Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope you had a good day walking with the Lord. I had a good day on campus and Josh and Reanne prayed to receive Jesus as their savior. Their stories are below if you want to spend the time. Mimi, (a pretty black girl with piercings in each nostril and about a dozen bracelets on her arm) She wore glasses and had curly hair tinted to frame her face was close, saying she might pray later, she did seem to believe the Gospel was true. God was like of like a Medicare Supplemental plan for her, call on Him when the need arises. Please pray for these students who heard the word today. Thanks for your help.’

Josh is a huge offensive lineman. His dark blonde hair is a mop with bangs nearly in his eyes, he has a narrow blondish mustache and a big curly beard reddish blonde in color. He was wearing blue sweats and his face somehow reminded me of Jeremiah Johnson, the movie character played by Robert Redford when I was in Junior High with a lighter beard. He seemed like a solid guy. I asked him what he would say to God to be let into Heaven. “I don’t know,” he replied, “I probably couldn’t tell.” I asked him what he thought would get someone into Heaven. “Believing everyone is equal,” he replied. “Well everyone is equal in the sight of God,” I replied. He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven and said he had gone to church when he was young with his Grandma. I began to go through the Gospel with him and I asked him what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world. He wasn’t clear on the details. So I began to explain that God became a man, lived a perfect life for him and had died shedding His blood as a sacrifice that cleansed us and made it so God could live inside us. He tracked with everything I said and looked me in the eye periodically. But he was a real soft-spoken guy. I explained the righteousness of God Christ earned and that God wanted to adopt him. God would then give him the blessings of His family the sacrifice for his sins the blood that cleansed him and the righteousness of God that surrounded him. And the Holy Spirit could live inside him. He was saved by faith. I asked him if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else. “I would like to be forgiven,” he replied. So 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 your heart, do you think it does?” I asked. He looked at it and said “Yeah,” I said he could pray it silently, “I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven, wanna do that?” “Maybe yeah,” he said. He took the booklet and I said he could do it right now. “Do it right now?” he asked. “Yeah, no one would hear you,” I replied. He looked down at the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. When he finished I told him that now trusting in the righteousness of Christ and the blood of Christ the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I gave him Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside. I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study explaining it a bit. I explained living “by the Spirit’s power Inside Out”. I explained he could ask God for help in anything he was doing and God could help him do it better if success would not harm him. I said, “Riches destroy some people”. He nodded.  I said he could ask God to help him see the defenses and thing on the field from the line. “Thank you, I appreciate it,” he said shaking my hand. I told him I would pray a Bible verse for him every day from now until Spring and one year after and I headed off.

Reanne was sitting in the hallway of the second floor of the BIC in a row of chairs in front of an administrative office of some kind. She seemed to have lost her voice somewhat and apologized as it was hard for her to talk. She’s a pretty black girl with an oval face and a smaller nose. Her hair looked thinner and was in lots of natural braids the thickness of a couple of wooden matchsticks that were lightened brown at the ends. She wore light grey cotton shorts that looked to be made of sweatshirt material and a cream-colored v neck shirt. Her skin tone was the same as milk chocolate. She described herself as anti-social and she in fact did not say much of anything as we talked but she voice did seem shot. She seemed pretty sharp. I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven and she said, “I’ve given my body to Christ and my life to Christ,” she replied. She thought she had a 75% chance of going to Heaven. I asked her what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world and she said, “His sacrifice.” So I went on to tell her what that had done cleansing her from sin and allowing God then to live inside her. Jesus actions were how God got paid so He could be just to forgive her. I explained salvation by faith and God’s grace. I asked her too if she would want to be forgiven or thought something else. “Be forgiven,” she said. But I misheard her and said, “What?” “That one,” she replied pointing at the circle with Christ on the throne of her life. So I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and talked her through it asking if it was the desire of her heart? She nodded. I said she could pray it silently right now and asked if she’d like to, she nodded again and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. She had a Bible and I explained living by the Spirit’s power to transform her, “Inside Out”. I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study I quickly explained. I told her I would pray for her each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless her. “Thank you,” she said and flashed a pretty smile. “You have a good one,” she said and I thanked her and she headed off.

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

In Him,

Bob