Mary's Conversion

Georgia College, Nov. 18, 2010

     Longtime friends, Raymond and Sheila Defabritis joined us today. Raymond related his testimony of growing up as a devout Catholic in the South Bronx, who slipped into the depths of sin from 19 years old to 29.  By 29 he was working as a lab assistant for Lucent Corp. under Dr. Sam Brockway, who for a period of six months read the Bible to Raymond on their lunch break.  Afterwards, Raymond confessed his need for salvation and repented in Dr. Brockway’s office. 

    Following the testimony, Mary approached Raymond and Sheila and tearfully confessed that she was a Presbyterian who could not overcome temptation.  It was clear to Raymond and Sheila that Mary had a broken and contrite heart and they were able to pray with her for the salvation of her soul.  Later Sheila gave private counsel and exhortation to Mary.

     Soon others approached Raymond and he had a group of six to eight around him for the rest of the afternoon.  Late in the day a man who earlier had said that he followed Christ some of the time, approached Raymond confessing that he had lost the sense of the presence of God in his life.  Raymond prayed with him.

     Bro. Raymond has heard me preach many times on campuses over the last 35 years.  He said, “This is the best meeting that I have seen.”  Sheila said that she counted up to 150 students listening at a time for much of the afternoon. 

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