Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Thanks for your prayers today if you got a chance. Hope your day went good. I walked around for a good hour b4 I got anyone new to talk to me. But by the end of the afternoon, 3 PM or so, Victoria and Joanna had prayed to receive Christ.

Victoria was sitting on the stairs in the SRC waiting for a ride, she’s African American, pretty, articulate and didn’t really want to talk or to do a survey saying she had done one before. I’ve run into this every so often at school, another student group goes around doing surveys and never bothers to (or probably has not been taught how to) go through the gospel with whoever they might talk to, they have “spiritual discussions” more or less. The group is a national campus organization that at one time made a priority of evangelism that they seem to have lost. Several times this year I have asked people to do surveys for a Bible study group. Three times this year they have come to Christ when I just kind of talk around it after they said they had already had. A few other times they just didn’t want to talk, but the 3 times I could just kind of start chatting w/ them they came to Christ. So I asked Victoria if she died and stood b4 God and He asked her why she would go to heaven what would she say. Her reply was a mix of “I’ve been religious” and “I’ve been good”. So I went through the gospel w/ her little by bit and then showed her some Bible verses, she didn’t understand the gospel until I had explained it and then decided to pray to accept God’s gift of forgiveness for her sins. After she prayed to receive Christ I gave her, More Than a Carpenter to read and a Bible study and she was glad.

Joanna was sitting in a lounge in the BIC building, cute brown haired girl studying to be a nurse. She described herself as “Caring Loving and Faithful”, and it seemed genuine, she’ll probably make a great nurse. She had been to a Roman Catholic Church before college and was too busy to go as she had conflicts Saturday night and Sunday with work. She listened to the Gospel and believed and I left her alone for a moment when she prayed to receive Christ as her Savior and came back as she finished. I explained how dependence on the Holy Spirit was how Christians lived a life where they could follow God and it was impossible otherwise and about the fruit of the Holy Spirit and asking for God’s help. I gave her a Bible study, told her I would pray for her and I talked to her about giving her a book. I offered her a couple that were a little shorter (since she didn’t think of herself a big reader having enough to study already), the student edition of The Case for Christ and More than a Carpenter. “So would you like a book I asked?” She hesitated, thinking, and I said, “Or both of them?” “I better take both of them,” she said, “I need to convince my boyfriend.” “What’s his name?” I asked. “Nicholas.” “I’ll pray for him too,” I said. She smiled gratefully. So I will maybe you could pray for them too after you read this, that he might receive Christ as well.

So thank you for your prayers for me as I do evangelism and for them today if you got a chance. Nearly 70 people have prayed to receive Jesus this year including Victoria and Joanna, so it has been great to be used by God that way.

Blessings in Him,
Bob