have never done that.”  I said “Well you can” and I walked her through the prayer and asked her if she would like to pray it.  She said, “Yes,” and did.  She had to run for class, but I got an explanation of the fruit of the Spirit in, and she (not liking to read much) took a Bible study and a copy of a new DVD we just got to hand out this year “Jesus Fact or Fiction”  It has the Jesus film on it and 50 short answers to questions about the Christian faith.  She gave me her email and as she ran off she said, “Thank you, that helped a lot.”

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry today and for evangelism if you got a chance.  I had a great day.  Please pray for Erika and Denaisha to grow in Christ and for the guys Anton, Louis, Jemari to truly commit their lives to Him.

Blessings,
Bob Bollow

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Hey Brothers and Sisters n Christ,
I hope your day was blessed and you felt the nearness of the Lord.  I had a good day on campus.  Got some good seeds planted giving away some books and Samantha and Angelica prayed to receive Christ.  Samantha was sitting looking out the window by the Book Store just killing time.  She said she’d answer some questions about God.  She is a pretty girl, long brown straight hair. She went to a roman catholic church around the corner from her.  She had no assurance of salvation, however, and had never thought about why she might go to Heaven much if at all.  But I could tell she was a really nice person.  She’s the first girl I’ve met that actually went skydiving.  But she was interested in the Gospel and had a Bible at home.  She did not know how her sins were forgiven.  Her friend walked up and heard about half of the Gospel as she waited for Samantha.  After I went through some bible verses with her, when I asked, she said she wanted God to live inside her and be forgiven.  I showed her a prayer and explained it to her and said she could pray it in her head as if I wasn’t there.  She did and I gave her a bible study and got her e-mail to send her stuff.  I offered her friend a booklet and she took it saying, “Yeah. I heard about half of what you said.”  I told her if she had any questions she could ask Samantha.  So that was great.

Angelica was sitting by one of the second floor exits facing south.  She looked a bit like Selena Gomez in this picture.
I did not mention this however, as the person pictured went out with Justin Bieber so it might be an insult.  She was playing with her phone a lot but answered questions and listened to the Gospel.  I was a bit surprised she wanted to pray to be forgiven at the end.  I have kind of learned my perception of how much people are taking in is not perfectly on target.  But she did pray with me and took a Bible and a Bible study.  She had gone to church when she was younger and gave me her email to send her some stuff once in a while.  So I’ll be praying that an understanding of the Gospel grows in her and really takes root.  If people are at all hesitant I encourage them to pray about it and wait.  She wasn’t though, it was just hard to sense she was into what I was saying until the end. She was a nice kid.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a moment.  I know through the Spirit and prayer the Lord works.  My class begins next Tuesday.

In Him,
Bob Bollow

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”’For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare

 and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope.’” Jeremiah 29:11

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

How’s your autumn going?  I looked it up, (somehow I forget this because I have looked it up in the past) when winter starts and autumn begins.  Having spent the morning snow blowing the driveway, my kindly neighbor did the east to west part of my sidewalk (thanks Tom!)  I now doubt my googled discovery of December 21^st, the winter solstice, still a good week away as I write.  The Scripture says we should know the seasons of life in a metaphorical sense.  We read in 2 Tim. 4:2:  “…preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.”.  This obviously is a lot to do, and just like living in Chicago, takes some elasticity because life holds the unexpected.  I’m not sure where it is still autumn, but in Chicago it is winter and going down to 8 degrees tonight.

One of the first things to remember in being in the will of God and walking by the Spirit is to continue to trust that God has a plan.  This is not easily done when we encounter sorrow, or get hassled by cops for talking to peeps about God on campus.  But if we believe God has a plan we know it makes sense.  I move around a lot from building to building so as not to give a bureaucrat opportunity to call the police on me.  And if they do not have a complaint they leave me alone, so far.  Not that God doesn’t do things we don’t expect.  This will always be true, but He will also warn us and give guidance.  If we are often sick, possibly we should seek out better nutrition, or think about wearing a warmer coat.  We can hope in wisdom to fit into the world and God’s work in it.  We don’t believe God is utterly random and chaotic.  This gives us comfort to trust that we have done our part and the rest is simply God’s plan, though it may include pain or grief.  I once heard Warren Wiersbe opine, “God heals every disease but the last.”  We can ask for things to see what God’s will may be.  Paul writes concerning his wish to come to Rome in Romans 1:10: “…always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you.”

