Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed walking in the Spirit. I had a good day on campus and Wojtek (voytech) prayed with me to receive Christ.

Wojtek was sitting in the MAC on the second floor overlooking the lounge at a table. He said he’d answer some questions and seemed to have plenty of time. He was on the short side, said he was Polish and went to a Polish Catholic Church but his name was Czech, this because he had an uncle from Czechoslovakia though his peeps were near the Ukraine. So I think he was named after his uncle. He had a t-shirt and jeans on, short stick straight blondish hair on top, kind of a classic male face. Good looking guy. He had gone to a bible study at a local church on the book of Hebrews with his old girl friend for a while. He was impressed with all they knew about the Bible, “they quoted lot of verses from all over” and had spirited discussions. When I asked him what he would say if God asked him why He should let him into Heaven he said, “I’ve done good and I’ve done bad, I’m catholic, I go to confession. Hopefully I’ve done enough good and when that day comes He lets me through.” He thought he had a 75% chance of going to Heaven. I walked him through the gospel also explaining the righteousness of God that Christ earned. I explained his own religious righteousness was good but it was not what was required to get into Heaven. And that Isaiah taught (Isaiah 61:10) that one day we would be wrapped in a robe of God’s righteousness and in the New testament we are clothed with Jesus (Galatians 3:27).  I told him the parable Christ tells of the wedding feast (in Matthew 22) where one man was not wearing the wedding garment provided. I said,  “Then the head of the feast (the King) said to him ‘Why aren’t you wearing a wedding garment?’ And the Bible says the guy had nothing to say so he was thrown into outer darkness, so Hell basically. You can’t show up in Heaven wearing your own righteousness, even your best things are not good enough.” “Oh good story!” he said with realization. Of course it was a good story–since Jesus made that one up. I told him about a washing machine we used to have that put tiny holes in our clothes so they were ruined. I had gotten rid of most of the wrecked stuff but I had accidentally worn a shirt to Church last Sunday that had two holes I never noticed in the back of it. My wife told me when we got home. “That’s like the good things we do,” I said, “Even our best stuff has holes in it.” I gave him an example of a good action, like letting someone in traffic only to make the guy behind us miss the light which in turn ruined his day and then his life. We need God to control events to be certain any of our actions in an evil world will result in good things. When I was finished going through stuff I asked if he wanted to be forgiven or if he thought something else. He said, “Forgiven”. So I told him he needed then to trust in what Christ had done and tell God he was doing that in a prayer and I walked him through it. I asked him if he would want to do that and he said “Yeah,” kind of slowly realizing it as he spoke. I said, “Just pretend I’m not here.” and he prayed then to receive Jesus. I explained “living inside out”. He had a bible, “In both English and Polish,” he said.  I gave him the book Bible Promises for You, since he had admired the Bible studies he had gone to with his X (where apparently no one had explained his need of the Gospel to him, which was cool for me since I got to). I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do writing, his name and “forgiven” and “By the Spirit’s Power” in the  front. I explained everything in the Christian life God asks you to do He also gives you the power to do. I explained that during the mass which commemorated that Jesus had died to take away his sins he could simply say, “Thank you.” I gave him a Bible study talking to him about it and got up to go saying, “I’ll see you in Heaven.” “Hopefully,” he replied. “No, for sure,” I said turning back to look at him with a gesture. “For sure,” he said pointing at me with a smile and I took off down the hall to head outside.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance, God truly blessed. There is one day left this year.

In Him,

Bob