Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Hope ya had a great day. I’m doing great…well tired and wiped out but hey, I got lots of birthday wishes, thanks primarily to Face Book but a bunch from others too. My good friend on the mission field texted me “Happy Birthday” which was pretty great for her to take the time. I got a couple big hugs from one of the girls who came to Christ last year too, so hey I got that goin’ for me and Ellen is making me dinner.

4 students all African American came to Christ today; Tival, Tatiana, Derrick and Devontae. Another day that evidenced that black parents give their kids more interesting names than white parents in America as a rule. The black kids are cool and often the most fun to talk to. Tival was the first conversation I had. He was sitting killing time in a ground floor lounge in the BIC. He went to Church consistently but did not know how God took away his sins or about the Holy Spirit as the means to live the Christian life. So the conversation was completely straightforward to the Gospel and he prayed with me to receive Jesus. I gave him a bible study and More than a Carpenter to read. Sometimes I feel like I get to pick all the low hanging fruit, (prayer works). I feel like Ruth walking behind the gleaners, not that it is always comfortable or easy to enter into conversation but hey, no complaints. Tatiana went to Church regularly too and wanted to be forgiven and had never asked God to forgive her sins based upon what Jesus had done for her on the Cross to pay for her sins. She prayed with me as well and I asked her, “Do you like to read?” she said, “Yes.” I asked “A lot of just a little?” She had a heavy somewhat urban accent in English to my ear and I had to ask her to repeat herself once. She said she liked to read a lot and I asked if she would like to read some things about Jesus and she said, “Yes, about Jesus.” So I gave her The Case For Christ. I gave her a bible study on the Deity of Christ too.

I caught Derricks eye as I walked buy his table and nodded. So I circled back around and asked if he would do a survey, Devontae was sitting with him and another guy Jeremiah started out but felt like going somewhere it seemed. Anyway he said he had to go after he did the survey. So I gave him a booklet and told him, “This will explain how to go to heaven.” He took it happily but I don’t know if he read it. The guys were using with the plug outlets built into the table and I picked at the one in front of me out of curiosity, Derrick reached over and popped it open. I cracked, “Yeah, this is the new thing in American the Black men lead the white men now that we elected Obama.” This cracked them up and Devontae decided to do the student survey with Derrick then and both listened to the gospel and prayed to receive Jesus and be forgiven. They both had gone to Church when they were younger so I invited them to Bible Study as we sat not 15 feet away from where we were seated and got their e-mails to send them stuff. I gave them each More Than a Carpenter to read since they confessed to be less than big readers, and a bible study too and encouraged them to read the Gospel and go to Church explaining the Holy Spirit to them.

So hey Happy Birthday to me, I will take 4 peeps praying with me for a gift every year. Thanks so much for your prayers for me today, God blessed me and I pray all who blessed me would be blessed.

Please pray for Tival, Tatiana, Derrick and Devontae, that they might grow in the Lord and God would lead Derrick and Devontae to a Good Church.

In Him,
Bob Bollow