I just spent an hour sharing with two women in the GSU. I am making a point to take out our women leaders - Jessica and Hellen - to do evangelism on campus. Jessica and I just approached two women and had good conversations with them about God.
One woman is a very strong Jew. She comes from a very strong, practicing Jewish family, but she has adapted her Jewish faith to fit her lifestyle here at college.
The second woman is an international student and a very strong Hindu from Bombay and whose parents now live in Singapore. Jessica happened to know her so she has an open door with her to talk again. She had accommodated her Hinduism to her modern lifestyle, also.
I knew, as I was talking to both these women, that I would not have chance to share in depth about Jesus, but I was able to integrate a few statements of Truth into the conversations as I went. Jessica loved the experience and wants to go out again.
One thing that struck me about both women was the strong ties to family through their religion. Neither would even think about converting to another religion because of the relationship they have with their parents. They were born into their faith, their parents had brought them up in their faith and both women felt deep obligation to their origins. Neither had a negative feeling about this, but both wanted to be true to how they had been brought up.
It is heart breaking how the Enemy has twisted the family to keep people trapped. In the case of these two women, Jesus would set father and mother against daughter Matthew 10:34-39, and make it very difficult for them to make a commitment to Jesus. Jessica and I will continue to pray for both these ladies.
