Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a great day sensing the love of God in your heart.  I had a good day of sharing and sensed God was guiding me.  I got a late start, diggin out of my driveway (snow) and helping some neighbors . But I got some time in at school this afternoon at and Devon came to Christ.  He was sitting at the cafe counter, looking out to the street and had just finished a subway sandwich and was willing to talk.  He’s black, good looking, small guy, mustache and goatee.  He went to church all the time until recently, when an internship took him into the city on the weekends and his church was in the suburbs.  Devon felt like he was a good man and had tried really hard, and thought he might have a 75% chance of going to Heaven.  Some peeps are more sure than that, but I think the idea that he had not been to church in a while made him a bit hesitant.  He tuned right into the Gospel, however, and wanted to be forgiven, having never trusted in God’s forgiveness through Jesus.  And after I walked him through the prayer, he prayed to receive Christ.  He was really thankful and I gave him the book Playing with Purpose to read.  He was a big NBA fan and this book has testimonies of Christian players.  I gave him a bible study on the Deity of Christ and got his e-mail to send him stuff.  I also bumped into Viviana, who prayed to receive Jesus last year, and gave her a DVD of the Jesus Film and 50 apologetic questions.  She is almost done at COD and will become a veterinary assistant.

I got through the Gospel with two Muslim peeps; a guy from Somalia (thin with glasses and a Michael Jordan mustache) and a pretty girl from Bangladesh. The guy, Taha, said I explained Christianity really well and the girl Farmina said of Christianity “The idea is pretty cool, love of God and extra credit [imputation] from Jesus.”  But they would only keep the booklets.

Yesterday after bible study a Catholic girl, Maggie, in the art building, committed to trusting in the work of Christ. . I gave her a bible study and the DVD and got her e-mail to send her stuff.  She seemed really enthusiastic about coming closer to God by trusting in the work of Christ, but I think to her it seemed like a shift in emphasis.  She had not been trusting in Christ for salvation, but more on religious works, and I said to her as I left her, “So when I ask you, ‘why should God let you into Heaven’ (she’d started out by saying, “I tried to be a good person.”) what would you say now?”  She smiled and said, “Because Jesus has died for me on the Cross.”  I think the Gospel really took firm root in her from what I taught her from the scriptures.  So I quoted her, Rom. 10:9 “…if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.  So based on your confession I think that’s true.”  She was truly grateful for our talk, so I am hopeful.

So thanks so much for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance.  God was faithful and helped me and lifted my heart.

In Him,

Bob Bollow

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