Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with all good things from the Lord. I had a good day on campus and Shannon and Kyle each prayed with me to receive Christ and Larry said he believed and would pray at home.

Shannon was in the hall up on the 3rd floor of the BIC building on a bench with her back against a corner wall. Her hair was sandy blonde pulled back into a pony tail, pretty round face and she wore baggy sweats and a t-shirt she wore no make-up warm smile. When I asked her what she would say to God to get into heaven she thought for a bit saying, “That’s a hard question…” Then continued, “I guess because I care about people deeply and want to help others through their pain.” She thought she had about a 50% chance of going to Heaven. She said she hadn’t been to Church in about 5 years, that she was “Raised in a Catholic home” but her father was an atheist and it got kind of difficult.  She listened thoughtfully to the Gospel biting her pen in concentration as I spoke.  She said she would like to be forgiven when I had finished. So I asked, “Do you believe Jesus is God He died for your sins and rose from the dead?” “I would like to begin to try to believe that,” she replied. Responding to some of what she was saying I suggested she had kind of lost the track and she said that was true. So I explained to her if she would like she could ask for faith because it was a gift from God. I explained that Christianity was “Inside out” where the Holy Spirit living in her could give her all that she needs to live the Christian life and quoted her the verses on the fruit of the Spirit saying she could ask for more of these things. ‘If you wanted to ask God to forgive you trusting in Jesus, there is a prayer you can pray. You know what it is like, God’s like a pretty pretty girl He likes to be asked.” So I talked her through the prayer and suggested if she’d like to she could pray it silently just so God would hear and be forgiven. I asked if she thought she’d like to do that and she nodded her head yes and took the booklet from me and prayed to receive Christ. She had a Bible but I gave her the Student edition of The Case for Christ and 20 Things God Can’t Do writing “By the Spirit’s power” in the front and the date she had been forgiven with our names, talking to her about forgiveness. I also gave her a Bible Study on the deity of Christ. I explained that if she was trusting in the righteousness of Christ to be her righteousness that the likelihood of her going to Heaven was 100%. I told her I would keep her in my prayers and she asked if I would pray for a her friend DeAndre who was “In a lot of trouble from bad decisions” he was in the Kane County lock up and facing some time but it seemed he had been given a book about the Bible and was moving toward God. So I will be praying for him too but I’m not clear on the nature of their friendship. She thanked me and I headed out. Running after me a moment later to give me my pen and I thanked her and headed down the stairs.

Kyle is Filipino and had only been here in the US a few months. He had soft small features and a warm smile his ball cap turned backwards with some random facial hairs coming through. He wore a black shiny nylon shirt and jeans. Really nice guy from a Roman Catholic background. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven and he said, “To be honest if that happened to me… I’m so young I haven’t done what I need to in life, been pretty good, I’m religious, but I haven’t got to the peak.” He listened to the Gospel closely and as I explained imputation he said, “Yeah I get that.” as I gave an analogous example. He said he would want to be forgiven for his sins. I walked him through a prayer he could pray and he said, “That’s a really good prayer actually.” And he prayed to receive Jesus. I explained living “inside out” he responded saying “This is really a deeper way of looking at things.” I had to talk him into taking a Bible explaining other people generously gave me money to buy Bibles. I wrote his name on the presentation page and the date saying he could remember that was the day he had been forgiven. Saying I got good deals on books and that they did not cost much.  I got him to take 20 Things God Can’t Do (writing by the Spirit’s power in the front and the phrase “To error is Human to forgive divine”) I showed him the “Where to turn” pages topologically in the Bible and he thought that was great. Taking it all in he said, “This is inspiring!” I got up to go explaining I would keep him in my prayers and he said, “Thank you. Continue blessing people!” I thanked him and said, “You blessed me too.”

So Thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance, God truly blessed. I gave the student edition of The Case for Christ to Josh in the parking lot, who talked to me a lot about his thoughts on life and his DUI he regretted. To Kobe earlier in the day I gave the student edition of The Case for Faith. He did not believe in God as he had seen so many people shot dead in Chicago, one a little girl on her bike shot right in front of him.

In Him,

Bob