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Great Job First Baptist DeSoto!
06/23/2026

Great Job First Baptist DeSoto!

Back sometime ago we were told that if we could give an inmate a certificate for their service and volunteering it would...
06/23/2026

Back sometime ago we were told that if we could give an inmate a certificate for their service and volunteering it would be of great benefit to them. Each of the 40 inmates who served the week with us received a Certificate Of Appreciation and Commendation, a photo of the team with the inmates, a pair of sunglasses, a pizza lunch and a genuine heartfelt handshake of thanks!

All of our volunteer inmates were part of the prison church. A good portion of these have graduated from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary that trains the men at the prison. Several of these have earned their Masters Of Divinity.

The best scene of the entire clinic is watching the volunteer prisoners praying with the men coming through the clinic.

God is working in Mississippi Prisons!

We had the joy this week serving with Karl. He wrote this little note in our notebook. One morning Karl shared “His St...
06/21/2026

We had the joy this week serving with Karl. He wrote this little note in our notebook. One morning Karl shared “His Story” of coming to know Christ and surrendering his life, heart and mind to Christ …. Powerful! Karl’s function at the eye glass outreach clinic was to pray with and share Christ with inmates. He excelled! Christ used him mightily! He would ask an inmate if he could pray for them …. More than once they would simply breakdown and cry.

Karl is serving a life sentence. His life has been and will be prison. Karl lives a life of joy and purpose. Men see Jesus in him and he shares compassionate love to all he meets. Jesus changed his life, his entire mindset and attitude and gave him a purpose for living.

I am sorry I can’t share a photo of Karl but his handwritten note can speak for him.

Prison Report of Eye Glass Outreach Ministry
21 people accepted Christ
900 prayed with
500 Gideon New Testaments given away (emptied our supply)
100 full size donated Bibles given
About 1500 pounds of donated books shared with libraries … religious, text, fiction
850 readers given
775 prescription glasses
1004 men seen in clinic

Special thanks to Superintendent Brand Huffman and Amanda and the staff at SMCI … Southern Mississippi Correctional Institute, Leakesville, MS.

It has been a very good two days in Southern Mississippi! Two days complete and two more to go. So far have shared w...
06/16/2026

It has been a very good two days in Southern Mississippi! Two days complete and two more to go. So far have shared with, prayed with and helped 736 people at the Prison Outreach Clinic. It is a real honor and privilege to be working with 30 Christian inmates in operating the clinic. Our team of 14 and the inmate team are busy from the beginning to the end of the day. Everybody has a story to tell! Looking forward to the next two days!

Wonderful testimony of God working.
03/26/2026

Wonderful testimony of God working.

A very good day at Gamble Community Center in North St Louis! One Hundred People were prayed with, had the opportunity...
03/22/2026

A very good day at Gamble Community Center in North St Louis! One Hundred People were prayed with, had the opportunity to hear about Jesus, get a Gideon New Testament and get their eyes checked … lots went home with glasses!

We had a fantastic team … 15th Street Baptist E St Louis, Jefferson City, Gallatin, MO and several from St Louis / Jefferson County area churches.

The need for eye care was great … several “off the wall”‘prescriptions” (-11.00) … had a group of men come through from a drug/alcohol rehab center. They were very thankful and Gospel receptive! The Gamble Center Director, Adonis, Tyler, does a very good job getting the word out and inviting people from the community!

One of our volunteers was her first clinic … she was EXCITED and ready for the next clinic! That usually happens when people step outside their comfort zone and willing to go where God may be directing them!

Good day, good people, beautiful weather and Jesus was lifted high!

What a joy to partner with Spirit of Faith & Praise Church in Kansas City along with Lake Viking Church and Fifteenth St...
03/15/2026

What a joy to partner with Spirit of Faith & Praise Church in Kansas City along with Lake Viking Church and Fifteenth Street Baptist Church.

The outreach clinic was inner city Kansas City. We were BUSY with people from beginning to end! One of the few clinics we actually had people who would not let us pray with them. The love of Jesus was penetrating the darkness!

15th Street Baptist brought a truck load of brand new clothing (with tags still on) … they were able to bless LOTS of people!

The prayer / evangelism room was ongoing. There were decisions made for Christ but it was evident that this was an area that NEEDED Christ!

Please be praying for the outreach of Spirit Of Faith & Praise as they proclaim the Gospel!

When we began the journey with Mississippi Department Of Corrections we met Brand & Amanda Huffman. They are the Superi...
03/10/2026

When we began the journey with Mississippi Department Of Corrections we met Brand & Amanda Huffman. They are the Superintendents of the Southern MDOC in Leakesville, MS. Over the past couple of years ago our friendship has grown.

This morning Brand called telling us about his son Colby who was involved in a motorcycle accident while escorting a funeral train in Starkville. We listened, prayed with them and hurt with them.

Please lift Colby and the Huffman family up in your prayers!

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There are several libraries at the MS State Penitentiary. Several of those are organized and staffed by Christian inmat...
02/28/2026

There are several libraries at the MS State Penitentiary. Several of those are organized and staffed by Christian inmates that are members of the local prison churches.

One of the libraries is affiliated with the NOBTS (New Orleans Baptist Seminary) and FBI (Faith Based Initiative). The work these organizations are doing is phenomenal!

We were able to take several boxes of books from the library of First Baptist Church of Arnold. Those books that are duplicates in the seminary library will be shared with the other libraries at the prison.

We were excited, the prison librarians excited and FBCA librarians excited to share books.

I think we need to start being more serious about the “library ministry” … we will have several more prison trips this year and this can give others the opportunity to help.

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