I want to share something with you that has been quite
amazing in our lives. My husband has been working in jail ministry for years.
He has a heart for men that have gotten into the system and can’t seem to find
their way out, returning time after time because they cannot seem to get things
straight. He has been going into our local jail for approximately 3 years once
a week to meet and talk with the guys. He has a different approach to the way
he handles these sessions. He doesn’t walk in with a set of scriptures or even
anything necessarily specific he wants to discuss. He opens the floor to the
men there and allows God to completely lead the direction of the gathering. He
loves going there every week and feels he learns as much as they do. But a
while back after speaking with the men he realized they had difficulty getting
bibles they could easily understand and he felt led to work on getting them
bibles. He got a PO Box and each time he goes into the jail tells them the
address and lets them know that if they send a letter requesting a bible they
will receive one. Because of jail policies the bibles have to be certain size
and meet certain requirements before they will even be let into the jail. They
also cannot be handed directly to the men but have to go through a process to
get to them. So, he started sending them via mail because this followed policy.
He would stock up on bibles at the house and boxes or envelopes and go to the
post office every couple days to send off a group of bibles. But then he found
a website that he could do individual addressing and sending directly to the
prison plus free shipping and the bibles met the requirements and were given
directly to the men they were addressed to. This was an awesome find, saving
time and money and allowing bibles to be sent immediately. But the amazing part
has come along over the last 6 months or so. The word has spread and he is now
sending bibles to 6 different jails in 6 different areas, 5 of which he has
never even been to. God has blessed his faithfulness and obedience and is
opening doors for him to share the Bible all over our state and now one state
over. Some of the men even request a bible for their spouse outside of jail. He
also has been able to reach out to a local recovery house and spend some time
with the men there and get some bibles into their hands as well. We are so
excited about what God is doing and would love for you to pray with us that
each one of these bibles touches a life in a special way. If this speaks to
your heart please pray, if you would like to get involved you can read more here.
Daspri
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