Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day has been blessed and you are looking forward to a great weekend walking with Christ. I had a great day of sharing on campus and Angelo and Taleshia each prayed with me to receive Jesus.

Angelo was sitting on the bench outside the lounge at the Bank at school. He has an oval face and very short dark hair, and some random light beard, looked Latino darker skin soft features. Dressed in loose gray sweats, pretty big guy. He was really laid back. He said he had been to a “Christian church” some growing up where his mom still went every Sunday. I asked him what he would say to God if he died and He asked ‘Why should I let you into heaven?’ and he said, “That’s a difficult question.” Then thinking more he said, “I guess because I’m mostly kind to everyone or if I’m rude I apologize [right away], it’s a temporary thing.”  He thought he had a 50% chance of getting to heaven. When I told him God wanted to live inside him like God was the energizer battery and he was the bunny he said, “Interesting” and when I explained the imputed righteousness of Christ to him he said, “Nice.” Finishing the entire Gospel of salvation with him, I asked and he said he’d want to be forgiven.  I offered him a prayer he could pray and talked him through it and he said, “Makes sense”. It gave me second of pause since just before talking to him I’d spoken with a teacher in the hall I have known for 15 years. He told me that in his world religions class he had explained the Gospel and no one in the class “Got it”. He said, “I always finish by saying if you don’t get anything else you should at least understand why Christians believe this is “Good News”, But he felt like that was even lost on them. But Angelo got it and I said he could pray the prayer and God could live inside him giving him the power to live a life that pleased God. “That’s fine.” he said and prayed slowly and silently to receive Christ.  He was glad to be able to keep the booklet. I explained the Christian life living “inside out” and I told him if he was trusting in the Righteousness of Christ to be his righteousness the likelihood he would go to heaven was 100%, “Because how righteous is Jesus? 100%. And what is His righteousness worth? An infinite amount so there is enough for each of us.” He was very grateful for that and said, Thank you. I gave him a Bible Study and a Bible and put his name in the front with the date he had trusted Christ. He said he only had (what sounded like) a pocket NT. I gave him the books 20 Things God Can’t Do (writing by the Spirit in the front) and Pocket Prayers encouraging him to go to Church with his mom who he described as angry, “I don’t know why so I just apologize even if I don’t know what I did.” I got his email to send him some stuff and I gave him the Book Bible Promises for You to give to her. I got up to go and said, “Nice to meet ya” and he was happy and thanked me again.

Taleshia was sitting in the science building lounge that connects the 2 buildings in a pocket under the stairs adjacent to where a guy named Julio had prayed to receive Christ earlier this year. Her study materials were laid out along the concrete bench she had parked on. She was a very sweet African American girl with her afro teased into tufts that were bleached light brown on the ends. She had print gray workout pants on and a gray hoodie. She had a kind oval face and almond shaped eyes that looked Asian. Taleshia did not want to do a student survey but I asked her if she wanted to read a booklet on it and she was OK with that so in giving it to her I began to explain the gospel to her a bit and she continued to look interested. I asked her why she thought people went to heaven, “You do good,” she replied. She seemed to have some background in church. She made verbal cues of consent or interest as I continued to describe what the Lord had done for her almost like what you might hear an older person say, kind of sweet, like the stereo typical kind lady from my parent’s generation. So I just continued to explain more and more finally leading to bible verse where she needed to receive Jesus so I opened the booklet I had given to her to that point and read these to her. I explained how your good actions could not make up for your bad ones but that God wanted to work all things in your life together for good if you love Him. She wanted to be forgiven and trust Christ and so I guided her through the prayer and she prayed to receive Christ. She was grateful and I gave her a Bible study and the books 20 Things God Can’t Do writing by the Spirit in the front and the date she had trusted Jesus and also Bible Promises for You and a Bible study. I got up to leave and said, “God bless you.” and she said, “God bless you too.”

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry this past week and for evangelism yesterday if you had a chance. God truly blessed. 121 students have trusted Christ so far this school year on campus.

In Him,

Bob