Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a good day walking with the Lord. We are battling the stink bugs in the unseasonal heat this year at our house with soap water, they fly in and die. We have killed 5 or 6 hundred of the buggers. I had a good day on campus and Zay (Xavier) and Taeon prayed with me to receive Christ today.

Zay and Tae were sitting at at table with Jordan in the PE lounge on the ground floor. Both were African American, Zay with smaller features newbie beard running down his jaw line to a bit extra on his chin. Tae’s feature more full with a rough topped afro some facial hair. They wore sweats and played on the football team. Tae and Zay were chatting so I asked Jordan if he wanted to do a student survey for our Bible study group. He said no but Zay sitting across from him heard me ask and said, “Do it,” Jordan would not listen to him but Zay said, “I’ll do a survey. I know how hard it would be to get someone to do a survey if I was asking people.” Some days that is true, as I can have a dozen peeps say no for every one who will. But I’ve also had a few days when the 3 peeps who will all come to Christ. I kneeled at the end of the table. So Zay took the survey but Tae listened as did Jordan though his pride seemed a bit up. Another white guy occasionally interrupted, Zay once and later distracted Jordan from listening. a couple other guys took it all in near the table. When I asked Zay why God should let him into Heaven he said, “I been faithful to you for my whole life on the earth and I believe. And I’d ask Him for forgiveness for all my sins.” He thought he had 100% chance of going to Heaven. he went to a Catholic Church in his home town. It turned out Tae went to church too though not Catholic and both owned their own bibles. Both became interested as I went through the Gospel so when I asked Zay what “the big thing Jesus did to take away his sins” and he was stuck Tae jumped in with “Jesus died on the cross”. They were enthusiastic about the imputed righteousness of Christ and when I asked if they would want to be forgiven Zay said, “Yes, I would want to be forgiven with God living inside me.” So I showed him the prayer walking him through it. Asking Tae his name I asked if he would want to be forgiven too and he said he would so I opened another booklet and walked behind Zay to give it to Tae. They each prayed to receive Jesus. Jordan later said he had been trusting in Jesus but before that had wanted a booklet, then wanted the book 20 Things God Can’t Do I gave them all and and wanted a Bible study. He had sharper features and was more tan from the sun wore a ball cap. All had facial hair they were working on. I explained life in the Spirit and the Fruit of the Spirit to them and wrote their names in the front of the books and the day’s date in all but Jordan’s. I also wrote “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front. I said the Christian life was depending upon the Spirit where he gives you all the power to live the Christian life. They all gave me their email to send them some follow up stuff so that was great and Jordan said he’d come to the Bible Study so hopefully he will. I gave him Zwilngi’s symbolic view of the Mass. “Thanks for doing a survey,” I said to Zay as I was leaving. “Jordan figured ‘ah I know all this stuff,'” I said patting Jordan in the shoulder to get a smile. “But I needed you to break in.” Everyone seemed happy as I left and I will try to shore up Jordan a bit by emails and make sure he is trusting in Jesus, but he heard the Gospel, hopefully if he was not he is now.

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

In Him,

Bob