Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day held blessings in Christ and joy and peace in believing on Him for the future. Richard and Amarillus each prayed to receive Jesus today. I’d be grateful for your prayers to bless these two students. The description is below if you want to spend the time.

Richard was sitting at the counter in the cafeteria. He agreed to listen to some questions. He had dark skin and a pretty broken in COD t-shirt on. He had jeans on and was eating a Subway sandwich with some success. He had full lips, was on the short side and had a perfect inch-high afro. He said was born in America, but it seemed like he had also recently come here as he said, “I’ve come here for a second time.” He worked at Amazon. His parents were in Africa in Ghana and he lived with his sister. He was studying pre-calculus as I walked up. I wasn’t sure if his grasp of English was real solid as we spoke because I had to change up some wording at times. So I spoke very precisely and a bit slower than I usually do, checking as I did if he understood. He had that nice sounding British tone to his English. I read Ghana has 80 different spoken languages however, so who knows what he grew up with primarily. I asked him what he would say to God. He read the question again and I shortened it saying, “What is it that gets you into Heaven?” “Repent, confess your sins, ask God’s forgiveness, that’s forgiveness for sins,” he replied. He thought he had a 60% chance of going to Heaven. I proceeded to go through the Gospel then and he knew Jesus had died to take away our sins. After I had explained everything I asked if he would want to be forgiven, trusting in Jesus with God living inside him or if he thought something else. “Be forgiven,” he replied. I explained if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I walked him through the prayer explaining each thing as I went and asked if he would want to pray to be forgiven. He said, “Yes,” and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus, saying the pray where I could just here him. I explained a life in the Spirit’s power living “Inside Out.” He had a Bible so I gave him Bible Promises for You, showing him how he could look for a topic and read a verse from it. I gave him a Bible Study on ways Jesus claims to be God and told him I would pray for him to be blessed each night for the next year. I said I would see him around and he said “OK.” And I headed off.

Amarillus was sitting in the lounge by the vending machine in the BIC building 1^st floor. I asked if she wanted to do a survey and she agreed. I was a little surprised, since so few girls have been up for it this year. She was playing a game on a phone-size screen and had another larger screen she wasn’t using for online gaming that was perpendicular to her across the table. She had a floppy hat on with a bear on the front band, a grey t-shirt on and a mask that she pulled down once or twice to drink from a bottle. She had a teddy-bear kind of look to her face, cute, sort of tomboyish. She had white polished nail and a girly purse though.  When she told me her name I told her it was cool saying it sounded like a name from a movie with castles and dragons in it. “I heard it once on Game of Thrones,” she replied. “Ha, see I was right,” I said and asked the questions. When I asked: What would she would say to God if she died and was asked “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “I mean you shouldn’t probably,” she replied. “Is there a ‘but’ in there anywhere?” I asked. She said there wasn’t saying, “I don’t deserve it.” I agreed, saying no one deserves it. I asked what the likelihood was she would go to heaven, “You know if God was having a good day and was merciful?” “I’d be begging I think. I have no interest in going to Hell,” Amarillus replied. I went through the Gospel with her and explained the righteousness of God that could be to her credit through Christ. I got her to smile a few times and she stayed engaged. Explaining she would not go to Heaven because she was good but because Jesus was good. When I got to the end, I asked if she wanted to be forgiven for her sins with God living inside her. “Sure,” she replied. “But I don’t have a relationship with God.” (That word made me feel like she had been to church and she later said she had a Bible.) I said something like, “Well if you would want to have a relationship with God where He forgave you and lived inside you, all you have to do is ask.  There’s a prayer you can pray.” And I turned the page and began to talk her through the prayer. I said, “It says here does this prayer express the desire of your heart? If it does you could pray this silently right now. I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven. Wanna do it?” “Sure,” she said and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. It took her a while and I think she had some things to say besides the prayer. When she was done, I explained to her living “inside out” and said by the Spirit’s power she would have what she needed to live the Christian life. I asked her if she would want an evidence book or just something to work through and she said something to work through. So I gave her a copy of 20 Things God Can’t Do and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven” in the front. I gave her a Bible study on different ways Jesus claims to be God in the Bible. I said I would pray for her for the next year and wave if I saw her around. She thanked me a couple times and I headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the Bible study and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God blessed and I made some connections I hope will get stronger.

In Him,

Bob