It just keeps happening!

One man stood up and began to share that he had walked with the Lord over 10 years ago. But he decided to begin a new “business” with two other friends; they began to run drugs across the border. After several close calls, his wife found out what he was doing and divorced him.

Then, hearing that a warrant was issued for his arrest and after crossing the border one night, he found a tract that talked about returning your life to Jesus. He promptly turned himself in. He admitted to the police that he was all they said he was. But at the same time, he asked God if there was still room for him in the body of Christ. Of course he heard a big YES!

As he began to grow again in Christ, his two “business” partners accepted the Lord. His wife not only accepted the Lord, but said she would re-marry him! What joy filled this mans heart, as he pushed back tears while praising God for what has happened. He is going to a prison that we do not go to, so we are committing him to God’s grace.

We continue to be spectators!

Once again we were just spectators today, sitting on the sidelines, watching what God is doing. It is just a miracle!

A man stood and shared how his mother and father were saved from a spiritualist background. He said he accepted the Lord soon thereafter. But by the age of 15 he began to run with the wrong crowd and was soon addicted to crack and heroin. He would see his mother agonizing over him in prayer while he was sneaking out to party. Soon he was high and would forget that he ever saw his mother.

After 11 different accidents in cars and motorcycles, several overdoses, and a crime that gave him 3 life sentences, he found himself in prison, without parole. His mother would tell him she was praying for him. She would encourage him to pray himself. From time to time he prayed and read his Bible, but always seemed to return to the things of the world. He even attended a Bible study in Spanish several years ago, but the study leader only stayed a few weeks and never returned.

Then, as he says it, "God sent us this white Christian couple to teach us about the Word of God in Spanish." He went on to say, “I am saved by the blood of Jesus and I praise God for this weekly Bible study that helps me to grow and live for Him."

Then he sang his mom’s favorite song, ‘Divine Friend’. Here are some of the words:
"Stay with me, Lord. It’s getting late. Don’t leave me alone! I offer you my heart to worship you. Accept my worship, accept my worship, OH Lord! Help me till I arrive home.”

We just praise God for what He is doing! As we’ve said before, we are just amazed!

Great quote!

From devotional by Pastor Greg Laurie:

"When Jesus went to his death, they (the disciples) must have thought He had let them down. And for many, perception is often reality. Perhaps you feel that way right now as well. Perhaps you feel as though God has somehow let you down, that he hasn't kept his promises. But Jesus hadn't failed the disciples; they had failed to see what he had come to do. The same is true of us when it seems as though God has failed us. Perhaps we need a new understanding of his ways."

Another day at the office!

Once again, it was another ‘week’ at the office!

Some sang;
Some shared;
Some cried;
Some prayed;
Some were confused;
Some were encouraged;
Some asked questions;
Some asked for pastoral visits!

Join us for part of a prison Bible study!

The following are some verses and questions we are studying in our classes.

What important conditions are required for us to have our prayers answered?
John 15:7
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

1 John 5:14,15
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

What characteristics do we find in God’s answers to our prayers?
Jeremiah 33:3
'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'

Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.

Let's sing along!

In Spanish, there is a song called “100 Sheep”. It is based on the story in Luke 15 about the shepherd who leaves 99 sheep in the pasture to find one lost lamb.

Yesterday in one of our classes, one of our faithful men stood and sang this song. But, when the song spoke of the shepherd, he always put Carl’s name in it's place, and when the song spoke of the lost sheep, he referred to the Latinos in the prisons. It was moving and humbling to hear him singing the song this way.

May God receive the glory for each lost Latino in prison who comes to know Jesus.