Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was a good one blessed and walking by the Spirit. I had a good day on campus and Hazel and Valentin each prayed with me to receive Jesus today. Angelina committed to Christ saying she trusted in what he had done to be forgiven so I hope she will pray later. Please pray for them if you have a moment and if ya want to read their stories they are below.

Hazel was the first person I found to talk to today. We talked for a little over a half hour. She was sitting in a chair in the first big atrium lounge on the ground floor of the BIC building on the North side. I sat on the floor beside her. She described herself as “shy, careful and nervous” so I’m glad the Lord moved in her heart to talk with a stranger. She is a Latina and has a cute round face and long brown hair. She was wearing long black sweats and a black hoodie that had white writing up the sleeves. She said she recently moved here from Mexico (her English was very good with no accent) and had not found a church yet, but had been attending a Catholic church there. She was interested in finding out what other religions taught. When I asked her what she would say to God if asked why He should let her into Heaven she said, “ ‘Cause I did things to make Him proud and did my mission on earth.” She thought she had a 75% chance of getting into Heaven. When I asked her what Jesus had done to take away her sins she did not know. As I went through the Gospel with her, explaining that faith in the blood and righteousness of Christ saved her, she was receptive, understanding the Bible verses. I asked her if she now wanted to be forgiven trusting in the blood and righteousness of Christ, so that He could live inside her or thought something else asking, “In your heart do you think this is true?” She nodded and I said if she wanted to there was a prayer she could pray and God would hear her. I walked her through the prayer and she took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. I explained the Christian life living “inside out” where God transforms us on the inside and then we do good things. I explained that part of the way we knew that Christianity was true was that Jesus fulfilled prophecy. I showed her Isaiah 9:6 and gave her a Bible study on the deity of Christ. I then also gave her the Rose Publication “100 prophecies fulfilled by Jesus.” I talked to her some more and gave her another Rose laminated fold out “Why trust the Bible.” I explained the writings of Buddha we have are 2500 years after his death, so we really cannot know what he said and that other Holy Books do not predict the future. I gave her, Bible Promises for You writing her name the date and “forgiven” on the inside. I explained that now if she trusted in the righteousness of Christ, the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I told her I would keep her in my prayers. She thanked me and said, “I was needing your words.” She said she believed God sent people to us, suggesting He had sent me to her and I agreed. As I walked away she took off her mask so I could see her face and waved goodbye and I waved back and headed down the hall.

Angelina was sitting in one of the connecting halls in the BIC studying on the second floor. She had a narrow face and dark pretty eyes long brown hair. She wore a grey hoodie with some skeletons on the front that seemed to be dancing. Had jeans on and red high tops. She too was Roman Catholic. When I asked her what she would say to God she said, “That’s a hard one…” Then thinking some more she said. “I don’t know personally what would qualify someone to get into Heaven.” She said she’d hoped she would go though and thought she had a 90% chance. When I asked her what Jesus had done to take away her sins she did not know. I explained the Gospel to her and that Jesus lives a perfect life for us. And when they kill him, He wants to die because without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sin. I explained “Life is in the blood and when Jesus pours out His blood, He pours out like a life-force on the world, and that the Bible says in 1John 1:7 that the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. So we are cleansed inside and we match God and know God can live inside us.” “Oh!” she said understanding this for the first time. She said at the end when I asked “I would want to be forgiven, but I feel like I have to do my part.” So I explained that that was true. That by asking God to live inside us and transform us, we will become better people who will do good things, explaining the Christian life living inside out. I think I had given her a lot to think about and she needed to process some more to pray, though I walked her through the prayer. But I asked, “Do you believe Jesus is God, died for your sins and rose from the dead?” She thought for a moment and said, “Yes.” “And do you trust in that to be forgiven,” I asked. She said yes again, thinking. So I said then she knew God forgives her and she can talk to Him about it later and she agreed that made sense. I gave her the Book Bible Promises for You writing her name in the front. And I left her and she thanked me for talking with her. “Thanks for talking with me,” I replied and headed off.

Valentin (vale n teen) was sitting in the last lounge I walk past heading for some lockers no one else seems to use this year, where I put my coat. I was pretty spent but I asked him if he’d like to do a survey and he did, so I’m grateful I asked.  He was wearing a winter cap, his mask pulled down on his chin. He wore a red, white and blue Tommy Hilfiger down vest and had blue sweats on, a roundish face, pug nose with a 5 o’clock shadow where a mustache would grow. When I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “I’d just let it be in His hands. I’d let him judge me, what I was doing in life… He’s seen me fail and seen if I had [done the right thing]. I would see if He had forgiven me. I would look Him in the eye and ask Him if He would let me into Heaven.” He thought he had an 80-90% chance of getting into Heaven. When I asked him what Jesus had done to take away our sins so God could live inside us, he did not know guessing, “you repent” and then saying he was searching for another word. I offered “reconciliation” and he agreed. So I said, “This is what God does to reconcile us to Him.” I went on to explain the blood and righteousness of Christ. I explained the Mass was symbolic of what Jesus had done, “The wine is symbolic of His Blood and the wafer of His body, and it is commemorating that He has died for you and so you are forgiven. So when you take it you should say, “Thank You.” He understood that and as I finished I said, “If you feel like you haven’t had a chance as an adult to tell God you are trusting in Him to forgive you, there is a prayer you can pray.” I walked him through the prayer and said he could, “pray it right now and God would hear.” I asked if he would want to do that and he nodded and I said, “Just pretend I’m not even here.” Then he prayed to receive Christ. I explained living “inside out” to Him as well. I gave him the book Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven”. He thanked me and I also gave him a Bible study. I explained that we could not offer anything perfect to God to pay Him but we could show by our actions we were grateful. I told him I might not see him again but I would pray for him. “Preciate you, thanks so much,” he replied. And I said goodbye and headed out.

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

In Him,

Bob