JULY 2026

Dear Friend,

On the evening of His resurrection, Jesus came and stood in the midst of His disciples. The doors were locked and they were afraid. “Peace,” He said, and then told them, “As the Father sent Me, I also send you. “Jesus was always moved with compassion to reach lost souls with the Good News of Salvation. Sometimes He preached to thousands in the open air. Sometimes to individuals, like the woman at the well. Each time the Father arranged divine appointments for Him. Now the same would be arranged for His disciples, and for those who know Him today.

FLIGHT TO BOLIVIA  I always pray for divine appointments so I can be a witness for the Lord. On my  flight to Bolivia via Houston, I was tired. A middled-age man, who looked like a hippie, sat down next to me. I said hello. He smiled, but immediately began texting on his phone. Then he opened his laptop and put in his ear buds. I found myself looking forward to a good sleep as it would now be impossible for me to witness to him. But he looked exactly like a hippie called Hunter, whom I had led to the Lord years ago, and whose life was transformed. I couldn’t sleep.

When snacks were given out, I made one last attempt to reach him by telling him the snack was delicious. He removed an ear bud and gave a comment. Then I asked him where he was going. He said to Mexico City. Carefully I asked,  “Why?” He said he was looking for answers and for finding a purpose in life. I told him that I had those answers! He closed his laptop, put away his ear buds, looked straight at me, and told me to speak! My tiredness instantly vanished. I asked God to give me the words. A conversation began for the next 100 minutes as I answered his searching questions. His name was Scott, 43, and he was a divine appointment.

He said he was leaning towards being an atheist. I spoke about the universe and the atom, all showing the hand of a Designer. He admitted there must be a force. He said his mother was a devout Christian who was praying for him. I said that this was the reason I was sitting next to him right now.  He said his father had just died. One moment he was there and the next he was gone. I explained about the soul, and he agreed there must be life after death. He could not accept that only one religion had the answer. I said that the answer was not in a man-made religion, but in the Son of God who said, “I am the truth”. I told him how a pilot flying in the clouds follows an instrument that shows him the only way to find and land on the runway. If he looks for guidance outside of this one way, he will die. If he focuses on the true guidance given by the instrument, he will live. Jesus said, “No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Scott had trouble accepting a God who made conditions for entering His heaven. Why wouldn’t He accept all? I shared how God loves us and wants us to love Him. He doesn’t want a kingdom of robots, so He gave us a free choice. “One day,” I said, “if he fell in love with a beautiful woman and wanted to marry her, would he say to her that she must love him without a choice. Would he force her to say ‘I love you,’ even if she didn’t mean it, and then try to have a happy marriage.” He said “NO”. Then he stopped me and said this was the best illustration I had used. He now understood that God has given us a choice.

He said that he didn’t know if the Bible was really true. I told him about a lady who read a book and found it to be boring. Then she met the author and the book became a wonderful love story. So it is with the Bible. When we are born again into God’s family through faith in Jesus, we meet the Author of the Bible. It becomes the greatest story of God’s love that we have ever read. Finally, Scott said he would believe in Christ, but at the end of his life. I warned him that he may not get the time. He agreed, telling me he had been in a bad car crash that could have killed him instantly. As we parted, I prayed for him, believing he will come to know the Lord soon, for the Bible says, “If you seek me, you will find me, if you search for me with all your heart.” (Jer 29:13)