Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope ya had a blessed day walking with the Lord and you had some joy in the fall colors we are starting to see. I had a real good day on campus talking to students. I talked to JB a Christian guy who is a quarterback for the football team and he was grateful for fully understanding the Gospel and living by the Spirit. He’s 6 foot and wanted to make the NFL, fun to talk with, handsome black dude.  Daniel and Chris each prayed to receive Jesus today. Their stories are below if you have time. Please pray they grow. Carlos started seeking some answers (and some interesting ink he’d gotten tattoos in Japan stationed there in the military and took The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. Alex a married, Latino guy not yet talking classes heard the Gospel and was grateful also. I think he may receive Christ.

Daniel was a Filipino sitting in the cafeteria at a table. He had stick strait hair that parted and made a V across the top of his face. He looked Asiatic with almond eyes. He had a rounded medium nose thin lips and a round/oval face. His skin was fair for his ethnicity and he wore a rose or washed out brown hoodie. Nice guy. He wanted to travel the world but had been around Asia and the Philippines. I asked him, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “I’ve never been asked that before so it’s very…” he trailed off thinking, so I said, “Take your time.”  He thought some and said, “I would say like I’ve always believed in the teaching of the Catholic Church especially when it comes to love your neighbor as yourself.” He thought he had an 80% chance of going to Heaven, saying, “I’ve always tried to have an understanding of everyone no matter what their position.” He only went to Church occasionally but said his father had told him it was better to be a good person who went to church a little than an evil one who went all the time. I quipped that I agreed though at least the evil guy would be good for an hour a week. I began to go through the Gospel with him and asked what Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world so he could be cleansed of sin and God could live inside him. He thought just a second like he thought he should know but just said, “I’m sorry I didn’t get a lot of sleep.” I said, “Yeah no worries I’ll just roll through it with ya, it’ll come back to ya.” I began to explain the Gospel, the blood to cleanse him of sin and be a payment for him and righteousness of Jesus to his credit when God adopted him. I said this was all given to him by faith that saved him. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else explaining a bit and he asked if I could repeat the question. “Would you want to trust in what Jesus did for you on the cross paying for you sins so you could be forgiven?” I said asking again. “I want to be forgiven,” he replied. So I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through it and asked if it was the desire of his heart. He nodded. 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?” He nodded again and I handed him the booklet and he prayed to receive Jesus. I began then to explain the Christian life to him living by the Spirit’s power and asking for God’s help in everything. Ask God to transform you and then you become a good man doing good things. I gave him Bible Promises for You saying he could use them for prayers or just read them for comfort. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study on the deity of Christ explaining it. I said the likelihood he would now go to Heaven trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus was 100%. I told him I would pray a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless him. I got up to go. “Thank you so much,” he said. “I appreciate your words of wisdom and I’ll apply them to my life.” “Thanks for your kind words,” I said in reply. “Thank you,” he said again so I said, “You’re welcome.” “Thank you for spreading the word we all need it,” he said. I agreed we did. “You know when you get into college you’re an adult and you have to decide for yourself about what you were raised with and what you will believe and you did that today so that’s great.” “Yes,” he agreed. I shook his hand and headed off. He had been engaged the whole time and his mouth moved ever so slightly responding to thoughts but he smiled a perfect smile with his pearl with teeth as I left him.

I found Chris in a lounge up on the 3^rd floor. He was open to doing a student survey. He had a light tan (almost yellow) t-shirt and tan shorts and wore white Crocs. He had kind of a GQ look to him but for breaking out a bit, sandy brown hair parted on the side. Chin came to a point had a sharp jaw line and was clean-shaven with sandy light brown hair like Clark Kent. He said he wanted to be the biggest influence in someone’s life. Not a bad goal. I asked, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “Plead my case?” he asked. I said the question was really after what it was you thought got you into Heaven, “But yeah plead your case sure,” I replied. “Mostly what I’ve already done. I’ve worked at a Homeless Shelter run by my family. Right and wrong in terms of others I guess.” He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. He went to a nondenominational church sometimes with friends. When I asked him what Jesus had done back in history to take away his sins so God could live inside him he said. “Sacrifice.” So I went on to explain how the blood of Jesus had cleansed him and been a payment for his sins. I said Jesus had earned God’s righteousness perfectly keeping the law and he could give that righteousness to us when God adopted us the blessings of his family were ours, “The sacrifice for our sins the blood that cleansed us and the righteousness of God that surrounds us.” I said he was saved by faith. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done or if he thought something else. He said something like, “To be forgiven does make sense.” “Do you believe Jesus is God died for your sins and rose from the dead? Do you think that’s a true story?” I asked. He said it was. I said, “Well if you’d want to be forgiven placing your trust in that there’s a prayer you could pray.” I talked him through it and asked reading the line, ‘Does this prayer express the desire of your heart? ‘So would you say that it does?” I asked. He nodded. I said if he wanted to he could pray it silently right now, I wouldn’t hear him but God would hear and he’d know he was forgiven. Wanna do it?” I asked. He nodded again and I handed him the booklet and he prayed to receive Christ. He was very reserved and was nearly expressionless the entire time. So I was just praying God was getting through to him in my heart as I talked. He didn’t have a Bible but he didn’t want one for some reason, though I assured him people bought them for me. So I gave him Bible Promises for You I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave him a Bible study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I asked if he had any questions and he said he didn’t. “Thanks” he said, “I appreciate it.” I shook his hand and he cracked a smile. I said I would keep him in my prayers praying a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring asking God to bless him. “If I see ya I’ll just say hi, you don’t have a new stalker or anything,” I quipped and he smiled just a bit and I headed off. I’ll be praying he gets into a Church with his friends.

So Thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God blessed me all day.

In Him,

Bob