Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

Hope you were blessed today.  I had a good day talking to peeps about Jesus.  Even though no one prayed to receive Christ today, I had a good talk with a guy Arman (r-mon) who grew up Muslim in India and then became an atheist for several years.  Now he said he was at the place where he did not know what to think, but by Muslim standards he had maybe a 20% chance of going to Heaven.  We talked all about Islam and I gave him a booklet my friend Hesham gave me about Jesus in the Quran.  After I explained the Gospel to him and talked to him about the differences between major religions, he was interested to read The Case for Christ. So I have him the book.  He wondered about evidence in terms of belief one way or the other.  It ended really amicably and I am hopeful God might draw him to himself.

I talked to a girl who did not believe in Heaven.  Vickie was a pretty brown-haired girl, with big eyes, a knit cap on and wearing a beige snow coat and leather ankle boots.  Unlike the other more or less atheistic students I talked to, when I asked her if there was a Heaven and what was the likelihood she would end up there she said, “If there is a Heaven, I don’t see why anyone should end up there.  We are all materialistic and basically only think about ourselves.”  (Most think they are good or say ‘zero percent’ based on belief)  She thought the idea that your rapist married you in the Old Testament was strange (in a nasty way) and I explained to her the social ramifications of being raped and the welfare of a woman.  I admitted to her it sounded pretty sketchy by modern standards, but in the ancient world it would keep women from being raped to begin with in a closed social community and forced the man to care for her, marry her and give her children.  I told her, “God has to work with what He’s got and make the best He can with it.”  She seemed to see that side of the social equation and took a booklet explaining the Gospel. I had only given it to her in brief.  I told her that it was really about love, and by God’s love working in us we could then love others.  I hope she inched a bit closer to the kingdom of God.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance.  I encouraged some Christians in their faith and talked up some of the peeps.  So some good work got done, though it always feels better when someone turns.

In Him,

Bob Bollow
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