A member of our Jail Ministry team has a sister that had a horrific injury to her head less than a week ago. To my understanding, the condition was incredibly grave, people did not believe she would make it through the first night. I prayed for her a bit in Read more…
There is an inmate in the jail that I’ve known for a long time, he’s a fellow that once worked in a church—he was even in preparation to become a missionary in Africa. But then tragedy struck. He had trouble with his fiancé, and he was thrown off course by Read more…
Thursday of this past week I met with a new inmate. I was bringing some materials up to some of the guys in a cell, and there was this new fellow there. I talked to him for a few moments, and then it became very clear that he wanted to Read more…
Earlier this week, I arrived at a high security area of the jail. An inmate was yelling, so I walked onto the cell block and went right to the cell where the fellow was yelling, so as to start the conversation with the men from that location of the cell Read more…
There is an inmate in the jail who is a very tough fellow. I take it that he’s extremely experienced in crime, and has seen a lot of the deepest darkness in his life. This fellow has been to prison multiple times for most of his life. He is an Read more…
There’s a core member of our KJM team who needs an organ transplant (both kidneys). This core member of our team is on a waiting list for the transplants. Today he was not in the jail at his assigned time due to having a cold. So, instead, I covered his Read more…
Recently, a guard in the jail who I am friends with approached me and told me that his mom had four big thick jampacked garbage bags full of clothing, shoes, and boots, for people who are being released from the jail. KJM has become the main provider of clothing for Read more…
There’s an inmate who is very young who was just sentenced to life in prison. The inmate committed the crime when just out of high school. He has been located in the highest security area in the Jail. Monday of this week, I was so blessed to have been able Read more…
The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened (Matthew 13:33). I was at a popular cell on the B West wing of the jail yesterday. It is a favorite stop for many of the Read more…
Twice this week, I talked to the same inmate. He is about 45-years-old. We talked to on Tuesday, and he expressed various non-Christian views (some rather evil and non-logical), about if there’s a GOD or not, what GOD, is and so forth. It basically sounded like he had invented a Read more…