Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope ya had great day walking with the Lord by the power of the Spirit. I had a good day on campus and Victoria, Gabriel and Milda each prayed to receive Jesus today. Please pray for them to grow. And for Gabriel’s grandfather Don, who has cancer and Covid. Their stories are below if you’re interested to read them. I only found 3 students to talk to today.

Thanks for your help.

Victoria was sitting in the Cafeteria. She had jeans on and a jacket. She looked Indian in features and coloring, narrow face and sharp nose.  Pretty girl with curly ringlets of shoulder-length hair. She had come to the US in December of 2020 and had attended a Christian fellowship in one of the Arab oil states where she’d lived before for a few years. She hoped her family could soon be here with her close by. I asked her what she would say to God if she died and were asked why He should let her into Heaven and she was unsure. So I asked what she thought would get her into heaven. “Something I do would maybe get me into Heaven,” she guessed. I asked if she meant a good work.  “Yeah a good work,” she agreed, “Kind… an act of kindness,” she said giving an example. She thought she might have a 50/50 chance of getting into Heaven. When I asked her what Jesus had done to take away her sins, she knew Jesus had died to do so. As I went through the Gospel with her I explained how His blood and righteousness was to her credit. I also explained the Bible verses where she needed to receive Him by faith. As I came to the end, I asked her if she would want to be forgiven, trusting in His work and she said, “Yes.” So I said if she wanted to, there was a prayer she could pray to be forgiven and walked her through it saying, “It says here ‘is this prayer the desire of your heart?'” and she looked at it and said “Ummm, yeah.” So I said if she had not trusted before in what Jesus had done to get her into Heaven, but was hoping she would be good enough, she could pray it silently and know she was forgiven. “OK,” she replied and took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. I explained the Christian life living “inside out,” by the Spirit’s power. I gave her the Book Bible Promises for You writing her name and the date and “Forgiven!” in the front. I gave her a Bible study on the deity of Christ and told her I would be praying for her through next year in Spring. She had asked about some of the Bible studies on campus and thought she did not have time for them. As we walked out together I showed her where one, run by a friend, was meeting.

 Gabriel was sitting in the PE lounge at the table they have there. He had kind of a mop of blondish hair, parted on the side and a thin mustache and goatee and kind of a wry smile. He wore jeans and a grey pullover hoodie. When a couple black guys at the table did not want to do a survey, he said he would do it. He was raised by his grandparents and they were very religious Christians. His Grandfather was sick in the hospital with bone cancer and now had tested positive for Covid. His name was Don and his grandmother’s name was Judy. “She’d be thrilled if I told her I asked someone to pray for her today,” Gabriel said. So please pray for them. When I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “You should already know really, you’re watching me all the time.” Then he opined, “I guess that would not be the best thing to say to God.” I agreed a bit of humility might be good in the situation. “It’s true though,” he replied. I agreed it was true. “I tried my best,” he said then. He thought he was going to Heaven 100%. He talked about his grandparents who he seemed to argue with a lot, saying he’d gotten kicked out of the house a few times. I went through the Gospel with him and he said he would want to be forgiven, but said he had asked Jesus into his heart a couple of times before. “There is nothing in the Bible about asking Jesus into your heart,” I replied. He was a defensive lineman so I used a football analogy talking about a Quarterback that would run around behind the line 25 years back and get sacked trying to be a one man team. I mentioned Elway and the QB for Denver, who finally won a Super Bowl when he stopped running around and played behind his linemen. I said he was that quarterback. I said, “Jesus is your line-backing core. You need to get behind him.” Saying he could not do anything perfect to pay God what he owed. I explained Jesus had to buy the ticket, using some analogies and suggested he needed to trust in Jesus as savior. It got through to him then and he unfolded his arms and listened to me. I walked him through the prayer and said the prayer was asking God to make him who He wanted him to be. I said he could pray it silently and I wouldn’t hear, but God would and forgive him. “Ok,” he said. And He prayed to receive Jesus. “This is actually awesome, I like this,” he said finishing. “This is great you do this. A lot of people would think this is weird or something, but it’s not.” I agreed, saying I really didn’t care what people thought. He thought about it and said he didn’t either. He shook my hand a couple times and thanked me. I gave him a copy of Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. And I gave him a Bible Study on the Deity of Christ. We talked a bit more and then he shook my hand again and thanked me saying he needed to get back to his subway sandwich and I said “All good” and headed out.

Milda was sitting in the lounge I pass on my way out to my locker where a couple other students who have prayed were sitting this week (Valentin and Demo). She was a pretty girl, sharp features, wearing black leggings and lace-up winter boots. She had a black, white lettered Adidas sweat shirt on. Her blondish hair had silver highlights. She wanted to open her own business, seemed like the strong type. She went to a Catholic Church on Easter and Christmas, saying she did not think going to Church got you into Heaven and I said I did not think it did either. When I asked her what she would say God if she died, to get into Heaven. She thought for a moment with a “Hmm..” Then in second said, “I mean I would say I’m a good person. I haven’t done anything wrong enough not to go to Heaven.” She thought she had a 90% chance to get in. She listened closely and was engaged. I went through the Gospel with her and she was very attentive. I asked if she knew what Jesus did to take away her sin so God could live inside her and she nodded like you would agreeing with the point (that her sins would need to be taken away) but not knowing how it happened. So I just kept going saying “This is how it works” explaining Jesus had lived a perfect life for us fulfilling the Law. When He died and His blood was a power in the world that cleansed us of sin. His righteousness was to our credit. I explained she needed to believe and receive Jesus by faith and God could change her bad things into good things, forgiving her. As I finished, I asked if she wanted to be forgiven and she said she did. And so I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray, and walked her through it asking if it was the desire of her heart. She began nodding yes and when I met her eyes she said, “Yeah.” So I said she could pray it silently and only God would hear and she said, “Um hum.” And she took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. I explained living “Inside Out” asking for God’s help in everything. I said the likelihood now she would go to Heaven was 100% ,trusting in the righteousness of Christ to be her righteousness. I offered her the book Bible Promises for you and wrote her name and the date and “Forgiven!” in the front. “Perfect,” she said taking the book. She said she did not like to read but I gave her the Case for Christianity Answer Booklet saying she could find Lee Strobel videos on YouTube and listen while she drove. I gave her a Bible Study on the Deity of Christ. She was grateful and I said if I saw her around I’d wave and she laughed and said OK. I said I would pray for her and I headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God blessed again, bringing students to Himself with the Gospel.

In Him,

Bob