Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
I hope your day was blessed in the Lord. I met with Hope today again (our 3rd meeting) who I had gone through the gospel with a 2 weeks back. She has now prayed to receive Jesus. She is enthusiastically excited about church. I suggested when we last met she might like the Compass Church in Naperville—close to where she lives. She went once and really liked it. She is bringing her Dad this Sunday, who is a Christian. He was surprised she had been at church when she came home last Sunday. He has not found a church since moving to Naperville so I am hopeful they both will grow there. I answered her questions for about an hour today and taught her things by illustrations and theology. It is fun to tell the cool things about Christianity and the Scripture to someone new to the Lord. It reminds you just how great the story is and how wonderful the work of God is in the lives of those He saves. Now that she has received the Lord the Holy Spirit can teach her as she reads through John, I suggested next she might try Acts and to simply ask me any questions she has.
Hope has adjusted her schedule and is going to come to our little Bible Study at school, so that’s great. Last Tuesday, John, who prayed to receive Jesus a couple weeks ago came. Several African American students showed up too who know me from school. Terry an agnostic guy (very intelligent dude who drops by mostly for the Pizza) brought his girlfriend Haley who professes Christ but did not know him. I was able to go through the Gospel with them again. Dwayne a Christian friend of theirs (who I also know from walking around) and another Christian girl Shay came. So God blessed the Bible Study and hopefully they’ll come back.
The class on comparative religion I taught went well and 9 middle-aged people heard the Gospel and a lot of apologetics and comparative theology for 2 hours, I wish I could have taped it. It was well received.
I hope if you live in Chicago, like me, you finished cleaning the garage in time to park in it for the big snow. I really only had to get my big old Honda Motorcycle pushed to the back along with my antique leaf vac and mower, put some tools and saws away from summer. The 8-12 inch forecasted snowfall convinced me to spend an hour getting organized.
Thanks so much for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism and discipleship today if you had a chance, God truly blessed.
In Him,
Bob