Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

Hope you are having a great day walking with Jesus by the Spirit.   I had a good day on campus Thursday, sharing the Faith with the peeps.   Sam committed his life in faith to Christ and Anton prayed to receive Christ as Savior.   Sam looked like he might have been Filipino; stick straight hair with product in it, larger features, t-shirt on.   He was a Veteran and didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life.   He said he’d done everything he’d thought he wanted to do.   When I asked him what he would say if God asked him why He should let him into Heaven he said, “I’m surprised you gave me a chance.”   He seemed a bit down and lost and I went through the Gospel with him and he listened.   I asked him if he believed Jesus was God and had died for his sins and risen from the dead and he said he did.   I asked him if he wanted to trust in that and he wanted to do that too.   But there wasn’t visible joy in it, though he seemed convinced.  I think the Gospel was still working its way into him.  I talked to him about the people God had forgiven in the Bible who had done pretty evil stuff, like David.   He wanted to pray later, and when someone does not want to pray there is always a reason.  But that reason is impossible to know, and the person might not know themselves.   I try to respond a bit to the mood people are in, but sometimes it is very difficult to imagine where someone is at or why, in such a short time span.  But God knows their heart and can penetrate it.   Through the years of doing evangelism I’ve come across several students some weeks later in the year who had said that they would “pray later.”  They had prayed on their own and had joy and conviction.  So I am hopeful he has come.   He didn’t want a book to read but took a Bible study and kept the booklet.   So I am hopeful he trusted in Christ, or will, and I will pray for him this school year.   I gave him a card for a local church to attend with a time and a map on it, as he said he lived near school.

Anton was sitting outside the cafeteria in some chairs against the wall, looking out the doors.   He said he’d answer some questions and seemed religious.   He named a church he had gone to in the city and a Catholic Church earlier in life.  He’s African American, not very tall, fair skinned, wearing skinny jeans and white tennis shoes.   A nice guy, intelligent, with short hair and a round face.  I asked what he would say to God if he died and stood before Him and he said, “I did everything possible to make sure I spread your love.”   Of course no one has done that, but fortunately we are saved by grace.   When I asked him how God took away his sins, he thought for a minute and said it had been a while since he went to church, so I immediately began to explain the Cross and the imputation of Christ.   After I had explained everything and he’d said he wanted to be forgiven I said, “Well, it seems like you hadn’t had a chance to put all this together before right?”   He agreed and so I walked him through the prayer and he prayed it silently, sitting beside me.   He was happy and said, “You know Bob, I gotta give you your props.  Definitely, Definitely.”  (Talking about how I had explained things.)   He said, “I wanna show you this book I’ve been reading” and he pulled out a hard-backed copy of The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, which I then said I had read sections of.   I said I thought it was a pretty good book and that Warren talks a lot about the Holy Spirit as the power to live the Christian life (which I had just explained to him).   It seemed like God had been drawing Anton to Himself and I was the one blessed to explain the Gospel and the Atonement to him.   Since he had a book he was working through I did not give him another, but gave him a couple of Bible Studies to read.   I hope he might come to our weekly Bible study.   He said he’d email m.  He had just lost his email address and hadn’t set up another one.  So I’ll pray for him and hope he emails me, if there is more help in life God would wish to use us for in Anton’s life.  So that was great and lifted my heart.

Thanks so much for your prayers this week.  God really blessed as 5 students prayed with me and 2 others committed to Christ.  I don’t go to school on Fridays.  It is kind of a ghost town and I’m trying not to burn out.  May God bless your weekend as you walk by the Spirit with Him.

Blessings in Christ,

Bob

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