Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day went well walking with the Lord by His Spirit.  I had a good day on campus and 3 guys; Jorge, Remik and Conrad, each prayed to receive Christ as Savior.  Jorge was sitting in the hallway in the BIC building not up to much.  He was Latino, had a light growth of beard and brown hair, black pants and a Bulls Sweatshirt on.  Nice guy.  He went regularly to a Catholic church southwest of campus.  When I asked him why the God should let him into Heaven he said, “I have done no wrong.”  Then he hesitated and continued “Nothing major.  I’ve make mistakes.  Nothing too bad.”  But he still did not think he was very likely to go to Heaven.  He gave it 30%.  He explained that he had some friends who were Jehovah’s Witnesses and they had made him feel like they were better people than him.  I pointed out they did not believe Jesus was God and he nodded.  I went through the Gospel with him, explaining we don’t go to Heaven because we are good but because Jesus was good and by His merit we are saved.  He understood Jesus had died for him and said he wanted to be forgiven, trusting in that and prayed to receive Christ.  I was praying for him as we talked in the hope he would receive the forgiveness of God through Christ so the Holy Spirit would be in him to resist his self-righteous friends.  I gave him a Bible Study on the Deity of Christ where He claims to be God in the Bible, explaining that because Jesus is God, His blood is worth an infinite amount.  Because Jorge had a Bulls sweatshirt on I gave him a copy of Playing with Purpose that tells some of the testimonies of some of the great players in the NBA.  I got his e-mail and he said he would look forward to getting a Bible study emailed to him.

I went upstairs and as I walked past a busy lounge with some vending machines in it, I made eye contact with Remik, sitting at the end of a line of couch chairs.  He had a White Sox winter cap on and was chilling with two friends, one of whom was Conrad.  They jumped in a bit on the questionnaire and then trailed off to their own conversation but eves-dropped on the Gospel as I told stories to Remik.  Conrad had a beard.  Both he and Remik had brown hair and jeans on and I think they went to Church together, as later Remik had said he felt the presence of God at his Polish Language Church when an African Bishop spoke in English with a translator into Polish and Conrad acted like he had heard the speaker as well.  I explained that everyone has a relationship with God and can feel His presence because He is their creator, but not everyone is IN a relationship with God through Jesus and the Holy Spirit living in them.  This was after I had gone through the Gospel and a couple others fell into listening in, but all had left by the end.  I asked them if they wanted to be forgiven, asking Remik if he had ever asked God to forgive him truly trusting in Jesus work on the Cross.  He said, “No I don’t think I have ever done that,” and decided to pray to receive Jesus.  I’d asked Conrad his name, including him in one of the stories and so I asked him if he wanted to pray as well and he said he did.  I gave him the booklet and he prayed each phrase slowly, closing his eyes then looking again to read the next.  So that was great.  Neither wanted a book, saying they had no time to read, but I gave them each a Bible study.  I encouraged them to remember at Church that Jesus had died for them and be happy knowing they were forgiven.

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

In Him,
Bob Bollow

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