Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and you had joy walking with Him in love. I had a good day on campus and Josh prayed to receive Jesus today. Amy, a self described Hispanic Catholic came from a family who had kind of trailed off in terms of going to church any more. She had kind of a meso-indian looking friendly face and long brown hair. She said she’d think about it saying, “I never heard it described that way before.” in response to salvation coming directly from God in Christ and not through the Church. I gave her The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet and she was grateful and thanked me as I left her.

Josh was up on the third floor of the BIC just down from the overlook down on the lounge where we have Bible Study. He had on a grey hoodie and jeans, had kind of a pug nose on a kind looking dough boy face and wore glasses. Had a heart shaped mouth. Quiet reserved kind of guy. When I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked, Why should I let you into Heaven? he said, “I really don’t know. I’d be kind of like speechless… I don’t know.” I began to go through the Gospel with him and it seemed like it was completely novel though he regularly attended Catholic Church. He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I asked him what the big thing was that Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world and he thought a moment and said he didn’t know. I said I thought it would come back to him but the light wasn’t dawning in his eyes as I went through the Crucifixion and cleansing blood of Christ, it really seemed like he was kind of amazed. I explained that Jesus had died for our sins and rose from the dead and his righteousness was to our credit saying he had to believe this by faith. “Would you want to be forgiven for your sins trusting in Jesus or do you think something else?” “Be forgiven,” he replied. 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 said if he wanted he could pray to place his trust in that and I talked him through the prayer asking if it was the desire of his heart, “Yes,” He replied. So I said if he wanted he could pray it quietly so only God would hear, would he want to, “Yeah,” he said. And as he took the booklet I said, “Just pretend I’m not even here.” He prayed then very slowly and thoughtfully. I told him he could keep the booklet and explained the Christian life to him as one lived by the power of the Spirit. He did not have a Bible so I gave him one showing him the Where to Turn section and saying Jesus words were in red encouraging him to read the book of John. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven” in the front. I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do explaining that anything God was asking him to do He would give him the power to do it and wrote “Just ask” and By the Spirit” in the front. I also gave him a Bible study on the deity of Christ. And told him trusting now in the righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I told him I would be praying for Him each day until a year from spring. “It was nice to meet you,” I said getting up to go. “It was nice to meet you too. Thanks you,” he said and I headed off.

So Thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed. There are only 10 more regular class days at school as Thanksgiving week has only 2 days. 92 students have trusted Christ this semester.

In Him,

Bob