We continue going to the mall just about every week,  just haven't been reporting. Here are some prayer requests.

Last week 10/07/09:
Carol, Mary, and Annette met @ the mall in Merrillville. Had a blessed time sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Please pray for:
 
Nicki, Tara, and Katie
Ryan, Steve, and Amanda
Eunice, Jackie, and Sarah
AJ and Tony
Jurelle and Kristina
Jordan and Mark
 
This afternoon 10/14/09 was another beautiful day! Just amazing how God leads us to the ones who need to hear His good news.
Mary, Melissa, and Annette met @ the mall in Merrillville.
Please pray for:
 
Chuck, Aaron, and Joe - College students who were eager to participate in our survey. They knew 9 of the 10 commandments. When asked if they were "good people", Chuck right away said "NO" and the other 2 said "yes". Chuck said that he was a real bad person and because of that he was going to go to hell. He was not concerned since that is where he wants to go. He shared with us that he loved his grandfather SO much and is sure that he is now in hell because he was a really bad person. He died a few years ago and wants to be with him again. He said that if he was to go to heaven it would be hell for him not to have his grandfather there and being in hell with him would be heaven.(WOW) God gave us the verses and words to say to this man. The thing that opened his eyes a bit was when we told him that people still have a chance of getting saved even in their last minutes of life. Aaron said that he was once in a baptist church getting ready to become a deacon and something went bad and he didn't get the position, since then he doesn't want much to do with church. We pleaded with him not to be discouraged and asked him to read his bible again, he said he would. Joe said that he owns a bible but that he is not christian. We talked about repentance and faith in Christ for salvation. They accepted our tracts and we prayed for them.
 
Krissy, Chey, and Nicki - 3 high school girls dressed in their catholic school uniforms knew all of the 10 commandments. They knew of Jesus and of His death on the cross for sinners, they said they have faith and that they have applied the blood of Christ to them. They agreed with everything we were saying. Finally, we used an analogy with them. (Coming out of catholicism and growing up in catholic schools I had to make sure they understood.)  We asked them that if they were to go to the White House and at the gate ask to visit with the President because they knew him would they be let in? The whole world knows our President. What would the guards say?? What would the President say? Does he know them?? We shared with them Matthew 7:22 So many know of Jesus. When you are at His gate, will He know you? Will you be let in? They became so convicted and realized that they probably wouldn't be let in. They are trusting in other things to get them in. We shared the true gospel of Jesus Christ. They said that they would read their bibles that the school gave them. We told them to start with the book of John. They accepted our tracts and we prayed together.
 
Chris and Mike - Brothers who were celebrating the release (of Mike) from jail. He had been released last night and was happy to be out. He had been in prison on drug charges. Chris was soon to be in front of a judge to be charged of his crimes. They understood the court scene and said that God would be much more fair and just. They admitted that they were headed for hell. They were convicted of their crimes against God and were concerned. We shared 2Cor5:17 along with the Gospel. They accepted our books of John and our tracts.
 
Roger - He called us over to him! A crack addict who ???? I can't even explain how lost he was. His eyes were so sad. He knew of the bible (but twisted)  and once watched Mel Gibson's movie about Jesus. He kept saying that Jesus was a lord. He kept on rambling on about things. We spent quite some time with him. Finally, we just read to him starting with John 1:1. We shared the gospel and spent some time in prayer with him. We prayed for his freedom from addiction and that God may reveal Himself to him. We gave him a bible that he was very thankful for and on our way out of the mall we saw him reading it.
 
Please be in prayer for all of these people.
God Bless you

Annette Patino