Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Alex prayed to receive Christ today. Before that Willy (African American with almond Asian eyes and a small nose in the PE building) answered the question by saying, “I know how to get to Heaven I’m just not living it.” He thought Christ would forgive him for his obedience. He knew John 3:16 but hadn’t put the Gospel together. “Yeah that all makes sense,” he said when I had finished. His friends were leaving the building and they were his ride, we’d been sitting on the counter. “Next time I see you I’ll see if you prayed that prayer,” I said. “I definitely will,” he replied. Thanks so much for your help in prayer. Alex story is below if you have time for it in the busy Holiday time.

Alex, a Latino, was sitting by the Student Services center offices in some couch chairs with an 18×24 table top that swings around from the side. He wore a silver cross that would fit inside a quarter. He had a diamond shape face that looked flat from the side, his chin pronounced. He had stick straight black hair, short on the sides. He had jeans on and a green sweatshirt (with white writing I did not have the angle to read when sitting next to him). Working on a beard it seemed to be mostly side burns and a thin mustache. He immediately said, “Yes,” to a student survey about God and asked where it was at I said, “Right here,” and got his name. I asked what he would say to God if he died and was asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “That’s pretty hard… I’ve been a pretty good person all my life. I Usually put others before myself, I’ve done the right things,” he replied. He thought he had a 70% chance of going to Heaven and had recently been to church with his family who were all religious. He thought Church was OK. He didn’t seem excited about it at all. Everyone in his family seemed to be Christian but him. So I was praying as I talked that God would break in on him as I figured they were praying for him. He took in the Gospel attentively though and when I asked what Jesus had done to take away his sins he said, “The crucifixion.” I went on to explain what it meant that Jesus had died. I explained Christ’s righteousness and that God wanted to adopt him and give him the blessings of His family. He was taking it all in but I couldn’t tell if he was actually interested. He could be “believing on His name, that Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the Dead”. I asked if he would want to be forgiven or thought something else, describing a couple options and then repeated asking if he’d want to be forgiven he said “Yes.” I was pleasantly surprised and said if he wanted to be there was a prayer he could pray. I went through it and asked, “Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?” He nodded it did and said “Yeah,” when I said he could pray it silently. I handed him the booklet and I said, “Just pretend I’m not here.” “Thank you,” he replied taking the booklet in hand. And he prayed then to receive Christ. He did not have a Bible of his own though he said his family had Bibles. So I gave him one and after showing him all the stuff in it I wrote his name “Alexander” and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside and put it back in the box saying he could have it too and gave it to him, “All of it?” he said rhetorically kind of. Then I gave him Bible promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible Study. I went through the Christian life more with him explaining “Inside > Out” asking for God to transform him and then I said the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100% now trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. I told him I would pray for him through Spring and for one year after. I shook his hand and he thanked me and I thanked him for his time and headed off to meet another student who needed some guidance.

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

In Him,

Bob