GBU Torino

 11 November at 2 PM I spoke to some students in and around Torino, IT via Streamyard (a platform similar to Zoom). We needed to be down near Tallahassee, FL that night, and that was over a 6-hour drive, plus loss of an hour moving into Eastern Standard Time.

What to do? A 3:30 PM departure, puts us in at 1030 EST. That’s too late for us to be on the road. These days we like to be off the road by about 8 PM.

I have a good, good friend in Montgomery who teaches at AUM. I asked Hank if I could use his computer access there to give my talk in Torino. He quickly assented, and our plans were set. Right after the Veterans service was ended at Tuscaloosa Christian School, we headed south.

We arrived at the AUM Wellness building about 1250, and none too soon. It took almost 45 minutes to get the computer set up functional. I dialed in at about 1:35 and already my key host, Lorens, was already there. Within the next few minutes the other joined us and we were able to discuss who would do what. We then prayed for the meeting and launched at 2:02, giving 2 min for students to log in. Mostly we had 60 students logged in, though some of these came and went. The talk was recorded, so it may be seen by untold numbers.

The talk seemed to go pretty well with several opportunities to give a word of encouragement with regard to following the Christ. This was followed with the Q&A, which gave still more opportunities to steer students, and at one point to give the 10-word gospel. One of the students asked how to clear her mind of all the stress, depression, etc. so she could study. I told the story of being invited to Oxford and asked to hep the students reduce the suicide rate there at the University. Another couple of questions led to answers dealing with the great value of “Knowing thyself” and even performing simple experiments to see what works for you and what doesn’t.

We ended at the 75-min mark and then the GBU folks stayed on wand we chatted for another 10 minutes or so. I felt good about the talk and the little bit of student feedback immediately available. But you never know.

I reminded my Christian colleagues that if ONE person’s eternal destiny was influenced for Christ, our time was well spent. Even if we loved it and thousands attended, if no one was influenced for the Christ, it was simply a fun time.

L^rd, do the work on souls that only You can do!