Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed in the Lord. I had a good day on campus once I settled down from first day jitters and Matt prayed with me to receive Jesus. I also went through the Gospel with 3 girls who had not heard it before. Of them, Cindy (Latina in the science buildings lounge) and Sameen, who had family members in Islam and Hinduism as well as Christianity, cool green eyes. They seemed open to thinking about it. So I will pray for them. If you have a moment please pray these are blessed. And if you have even more time, Matt’s story is below.

Matt was sitting on the south side ground floor of the BIC in a run of chairs. He had a longish mop of straight dark hair pulled into a ponytail, the left side falling in front to his chin. He wore black sweats and a rust red T-shirt. Real nice, open guy. When I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “I’d say ‘please.” Then letting the joke set for a minute he said, “But umm… I’ve done my best to help as many people as I can. I’ve given my best effort. I pray every night.” He thought he had about a 70% chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with him and though he said he had attended a Catholic Church when he was young, he did not know what Jesus had done to take away his sins. I explained more and he said words of agreement as I went through the verses and explained things. I said the mass was symbolic of what I had been talking about; the wine was symbolic of His blood and the wafer of His body. But I could tell that did not mean anything to him and I realized later he had probably gone to church as a kid and never participated in the Catholic Mass. I finished explaining how Jesus’ Blood and Righteousness saved him and that God could forgive him and turn all things into good. I asked if he would like to be forgiven, trusting in what Jesus had done so He could live inside him. Or if he thought something else, giving him examples of Islam and Buddhism. Matt said, “The first option.” So I said if he would like to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I walked him through that saying, “It says here ‘Is this prayer the desire of your heart?’ so if you’d like you could pray this and know you were forgiven. I wouldn’t hear it but God would hear and forgive you. Wanna do it?” “Yeah,” he replied. “Just pretend I’m not even here,” I said.  And he softly prayed to receive Jesus.  I explained then living the Christian life “Inside out” by the Spirit’s power. It turned out he did not have a Bible so I gave him one and showed him the “Where to Turn” section that answers questions with passages. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven” in the front. I gave him The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet and a Bible study on the Deity of Christ. “I hope I haven’t weighed you down with too much stuff,” I said. “No, thank you. This is awesome,” he replied.  I gave him a fist bump then and headed out.

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

In Him,

Bob