Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope ya had a good day walking in the Kingdom God granted to you. I had a good day on campus encouraging some Christians in their faith (Klaudia and Alicia) and Sergio and Jaydi each prayed to receive Jesus, after I offered them the Gospel. Please pray they grow in faith.

Sergio was sitting at the end of the second floor SRC building hallway on the second floor just past the glass doors (fire-doors?). It’s sort of a hallway on the west end of the student services building right there, there’s some chairs. He had like of a honey bear looking face, wore black framed glasses, Latino, 5×5 in build wearing solid blue shorts and a t-shirt. He had a mop of brown hair and a nearly transparent mustache. He was an athlete, probably a defensive back. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven and he said, “I’m not [going to Heaven], I don’t deserve to go.” I asked him what the likelihood was he would go to Heaven and he said, “Zero.” He said he grew up in the Catholic Church. He listened closely to the Gospel and when I asked him what Jesus had done to take away his sins he knew Jesus had died. I explained the blood righteousness of Christ to him saying the being cleansed by the blood of Christ would allow God to come into him. I explained salvation by faith and how his good stuff could not fix his bad stuff, and he agreed. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in Jesus so God could live inside him or thought something else. “I would want to be forgiven,” he replied. So I said there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through the prayer and said, “It says here, ‘Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?’ would you say it does?” “Yeah,” he said. I said he could pray it silently and be forgiven saying, “Wanna do that?” He nodded and then he took the booklet and looked at it and set it down open and talked about his life, “When I would go to do something stupid there would always be something in me that would stop me.” I said that was the Holy Spirit on the outside trying to direct him.  “When you walked up it was quiet and then when you began to talk there was all this noise and people walking by.” He was right too there was suddenly after we’d been alone for a moment a lot of traffic. He felt like they were looking at him in a questioning way. There was even a guy who went by in a walker whose movements were very erratic and chaotic. He seemed to feel like they were almost sent to distract him. I said that I’d seen that. I redirected him to the prayer asking if he still wanted to pray and he said he did and prayed to receive Christ. He finished and I talked to him about how life sucked sometimes. He agreed. I said that God allowed that so that He could find people who would be strong by trusting in Him. They would be filled with the Spirit and become one with God and they could be part of the resistance against everything going to Hell. I said that by God’s Spirit making him stronger he would become like a rock that the wave breaks against helping to hold things together. Because he would be one with the Rock that is Christ. He nodded and seemed to resonate with the picture. He did not have a Bible so I gave him one and I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. If anyone ever said he was not God’s he could get the Bible and read in the front and remember he was. I said Ephesians 1:13 said as soon as he believed the Holy Spirit comes into him and this would seal him and God’s Spirit would not leave him. I gave him Bible Promises for You. He did not like to read so I gave him a Bible Study on places Jesus clams to be God explaining it. I said I would pray a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless him. “I may not be able to remember your face that well by this time next year but I will still be praying,” I said. He reached out and shook my hand, he was strong and had a solid grip and said, “Good to see you man,” he said looking me in the eye. “Good to see you,” I said and I headed out.

I also went through the Gospel with a pretty, light brown-haired girl Klaudia. Her hair was stick straight and pulled back the front edges lightened. She was sitting in the PE building in black running shorts and a half top with spaghetti string shoulders. She had no make-up on and had a tiny cross around her neck. To answer the question she said, “I would say I’m also a believer of God, I tried to spread the Gospel and just be a good follower.” When I had finished going through the Gospel with her I asked her if she would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done or if she thought she had already done that. She felt like she had trusted in Christ already growing up in the Church. She hadn’t easily been able to express saving faith though she knew Jesus had died for her. So I said that growing up in the Church you believe everything but have not always had that one moment you can point to if your Church tradition was not telling you to have a time you just decided. So like a chain snapped or a shot from a gun, because you had not lived some kind of dramatically sinful life you had to turn from. She nodded that was true. But that this was a way she could not share her faith giving her the booklet. She was grateful to have the content I’d given her in it and added to it. I gave her Bible Promises for You and a Bible Study. “Thank you so much for everything! This was very impactful!” She said as I got up to go. “You’re welcome,” I replied and headed off.

I had a good talk with Alicia a black woman (heavy set with straight black hair and kind of traditional African America features) who seemed to be in her late 20’s in the science building hall. She really appreciated the Gospel clearly explained. I said maybe she could ask the question if you died and God asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven? what would you say?” to a niece or a nephew to help them understand. “I have a daughter,” she replied. I’m going to go through this with her.

Jaydi (jay dee) was in a lounge in the Science building at a table. She had one of those pretty sweet faces you’d expect in a painting of Mary the Mother of Jesus. She had Latina coloring and long brown straight hair to her elbows. She had perfectly lined eyebrows with flat edges above her nose like some girls have to draw on. She was a student athlete and had on a dark grey sweatshirt. She said she went to a Catholic Church. I asked her what she would say to God if He asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “Hmm, I don’t know. I don’t think I’ve done anything that’s worth punishment,” she said. She thought the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. As I went through the Gospel with her I asked her what Jesus had done to take away her sins and she said, “The blood?” I said that yes He had died for her shedding his blood. I explained that the Bible said in 1John 1:7 the blood of Jesus cleanses us from our sins.

I explained the righteousness of God that was hers when He adopted her. I asked if she would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus has done or did she think she had done that asking God to forgive her trusting in Jesus? She said something like, “I don’t think I have ever done that.” So I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I explained it to her and said, “It says here, ‘Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?’ Would you say that it does? “Yeah she replied. So I said she could pray it quietly and I wouldn’t hear her but God would hear her and she’d know she was forgiven. “Wanna do that?” I asked. “Yeah,” she replied and she took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. I explained living “By the Spirit’s Power” asking for God help in everything. “Then because you have asked Him for strength in small things when something big happens you will have become used to trusting in Him and you will ask for His help.” She nodded. I gave her Bible Promises for You writing her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. “Thank you,” she said taking the book. I also gave her  The Case for Christ Answer Booklet explaining a bit of Strobel’s story and a Bible Study on some ways Jesus claimed to be God. When you go to Church and take the mass you can remember the wine is symbolic of Jesus Blood and the wafer is symbolic of His Body broken for you, so when you take it you can just say “Thank you” knowing you are forgiven. I told her I would pray a Bible Verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after and if I saw her I would just give her a wave.  Thank you, it was so nice to meet you,” she said as I got up to go. “It was nice to meet you too. I’ll keep you in my prayers,” I replied. “Thank you,” she said again and I said, “Ok,” 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