Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed today and you had peace in the storms of life. We saw a double rainbow outside, the brightest of which was 180 degrees as the Bible study ended tonight. We have just a few kids. Alyssa prayed with me today to receive Christ.

Alyssa was sitting on the floor in the hallway on the ground floor of the PE building that leads out to the Mac arts outdoor concert area. She was wearing a white and blue pullover and rolled up jean shorts. She had long brown wavy hair a pretty full face and was still tan from the summer. She told me her mother was a priest. I asked her what church and she said Episcopal. She was a nice kid. When I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven she laughed a little nervously and thought a bit and said, “Honestly I don’t know what I would say.” She was certain she would go to Heaven however, 100%. I began to go through the Gospel with her and she knew the story that Jesus had died to take away her sins. I mentioned at one point the Holy Spirit could live inside her and she said, “You mean after you die?” “No, now in this life,” I replied. But I don’t think she had known that before. She accepted what I taught her about the Gospel, sin, atonement and that the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin and the imputed righteousness of Christ. I quoted; “God demonstrates His love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.” I have a tattoo that says that,” she said something like “Light comes out of Darkness”. She explained it was on her hip sort of lower so I did not ask to see it. I said that was part of what that verse meant. I asked her if she would want to be forgiven and she said she would. I asked if she was trusting in Jesus for forgiveness. “I definitely believe God is the one [who forgives]. I know if I’ve done something bad I can talk to God.” She said she believed God forgave her but that being human she couldn’t always believe she was forgiven. She talked more about trusting in God. So asking a couple different ways I asked again: When she asked for forgiveness was she was thinking that Jesus had died for her sins and trusting in what He had done for her forgiveness. “No I never thought about Jesus dying,” she finally said. I explained that everyone had a relationship with God as their creator, but not everyone was in a relationship with God trusting in Jesus as their savior. It was trusting in Jesus dying for her that would take away her sins and allow His Holy Spirit to live inside her. If she wanted that relationship then the prayer I had already explained to her was something she needed to pray. Then God could give her the strength to live the Christian life inside out. She decided to pray then to receive Christ and she did. I wrote her name, the date, “Forgiven” and “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do. I gave her a Bible study on the Deity of Christ and thinking she might not have much exposure to the Bible given her denomination I gave her a copy of Bible Promises for You writing her name inside. She thanked me and we said goodbye and I invited her to Bible Study.

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

In Him,

Bob