Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

 I hope you had a blessed week walking with the Lord in His will. I had a good day on campus Thursday and Maenota [Mah no ta] prayed with me to receive Jesus. Her story is below if you have time, Eva, Ashley, Chris & Andrew also prayed to receive Jesus and Kassim (this Christmas break). Please pray they all grow in their faith.

Maenota was sitting at the long table on the ground floor of the PE lounge at the base of the stairs. She had thick braids of her own hair starting at her scalp that went behind her head 6 or 8 inches. She had a sweet slightly wider maternal/pretty face and wore a multicolored workout jacket. She had a slight accent. Telling her my family was from Sweden I asked where hers was from and she said, “Ghana.” She said she wanted to travel, which always seems strange to hear when I am talking to someone from somewhere I have never been. She described herself as “God-fearing”. I asked her, “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 would say, ‘Yes, He should let me in. I’ve tried to be accountable for everything I’ve done. I’m not perfect but I’ve tried to be accountable’.” She thought she had an 85% chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with her explaining that Jesus had said Knowing God was eternal life, because knowing God in the New Testament is that the Holy Spirit lives inside you. But God has to take away your sin, make you His type, so he can live inside you. Then since God is eternal and the source of life, if you are one with Him you would have eternal life. I asked what Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world. She knew He died on the cross. I went through all I usually say and to explain the blood and righteousness of Christ, His payment for sin and resurrection. I asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins trusting in what Jesus had done, then He would live inside her with his Spirit. Or did she think something else? I then gave her the CliffsNotes version of Islam and the Buddha I asked, “When you are asking for forgiveness for your sins have you been thinking that you are a good person and will try harder?” she was nodding Yes in response. I then said, “Or have you been trusting in Jesus. “The former,” she replied. I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray. I read through it and explained it and I asked if it expressed the desire of her heart. “Yes, I prayed it,” she replied. So I said, “Amen?” and she said, “Amen.” I went on to explain the Christian life to her she had a Bible. I explained living by the Spirit’s power, inside out, not outside in like other religions. I said the likelihood she would now go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. I gave her Bible Promises for You I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and gave her a Bible Study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told her I would pray a Bible Verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after, asking God to bless her. “Thank you,” she said as I got up to go. “If I have a chance I’ll come by,” she said about Bible Study. “You’d be welcome,” I replied and I headed off.

 So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and evangelism on campus this week. God blessed again drawing the peeps to Himself, though foot traffic appears to be way down at school.

 In Him,

Bob