Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with good things from the Lord’s kind hand. We are getting a bit of a thaw here. I had a good day on campus and Aaron prayed to receive Jesus today and Connor (a curly haired, slight, blonde guy) said he would pray later. He had to run to Baseball practice saying after hearing the gospel and the prayer, “Yeah, that’s what I’ve been trying to do.” He thanked me and ran off. So I explained living by the Spirit’s power. Please pray for these guys. I’m grateful for your help. Aaron’s story is below if you have some time.

Aaron was sitting in a lounge with vending machines on the south side ground floor of the BIC. There are skylights at one end and some tables. He was wearing a green parka and sweats. He had an oval face sharper nose and sandy straight hair swept over in bangs from the left, clean-shaven. (He looked a bit to me like the comic actor Jason Sudeikis, though not as tall.) He was friendly. He thought he’d like to travel, was a kind guy. He later said he went to a Lutheran Church. 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?” He thought out loud for a moment with a, “I would probably say ah…” and then said, “I feel like I’ve been a good person. I would like to leave that judgment up to you. I wouldn’t feel I’d be worthy enough to decide.” He thought the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 60-70%. I began to go through the Gospel with Him and when I asked him what Jesus had done back in history to take away the sins of the world (so God could live inside him) he knew Jesus had died. I began to explain the blood of Christ, cleansing us from sin and as a payment to God. I explained his righteousness. He would not go to Heaven because he was good but because Jesus was good and he was connected to Him. This was ours through adoption if we believed by faith. He seemed to agree with everything as I spoke. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else and then asked if when he was asking for forgiveness if he had put it all together before to trust in it. He said, “I’ve been leaning that way.” “Well if you want to jump all the way into the pool there’s a prayer you could pray,” and I talked him through it and he said, “Alright.” I said he could pray it silently and know he was forgiven. “Sure,” he replied and he prayed to receive Jesus. “Thank you so much,” he said after. I explained living the Christian life asking to be transformed by the Spirit’s power “Inside out”. I said now trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness 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!” in the front. I talked him through a bit of a Bible study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told him I would keep him in my prayers each day praying a Bible verse for him until Spring and one year after. “Thank you so much,” he said again. “You’re welcome,” I replied. Then shaking my hand he said, “It was nice meeting you.” “It was nice meeting you too,” I replied. I’ll see you in Heaven.” “I’ll see you there,” he said back and I headed off.

So Thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed. I’m off to teach a Bible Study.

In Him,

Bob