conversation partners

so I think I have mentioned my Libyan friends before. Well last Thursday I was meeting with some students for a planning Bridges International events and I saw one of the friends I had met before. He told me my other friend (who is a girl - that I know better than the rest) was there! So I started talking to her and we all ended up grabbing a bite to eat in the cafe together. There ended up being 4 of us eating together. as we were talking, I told them about my time in Chicago, and about sharing the love of God with others, and they whispered in Arabic among themselves, and suddenly my friend turned to me and said "do you like pork?" I mentioned it's ok, and I eat it, and I asked if they eat it(knowing as muslims they don't) and my friend said "we don't like it" and I tried to clarify that they don't like the taste or choose not to eat it, and they said it was the latter. but my suspicions are that they were talking in Arabic about possibly converting me to Islam ;-) little do they know, I had the idea about talking to them first. Not that I am just friends with them to convert them. I don't really like that word, but more, I want them to know the freedom they could have in knowing Christ, and experiencing the love of having a relationship with him, rather than just practicing a religion.

anyway, they are all really nice, and sweet and asked if I would be their conversation partner. So our first lessons was the pronunciation of "cool." The way they said it, it sounded more like "coal" but I really enjoying helping them with their language, and also slipping in little tidbits about how marvelous Jesus is. :-)

Please be praying that I would be bold in telling them about Jesus, and that God would open their hearts and provide a good opportunity for me to speak with them.