Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed walking in the sunshine of His Love. I had a good day on Campus and went through the Gospel with 6 students, two of whom were already Christians but those cases I answered their questions and helped them understand some things too giving them the booklet to help them share their faith as I always do. And Jordann prayed with me to receive Jesus.

Jordann was sitting in the hall way on the north side of the science building waiting for her class to begin, her teacher being a bit late. African American, she had straightened black hair pulled back behind a band, almost shoulder length. Nice features, her top lip was in the shape of a half moon, kind eyes. She wore a black jacket and had leggings on. When I asked her what she would say to God if asked why He should let her into Heaven she replied, “That’s a good one.” and then thought hard about it for quite some time finally saying, “I guess like because the way I live my life. I treat others the way I like to be treated, I guess I’d count on that to get me in.” I asked her if she ever went to church. She told me she had been raised a Baptist but after one of her classes had her attend a Hindu Temple she had been going back there (several times) and it was interesting, she was very attracted to it. I told her about the first missionary to India William Carey who put a stop to the Indians throwing the widows (of men who had recently died) onto their husbands funeral pyres, burning them alive. I said their country had been Christianized by outside influences that had softened their religion and pointed out the injustices of the cast system that led to Buddhism. Then I began to teach her the Gospel. She was very attentive and knew Jesus had died to take away her sin. After explaining the death and resurrection of Jesus, that the power of His blood purified her, and His righteousness was to her credit, I explained  she could be adopted into God’s family if she received Christ by faith. I asked her if she would want to be forgiven with Christ living inside her by His Holy Spirit or if she thought something else, showing her the two circles in the booklet. “I would choose this one,” she said pointing to the circle with Christ inside her. “I think many people would.” (Which gave me pause since several peeps had turned down the Gospel today.) So I explained that she could receive forgiveness in Christ and talked her through the prayer to be forgiven asking her if she would want to pray it silently now, to know she was forgiven. “”Oh yeah,” she said with conviction. And she prayed then to receive Jesus as her savior. I explained living “inside out” by the Spirit. She had just gotten a new Bible so I gave her a Bible study and 20 Things God Can’t Do writing her name and the date and “Forgiven” in the front. I did this as quick as I could as her class was starting, explaining how everything God asked her to do in the book she could do “By the Spirit’s Power” and wrote that in the front as well. Then I said, “Be careful of that Temple, it’s the Beautiful Lie.  It sounds great, but it’s still a lie.” “I see that now. Thank you,” she replied, shaking my hand as she got up to go. She said she’d try to make it to the Bible study and slipped into class.

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

In Him,

Bob