JESUS IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN THE GT. CO. JAIL!!

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OH PEOPLE! I AM SO GEEKED ABOUT SERVING IN THE COUNTY JAIL AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER!

WE STARTED OFF WITH ONLY TWO WOMEN. ONE WAS AN 'OLDIE' THE OTHER WAS TWO WEEKS OLD THAT I PRAYED WITH AND INTRODUCED TO JESUS LAST WEEK. SHE WAS A CHANGED YOUNG LADY! WHEN I MET HER SHE WAS A SNOT NOSED BRAT WITH A CHIP ON HER SHOULDER THINKING SHE'S ALL BIG AND BAD. SHE BROKE DOWN, ALMOST AT THE END OF OUR STUDY AND SAID SHE NEEDED TO LEARN TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN HER LIFE BECAUSE SHE WAS TIRED OF PRETENDING TO BE SOMEONE SHE REALLY WASN'T. VERY ANGRY YOUNG LADY! MOUTHY, SASSY, SMART ALEC. GET THE PICTURE? AND EVERYTIME I WOULD TALK ABOUT THE LORD AND PRAYING SHE WOULD ROLL HER EYES AT ME AND BE LIKE 'WHATEVER!' I WANTED TO SAY, "WHY ARE YOU HERE ?" YOU KNOW THE TYPE. OF COURSE THE WORDS WOULDN'T COME OUT! ANYWAYS, I INTRODUCED HER TO JESUS AND LED HER IN A PRAYER OF REPENTANCE FOR SALVATION! THE NEAT THING THAT NIGHT, WAS THAT THE OTHER WOMAN THAT WAS THERE, WAS MINISTERING TO HER TOO, OF THE THINGS SHE HAS BEEN LEARNING IN OUR STUDY ABOUT PRAYING AND TALKING TO GOD!!

I SAW HER TONIGHT AND SHE LOOKED GREAT! SHE WAS A SWEET YOUNG LADY, THAT WAS NO LONGER MOUTHY, OR SASSY OR BRATTY!! EVEN THE CHAPLAIN SAID THAT SHE WAS DOING SO MUCH BETTER SINCE LAST WEEK!! WHAT A GREAT GOD WE SERVE!!

SO WE WERE THE ONLY TWO, AND THEN WE STARTED HEARING SOME COMMOTION OUT IN THE HALL WAY AND THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER WITH THREE OTHER WOMEN FORM 'THE OTHER SIDE' AND THEY WERE COMING TO OUR BIBLE STUDY!! I THOUGHT, "NOW WHAT!" THESE WOMEN WERE NOT SPOSED TO BE IN OUR STUDY BECAUSE THEY WERE A DIFFERENT 'NUMBER.' MY WOMEN WERE TRUSTIES, AND COULD COME TO THIS STUDY BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GO TO ANY OTHER SERVICE. THE OTHERS COULD. ONE OF THE WOMEN TURNED AND WALKED AWAY CAUSE SHE DIDN'T LIKE SOMEONE WHO WAS IN THE STUDY WITH US. OH WELL...

THEY DISRUPTED OUR STUDY AND JUST STARTED TALKING TO THE OTHER WOMEN, LOUD, AND SO I INTRODUCED MYSELF, SHOOK THEIR HANDS AND SAID I WAS GLAD THEY COULD MAKE IT! I MEANT IT TOO! THEY STARTED TALKING AGAIN, SO I HAD TO BRING THE CONVERSATION OVER TO MY WAY AGAIN, AND SO I SAID IT WAS TIME TO OPEN WITH A WORD OF PRAYER, AGAIN, SINCE THEY MISSED IT THE FIRST TIME. THEN THEY QUIETED DOWN AND LISTENED.

WE DID A REVIEW ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT PRAYER AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER. THEY SHARED SOME STUFF THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT PRAYER AND SHARON HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR HER MEANING OF LIFE FOR MANY YEARS. SHE IS AN OLDER WOMAN, MY AGE. YOU KNOW, YOU MEET PEOPLE AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL EVER SEE THEM AGAIN. SHARON HAD BEEN TO MANY CHURCHES, GOT INTO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO TRY TO FIND HERSELF AND GOD. SHE WAS HARDCORE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER CRIME WAS, BUT HER TIME WAS NOW, TO SEE THE TRUTH ABOUT HER LIFE AND SHE KNEW IT. SHE SAID SHE REALLY WANTED A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START. I TOLD HER SHE CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!! LOL! SHE KNEW GOD WAS GETING HER ATTENTION! SHE KNOWS GOD HAS A SPECIAL PLAN FOR HER AND THAT SHE WANTED TO PERSUE THATALSO. SHE ASKED FOR PRAYER FOR A HUNGER AND THIRST FOR MORE OF GOD!

JILLLIAN WAS YOUNGER, AND SHE KNEW THAT GOD WAS TRYING TO GET HER ATTENTION TOO! SHE SAID HER TIME IN JAIL WAS SO DIFFERENT THEN IT WAS BEFORE AND SHE COULD FEEL SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT. SHE'S READING 'THE SHACK' AND MADE COMMENTS ABOUT THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT, AND HOW SHE'S TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. SHE WAS VERY SORRY FOR HER CRIMES AND SAYS SHE'S DONE. SHE WANTS BETTER AND THE ONLY THING SHE HAS LEFT IS GOD. SO SHE'S GONNA DO IT HIS WAY.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A RELATIONSHIP! WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW GOD AND HIM KNOWING YOU. WE TALKED OF THE IMPORTANCE OF READING HIS WORD AND PRAYING AND TALKING TO HIM.THEN THE LADIES STARTED TALKING ABOUT KICKING SOMEONE'S BUTT FOR TRYING TO STEAL SOME OF THEIR THINGS, AND I KNEW THAT IT WAS TIME TO PRAY. THEY BOTH SAID THEY HAD PRAYED ALONG TIME AGO, BUT THEY WANTED TO PRAY NOW AND ASK FOR HELP AND WISDOM AND GUIDANCE. WE PRAYED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS SO PRESENT, ESPECIALLY IN OUR PRAYER REQUEST TIME. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA FALL OUT! I KNOW HIS PRESENCE WAS COMING FROM THE OTHER GIRLS. I COULD FEEL IT COMING FROM LITTLE JESSICA AND IT WAS GOOD.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE INCARCERATED! YOU KNOW, THEY ARE 'THE LEAST OF THESE!'

YOU KNOW THESE WOMEN ARE GOING TO START COMING TO OUR CHURCHES! I KNOW IT FOR GOD TOLD ME SO. GET READY!! I'M LOOKING FOR WOMEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE MENTORS FOR THESE WOMEN. INVEST IN THEM. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!

GET WITH ME. OH YEAH...AND PRAY FOR ME TOO!!