Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
I had a great day telling the Gospel to students on Thursday and Brandon, Deonte and Abby all prayed to receive Christ.

Brandon was sitting along the wall on some chairs by the exit, right outside the cafeteria.  He’s African-American, shorter than me, stocky.  He had a cap on, a jacket and athletic shoes and a very neatly trimmed mustache and beard lining his jaw, block features.  He said he had only gone to church a few times in his life and in response to why God should let him into Heaven he thought, kind of taken aback, and said, “I’m not really sure.”  So I asked him if he wanted to know what the Bible said about it and he said he did.  So I went through the Gospel with him.  He was pretty serious through it, and when I asked him if he wanted to be forgiven he said he did.  So I said, “When I tell you the story that Jesus is God and died for your sins and rose from the dead, do you believe it?”  He said he did and so I said, “Well then, if you want to you can pray to ask God for forgiveness,” and showed him the prayer.  He wanted to pray and did.  After I asked if he had a bible and he said he did, it turned out it was his mom’s.  So I gave him one.  He said she went to church.  “So your mom’s a Christian?” I asked.  “Oh I don’t know about that,” he replied and took the Bible and the Student edition of the Case for Christ and a Bible study I walked him through a bit.  I asked him if he would like a book for his mom and he said, “Yes.”  So I gave him More than a Carpenter for him to give to her.  He had to run, so I told him to email me if he wanted another Bible study to read and I’d keep him in my prayers.  Please pray he finds a good Church near him and Christian fellowship.

Deonte was just chillin’ out on a couch chair near the student activities window.  He was up for talking and seemed extremely laid back.  He had a black jacket on with a camo patterned hood over his head.  He was thin, wide nose and sharp jaw line. T talked a bit slow.  Not in a slow-minded manner, just kind of easy-going.  He seemed quite bright.  He went to church regularly in Forest Park.  But he had not understood the Gospel and was trusting or hoping in his merit to go to Heaven.  When I asked him he said, “I did my duties on earth.”  But he was attentive to the Gospel and believed he had not been trusting in the work of Christ for eternal life.  “So would you like to ask God to forgive you based on what Jesus has done?” I asked. “I would,” he said and prayed the prayer quietly in his heart as I walked him through it. He was into the NBA, so I gave him a copy of Playing with Purpose on testimonies of NBA players and he took a Bible study from me too.  I got his email to send him stuff.

Abby was sitting on the smooth marble part of the floor outside one of the larger rooms they use for bureaucratic functions and meetings of that type, at the top of the stairs by the revolving doors outside the books store.  She had jeans on and boots.  Dark hair, looked Latina in complexion, had a round warm and friendly face.  She said she’d answer some questions, so I sat down with my back against the wall and began to slide on the smooth floor and had to sit up straighter.  She wants to be an OBGYN.  When I asked her what she’d say to God to get into Heaven she said, “I abided by your rules.”  This is, of course, impossible for us.  As I went through the Gospel with her I explained how the righteousness of Christ was to our credit (imputed) and she said, ‘Wow.”  So that was a good sign.  And in the end she wanted to be forgiven for her sins.  So I explained how she could ask God and receive His forgiveness praying silently in her heart and I showed her a prayer. She prayed to receive Jesus then and that was great. I gave her a copy of The Case for a Creator to read since she was into science.  I explained a Bible study to her and gave it to her to study.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for Evangelism if you had a chance.  God truly blessed and it lifted my heart.

In Him,

Bob Bollow
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