Archive for the 'Prison/Incarceration' Category
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
…to my 1st training for prison ministry last night. I didn’t want to go and spent most of the day thinking of ways to avoid going. It was a group of about 12 people who were working through Campus Crusade’s Bible studies. It wasn’t that bad you know. I found out that I’ll have to [...]
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Today James and I had to take a little road trip. We combined business with pleasure and visited some local museums and learned about the history of our state. I had to travel on the road that used to take me to visit Lee at this prison. I didn’t have to actually drive past it [...]
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
On Facebook today, I scrolled through the front page reading all the free Kindle books. At first, I thought this was a free Kindle book and my brain did a double take. Here is Angel Tree’s review on the book The Night Dad Went To Jail. When James was little, I wanted to find a [...]
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
At church on Sunday, they baptized several people. The service I attended baptized mostly children. The last baptism was a young man–not sure of his age. He shared that he is currently in a Christian juvenile facility. He shared how his life was messed up and he was in trouble. At his first facility, someone [...]
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Yesterday, I was watching the local news. A story came on discussing a stabbing murder. It was at one of the temporary facilities where Lee lived (with the physic dracula roommate…..). YIKES! It was a very hard time in our lives and I’m so thankful that God protected Lee while he was there. It was [...]
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Today, I drove on the highway. The road took me right past the prison where Lee spent quite awhile. When Lee was there, driving past hurt. I felt my heart pulling toward the prison. Inside I’d say, “Hi Babe” and sometimes I’d even blow him a kiss. Today, driving past didn’t hurt. It didn’t even [...]
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Friday, February 10th, 2012
A couple of weeks ago, I saw an announcement in the church bulletin about training for prison ministry. OH! I’ve wondered for awhile if I should volunteer somehow. But our old church didn’t do anything and I wasn’t sure how to connect with a ministry. And let’s face it, I really don’t WANT to walk [...]
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Sunday, January 15th, 2012
I am SO not into celebrities, but I saw this link today from Prison Fellowhip. The new Miss America had an incarcerated parent and made her platform helping children of incarcerated parents! How awesome is that!?
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Saturday, January 14th, 2012
If you’ve peeked at my Pinterest boards you may have seen that I happen to really like a certain football team…. Several weeks ago, before the game, I saw this clip on the pre-game show. Even if you don’t love football, please watch it for me–it’s back story for the rest of the post. [...]
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
Prison. Thankfully, our lives are really really different than they were even 1 year ago. Things are improving–definitely. But it’s always there and we get reminders. I paid off the attorney last week–FINALLY! He didn’t like the payment plan, but we couldn’t help it. Having an attorney bill to pay is a reminder. I looked [...]
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