Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
How was your day? It is purported to be the last cold day in Chicago.  So hey now if Jesus will come back I imagine Heaven is like California right?  And then I have seen my last winter.

I had a good day sharing, and two girls came to Christ.  Daniela, a Latino Catholic girl from West Chicago and Dijana (dianna) who is Eastern Orthodox.  Dijana said they speak “Mediterranean” at her church, that is an older tongue she often cannot understand (Greek maybe) but she said this as she got up to leave so I could not clarify.  She was a friend of my friend, Robie, who isn’t at school this year as he manages a store.  She’d seen me hanging out with him, so she was willing to talk as she waited for class to start on a bench seat on the edge of a lounge in the BIC.  Pretty girl, brown hair, shredded jeans and boots.  She did not think it was very likely she would go to Heaven, and when I went through the Gospel with her it was new to her.  Easter is coming up for them.  She said she would like to be forgiven and pray for Jesus to live inside her with His Holy Spirit, but wanted to make sure she was not committing to a different religion.  I explained to her Christianity was based on the forgiveness of sins by the blood of Christ, just as I had said, and the Orthodox church was too.  I explained the Eucharist based on the Gospel and she accepted this.  I don’t think she had been able to follow much of what had been going on at church.  But she received Christ and I gave her a Bible study and a booklet and More than a Carpenter to read.  So I hope she will grow in her faith at church and that through the Holy Spirit she will understand more what is being expressed.

Daniela is a shy girl but seemed happy, a nursing student.  She had brown hair and a pretty mole on her left cheek, smart.  She was happy.  She had an accent so she may have come to the US when she was older.  She was just sitting and snacking on what looked like salsa and chips at about 2:30 on a couch, just a bit down the hall from the bookstore.  She wanted to have a family and seemed really nice, like the person you would hope to get as a nurse if you were sick.  As I went through the Gospel with her, I asked her what God had done to forgive her sins and take away the sins of the world.  She could not think of anything and I said, “Well, it is by Jesus.” But that did not seem to register more, so I explained his death and resurrection and the imputation of his perfect life, as I had for Dijana b4 who hadn’t understood any more than Daniela had.  She said she would like to be forgiven and have God live inside her by His Holy Spirit and she prayed to do so.  I gave her a Bible as she did not have her own to read and she was interested in Science being a nursing student so I gave her More Than a Carpenter and a bible study on some of the Claims of Jesus to be God in the Bible.  I got her e-mail to send her stuff and invite her to Bible Study next year.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry on campus and for evangelism today if you got a chance. God really blessed.

In Him,

Bob Bollow