Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and you sensed the presence of the Lord.  I have a good day on campus.  I was a bit peaked and slowly losing what was left of my voice, but Erika prayed to receive Jesus today.  I also gave a little lesson on evangelism to a Young Life leader, named Leah, that I hope will help her and gave her a Bible Basics book to help her understand the Bible.

Erika is a pretty Filipino girl with a couple highlights in her hair and a thick long braid that was wrapped around her right shoulder.  She was fair skinned with slightly almond shaped eyes. She has only been in America for 3 years and her family planned on coming years before that, making sure she learned English.  She was sitting at one of the bar height, two-seat tables that overlook the MAC Arts Building lounge from the floor above.  She grew up 7th Day Adventist and when I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven she said, “Because I have done the best I can to follow His teachings.”  She only thought she had a 50% chance of going to Heaven, however.  As I went through the Gospel with her it was all familiar to her and she nodded in agreement.  She wanted to be forgiven for her sins and have God live inside her.  I asked her, since she seemed to have known the Gospel, if when she prayed for forgiveness she had been trusting that God would forgive her because Jesus had died for her and her sins were paid for, or if she was hoping He would forgive her because He was merciful and she was religious.  She said she hadn’t been trusting in Christ and so I offered her a prayer she could pray to begin a relationship with God and she prayed quietly to receive Christ.  She was visibly happy then and said, “Thank you.  This is really what I needed today.”  We talked some more and I gave her a Bible Promise Book and the Student Edition of The Case for Christ.  I explained the Bible Study I had given her on the ways Jesus claimed to be God through the Old Testament, and she said she’d like to come to Bible study.  “Lately I’ve been thinking I wanted to connect to my faith more. This is just what I needed.”  She thanked me several more times. She was so sweet. It was really great to be able to be the one to help her understand a commitment to Christ.

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

Blessing in Christ,

Bob

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