Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope you’ve had a good week so far walking with Christ.  I had a great day on campus Monday.

Kristy was the second person I talked to and was a faithful church-attender in the Catholic Church, at Our Lady of Mercy.  She had stick straight, more blonde than brown hair, no make-up and a heavy knit sweater on.  Cute kid.  She was sitting on the bench facing the hall, off a lounge toward the west end of the BIC building.  She was just about to begin something on her phone and said she’d already done a student survey last year.  I think the Cru group on campus walks around and does spiritual interest surveys.  I’m not sure why as they don’t seem to share the Gospel.  So I asked a version of the evangelical pick up line. “Did they ask you this?  You’re walking down the road, you get hit by a bus.  So you’re dead, and you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?”  She said, “No they didn’t ask that.” So I asked if she’d like to do a questionnaire with me and find out the answer and she agreed.   I asked her what she would say to the question.  Answering, she said, “That I’ve done my best not to sin, to try to follow you as best I can.”  She was sure she was going to Heaven.  Then she listened right in to the Gospel and the verses related. She said she wanted to be forgiven and have the Spirit of Christ live in her. So I said.  “When you pray for forgiveness, are you thinking God will forgive you because you are basically a good and religious person?  Or have you thought Jesus died for your sins and so you knew you would be forgiven?”  “I never thought about the second one,” she replied. “You hear it all the time [at church] but I never thought about it that deeply.”  So I said if she wanted to be forgiven, all she had to do was ask. I walked her through the prayer and she decided she would pray quietly in her heart and she did.  I gave her a Bible Promise Book and a Bible study on the Deity of Christ. She said she’d like to drop into Bible Study, so I hope she will.

Towards the end of the day I was walking down the south-side hall of the BIC building behind two black guys whose names turned out to be Cordell and DiAngelo.  They seemed to be going back and forth about something I couldn’t hear the details of and they passed a thirty-something black woman sitting at some exit doors who gave them a dirty look.  But she smiled when I smiled at her.  About ten steps later I happened to be looking at my feet when Cordell turned to say to me something like “Am I right?” He had a thick afro growing into dreads, a wide bridged nose, he was about 6’2″. DiAngelo was about 5’8″ and had sharp features, was smaller in build and had a mustache and very short hair.  “Oh you didn’t see” He said.  “You seem like a fine man I’ll be happy to take your word for it,” I replied.  They kind of slowed in the hall until I was beside them and Cordell started talking about observing beauty and kind of asked what I thought about it.  I said it was fine as long as you don’t lust and start thinking the wrong way about it.  “See!” he said to DiAngelo.  “That’s what I’m sayin.”  I messed with them a little and had them listening. I told DiAngelo that the way to control his thoughts was by the power of the Holy Spirit inside him.  Cordell agreed with me and then I said “So let me ask you this” and asked the same question as with Kristy. They both seemed stumped a bit.  I asked them if they had a minute and they did, so we walked over to the next set of doors in the empty hall. I asked them some more questions.  Cordell knew Jesus’ death on the Cross had paid for his sins as I went through the Gospel, but DiAngelo didn’t.  In the end DiAngelo wanted to be forgiven and prayed to receive Christ as Cordell and I looked on.  He took a Bible Promise Book and Playing with Purpose.  I gave How Good Is Good Enough? to Cordell and each of them a Bible Study.

Then I ran off to get home to get a suit on for a funeral. So thanks for your prayers for the ministry, and for evangelism today if you had a chance.  God blessed as He often has. I’ll be back out on Wednesday.

In Him,

Bob Bollow
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