Hey Sisters n Brothers in Christ,

I hope His faithfulness was a shield and a bulwark to you today in all things. I had a good day on campus and Jorie, Markail [mar kell], and Monse [mon say] prayed to receive Jesus today and Karoulin[car-o-lyn] said she would pray later as her friend walked up. Please pray they grow in their faith and Karoulin trusts in the Lord. She had curly hair in flat tight individual waves, a pretty-cute face and was a Latina saying she had a relationship with God and then it dropped and it was her fault. The other three have their stories below if you have the time. Thanks so much for your prayers.

 Jorie was sitting at the last doorway out of the second floor of the BIC as you head east on a bench outside the lounge on the corner. African American, she had a narrow face, sharper than an oval. Her eyebrows came to flat ends, one the right had a line cut across it. She had a small pug nose and wore black-rimmed nearly round large lensed glasses. Her upper lip was full and flat with only the tiniest V in the top of it beneath her nose. Interesting looking girl. She’d straightened her hair and frosted it here and there with highlights. She wore a black tank shrink top and had grey sweats on tight at the ankles. She was up for doing a survey and I asked her what she would say to God if she died and were asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “I don’t know, um…” Then the answer seemed to dawn on her and she said, “Because I’ve been a faithful servant.” She thought the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. She had recently gotten a job that went late Saturday nights and she’d had a hard time getting out early to Church, it seemed like with someone she lived with who was her ride. I began to go through the Gospel with her, she knew Jesus had died so I explained how the blood and righteousness of Christ cleansed and was a payment to God. His resurrection was predicted by scripture. She was engaged and smiled and chuckled when I said something in a way novel to her. When I finished I asked her if she would want to be forgiven or thought something else. “I want to be forgiven,” she said solemnly. I said, “It doesn’t seem like you had put this together before?” I asked. She shook her head, No, she hadn’t. So I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray. I talked it through with her saying then that, “It says here does this prayer express the desire of your heart?” She nodded and I asked if she would want to pray it silently. She nodded yes and I gave her the booklet and she prayed to receive Jesus. I explained living the Christian life “By the Spirit’s Power” and I gave her then The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and Bible Promises for You writing her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave her a Bible Study explaining it and said I would pray a Bible verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after. I said the likelihood she would now go to Heaven really was 100% trusting in the Blood and Righteousness of Jesus. “Thank you so much,” she said as I got up to go. “Thank you,” I replied and shook her hand saying “God bless you.” “God bless you too,” she said and I headed off.

 Markail was not far down the hall in one of the lettered connecting hallways. He had a loose afro that ended in pin-curls and a rounded square face, his mustache was short, no longer than his mouth and was only the width of a pencil. He had almost Asian eyes. Good-looking guy. He had a black polyester short sleeve shirt on and black sweats with white stripes down the sides. He had open back sandals on and white socks. When I asked him one thing he wanted to do before he died he said, “Accomplish my dream to be a pro-athlete.” I asked what sport he played and he said football. “What position do you play?” I asked. “No let me guess, safety,” I said. He grinned and laughed with a “Yeah.” I asked what he would say to God if asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “I been really trying to get closer to Him. I have been missing it but I have been trying,” he replied. He said the likelihood he would get into Heaven was 75%.  I began to God through the Gospel with him and saying God had to take away his sins so He could live inside him I asked, “What is the big thing Jesus did to take away your sins?” He thought for a second and said he didn’t know. So I began to explain that Jesus had died to cleanse him and take away his sins and that His righteousness would be his if God adopted him. And He would fill him with the Spirit. This was God’s gift by grace through faith. I asked him if he would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done or thought something else. He raised his eyebrows and pointed to the circle with Jesus on the throne of your life. I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and I talked him through it saying, “It says here does this prayer express the desire of you heart?” He nodded it did. I said he could pray it silently and I wouldn’t her but God would and he’d know he was forgiven, “Wanna do that?”. “Yeah,” he replied and he took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. “This is crazy!” he said when he was done. “I had just been trying to get closer to God.” “Yeah and then God sends me along to tell you how.” He should his head and said again “This is crazy.” I explained the likelihood he would now go to Heaven trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus was 100%. I explained living by the Spirit’s power that that God could help us do anything He wanted us to do. As a safety he was really like a quarterback on defense also a middle linebacker but he had to pick out what was going on “See the field,” and he could ask God to help him do that or remember the coach’s instructions. He listened closely to that. I said if God blessed him and he got famous and someone asked how he got there then he could tell them it was Jesus and God would get the praise. He had a Bible so I encouraged him to read John. I gave him Bible Promises for You and I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the inside. I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Book and a Bible Study. I told him I would pray for him a Bible verse each day from now until Spring and one year after. If I see ya I’ll just give ya a wave. He let out kind of a joyful chuckle and said, “Thank you.” We fist bumped and I headed off.

