Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

Hope you are being blessed this weekend with the nearness of God.  We are finally de-christmas-decorating the living room. We’re a bit behind from doing other projects that seemed more taxing.  But hey if no one is coming over it doesn’t matter if Christmas is a bit longer.  So I chopped up the tree and burned it today and stowed the decorations in the garage attic.  Yesterday was a good day at school and I went through the Gospel with 8 people.  Best of all, Eric prayed to receive Christ.

Eric was the first guy I talked to.  He’s African American, had a couple inch afro, a bit of facial hair and a hoodie pulled up over his head with bright orange and red printing I couldn’t quite make out.  He was sitting with a friend, Isaac, who was not interested completely.  But he tuned in here and there and I left him with a booklet, as he was primarily on the phone and only barely eavesdropped.  But Eric tuned in and after I’d asked him some questions I asked him if he’d like to know how to get to Heaven.  He said he would, so I walked him through the Gospel.  He hadn’t gone to church consistently but went here and there.  He thought of himself as loyal and thought he would go to Heaven, “‘Cause I was always loyal to the people who were loyal to me.”  His answer brought to mind the verse in Luke 6:33 “And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.” But after I explained that he could not earn his salvation and it was a gift of God through faith, he said he wanted to be forgiven and prayed to receive Christ.  Isaac, who knew his name was in the Bible but hadn’t known who the patriarch Isaac was, finally began to pay attention again.  I then gave him the booklet to look through as Eric prayed.  They both took Bible Studies from me and the book More Than A Carpenter to read.

So that was the best part of the day.  Thanks so much for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism on Friday if you had a chance.  May you be blessed this weekend as you walk with Him.
Love in Christ,
Bob Bollow

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