God wants us to take comfort by His Holy Spirit, but that comfort is a deeper faith in Him, not necessarily in changing our circumstances as we may wish.  “But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.  Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.” John 14:26&27

Fortunately for us Faith is a gift, (Eph. 2:8) not something we just need to suck up and gain by force of our own will.  So we can ask for more Faith , ask our faith to increase beyond measure: as that is what the Greek word huperauxano actually means, translated “greatly enlarged” in. “We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater;” 2Thessalonians 1:3

We have been blessed this year and been able to continue in the work on campus.  Next semester I am going to take a credit class so I will be a student talking to students on campus, hoping this gives me more rights, and being of this mind – continued courage.  We will be hosting a Christmas party in our home for current & former students on Dec. 21st.  We feel so fortunate to have these relationships

These are the names of the 51 students who have prayed to receive Jesus this semester.  (An * means they did not pray with me but committed to Christ as Savior.) This was made possible by the Power of God through your prayers & help.  As you read through their names would you please pray for their faith to increase beyond measure?  You can read their stories on our website: http://www.thethirdwatch.org/

Michelle, Soe, Kristine*, Samantha, Teddy, Misael, Aja, Shaya,

 Mark, Kamera, Dontrel, Ryan, Kayla, Zach, Jewellel, Brian*,

Frangela, Theresa, Brittany, CJ, Lucia, Luis, Ryann, Nick,

 Laversa , Martin, Ana, Karen, Zach, Kyra, Precious , Meishan , Brandon, Edwardo, Andy, Maria , Edwardo*, Rob, Maribel, Kyanna,

 Joel*, Montez, Dylan, Dionnie, Kevin, Matt, Taylor, Tracy,

 LaDonte, Shanice, Amber, Andrew, Teresa, Nadia and Patrick

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!  May you feel the love of God surround you fully this season and in 2014.

In Him,

Bob & Ellen

email: bob.thirdwatch@sbcglobal.net

website:  www.thethirdwatch.org

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Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was a blessing from God, walking with Him.  I had a good day sharing the faith with some peeps.  Dylan prayed with me to receive Christ.  He had short, light-brown hair and a short growth of beard.  He was sitting in the cafeteria and I asked him if he wanted to answer some questions about God.  He said, “I’m really into God, I’ll do that.”  He then made sure the questions were endorsing God and not against Him and I said they were.  He had heard the Gospel and someone had been telling him some doctrine, but he seemed to be thinking he’d try his hardest and hoping he was forgiven.  He said he knew you could not just be good and get to Heaven.  So I went through the Gospel with him and asked him if he had been trusting in Christ and His death and on the Cross to make him right with God and forgive him.  He said he had thought about Christ and the cross b4.  So then I asked, “But you never really committed to it?” And he said, “No I haven’t.”  He’d only thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven.  But he did say he wanted to be forgiven, so I read the prayer in the middle of the booklet through with him and explained it and he said, mostly to himself, “Powerful stuff.”  And he prayed to receive Christ.  I explained the work of the Holy Spirit to him, encouraging him to go to church and gave him a Bible study and The Case for a Creator to read as he said he was interested in science but he believed God created the world.  I explained it would strengthen his faith to read the book.  He was really grateful and I asked him to email me and he said he would, and I left him to finish his french fries as he only had a few minutes left to make it to class.

I also got to go through the Gospel again with a guy Sam, who had been sitting with his friend Josh who had come to Christ last year.  I had been praying for him each night since last year, as I thought he was close.  He still did not commit to Christ but had been going to church pretty regularly with his Uncle.  So I felt like that was an answer to my prayers and I’ll keep praying for him.  We had a good Bible study today too so that was great.

So thanks so much for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance.  I can assure you they are having an impact as I go about led by the Spirit.

