Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope you had a great day walking with Jesus.  I had a good day on campus, no police harassment all week and CJ came to Christ.  He was the first person I talked to, though it took me about 25 minutes to get anyone to talk to me at all.  He was sitting by the doors at the end of the BIC building, just killing time, and said he’d answer some questions for the bible Study group.  He’s a Black guy, about 6 foot, nice looking, had an afro.  Black sneakers on with cuffed straight-leg blue jeans.  He was articulate.  But as I went through the Gospel I got no real read on him.  When I asked him why God should let him into Heaven, he thought for a moment and just said, “I don’t know,” paused and said it again.  He had no hope of salvation, but he went to church pretty often.  He was completely unresponsive as I talked him through the booklet I use some of the bible verses out of, and the prayer at the end, just staring at the booklet not even making eye contact.  But he said he wanted to be forgiven and after I walked him through the prayer he prayed to receive Christ.  Then he visibly brightened and looked at me when I talked and seemed happy.  He took a copy of the book Playing with Purpose on the testimonies of NBA players and a Bible Study and gave me his e-mail.  Then we stood up and he reached out and shook my hand smiling and said, “Thank you I really appreciate it.”  So that was really great.

I had a several other good conversations.  One where I gave a guy, Jan, who just could not commit to Christ for the doubts he had, the student edition of The Case for Christ hoping it would remove any false hurdles.  He was going to a “Young Life” group.  I encouraged him, since he wanted to believe, to ask God for faith, showing him the verse in Ephesians 2:9 that teaches faith is a gift. “So ask God for it,” I said.  And he seemed like he would.  An Asian Christian guy was standing outside with his long board and I started a conversation with him.  Arkell was concerned for his Atheist friends and I encouraged him to pray more for them and gave him the student edition of The Case for Faith to help him think of some things to say to them and got his e-mail.

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

In Him,

Bob Bollow