Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed in the Spirit and God guided you to all good things. I had a good day on campus and Alan and Thomas each prayed with me to receive Christ.

Alan was sitting by the dental clinic area where you can have your teeth cleaned by students studying to be dental hygienists, Cheaper but it takes a long time. He was waiting for his mom to be done with a cleaning, it turned out. He was wearing blue Jeans and a dark blue and black running jacket and tennis shoes with black ankle socks. He had a slight accent and kind of a crazy curly mop of hair, nice features small nose, nice skin, good looking kid. He seemed to be a very laid back guy. When I asked him what he would d say to God to get into Heaven he said, “I don’t know to be honest. Well it’s up to you, you know what I’ve done, that’s pretty much it.” He thought he had a 50/50 shot to get to Heaven. He said he’d gone to church when he was young back “in Mexico pretty much”. When I asked him what Jesus had done to take away his sins he guessed “baptism?” “Well, that is symbolic of what He did,” I replied and went on to tel him of the death and resurrection of Jesus and that he had had poured out His blood to cleanse us from all sin.  He listened closely to the illustrations I used. When I asked him if he wanted to be forgiven he said, “Pretty much”. So I asked if he believed Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead, he said he did. So I asked if he would want to trust in that to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and after I explained it and offered it to him he prayed to receive Jesus and be forgiven. He thanked me right away then and I gave him a Bible putting his name and the date he was forgiven in the front and showed him the ‘Where to turn” section. I gave him a Bible study and explained living the Christian life by the power of the Spirit writing “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front of the 20 Things God Can’t Do book. I gave him a card for The Compass Church since he was local and was not going to Church. I told him I would pray for him each night for the next year that he would be blessed. I got up and shaking his hand I said, “Really nice to talk to you man, I’ll see you in Heaven.” ‘Thank you,” he said again softly and I headed out.

I found Thomas a bit later also in the Science building in a lounge half way down the east building on the second floor. He was sitting with his backpack looking at his phone. He went to a Church called “Living Water” and was up for doing a survey. His backpack was packed up and his coat was on, I think he was getting ready to head out. He had jeans on and had a broad angular nose like some pictures I have seen of the Inca empire people but he was Philippine in heritage. Dark straight hair flipped back friendly face. He was a nice. When I asked him what he would say to God if asked why He should let him into Heaven he said. “Because I prayed every night. I tried to follow His words in the Bible sometimes.” He also thought he had a 50/50 shot to get into Heaven. As I began to explain the Gospel it seemed a bit revelatory that God wanted to live inside him with His Holy Spirit so needed to take away his sins. I asked if he knew what Jesus had done to take away his sins and he said, “crucifixion”. I said that was right and talked about the Blood of Christ purifying him and the imputed righteousness of Christ. He wanted to be forgiven when I finished. So I asked him if when he prayed for forgiveness if he had been thinking he was religious and a good person so God would forgive him, he shook his head yes. “I know you knew the story that Jesus had died for you but were you hoping you were a good person and would be forgiven or were you trusting in that Jesus had died for you and so you knew you would be forgiven?” He thought for a while and said. I was just hoping. So I explained he could ask for forgiveness trusting in Jesus he decided to do that and talked him through the prayer. A very dark black older woman, Lydia, from Ghana had walked in towards the end of our conversation.  She had affirmed him then after he prayed saying it was the best decision he could make, she was then sitting across the small lounge at a table studying, I believe she was picking up a class as a nurse. I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do writing his name and the date he was forgiven in the front and “By the Spirit’s power” in the front explaining the Christian life living by the Spirit’s power. As I had done with Alan I explained that if he was trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I told him I would pray for him and he thanked me and headed out happily. I spoke with Lydia some then and she said our country was more closed to the Gospel than Ghana where as a school teacher she could openly pray with the students and talk to them about God. We have a lot here in terms of material blessings but there are probably better places to raise a child in the faith.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today, though I woke up sick and got a late start God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob