Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was a good one. We had some nice sun here and Ivana prayed with me to receive Jesus.

She was sitting just off the hall in a lounge in the BIC building killing time, it seemed, though she talked to me for a while. She hadn’t been willing to do a survey when I’d asked her sitting there last week, but she’d forgotten that I think. She had blonde hair, she was pretty, wore a black long sleeve shirt and tan leggings. She said she’d already done a survey so I asked, “Did they ask you, ‘You are walking down the road and 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?'” “No I don’t remember exactly what they asked it was something else,” she replied.  “Well, would you like to know about how the Bible says you get to heaven? Or not so much?” I said. She said “Sure” so I went through the Gospel with her in the little booklet adding the things I often say. Ivana told me she attended a Serbian Orthodox congregation when I asked her if she went to Church to discover her background. She said she’d just gone to church on Sunday. Telling her God needed to make her His “type” so He could live inside her II asked her what Jesus had done to take away her sins but she could not think of anything. So I continued to explain that God became a man Jesus who lived a perfect life to her benefit as her representative and died for her sins. That the Blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sins.” “Right” she said agreeing. I explained the imputed righteousness of Christ and then that she needed to receive this or place her trust in the work of Christ to be saved by faith. She said she’d like to be forgiven with Christ living inside her so I asked if she’d been trusting in what Jesus had done on the cross to be forgiven or hoping she was good enough and would be forgiven by God because He was good. She shook her head that that last option was true. So I read through the prayer with her, slowly explaining it. “That’s so cute,” she said of the booklet. “I love this!” So she took the booklet enthusiastically and silently and slowly prayed. I asked her if she had a bible and her family had one but she did not have one of her own. So I gave her one showing her some of what was inside maps, the lists of parables and writing the date and her name on the presentation page. “That’s awesome!” She said. She had the same enthusiasm about the book 20 Things God Can’t Do and the Bible study. “This is all awesome, thank you so much,” she said. She gave me her email to send her another Bible study. And I explained the Christian life to her, living inside out. It was great to see her so excited to understand things. “Now you know what church is about,” I suggested. “Yeah,” she said with enthusiasm again. “Well, God bless you!” I said getting up to leave. “You as well,” she replied. “Bye,” I said. “Bye,” she replied sweetly and we were off down the hall.

School is pretty empty and some classes are already over but I am still having some good conversations encouraging some Christians, one Catholic girl asked me questions for an hour today too. So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God blessed.

In Him,

Bob