Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you day was blessed in the Lord. I had a good day on campus and Sherin, and Axel prayed with me to receive Christ, and Mike prayed rededicating his life to Christ.

Sherin was sitting in the Cafeteria against the windows. Her family is from India and she went to a Gospel church. She had a broad muliti-colored stripped sweater on and tan slacks. Her hair was shoulder length and she had full facial features and braces on her teeth. When I asked her one thing she’d do before she died she said she’d pray, misunderstanding the bucket list question. When I asked her what she would say to get into Heaven she said, “I would maybe talk to God and ask if I did all the good deeds that I should do.” She thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. She listened closely to the Gospel reading each of the verses as I quoted them to her, she was very attentive. When I asked her what Jesus had done to forgive her sins she could not think of anything. So I continued on to explain that Christ had died and rose from the dead and His righteousness was to her credit if God adopted her.  I asked her if she wanted to be forgiven pointing at two circles the one on the left with God outside her life and the one on the right with Christ’s Spirit living inside her on the throne of her life she said, “The one on the right.” So I said that if she wanted to trust in what Jesus had done there was a prayer she could pray and I walked her through it saying, “It seems like you haven’t put this together before and she shook her head so I said she could pray silently trusting in Jesus and be forgiven, “You wanna do it?” I asked. “Yeah” she replied and prayed to receive Christ. I gave her the Book 20 Things God Can’t Do and wrote her name in the front and the date she had been forgiven and “By the Spirit’s power, explaining the Christian life living inside out. I also gave her a Bible study and told her I would pray for her, and that if she trusted in Christ’s righteousness to be her righteousness the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. “God bless you,” I said getting up to leave. She thanked me and I headed out towards the foyer.

Mike was sitting in the MAC arts building waiting to buy some tickets at the ticket window. He was a good looking art student wearing a tan jacket with a days’ growth of neatly trimmed beard and sandy hair. When I asked him what he would say to God to enter into Heaven he said, “You shouldn’t” I probed a bit as to why and he said, “Just based on myself, I know I’m not good enough to.” I went through the Gospel and he knew it and wanted to be forgiven but seemed to hesitate so I asked a bit and he said he’d prayed a prayer like that before but failed to live up to it. I asked if based on his response of being good enough to go to Heaven he had really understood the prayer he’d prayed. He gave me a look like I had a point.  I explained that God was faithful even when we were not and though he had sinned he could confess and begin again and God would forgive him.. I said the worst thing I could hear from my dad growing up was that he was disappointed in me. I’d rather he’d of hit me. He never did though I was spanked when little) but God does not say that, He knows the future and has a plan to work our failures into good. I said sometimes if we are stuck in our sin failing and repeating it, it is good to find a friend who would pray for us. I asked if he’d like to pray and rededicating himself to God and begin again asking for God’s help. He decided to pray. I promised to pray for him each night through this spring and one year after and he was grateful and thanked me. I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do and I wrote his name in the front and the date writing “forgiven” under it and then added “x 2” and he smiled a bit sniffling gratefully. I also gave him a Bible study on forgiveness thanked me and I headed out.

Caitlin bumped into me in the hall (tall blonde girl) walking beside me toward the PE building, she’d prayed with me to receive Jesus earlier in the year. She said things were going good but mentioned, “The things you gave me, I don’t have them anymore, I set them down and I think they got thrown out.” I asked if she would like another copy and she said she would so I gave her a copy of the booklet and the Bile study and then the book 20 Things God Can’t Do asking if that was the one and she said it was and thanked me. I reminded her about living by the Spirit and asking for God’s strength to do everything he asked her to do.

I found Axel on the third floor of the BIC building. He looked like a regular guy, brown hair combed back wavy on top, black framed glasses wearing a black coat and jeans. He was really friendly and upbeat. Raised Catholic he went to church kind of sporadically with his parents but always on the holidays. When I asked what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “Hmm, that’s a good question, let’s see…” Thinking a bit he continued, “I should be let into Heaven because throughout my life I’ve gone out of my way to help others.” He thought he had about an 80% chance of going to Heaven. He listened thoughtfully to the Gospel and said “Right” here and there and affirmed things through out. He knew Jesus had become the sacrifice for our sins. He wanted to be forgiven but had not been trusting in Christ for forgiveness so I said he could pray and receive that forgiveness and talked him through the prayer asking if he’d like to pray silently and he said “Yeah!” enthusiastically and prayed to receive Christ. He had a Bible from “Sunday School” and so I asked if he’d like a prayer book and one on specific Bible verses and he said he really would so I gave him the books, Pocket Prayers and Bible Promises for You writing his mane and the date he’d been forgiven in the front. “Perfect,” he said. I gave him a Bible Study on the Deity of Christ and he gave me his email to send him some stuff. I also explained that if he trusted in the righteousness of Christ to be his righteousness the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. “Have a good one,” I said getting up to leave. “Yeah you to. Thank you.” he said sincerely.

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

In Him,

Bob