Saturday, September 7, 2019

1:37 PM

We met an Ethiopian man. He came to the States by himself. When we shared the gospel, he was able to understand the gospel, and he accepted. Another guy we met works at the school. I shared the 3-minute message with him. He was Catholic. He didn’t accept. We sat down and talked about what I need to work on. Then, we met another person and talked for a while. He kept on and on talking about his life. He seemed lost, spiritually speaking. We shared the message with him. He took the survey seriously. He came from a Christian background, but he'd been going astray. When I shared the gospel, I could tell it was resonating with him. He had the assurance of salvation, and he wanted to do the prayer.

The third guy just talked a lot, and I had a hard time finding a pause for me to share the gospel with him. He said Jesus is like a mentor. When I shared the message, he said he believed but immediately started to talk about something else.

I met four people. The first person I met is a student and wants to transfer to another school for nursing. She's Catholic and goes to church twice a week. At first, she was unwilling to listen to the gospel. She believes in God but not the Bible. When I asked her why, she said because it's been re-written by men over time. She doesn't believe that Jesus is God. She didn't have the assurance of salvation and couldn't understand why there are homeless people and why bad things are taking place. I explained the way of salvation to her. She didn't respond to it.

The next person was a woman who seemed like she was in her mid-20s, a graphic designer and also a Catholic. She teaches Sunday School at her church. I thought about how I could bring up the gospel, so I mentioned the message from the Prayer Journal. It was about Mary and as soon as I mentioned her, she defended Mary and her purity (from original sin). She held postmodern views, claiming that God will judge us, according to how good and kind we are. I felt it was an educational conversation.

The third person I met was a professor. He graduated from Harvard, taught in California, and came here to visit. He teaches Business Management and his wife, Special Education. The woman who was with him is studying here at North Lake and is interested in Special Education. They both implied they were believers. She asked for my number and wanted to meet later for coffee.

I went to the library. The first person I met did the survey. After the survey, she picked up a video call, and then, her Uber arrived. That was the end of that conversation. She said she goes to church and is a believer.

Then, I walked down to Student Services and met a girl whose mom is Christian. She herself left the church in high school. Now, she is an atheist. There was no particular reason as to why she left the church; it's just that she never really believed. I shared the message; then, I asked her if she wanted to accept. She said she didn’t want to pretend to believe. I gave her my number and said she can contact me if she wanted to talk more about spiritual things. She said she is open to hearing about it. * The gospel shared to four people; one acceptance