I felt like I was supposed to go over to the science building so I headed there. I came across Monse sitting alone in a chair in the lounge on the first floor of the west most end of the second building. She was a cute Latina girl with a round face, short and a little pump wearing black leggings and a gray sweat shirt. Her hair was frosted in what would have framed her face but it was pulled back behind her head tight. She said she went to church and wanted to take care of her parents. Her goal was to be a nurse practitioner. I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven and she said thinking just a moment, “Because I’m your child.” She thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with her and she knew Jesus had died for her sins and said she had been to Church. I went through the Gospel with her and she listened closely that the Blood of Jesus had cleansed her and was a payment to God for what we owed Him. Everything belongs to Him so we owe for damaging what was His, for all the imperfect things we had done—we owed God something perfect, to repair, “But if I accidentally roll over your foot in the parking lot I don’t have an extra spare perfect foot to give to God. So I owe Him for all these things and I can’t pay. But God loves me so He becomes a perfect man. His Blood is worth an infinite amount because He is God. So when he pours out His blood it pays God back for all the imperfect things we have done that we owe God something perfect for.” I explained that Jesus earned the Righteousness of God by perfectly fulfilling the Old Testament Law and He can give this to us as promised in Isaiah 61:10 fulfilled by Christ Galatians 3:27. I said this was hers when God adopted us. I said it says in Acts we are all children of God (His offspring) but by faith in Jesus we have the “rights” of a Child of God. If I found out where you lived and driving by I climbed in the kitchen window and started eating stuff in the refrigerator and your mom walked in and said, “What are you doing here?” I said, “I met Monse at school and she said we are all children of God so I thought I would get something to eat.” She would kick me out because I don’t have the rights of your family.” This made her smile. “But when you join God’s family you have the blessings of His family, the sacrifice for your sins the blood that cleanses you and the righteousness of God that surround you. So you have someplace to go, Heaven, and something to wear when you get there, the Righteousness of God. And he fills you with the Holy Spirit. I asked if she wanted to be forgiven for her sins or thought something else. “Be forgiven for my sins,” she replied. So I said there was a prayer she could pray and talked her through it. I said, “It says does this prayer express the desire of your heart?” She said it did so I said if she wanted she could pray it silently right now and know she was forgiven. “Wanna do that?” I asked. “Hum hum,” she replied and she took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. I said when she finished that the likelihood she would be forgiven now trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus was 100%.  I gave her Bible Promises for You and I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the inside. I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Book and a Bible Study. And asking if she liked science she said she was interested in the human body. I gave her a creation magazine (it had a genetics article) and a couple quick statements of fact on Mitochondrial Eve and Y chromosomal Adam and mutations. I said God Spirit could give her insight into diagnosing patients so she would know how to treat them and what medicine to give them. She could ask for His help in that.  I told her I would be praying a Bible verse for her each day from now until Spring and a year after asking God to bless her. Saying I was sorry if I took too much time I got up to go. “Thank you,” she said. “Thank you,” I replied shaking her hand and I headed down the hall. She walked past me on her way out and we waved.

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

In Him,

Bob