Friday, April 12 th Camp Sampaguita Medium Security Prison & San Pedro Jail: 5 Services today
We start this 4 th day of ministry with the realization that A/C in the hotel is a saving grace all around! The team is sleeping fairly well at night and energized for the day. Our prison service location is a farther drive today so we leave the hotel at 6:45 a.m. This morning’s breakfast stop is at a small bakery featuring breakfast muffins and a few cooked items and coffee. Dee led devotions today from Romans and encouraged the team that we are more than conquerors! We arrive at the large prison on time but due to inmate transfers at that same time, we must wait in a covered outside area of the prison. There is a brush fire nearby and find ourselves dusted in ash. At one point the team must sit on a bench and put our Bibles and bottled water in front of us for canine inspection for assumed drug contraband. The OC of the prison is quite upbeat and we find out that he is a member of Pastor Noel’s church and we will see him at our Basic Conference the next day. He is both joyful and professional as we each bustle forward to be patted down by security officers to finally enter the grounds for our services. The prison compound is so large it is set up like a small city with many outside common areas. Our team weaves through long corridors to arrive where a stage and worship band and apprx 300 PDLs have assembled for PFC services. There is a cool breeze and wonderful energy. Along the walk, various PDLs come to walk alongside us with umbrellas to shade us from the hot sun. Jaycob shares his testimony for the first time in this service. When Jaycob shares he was adopted
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Chaplain Mark Richardson sharing the Good Wordl!
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