Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I had a great day of sharing today. I found Carsonearly on, he was killing time. He went to Church pretty often he said, Catholic guy. He basically had thought he was going to heaven for being nice to people and being fair with them, smaller guy, working hard on a beard. We talked about cars (his dad had a Corvette he wished he could drive). I went through the gospel with him and he believed. He said he would pray when he, “Had some free time” which, it being the second day of school everyone has but he was just shy to pray with me and I don’t blame him. So I asked him if he believed Jesus was God and trusted in His death on the cross and resurrection to make him right with God and he said he did. I asked him if he would like a free book and he wanted one so I gave him More than a Carpenter and a Bible study.

I had a great conversation with Zain. He is an Indian Islamic guy and I told him about my friend Hicham who had broken both his legs inLebanonand learned English by reading Zane Grey Novels. I later told him Hicham had had visions of Jesus asking him to pray to Him alone. We had a really great conversation and when I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked why He should let him into heaven he said, ” I would say, ‘Because I love you.'” I have never had an Islamic person say that. I went through the Gospel with him. He said he went to the Mosque o Holidays. I told him concerning the Bible being corrupted that I read a version from 350 AD and that Muhammad endorsed the Gospels so the ones he endorsed we had. He said he had thought he would like to read the Gospels and I said, “Well, I have this English version with a lot of notes that is easy to understand I got at an estate sale for a buck.” It was an old Living Bible New Testament 25th anniversary edition, it had a good binding and looked nice. He said, “Are you sure you don’t mind?” I repeated I had gotten it cheaply and he was glad to take it. I also told him Ken Taylor the translator had created it for his children and lost his voice at the end of his life and had said he thought God had taken his voice because he had dared to change the words of the scripture, thinking that might resonate with an Islamic thought process. I explained I looked for old copies of the Living Bible cheap at sales and stuff to give to Christian students as a commentary in case they get to a hard to understand part of the bible to read along side it. Giving him a NT was great, it was a life application NT and the books he was interested in were the first 4. So I felt like that was an appointment from the Lord. I told him about my friend Hicham’s Church where it was (it is close to school) and when they met.

I met Naa a couple hours later. She was from Ghana, had braided hair and a round face. She had not been able to find a church like hers since coming here. Naa did not have any assurance of salvation saying she would ask God to forgive her and let her in [to heaven]. She thought she had a 50/50 chance. Her English was a bit weak so I went slowly with her (not knowing if her speaking matched her comprehension, I think her comprehension was better) out on a bench outside the SRC. I explained the Imputation of the merit of the perfect life of Christ to her that would cover all her sins, “It’s like one of those extreme make over shows,” I said. “Where they give the girl new teeth and pluck her eyebrows and she is a hot chick. God makes us over with Christ’s righteousness and the Bible says we are ‘Clothed with the righteousness of Christ.’ [Galatians 3:27, Philippians 3:9] or ‘become the righteousness of God.'” [2Corinthians 5:21]. She said, “Yes but I still sin.” I explained how the Blood of Jesus ( a concept he said she understood) to cover her sin was worth an infinite amount because He was God and His life was worth an infinite amount so no matter what she had done there was always enough to pay for her sin. She smile a beautiful white smile then and when I showed her the prayer explaining she could share her faith with another or pray it to rededicate her life to God.” She said she thought she had prayed something like this before but asked, “could I pray it again?” I said she could pray it to rededicate herself to God and accept His forgiveness. She did and visibly brightened and I blessed her and gave her More than a Carpenter to read and a Bible Study inviting her to Bible Study. So that was really great.
So thank you for your prayers today God’s Spirit led me and gave me good things.

in Him,
Bob Bollow