In Him,

Bob Bollow

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

How was your day?  Hope you were blessed with something good from the Lord.  I had a good day, I saw God make a dent on a couple of relationships I had prayed about a bit and Montez came to Christ.  He’s a light-skinned African American, curly hair and bit of a mustache, wearing a white hooded pullover sweatshirt.  He said he was getting out of the military officially tomorrow and planned to start “looking for a church”.  So I was happy I came upon him in God’s perfect timing as he was ready to hear the Gospel.  When I asked him if he knew how God took away his sin so He could live inside him he simply said, “No”.  I tried to feel him out about it a bit, but he had no knowledge of the work of Jesus to save him.  I told him he was required to live a perfect life but Jesus lived this life for him, explaining the imputed righteousness of Christ (Rom. 13:14, Is. 61:10).  It was pretty cool because as I explained the Gospel to him he kept saying, “Wow”.  And I was starting to be very hopeful he would pray to receive Jesus and after saying he would like to be forgiven for his sins I offered him the prayer in the booklet and he gratefully took it and prayed.  He repeatedly thanked me and I could tell he was happy to be forgiven.  I gave him the NBA book I have to give out this year, Playing with Purpose.  It has Christian testimonies of some NBA guys.  I got his e-mail to send him some stuff too.

I had a good conversation later with a Catholic guy, Steve, that really clarified things for him and a good day talking to a few of the peeps I know walking around.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism for me today and to keep the cops away from me too.

I think things are going to get harder over time in the US.  Here’s a news story that would suggest this of a guy trying to share the faith in a N.J. Mall: http://christiannews.net/2013/11/10/retired-police-officer-arrested-for-sharing-gospel-in-new-jersey-mall/

 
Blessings,
Bob Bollow

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed.  I had a good day sharing the faith with some of the peeps and Kyanna prayed to receive Christ.  She had a hat on when I saw her in the hallway.  Dark complexion, African American girl, pretty bright smile.  She was attending three different churches off and on. One was near her grandmother in the city.  She had some of the language of faith saying, “I kept my faith in Him,” though she had no real assurance of salvation.  She thought she had about a 60% chance of going to Heaven.  I asked her “What is the big thing that God did, that Jesus did to take away the sins of the world?”  She thought for a moment and then said, “I don’t know.”  So I explained the Gospel to her (tucking the booklet away as a security person walked by) and she said, “Wow” twice in the middle of my explaining how Jesus took her sin and restored life to the world and that His righteousness was to her credit.  I asked if she would like to be forgiven and she said she would, so I explained how she could ask to receive forgiveness and walked her through the prayer she could pray and she prayed to receive Christ.  I got her email and gave her More than a Carpenter to read.  I explained the work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian life.

I had a great conversation with Joel, a Latino Roman Catholic guy.  He went to church every week and seemed to be trying to please God, but had guilt.  Short hair, side burns, thin build, medium height, who said he would pray to commit his life to Christ later but it was difficult to tell if he had believed on Christ or had been kind of half-trusting in Christ and half hoping in his works.  But he said he had committed some big sins.  I talked him through the Gospel and the Christian life, and he wanted to pray at home but committed to Jesus and belief in Him to be made right with God.  I gave him Enjoying Your Walk with Christ and he was really happy.  Got his email.

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

In Him,

Bob Bollow

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
I hope you had a good day walking with the Lord today.  I had a good day on campus inasmuch as two students prayed to receive Jesus, Maribel and Rob.  Maribel seemed to have come from a Catholic background, Rob went to church but didn’t have any specifics of faith down theologically.  Maribel was sitting on the floor down one of the lateral hallways in the BIC just playing with her phone.  She said she would answer some questions.  She had long brown hair and was sitting with her knees up draped by her coat, cute kid.  But she said she had no idea what to say to God that might let her into Heaven.  She said, “That’s a really good question.  I’ve never thought about it b4.”She  thought about it some more and just said again, “I don’t know.”  Though she was pretty sure she’d go to Heaven and regularly went to church with her mom.  I said I could tell her the answer and went through the Gospel with her.  She was really receptive and interested and when I asked her if she would like to be forgiven she said she would.  So I walked her through the prayer and she asked if she could keep the booklet ( I said sure) and prayed to receive Christ.  She took a copy of the student edition of The Case for Faith.  I gave her a Bible study and explained the work of the Holy Spirit in her, to give her the strength when she asked, to live the Christian life.  I’m gonna email her a story.

Rob was right around the corner from there, sitting in some chairs.  He thought he deserved to go to Heaven, so probably he was pretty moral.  Though nowadays who knows, right?  Everyone thinks they’re good.  He has a bit darker complexion, short hair, athletic looking guy.  He’d gotten too busy to go to church of late.  Rob had absolutely no idea how God took away the sins of the world.  I began to explain the work of Christ to Him.  He was serious about it and listening.  After I went through the Gospel with him I asked him if he would want to be forgiven for his sins and have God live inside him and he did.  I said, ‘Well, this seems like it was new to you and you probably have never asked God forgive you for your sins based on what Jesus did for you on the Cross.”  He agreed he hadn’t, so I showed him a prayer where he could receive the forgiveness of God and he prayed to receive Christ.  I also explained the work of the Holy Spirit through the fruit of the Spirit in him, and gave him a Bible Study and the book, Playing with Purpose as he’d played basketball in school. So that was great.

