Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and you have joy from the Lord. I had a good day on campus and Aiden and Alisha Each prayed with me to receive Jesus today.

Aiden was sitting at the counter in the cafeteria looking out the window, just finishing his lunch and said he had a few minutes before class to answer some questions. He was a nice guy, not very tall had a curly afro that touched the top of his ears, the sides were shaved in a bit of a fade. He had a blue track jacket on and grey sweats, small nose, mustache and chin beard, good looking kid. He said he went to Church a few times a year, to a “Christian Church”. When I asked him what he would say if asked by God why He should let him into Heaven he said, Because…ahh, hmm “Even though I might not have always done the right thing, I always try to do the right thing.” He knew that Jesus had died to take away our sins. He thought he had a 90% chance of going to Heaven. I went through the Gospel with him and the imputed righteousness of Christ explaining that he needed to receive Christ. He had kind of a wry smile here and there but I could not really get a read on him. I then asked him if he would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done or if he thought something else. “Be forgiven,” he said. So I said if he wanted to he could ask for God’s forgiveness and He would live inside him. I talked him through the prayer to receive Jesus and asked if he’d like to pray and he said, “Yeah sure.” and he prayed to receive Christ. He was going to class soon so I hurriedly explained living “inside out”. I wrote his name and the date in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do and “forgiven” and “By the Spirit’s Power” telling him everything God was asking him to do He’d give him the power to do with His Spirit. I said that if he trusted in the righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness he could be 100% sure he was going to Heaven.  “Paul in the Bible did many wonderful things,” I said. “But he said that it was not by his own righteousness but by the righteousness that is by faith that he would go to Heaven.” I got his email; I gave him a Bible Study too and said, “You’re forgiven,” shaking his hand. “Have a good one man.”Thanks you too.” he replied.

Alisha was sitting at a table in front of the conference room at the top of the stairs about 40 feet from the entrance to the bridge over to the Science building. Almost no one has been around the doorway at the base of those stairs it has been closed for construction that seems to have stalled. Alisha has long brown hair that did not looked straitened, more Filipino, fair skin and a pug nose, cute kid. Her skin tone and facial features seemed in part African American. Petite, she was dressed in a red hooded sweatshirt and black sweats and described herself as athletic. When I asked her what she would say to God to let her into heaven she said “Because I’ve helped… I’m a nurse; I’ve helped many people in the world. I made an impact in a positive way. I did more positive things than negative things.” She thought she had an 80% chance of going to Heaven. She said she went to Church sometimes with her mom. I went through the Gospel with her and she knew Jesus had died for her sins. I explained more thoroughly how Christ’s blood and cleansed her and allowed God to live inside her. And (if she believed) His righteousness was too her credit. I said she “had knowledge of these things but her knowledge had to become faith” and she agreed right away that was true. I asked her if she wanted to be forgiven with God living inside her or if she thought something else. “I would want God inside me,” she said earnestly. So I talked her through the prayer and asked if she would like to pray to be forgiven and she said she did with an, “Umhum.” She thanked me after she had prayed and I explained living “inside out” and by the Spirit’s power. I forgot to put a bible in my pack and took out my bin of extra stuff when I went camping on the weekend. But I had a Gideon NT to give her and I am hopeful she will make it to Bible Study tomorrow to give her a complete Bible since she said she shared one with her mom. I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven’ in the front of the pocket bible. I gave her 20 Things God Can’t Do writing “By the Spirit” in the front. She thanked me again and I said something like, “Sure, maybe I’ll see ya around.” “I’ll probably see you tomorrow, thank you,” she replied and I headed off. Then I went back to give her a Bible study and took off.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry on campus and for Evangelism today of you got a chance, God was truly with me to bless my steps.

In Him,

Bob