Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Hope ya had a great day walking by faith.  I had a good day of sharing the Gospel and Kayla prayed to receive Jesus as her Savior.  Another pretty Latino girl, Melissa, committed to Christ but wanted to pray later.  I think she genuine believed the Gospel but was hesitant to commit her life to Him.  She had a baby-bump and a fiancé’.  She said she had gone to a Christian Church until she was 18 but then there was “stuff she wanted to do that you are not supposed to do”.  I talked her through the strength that comes from living the Christian life through the Holy Spirit and I got her email, so we’ll see if she responds to the email I sent her.  I’ll keep her in my prayers.  Please pray she might come.  I gave her a copy of Enjoying Your Walk with God.  She told me twice that I sounded like her mother, whom I’ve no doubt is praying for her as well.

Kayla had the most interesting heritage I had ever heard.  She was part German and “some other European things”, half “Mexican” and she said, “there’s some black [genes] in there too but I don’t know where it came in”  She had some wave to her hair that had orange highlights, nice smile, full lips.  She had a cross around her neck and jean shorts on and a shirt covered in a print of black crosses on a white background.  She’d gone to church with friends in the past but not much recently and believed in God.  But she enjoyed hearing about the Gospel and believed and wanted to be forgiven, praying with me to receive Christ.  After she had prayed she said something like, “Thanks. This is just what I needed.  I was having a tough day and now I feel really good.”  I explained to her the Holy Spirit’s work in helping us live the Christian life.  She said she had a class during Bible study but asked if I could send her the Bible study notes.  I got her email to do so, so that was great.  She took a copy of The Case for Faith and a Bible study.  I could tell she was glad.

I also went through the Gospel with a Muslim girl, Maha.  She was very attentive to the Gospel and seemed to like listening.  Her faith seemed “moderate” and she did not have a head scarf on.  She had a lot of Christian friends and said she felt like she was a burden to them.  I explained that “nearly every religion that is truly believed teaches that those who do not believe in it will experience something bad when they die, and that is what Christians believe.  Your friends probably are afraid for you.”  I gave her a few handouts my friend, Hicham, who is in ministry to Muslims in a congregation very near school, had given me on the reliability of the Bible and the Bible vs. the Quran.  She willingly took them to read.  I told her some of his testimony where Jesus had visited him by visions or dreams.  I said I understood how deeply tied to family and community Muslim people were and how hard it would be to tell your family you believed something else.  So I will pray for her.  Preah, her girlfriend, listened in on nearly everything I said but did not want anything to read, saying she would look at what I had given Maha.

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

In Him,

Bob Bollow

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