So thanks so much for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God was with me and really blessed.

In Him,

Bob Bollow

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Hope ya had a great day walking with the Lord.  I had a great day on campus and 3 students prayed with me to receive Christ, Edwardo, Andy, Marie (her bf also committed to Christ as he walked up waiting for her and heard the Gospel, but seemed a bit unsure.  He was also named Edwardo, coincidentally enough).

Edwardo was the first person I talked to today.  He was sitting on the floor behind a 24″ diameter post in the Science Building, waiting for class to start and said he’d answer some questions.  Cheerful guy, and a good sense of humor.  Brown hair, kind of a classic-looking guy, dark complexion with a scarf wrapped around his neck several times.  He said he went to catholic church every week.  When I asked him one thing he wanted to do b4 he died he said, “Find out who my father is.”  I guess his mom knows and won’t tell him.  I later encouraged him after he had received Christ that God was his true father.  I went through the Gospel with him and at one point he said, “I got it.”  But he had not seemed to understand the Gospel and seemed to be trusting in His good works.  He said he wanted to be forgiven for his sins.  So I asked him if he had ever asked God to forgive him for his sins based on what Jesus had done for him on the Cross.  Was he trusting in Jesus blood to forgive him or was he going to church and figured he was a pretty good guy and things would just work out?  He said, “The second one.”  So I said, “Then that is what you need to do to receive Christ and know you are forgiven.”  I read the prayer through with him and he prayed to receive Christ.  He took The Case for a Creator to read and I explained the work of the Holy Spirit to him as his strength to live the Christian life.  I got His email to send him some stuff.

Andy was sitting in the Science Building lounge.  Good looking guy, slight build, shorter, short brown hair.  He was active at his church, helping with the youth group and I think his priest was evangelical as he called him his pastor and he seemed to have given him books on the Christian life.  But he had not been trusting in Christ to make him right with God but that he simply wasn’t a bad person.  So I asked him the questions I basically asked Edwardo, and just like Edwardo he confessed he had been thinking he was good and serving at Church and had not been depending on the work of Christ.  I thought he was more the kind of guy who would pray later but he said, “That’s a good prayer,” after I went through it with him.  I assured he should pray it without my hearing just between him and God and he did.  He would not take a book, saying he had one from his pastor, but he took a Bible Study on the Deity of Christ.

Maria was sitting on the floor in the BIC building waiting for her boyfriend to come out of class.  Short, cute, little bit plump girl, Latino in appearance.  He came out when we were talking but I still was able to go through the Gospel quickly with her and show her some Bible verses and she prayed to receive Jesus.  Her boyfriend was listening to the Gospel and he seemed a bit hesitant, but then said he thought he believed in Jesus, so I will be praying for him (Edwardo).  I gave him a booklet and encouraged him to read it and ask for forgiveness.  I gave him a copy of the book Playing with Purpose as he was really into basketball.  It’s a very evangelical book. Maria took a copy of Enjoying Your Walk With God and I also gave them each Bible Studies.

So thanks for your prayers for the Ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance.  God really blessed my day and I got to connect with some of my peeps too.  One of them is an Islamic girl I talk to sometimes and she asked me for prayer tonight on Facebook about a job she applied for.  She knows I pray for her, so that was great and a result of talking today.

Blessings,

Bob Bollow

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a blessed day walking with the Lord.  I had a great day on campus.  Three black students prayed to receive Christ; Two girls, Precious and Meishan (MeMe) and Brandon.  I was encouraged by a young Christian black guy named Jonathan, who is really resting in the Lord, to do the same.  I gave him a book on testimonies of faith in the NBA he was really excited to read.  He plays ball.

