Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope ya had a great day serving the Lord with Gladness. I had a good day on campus and Arely prayed to receive Jesus. Colin took The Case for Christ Answer Booklet saying he followed Christianity for guidance but was not sure of the truth of it. I had a good lunch with David and we caught up. Please pray these students are led closer to the Lord. Arely’s story is below if ya got some time.

Arely was sitting at the first table you bump into headed into the cafeteria. She was pretty, Latina, her hair was parted down the middle. She had a long sleeve grey t-shirt on and shredded Jeans, a bright smile and hoop earrings. She seemed pretty engaged and smiled a lot and looked like the actress María Conchita Alonso when she was young, but more petite. I asked her what she would say to God if asked “Why should I let you into Heaven?”  She said, “I never thought about that,” and struggled to have anything to say. I asked her if she went to Church and she had more often when she was younger but now did not often have someone to take her. So I said, “What do you think they would say gets you into Heaven?” Focusing more on Him, following His commandments, all that stuff. Maybe just more like having faith in Him and spreading it.” She thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. She tuned right in to the Gospel and liked the analogies or was amused by an old guy telling them. She knew Jesus had died to take away our sins. When I finished explaining the Gospel and the Righteousness of Christ we have by faith I asked if she wanted to be forgiven or thought something else. She seemed to hesitate, thinking about it. She seemed to say she was not sure so I said, “You don’t want to be forgiven?” Thinking she had made up her mind. She shook her head as if to say “No”.  “Yes.” She then said kind of realizing something. I don’t know what her thought process had been. I said there was a prayer she could pray if she wanted to be forgiven. I began to explain the prayer. In the middle an odd girl who walks around and seems a bit out of her mind walked by us. (She’s definitely not all there, has a blonde bob cut hair and is a pretty big girl though kind of child like). She leaned in and whispered something in Arely’s ear. Then walked away. I stopped and asked “What did she say?” She grinned and said, “I don’t know.” I said, “She seems out of her mind.” But I continued to explain the prayer and asked if it was the “desire of her heart” as it reads in the booklet. She said yes and I said she could pray it silently and know she was forgiven and she said, “OK,” and took the booklet and prayed. I explained a life in the Spirit asking for God’s help and gave her The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I also gave her a Bible study and told her I would be praying for her each night until a year from spring. I’ll see you in Heaven,” I said getting up to go. Thank you, thanks you, thank you for this she pointed at the books. And I said “You’re welcome 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