Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed.  School began today at College of DuPage and there were a lot of kids to talk to, Matt and Jose each prayed to receive Christ today so that was great and I bumped into some Kids from last year and got a greeting and a hug her and there.

Matt was the first student I got to go through the Gospel with and he was sitting in the Science building lounge.  He was chilling on a couch kind of checking out the Islamic girls whose heads could not be seen or in a couple instances barely so under a lot of material.  He was up for talking to me.  He had a few days growth of beard on him, black framed glasses and khaki pants with a blue hoodie on.  He has a round face and short hair.  He was really friendly.  When I asked him why God should let him into heaven if he died he said, “Ive never wronged anybody really, or done any mass evil with my life, I consider myself a decent person.”  This was definitely the first time someone told me they had not committed “mass evil”.  He thought he’d have about a 70% chance of going to heaven.  He listened right in to the Gospel though and saying he wanted to be forgiven and that he believed in Jesus.  I offered a prayer to him where he could tell God he was trusting in Him and accept his forgiveness and he prayed it silently.  He was open to learning a bit more and I explained the work of Holy Spirit to him in giving him the power to live the Christian life and gave him the book 20 Things God Can’t Do.  It has a lot of quotes and Bible verses in it and very short devotional chapters.  He took a Bible study on the Deity of Christ from me and gave me his email to send him more stuff.

Jose was a big heavy set guy with a mop of curly hair and rectangle wire rimmed glasses.  He wore brown leather high tops and jeans and a t-shirt with a button down shirt open in the front over it.  He had a big kind looking face and though he described himself as happy and friendly he seemed to be very serious as I went through the gospel with him considering everything I said.  When I asked him what he answer to God if asked  “Why should I let you into heaven?” He thought for a moment and asked to skip the question, later when I went back to it he thought some more and said, “I don’t know right now.”  He never cracked a smile though he would describe himself as happy.  But it seemed like he had had some hard times of late.  When I asked him if he wanted to trust in the work of Christ on the Cross for forgiveness he thought about it and to help him I said, “When you are asking for forgiveness do you think God will forgive you because you have been reasonably good and He is good or do you think, “I know God will forgive me because Jesus died for my sins.”  “In really bad times I try to figure the reason for stuff that happened, ” he replied  I realized he was answering the question of what he trusted in and asked him if he wanted to trust in Jesus to be forgiven.  He thought for a moment and said, “Yeah.”  And he prayed to receive Christ with the prayer I had offered him.  I gave him a Bible Study and offered him to take one of the half dozen or more books I carry and he took the book Bible Promises for You. he was too busy to make Bible study so I’ll hope to see him around a bit.

I went through the Gospel with Patricia a pretty tiny Filipino girl who thought she should rededicate her life to trusting in Jesus.  She thought she used to as a kid so she was going to think about it. A girl similarly pretty and the same size Jazmin, was open too.  She was Latina (and looked like the girl in the Aladdin movie if you add braces and freckles, she said she’s told that all the time.  She wanted to think about praying too.  Both asked to keep the booklet.

So that was the best parts of my day.  Thanks so much for your prayers, I am truly grateful to have the support and guidance they bring. I be out all week each day.

Blessings,

Bob