Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed walking with the Lord.  I had a good day on campus sharing the faith and Mike and Maursheka, two African-American students, prayed to receive Christ.  Mike was sitting on the stairs in front of the book store, waiting for a friend.  The guy who eventually showed up was huge, so I think he might play offensive line like Mike.  Mike was a big guy, he had really light skin, loosely curly hair.  When I asked him why God should let him into Heaven, he said he hadn’t done anything really good.  He had been to church as a child.  He listened well to the Gospel as I went through it, and said he wanted to be forgiven for his sins.  He’d had no idea how God took his sins away.  I asked, as I often do, what God did with Jesus to take away his sins but he had no idea.  I told him he could simply ask God to be in a relationship with Him and accept His forgiveness.  I walked him through the prayer and he wanted to be forgiven and prayed it silently.  I explained the Holy Spirit to him and I gave him a Bible study to read.  He said his mom had many Bibles at home and he could get one.  His buddy walked up and gave him a hand to his feet.  So I offered Mike a book and he took More Than a Carpenter to read on his own.  I’ll be praying he gets back into church and finds real fellowship.

Maursheka (mar sheik ah) was sitting in the eastern-most hallway on the second floor of the BIC building.  She had straight hair, tinted in the front and a high forehead, her hair parted on the side.  She was thin, with round cheeks and a long face.  She was very interested in the Gospel and really tuned in.  She seemed like a good person and, like Mike, her mom had taken her to church when she was a child.  She had not remembered any of the Gospel though when I tried to prime the pump of her memory with leading questions.  I couldn’t talk very loud, as we were in a hallway with open classroom doors, but she leaned in, interested in everything I had to say.  So I think the Lord was working strongly in her heart and mind as I taught her the Gospel.  She wanted to be forgiven of her sins and have God live inside her.  When I went through the prayer with her and asked her if she would like to pray to be forgiven she just said, “Yeah.” and prayed to receive Christ.  She had a Bible on her phone but wanted a book, so I gave her one and I gave her two Bible studies to read.  She gave me her e-mail address too so I’ll send her stuff that way as well.  I told her I would pray for her through the end of this school year and through the next, so that made her happy.

So thanks so much for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance.  I know God is using prayers of His people to lead and guide me on campus and I am truly grateful for all your help as I go out.

Blessings,

Bob Bollow

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