Fish for souls

QUEST

QUEST. The mother of all projects. This is the final and last benchmark project at Irvington and my hope for graduating High School. I do have high hopes but I feel the only way to complete this project with true success is by having my Heavenly Father above help me. People would say this is the toughest project of all when in reality it is not. All you have to do is complete the work and you will be good to go. But with the help of the Lord I can accomplish anything. I do everything to glorify Him and Him alone. Whatever project I have whether big or small is nothing compared to my God who is bigger than all. Amen.

Tasty apples

I love apples!!! But not as much as fresh bananas.

My room (aka place of worship)

An Interesting day

Today was interesting indeed. As always I pray that the Lord would use me and lead me to the right people to talk to. So during lunch I was wandering around when I decided to go to my past Spanish teacher's classroom. I came in and greeted Mr. Domingo (Mr Sunday LOL) and he did the same and asked me how I was doing. I told him that I was doing fantastic. Then later two students came in so I decided to witness to them. I first asked them what they thought about the 9/11 incident, and one of the students I was talking to told me Heaven. I asked him why and he told me he was a Muslim. The other student was his friend. And I found out that both their names were Iman and Phillip. I had a very fascinating conversation with Iman and I asked him about his belief and he started telling me in concrete detail about what he believed in. I found it very interesting. Because he knew what he believed in, even though he didn't believe in Jesus Christ the Savior, he did know that he was a prophet and that what he believed was many prophets, and that their was someone after Jesus. He wanted to know if Jesus was really God and had some good questions that I didn't know how to answer well. I tried the best I could and told him that I didn't know the answer but asked Iman if he wanted to know the answer. He said yes and so I gave him my email. He was very respectful and he shared what he believed and so did I. We both had our differences when it came to belief. But what I didn't tell him which I should have, was that Jesus rose from the dead to prove that He is the Son of God. The one who He claimed to be. That's what makes Him radically different from anyone else. Then I told him to check out a book, then I said bye to him and his friend. Afterwards, I noticed a girl that I wanted to talk to. And I wanted to just chat with her. But something made me want to talk with her and I didn't know what God planned so I came up to her when she was sitting down doing her homework and started to talk. We just started talking about school then she told me she's a Christian! Her name is Yeji, and she's full Korean just like my friend Rachel. And I was really surprised and we kept talking and talking. And she's a very sweet person, even though she may look a little shy. I invited her to come to youth alive again, and she agreed. I got her phone number so I can stay in contact with her. Amazing what the Lord can do in one day!!! Praise the Lord forever!!! Amen!!!

A beautiful night

This evening my brother called me on my phone and told me that we were going to have Subway instead of Taco Bell tonight. I was unhappy, so I told my brother that I will have Taco Bell. He called me back and told me that I had to go there driving, eat and come back. I agree so I eventually left. I came into Taco Bell and ordered my food and while I was waiting, I started talking with a young man who was waiting for his food also. Then I introduced myself and his name is Dean. I asked him if I could sit with him, and he said sure. So I got my food and my hot sauce and went outside. I met his friend who was named Matt and chatted with him. Then during the conversation I said "hey can I ask you guys an interesting question?" Dean said sure. I asked "when you die, what do you think is on the other side?" Dean said he had different beliefs, but honestly he didn't know. Then I shared what I believed in which is the Son of God, the resurrected Savior the Lord Jesus Christ and what He did for them. I went through the Ten Commandments and shared how Christ's blood can literally wipe all of his sins away. Then I gave him an index card to mark cahills book website oneheartbeataway.org. Then I said goodbye and left. As I was driving home, I noticed a homeless guy on the side of the road, sitting in the grass. I thought to myself "Lord, I am not letting this man go by without you." So I parked in the nearest parking lot and walked over to him and talked. He was a very nice gentleman. We just started talking about homelessness and how it affects people. His name was David. So I said to him "can I ask you an interesting question?" He said sure. I asked him "if you died tonight are you 100% you are going to Heaven?" He said yes, and I asked him "how do you know that to be true? He told me that he is forgiven of his sins and he goes to Church. So I went through the Ten Commandments, sin, Blood of Jesus Christ etc. Then I asked David "can I pray for you?" He said sure, so I held his hand tightly and began to pray that the Lord would provide for him and that He would comfort and be with him because He loves him. And I also prayed and said that I loved David too and wanted to see him in Heaven one day with me and the Lord Jesus. Then I shook his hand and said goodbye to him. And then he told me that his wife was on the other side when he pointed to her. And then she said "thank you!" In a loud grateful voice. I even prayed that the Lord would lead me and use me tonight. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ!!! He is worthy!!! Amen!!!

Trusting God 9/27/11

Today has truly been a great day, as every day of course. Today I witnessed to a guy named Michael and he seemed like he didn't want to talk. So I chased after him until he finally he remained stationary in a wide open area near the cafeteria. I asked him the question when you die, what do you think is on the other side?" He said he didn't know. So I shared with him Ten Commandments, sin, Blood of Jesus Christ etc. Then I told him to think about after I talked to him about eternal matters. Then I said goodbye to him. After I saw a student coming my way and I struck up a conversation with him using the survey approach that's in the book one thing you can't do in Heaven. So I walked up to him and said "excuse me man, can you help me out? I'm working on a project." He said "sure, what kind of project are you working on?" I said "for the project I'm working on I'm asking the question when you die, what do you think is on the other side? What do you think is out there?" He was thinking a little and said "Heaven I guess?" Then I shared with him my belief and all the necessary parts of salvation an what it took to be right with Jesus Christ. Then I told him to check out a book called one heartbeat away by mark cahill that's on oneheartbeataway.org. I walked around seeing who the Lord wanted me to witness to, but the bell rang and I had to get to class. But earlier today during second period, an unexpected surprise occurred. The vice principal Ms. Palos came in and tossed me my wallet! I was so thankful. I wanted to ask her who turned it in, or where they found it, but I couldn't because she was nowhere at lunch. I believe truly that the Lord was testing my faithfulness to Him, because I wasn't worrying but saying it's ok, it's just a wallet and praised, sang, and worshiped God. And I knew that when I got my wallet back. I passed the test. When I say I trust the Lord, I mean it. Amen.