Hey everyone, so as any of you who read my normal blog will know, im not very good at the whole blogging thing, i dont write very often etc, but here i am again, live from South Africa, with more news of happenings here.
So actually, i started writing this the other evening, but got distracted talking to people on msn, but i was talkinng about what we have been doing, so instead of writing it all again, im just gonna copy it for you to read, and sorry sam, cause there will be nothing new for you to read,...
are you having fun out there? got over the nervousness?
22:16:51 Me: oh yea, its great. i love going into prision
22:18:04 Me: its not at all scary having been onc
22:18:06 Me: e
22:19:09 Sam: are you just going there and talking to people, or are you doing something else as well?
22:20:25 Me: no we are running a program for the prisioners, we start with worship, then testomonies, drama and explaination, then an introduction to a topic, which we discuss in smaller groups
22:20:33 Me: then back together
22:20:45 Me: for feedback, and more worship
22:20:54 Me: we get about 45 guys each day
22:21:06 Me: and have 3 small groups
22:21:14 Sam: wow, good stuff
22:21:18 Sam: how many of you are doing this?
22:21:40 Me: we spend about an hour the first bit, bout hour in sg's and about 30 mins at end
22:22:05 Me: and after we are there for ages talking one on one with people
22:22:24 Me: most days we get there about 9/930 and dont leave until half 1
22:22:29 Me: 7
22:22:42 Sam: what do you do with the rest of your day?
22:22:49 Me: plus adrian and sybil, who work here full time
22:22:57 Me: but dont do much in our program
22:23:10 Me: eat, prepare for next day
22:23:43 Me: and do a few other things...eg yesterday we went to ocean view, which is one of the coloured communities
22:23:55 Me: and viisted some people adrian knows who live there
22:24:54 Me: and today we went to another coloured area were there was a gathering of people at hte house of another guy who works in the prision, with his family and friends and also so ex-prisioners who live around there
22:25:09 Me: and who became christians in teh prision
22:25:41 Sam: so do adrian and sybil do the kind of thing you guys are doing normally?
22:26:11 Me: kinda of...
22:26:38 Me: so we have been doing what i descrbed all in one part of the prison, everyday since monday
22:27:17 Me: wereas normaly they go to different parts each day
22:27:33 Sam: ah
22:28:16 Me: so on a monday they go were we are, and do a program, similar, but without small groups, for about to hours, they call it a devotion
22:29:06 Me: then on tuesday they go to another prision, about 100km away, and have been doing little study groups, so adrian has just finised an anger management course there
22:29:42 Me: on wednesday they meet one on one with people, having made apointments trough out the rest of the week
22:29:45 Sam: wow... good works
22:29:50 Sam: and impressive commitment
22:30:10 Me: on thursday they go into the mens medium and maximum sections
22:30:57 Me: again for small meetings, less evangelisic, more keeping up with people they know who have been moved cause they got older
22:31:22 Sam: ?
22:31:38 Sam: why would people be move to the more secure areas as they get older?
22:32:13 Me: no, to the men's section, the other bits, i mentioned where juvinial sections
22:32:37 Sam: ah, okay
22:32:39 Me: friday, in a single cells in a differnet juvinil section, also a lot of un sentaced guys
22:32:44 Sam: that makes far more sense
22:32:48 Me: yea..
22:33:18 Me: o tomorrow we will be leading a program in single cells
22:33:27 Sam: so are you working with the juveniles or the adults?
22:34:11 Me: juvinials, the younger section which is 16-18
22:34:39 Me: but with people up to 21, when they would be moved to mens
22:34:53 Me: and a lot of people who lie bout there ages
22:35:16 Me: i was talking to a guy yesterday who is 23, but said he is 20
22:35:25 Sam: ah, that makes slightly more sense to me... I didn't realise you were working with younger people
22:35:40 Me: sorry, i just kinda forgot,
22:35:50 Sam: was that just to avoid going to a proper prison?
22:35:51 Me: we havnt been into the men's sections at all
22:36:01 Me: no, no, no
22:36:09 Me: the mens medium is very similar
22:36:22 Sam: oh
22:36:25 Me: the maximum is obviusly slightly differnet, but...
22:37:40 Me: also saterday we are going to a differnet prision, to lead a devotion, with youth again
22:37:54 Me: and moday we will be back were we have been this week
22:38:05 Me: tuesday, in the place 100km awya
22:38:31 Me: wed/thur in our main place, and friday is our last day, in single cells again
And this is some more:
23:43:16 El: is there anything that i can pray for?
23:43:18 Me: yea me too
23:43:26 Me: certainly
23:44:42 El: like???
23:44:59 Me: so in the prision, today i was talking to some people who want to accept jesus but feel they cant because they dont want to go back on it, in the prision there is alot of presure from gangs...and there is alot of demonic activity
23:45:29 El: yeah
23:45:35 El: definately
23:46:40 Me: yea, mostly that god's power can working the prision, and that the inmates can...feel they can make a comitmet, and know that god will support them, that he is more powerfull that the devil
23:46:46 El: its amazing that jesus can break into the lives of even these people and change them to beyond recognition
23:46:57 El: absolutely
23:49:29 El: (there is a v scary picture of you on here!)
23:49:43 Me: lol
23:51:25 Me: yea, its really strange, there are people there for all sorts of things, but most of them have come from gangs and so even if they arnt in prision for it, they have murderd...shot or stapped people, lots have been in armed robbery, and so to see them worsiping god...
23:52:14 El: have you seen anyone commit their life to Him and change?
23:53:33 Me: no commitments, but there is a guys adrian, who has been working here everyday for about 5 years, so there are quite a few christians, and many changed lives, many on the way
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