Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Hope you had a great day walking with the Lord.  I had a good day on campus and Zquan, an African American guy came to Christ.  He was fair skinned and had a short, rough afro and a light beard and was sitting in his wheelchair on the 3rd floor of the BIC building.  He was in front of the vending machines, facing out to the hall in a lounge and was up for doing a survey, so I sat beside him.  When he told me his name I asked if it was a family name, but he said he was the first one to have it.  He had a big smile and said his grandfather was a preacher and his family went to church every Sunday.  When I asked him why God should let him into Heaven, it seemed he thought of it like most people do, a reward for being good, saying, “I’ve been through a lot of adversities.  I would love to get in.  I’m a wonderful person at heart that cares for people.”  It seemed like he was going the sales pitch route, though, because after that he only thought he had a 50% chance to get in.  Hard to say a college kid in a wheelchair hasn’t seen his share of adversity, notwithstanding.  He listened to the Gospel and did seem to remember Jesus died for sin and wanted to be forgiven.  So I asked him, “When you ask God for forgiveness, have you been trusting that Jesus died for you and took away your sin or have you thought hey I come from a good family and I’m a good person and God is good so I hope I’ll be ok?”  “I’ve been thinking the last one,” he replied.   I agreed, reminding him what he had previously said he would say to get into Heaven, explaining that that was kind of like trusting in good works.  So I walked him through the prayer he could pray to accept the forgiveness of God and he prayed to receive Christ.
I explained the work of the Holy Spirit to him and gave him a Bible study to go through on his own.  He said he was a big fan of the NBA so I gave him the book PlayingWith Purpose to read on the testimonies of NBA stars.  I thanked him for talking with me and he said, “Thank you,” and shook my hand.

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

In Him,

Bob Bollow

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