Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed today walking with the Lord. I had a great day on the beach and 6 people trusted in Christ as their Savior. Elizabeth, Madison, Lexi, Kayley, Cameron and Georgia. I had asked 30 people before someone would talk to me.

Elizabeth was a middle-aged black woman watching two of her grandbabies as I walked up, one in her arms and one at her feet. She said she’d do a survey and put one down, and periodically decided to try to put down the other and I just rolled with it. She had shoulder-length, loose curly hair, and wore black shorts and a top standing beside a stroller in the sand, solidly built. She was kind and said she wanted to see all her family members saved. When I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven she said, “I’ve done Your will the best that I could.” But when I asked her how God took away her sin she said, “God did it”, not understanding the specifics of the Gospel. She followed what I had to say to her presenting the gospel and she decided to pray to trust in Jesus for her forgiveness. She did that as two other adults, who seemed to be the parents of the children, said they were going to pack up and go. I explained the Spirit’s power and gave her the book Bible Promises for You.

Madison was down the beach a bit more, sitting alone with a bunch of towels around her that seemed to belong to absent friends. She had natural blonde stick-straight hair and in swimsuit. She looked pretty young, was cute and nice. The boys who eventually came back to their towels were drinking beers; she appeared to be the only girl. They might not have been far out of high school. She seemed a bit hesitant as they returned and then walked back off a bit, so I kept going. She wanted to get married and have kids. When I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven she said, “Because I’ve lived my life through Him.” As I went through the Gospel, I asked what the big thing was Jesus had done to take away her sin and she said she didn’t know. So I explained the Gospel to her and offered her the prayer, saying she could pray it silently trusting in Jesus; that He was God, had died for her sins and rose from the dead. I asked if she wanted to pray and said she could pray it silently so no-one would hear and she nodded and said ok and prayed to receive Jesus. I asked her if she wanted a book on answers to questions (Case for Christianity Answer Booklet) or a Bible Promise book, “The second one,” she replied and I gave it to her and showed her the different verses. I told her I would pray for her. Getting up to go, one of the guys, my height with a light brown curly head of hair, holding a metal Bud bottle shook my hand and said, “Appreciate what you are doing out here man.” I thanked him and said, “God bless you man.” As shy as Madison was I did not want to engage him and stomp on anything.

Five girls were laying out on their towels sunning themselves and 2 of them mostly spoke.  Lexi was the most verbal. She and Kayley were gamers to do a survey, Cameron and Georgia said they would just listen along. Lexi had straight dye-blonde hair to my left, with some roots showing. Kayley to my right was larger, not fat at all though tall and dishwater-blonde highlighted hair. Cameron looked Latina. She was sitting beside Lexi with dark curly hair, she was thin. Georgia had light brown hair. They were all cute kids. Lexi said she’d worked at a religious pre-school. When I asked her what she would say to God, Kayley said, “I know I’ve sinned but I could help up here,” kidding a bit, but then agreed with Lexi’s statement. Lexi said, “I’m so sorry for all the sins I’ve made, please forgive me for all the sins I’ve done.” Lexi thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven and Kayley thought she would go, saying she had seen Jesus and Lexi said she had too. As I went through the Gospel they tuned right in, their friends all listening, with the exception of Gabby at the end of the row who’d had some shocks in life it turned out. When I had finished what Jesus had done, neither being sure what took away their sins, I explained that some people thought their good stuff would fix their bad stuff. Lexi covered her mouth with some elaborately painted nails and nodding said “That’s me.” Kayley said, “Me too”. I asked them if they would like to pray, placing their trust in that Jesus was God, had died for their sins and rose from the dead. Kayley asked, “Right now?” I said, “Yeah no one would hear but God.” She agreed she wanted to pray and Lexi did too. I offered booklets to Cameron and Georgia and they took them both also praying, Georgia getting up and walking apart a bit. Gabby said, “No way.” Each prayed to receive Jesus. Kayley finished first. Lexi took The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet saying, “I’ll take that for Gabby she needs it.” She told me a story about a boulder crushing Gabby’s car when she was a child on a mountain road after asking Gabby if she could tell some of her story and she agreed. The fear of the event made Gabby think God was not caring for her at the age of 11. I gave them all Bible Promises for You and told them I would pray for them the next year. “I gotta give you props going around in the hot sun doing this,” Lexi said. That made me feel good. They thanked me and I headed off. I walked back and asked Gabby if I could pray for her. “You can sir,” she replied formally. I headed out of the sun,  picking up Ellen where she was on the beach praying for me.

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

In Him,

Bob