1/29/15: Isaiah 45:11—”Thus says Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel and the One who formed him, Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, And concerning the work of My hands, command Me.”

Hallelujah! We can cooperate with the Lord through our prayers. We command the Lord concerning His sons and concerning His work. Through much prayer, we had some very positive experiences of seeking ones wanting second appointments. One of these prayers was for a student who was so encouraged after her follow-up appointment. She really enjoyed having someone to share testimonies with and have sweet fellowship with. Another prayer answered was for another appointment with a young lady who is eager to study the Bible in Greek because she doesn’t want to miss anything that is lost in translation. She was so happy to get a Bible! When I met her for our appointment, she was eating lunch with some of her friends. I thought they would leave or we would go somewhere else, but her friends were enamored by what we were talking about. When she got a Bible she also took The Normal Christian Life, which is one of the free BfA books. She’s been reading it and taking extensive notes as she reads. She likes it so much that she sometimes reads it instead of studying. She told me, “I never knew before that we needed to be delivered from our sins. I knew that we got saved and I thought that was good enough. But we actually need DELIVERANCE!” She is reading Romans alongside The Normal Christian Life. She asked me how to study the Bible. She wants to get into it in a deeper way. We had very sweet fellowship, and eventually I shared with her and her friends the benefit of pray-reading; and we practiced right there in the cafeteria! When I left the appointment with these girls, they were so happy! May the Lord bless them in their study of the Word that they would learn how to mine out the riches in the Bible!

On our fourth day on campus, we were still approached by many seeking students. The total for our day we gave 38 New Testament Bibles, 149 ministry books, and 45 gospel tracts.

1/30/15: Phil. 2:18—”And in like manner you also rejoice, and you rejoice together with me.”

Rejoice! Praise the Lord for all He has done this week on this campus. We are just full of rejoicing and full of thanksgiving to our Lord! Today was our last day at SHSU and some more prayers were answered. Some seeking and hungry ones came by the table today, and overall a total of 20 Bibles, 192 ministry books and 20 tracts were given today. Also, we had more second appointments. Two girls were the highlight of these past three days. One of the girls kept saying, “What you guys are doing is awesome!” and lingered with us for more than one hour. We really felt the Lord’s drawing for her was so strong that she was observing everything we shared with her. At one point she said, “You are speaking with the Holy Spirit right now. I had been praying about something and the Lord is speaking through you!” She came by the table about three times. And she came to two dinners. Her heart is just like soft soil, absorbing everything that we shared with her. She was even taking notes when we told her about the radio broadcast program. She also told us that she sensed that there is grace surrounding our BfA table and that was what attracted her to come.

The second girl also came to the group time and dinner and she said, “It doesn’t make sense for me to come because I have homework to finish but the Lord just said ‘go!’ So here I am”. They both now are connected to the local saints. Please pray for their going on. The Lord truly rewards those who seek Him diligently. The Lord answered our prayer to draw these two Himself personally. We truly testify that we are so privileged to be channels used by the Lord to reach out to His sheep.

Prayer burdens:

• Many more students would be open for follow up appointments and/or join us in our activities this weekend
• Many connections would be made with the local saints
• Door-knocking this weekend with saints from different localities
• Bless us with remaining fruit