Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope you had a good day walking with the Lord. I had a good day on campus and Riley, Litzy and Gordon each prayed with me to receive Jesus today. So that was great. Please pray they are blessed in their faith. Their stories are below if you have some extra time.

Riley was up on the third floor sitting in the last triangular shaped lounge before you walk out to overlook the largest central lounge in the school in SSC building. He had dark blue shorts on and a grey blue t-shirt. His sandy mop of wavy hair was parted on the left. Good looking kid. Seemed like an “every man” well-rounded guy. He went to Catholic Church intermittently. When I asked him what he would say to God (if asked why He should let him into Heaven if he’d died) he though a minute and said, “I did my best to help others.” He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I explained that God had to take away his sins to live inside him and asked what Jesus had done to take away his sins. He thought for a moment and guessed, “Confession?” I said that was true quoting 1John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I then said, “The priest then tells you you are forgiven but he can do that because he knows God got paid.” I went on to explain the atonement and the blood of Jesus cleansing us from all sin. He seemed tuned in to what I was saying and when I had finished explaining saved by faith in the blood and righteousness of Christ I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins. ‘Yeah definitely,” he said with a smile. So I explained there was a prayer he could pray to receive God’s forgiveness and walked him through it and asking if it was the desire of his heart. He said it was and I said he could pray it silently. “Wanna do it?” I asked. “Sure,” he replied and he prayed to receive Jesus. I said then that trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I gave him a Bible Promise Book and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and gave him a Bible Study. I said I’d pray for him and see him in Heaven. I got up to go and he said sincerely, “I appreciate it.” I said, “Sure.” And I headed out.

Litzy was a Latina girl sitting out on a park bench in the sun in front of the road that’s the main drag across the North side of campus. She had kind of a scrunched up cute face with a little knob for a chin, long dark wavy hair, short stature. She wore a hoodie and a peasant blouse and shorts. Went to Catholic Church. When I asked her what she would say to God to be let into Heaven she thought for a bit and said, “Because I’ve been kind.” She thought she had a 50% chance of going to Heaven. I explained God needed to take away her sins to live inside her and asked what Jesus had done to take away her sins. She thought for a minute and said, “The blood?” I said that was right and then began to explain God became a man and when He told people the truth they killed him drawing a stick figure on a cross. “Oh!’ she said, remembering the story or realizing how the blood and the crucified Jesus were tied together. I finished explained that she was saved by faith I asked her if she would want to be forgiven for her sins trusting in Jesus and what He had done for her on the cross or thought something else she said, “The first one.” So I said, “Well, it seems like you hadn’t had a chance to put all this together before,” and she nodded. “But if you want to be forgiven there is a prayer you can pray.” I talked her through what the prayer meant asking if it was the desire of her heart. She nodded. So I said she could pray it silently, did she want to do it and she said, “Vmm—k.” And she prayed to receive forgiveness by Jesus. I gave her a Bible and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven” in the front showing her the way the cross references worked and the 99 doctrines in the front and where they were found and the devotionals in it. She really liked it. I gave her a Bible Promise Book too and a Bible Study on where Jesus refers to the Old Testament to claim to be God in the Gospels. I said now trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be her righteousness the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I said I would be praying for her. She was happy and I got up to go saying, “Have a good one,” as I left her. “You too,” she said cheerfully and I headed off.

At the end of the day I was outside again and looking at the trees at the top of the man made waterfall outside. There are some tables and benches just a few yards west of it. Gordon was sitting at one of them in front of a huge text studying. He seemed busy so I kept walking and then 10 yards past him, down a couple stairs, I turned around walking toward him and he had closed the book. So I asked if he’d do a student survey. He had a big mop of sandy hair also swept left to right and wire rimmed glasses the shape of an old school TV screen. He was wearing silver rings and has a bunch of thin roped bracelets on and said he liked my rings. Square jaw warm smile. Good looking guy. He was wearing black and gray shorts with white stripes on the side and a vintage looking Atari t-shirt. His arm was in a sling, he’d had an operation on part of his shoulder. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven and he said, “I don’t know. I’d like to think I’d make it into Heaven. There are sins I’ve committed I guess… I regret.” I asked him the likelihood he would get into Heaven and he said. “60%. I tend toward more of a righteous [life].” I went through the Gospel with him and though he said he hadn’t been to church much since he was a kid, when I asked what Jesus had done to take away his sins he said He was a sacrifice. I finished explaining everything to him and asked if he’d want to be forgiven or thought something else. “I’d like to be forgiven,” he said frankly. I asked if he thought that Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead was true. “Yeah I think it is.” He replied. I said “Then there’s prayer you could pray to be forgiven.” I explained it asking if it was the desire of his heart. “Yeah,” he replied. I said he could pray it silently and he took the booklet and said, “Thank you.” He prayed then to receive Jesus. I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible Promise book writing his name and the date and “forgiven” on the inside. I told him that now trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I told him I would see him in heaven and getting up to go I said, “Have a good day.” “Thank you, you too he replied and I headed off.

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

In Him,

Bob