Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
How’s the life?  I hope you had a great day walking with the Lord.  I had a great day sharing on Thursday, and Jose and Arielle prayed to receive Christ.  Jose was sitting in the MAC arts building on the second floor at a high table overlooking the lounge and had a little time before class.  A good looking guy, big dude, short brown hair wearing some kind of black and white tourist t-shirt from Hawaii and shorts.  He looked athletic.  When I asked him what he’d say to God that he might be let into Heaven he said, “I told you all my sins.”  Then after a pause by way of explanation he said, “confession.”  He was a nice guy and seemed really interested in the Gospel of Grace that he had not known at all.  When he prayed to receive Christ, I told him that because the Holy Spirit lived inside him, he would never be alone.  You could see his excitement.  It was good to see someone with real joy in the knowledge that God loved him and had made a way of salvation.  He was really into sports and basketball, so I give him a copy of Playing With Purpose on the testimonies of NBA stars.  He seemed kinda thrilled with the book and I thought about how people outside the evangelical world might be led to think no one they see through media is a Christian, since the media actually hides this knowledge at every opportunity.  It is somehow more important to know who Dwayne Wade is sleeping with than that Kevin Durant loves Jesus.  For some young men, knowing that a personal hero is a guy walking with God is a huge thing for them.  I gave him a Bible study too. Please pray he gets into a good church.  His attendance had been sketchy.

When I asked Arielle what she would say to God to get Him to let her into Heaven she said, “I went to 12 years of Catholic School,” and grinned.  “I did the time,” I responded and she nodded in agreement.  She was a slim girl with narrow sharp features, no make-up, pretty in kind of an artsy kind of way.  Long brown hair, camisole top and jeans.  She was a shy girl but really friendly and a good sense of humor.  But she was trusting in her goodness to get to Heaven.  When I asked her if she had ever asked God to forgive her based on what Jesus had done for her on the Cross she said, realizing the truth of the Gospel through faith, “I don’t think I ever have.”  So I offered her a prayer she could pray to accept His forgiveness, praying in her heart like I wasn’t there, and she prayed.  She was really grateful and I gave her a Bible study and an apologetics video, “Jesus Fact or Fiction”.  So I’ll be praying for her in the hope the Spirit leads her to genuine fellowship through Him.

Thanks so much for your prayers for the ministry and evangelism this week if you had a chance.  So far 6 (possibly 7) people came to Christ and it was a good first week of sharing the Gospel.

In Him,

Bob Bollow

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