{"id":1879,"date":"2011-11-05T19:27:29","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T09:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2011-11-05T19:28:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T09:28:04","slug":"off-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/2011\/11\/05\/off-to-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Off to Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every few weeks we pack up our kids, some food, and other necessary items and head off to prison<\/strong>.\u00a0 And we all love it!\u00a0 The rickety bridge we have to cross to get there sometimes makes our hearts beat a little faster, though.<\/p>\n

\"Agnes\"<\/a>
Agnes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/p>\n

We go to visit Agnes<\/strong>, a young woman who is serving a 12 year sentence for a pretty serious crime.\u00a0 We don’t know if she is guilty or if she is just taking the blame for someone else.\u00a0 Agnes is from a tribal group where an NTM couple has been working for years.\u00a0 These missionaries asked if we would be willing to take Agnes the Bible lessons in her tribal language for her to read and study.\u00a0 These are the same lessons that the missionaries used to present the Gospel to her tribe several years ago.<\/p>\n

No one else in the prison speaks her tribal language so when we first gave her the lessons and she was able to read her language again, it was a very special time! <\/strong>She told us on our next visit that the book (containing the Bible lessons and verses in her language) was now her best friend!\u00a0 We don’t know how many times she has read through the lessons – probably lots.\u00a0 This next time we go we will also be taking her the complete books of Genesis, Exodus and Mark that the missionaries have translated.<\/p>\n

Now, of course, we don’t speak Agnes’ tribal language, but we are able to communicate with her in Pidgin.\u00a0 So, Agnes reads the lessons on her own and then when we visit her, we talk to her about what she has read.\u00a0 We only have about 30 minutes with her each time we go.<\/p>\n

That we know of, we are the only visitors she ever has.\u00a0 It is a really neat opportunity for us and for our kids to be able to be a blessing and encouragement to Agnes.\u00a0 All of us really look forward to our prison days!\u00a0 Luke and Titus enjoy the long walk from the prison entrance – down a big hill, back up another hill and then on to the actual fenced-in women’s prison area.\u00a0 While we sit and talk with Agnes, they either play and talk together or make up a game with whatever they find lying around.\u00a0 Caleb just smiles and tries to grab the books!\u00a0 Of course, all the ladies in the prison love to see and touch the white baby!\u00a0 Having never been in prison, I can only imagine what it must be like to be separated for that long from your spouse and children.\u00a0 Our arrival usually brings a smile to lots of faces.<\/p>\n

\"Reading<\/a>
Reading the Bible lessons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Will you please be praying for our family as we spend time with Agnes?\u00a0 Pray that we would be able to clearly communicate with her as we talk with her about the lessons and Scripture that she has been reading and studying.\u00a0 And please pray for Agnes<\/strong> -that she would have good understanding of what she is reading and that she would believe it!\u00a0 Please pray that Agnes will trust in Christ alone for her salvation!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every few weeks we pack up our kids, some food, and other necessary items and head off to prison.\u00a0 And we all love it!\u00a0 The rickety bridge we have to cross to get there sometimes makes our hearts beat a little faster, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":392,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-family","category-ministry","category-prayer-requests","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}