Precious and Meishan were sitting at a table on the second floor near the lounge where we have Bible study.  There are a ton of bureaucratic peeps around there, but I asked them to talk anyway (hoping not to be seen)  They said they wanted too, but did not have time b4 class.  But they were really nice. So I said sorry for interrupting and went on my way talking to several Christians and giving them assurance based on their faith.  Then towards the end of the day, (the school dies about 1 pm on a Friday as there are not many Friday classes), I came across them again sitting on the floor in the science building in the hall.  They were happy to answer some questions about God.  Meishan had big eyes and a round face, cute kid, hair pulled back.  Precious had a more mature look to her with shoulder length straight hair and straight features.  Neither understood the Gospel or had any assurance of salvation, though they had gone to church when they were young.  When I asked them why they would go to Heaven Precious talked about doing good things for poor people and others, giving homeless peeps her spare change.  Meishan basically said she’d ask for another chance to come back and accomplish things.  But both tuned in really well to the Gospel and Meishan said in answer to my Question, “I want to be forgiven!”  Precious had some questions about living for God saying effectively, “What if I don’t want to follow God?” I said, “Well there are two things that you might mean. Do you mean you don’t think you will have the desire to sometimes follow Him and you don’t and do not want to.  Or do you mean you want to follow God and would commit to Him, but do not think you will have the strength to follow through with the commitment?  Because if you want a relationship with God, He can give you the strength to live for Him if you receive Him by faith by the power of His Holy Spirit.”  She said she wanted to have a relationship with God and they both said they believe Jesus had died for them to take away their sin.  So I explained the prayer to them in the back of the little booklet I had been jumping off of and each prayed to receive Jesus.  I gave them books the student editions of The Case for Faith and The Case for Christ. I gave them Bible Studies and got their emails to send them some stuff.

Brandon was sitting on the stairs by the bookstore, waiting for the bus.  He had a pink-trimmed Bulls stocking cap on and a big smile and said he’d answer some questions.  I asked him why God would let him into Heaven and he said, “Because I prayed to wash my sins away… God forgives right?”  So I asked him, “How does God take away your sins?” he struggled a bit so I said, “What is the big thing God does to take away the sins of the world?”  As he struggled a bit more I said, “It has to do with Jesus.”  He shook his head and said, “I don’t know.”  So I said I had a booklet I could go through and tell him, and I went through the Gospel with him.  He believed it all and wanted to be forgive for his sins.  I asked him if he had been trusting in Jesus work on the Cross to forgive his sins or if he had ever asked God to forgive his sins based upon what Jesus had done.  He grinned a bit sheepishly and said, “No”  So I showed him a prayer he could pray and he prayed to receive Christ saying it aloud next to me.  That was great, but his bus pulled up as I offered him a book. He took a copy of Enjoying Your Walk With God and I asked him to email me as he ran for the bus and I handed him a Bible study.

So thanks so much for your prayers today for the Ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a moment. I was Guided by God’s Spirit.

In Him,

Bob Bollow

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I had a good day of sharing today once I got some peeps to talk to me, took a while.  But Lily was very close to coming to Christ, a Hispanic formerly Catholic girl.  She wanted to pray at home but took a copy of the student edition of The Case for Faith.  And Kyra prayed with me to receive Christ.  I came upon her waiting for her ride by the revolving doors at the SRC building @ close to 3 PM.  The guy she was sharing a ride with came a while later, so we had some time to talk.  She is African American and goes to an Apostolic Church in the city.  She had kind of round features, bright eyes a warm smile, cute kid.  She said she would like to “adopt a kid” someday.  But she had no idea how God took away her sins and thought of herself as someone who helped people.  The Gospel seemed brand new to her.  But she tracked really well with me as I slowly walked her through some verses concerning what God had done for her through Christ’s blood on the Cross.  She was excited to pray to receive Christ.  When I asked her if she wanted a free book she exclaimed, “I get a book [too]!”  I showed her some books on faith and things but then asked her if she liked sports and she said she did, and in the end I gave her Playing with Purpose which has the testimony’s of some NBA players and she knew the guys on the cover so I think she was excited to read it. Then her ride showed up and they started out the door, so I handed her a Bible Study and encouraged her to email me and she said she would.

A kid got hassled by cops today in the lounge where we have Bible Study for no reason at all.  I’m sure some bureaucrat didn’t like the noise level.  It was reinforcement to stay out of there while doing evangelism.  One of the girls who came to the study, who is black, said they told her to keep any mention of God out of her emails in her other organization (The Social Club).  She said the president of the school told their club there should be no mention of God on campus.  So my suspicion that the president was the source of where the cops are coming from of late seems founded.

So thanks for your prayers keeping me safe and for leading by the Holy Spirit, the Lord worked today.

In Him,

Bob Bollow