KAIROS OF GEORGIA NEWSLETTER

FALL 2008

I knew when I accepted the position of State Chairman for Kairos of Georgia in January 2008 there was a lot to do; I needed help but didn’t know how many incredibly generous people were going to step up and offer to get involved.

During the first four months of the New Year, we put in place:

• A new State Financial Secretary – Leonard Cole• A new State Treasurer – Beth Maycumber• A new Website and Website manager – Lee Turner• A new State Committee Secretary – Dennis Silvernail• A new 7-member Executive Committee• A new 3-member Community Startups Committee• A new 7-member State Communications Committee

I hope this doesn’t sound too much like the US Congress, “lots of committees where nothing gets done.” These volunteers hit the ground running and began making a difference immediately.

At the state meeting in May, we announced that Kairos was serving in 20 Men’s prisons, three women’s prisons, two Kairos Outside communities and one Torch community.

I would be remiss if I did not mention those important individuals who agreed to continue in their vital positions in support of Kairos.

Tom Liner agreed to serve an additional year as our international representative (and Jim Miller advisor)Bob Astalos, KI Observer Ron Walling, State Agape Coordinator (trying to retire)Wray Kessel, Communications coordinator (and Jim Miller advisor)Walt Kessel, Kairos of Georgia Newsletter Editor and State ArchivistSue Martin, Kairos Outside Coordinator and SpokespersonSteve and Sheila Durham, Torch CoordinatorsCarol Crankshaw, Newsletter distribution

In November, we congratulated Rosie and Ron Walling who finally get to retire after many years of faithful service to our community handling Agape for the state. Corrie and Chris Burgett were introduced as the new Agape Chairs and are very excited about serving at the state level.

James 2:24 - See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

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2SCHEDULES AND INFORMATION

MONTHLY REUNIONSIf you wish to attend a monthly reunion please contact the Institutional Liaison for that institution (not the Chaplain or Security) for a clearance form in order to be placed on the list. Names and phone numbers of Institutional Liaisons are listed below.PrisonName

ReunionDates–Sat

MeetingTime

InstitutionalLiaison

PhoneNumber

ASMP 3rd 8:30 AM Paul Balducci 706-793-4582

Autry 4th Fri 6:00PM “Woody” Wood, 229-294-1903

Calhoun 1st 10:00 AM Turner Bostwick 229-725-4155

Dooly 4th 9:00 AM Charles Jones 229-645-3303

GSP 1st 10:00 AM Rodney West 912-977-0009Hancock 3rd 8:30 AM Larry Sullivan 770-599-9112Hays 1st 8:30 AM Kurt Yaeger 770-704-6730D Ray James 4th 8:30AM Pete FayardLee 3rd 10:00 AM Harry Bryant 229-883-0017Lee Arrendale 2nd 12:00 N Teresa Osborne 706-486-2412Men’s 4th 9:00 AMMetro 1st 11:00 AM Karen Miller 770-777-0621Phillips 3rd 5:00 PM Bill Hardison 770-751-1727Pulaski 4th 12 Noon Sheila Canady 478-788-5439Rivers 1st 7:30 AM Ed Hall 478-452-4524Rogers 2nd 8:00 AM John Ross 912-897-3568Scott 2nd 9:00 AM Tom Adkisson 478-743-5579Valdosta 1st 8:00 AM Tommy McNeal 229-247-2414Valdosta Annex 3rd 8:00 AM Tommy McNeal 229-247-2414Washington 1st 8:00 AMWare 2nd 9:00 AM Jack O’Brien 912-449-3577Wilcox 2nd 9:30 AM Ben Waller 229-385-6304

ADVISORY COUNCILCHAIRMENPrisonName

CouncilChairman

PhoneNumber

ASMP TBA

Autry Curt Scott, 229-886-2373

Calhoun Mark Peak 229-435-6461

Dooly Eddie McLemore 229-273-2422

GSP Dennis Shasteen 912-876-8623

Hancock Chris Parker 770-775-6219

Hays John Timme 770-354-7624

D Ray James Harold Langevin 912-729-7361

Lee Roger Presnell 229-649-7151

Lee Arrendale Dianne Gibson 706-486-2412

Men’s Gene Brannen 478-986-0300

Metro Shirley Pettus 770-928-6187

Phillips Hal Benson 770-664-9118

Pulaski Joyce Bryant 912-264-4564

Rivers Gordon Cook 678-423-1069

Rogers Max Baldwin 912-598-8159

Scott Keith Forehand 478-986-4611

Valdosta/V. Annex TBA

Ware Allen Dukes 912-294-7051

Washington Edd Harrison 912-287-0440

Wilcox Russell Clark 912-568-7440

K Outside No. Alice Dickerson 770-214-1343

K Outside So. Ginger Gleaton 229-725-4445

Torch Steve Durham 229-853-7586

Chairman Jim Miller 770-777-0621

Vice Chairman Pete Pfeiffer 229-273-8839

Sec’y/Autry Dennis Silvernail 229-762-4082

Treasurer Beth Maycumber 770-830-8985

Financial Sec’y Leonard Cole 770-992-1131

Int’l Rep Pete Pfeiffer 229-273-8839

ASMP Gene LeFort 706-771-0343

Calhoun Bill Dixon 229-436-8804

Central Mike Nix 770-487-3679

D. Ray James Randy Ashurst 912-261-8989

Dooly Roger Jones 912-472-5221

GSP Arthur Pope 912-369-0452

Hancock Raymond Gray 770-460-9730

Hays Dave Renkes 404-219-4954

K. Outside North Sue Martin 770-631-7719

K. Outside South Ginger Gleaton 229-725-4445

Lee Bill Gahring 229-438-8875

Lee Arrendale Peggy Shipman 770-521-9320

Metro Ruth Patton 770-992-5016

Phillips Bob Boelter 770-205-7452

Pulaski Susan McCutchen 478-957-1654

Rivers Mike Nix 770-487-3679

Rogers Ted Stockholm 912-562-4161

Scott Lyle Brooks 478-808-0144

Torch Sheila Durham 229-853-7586

Valdosta/V. Annex Lee Turner 229-245-1903

Ware Jerry Peterson 912-638-0358

Wilcox John Clements 912-568-7617

GEORGIA STATE COMMITTEEMEN’S #5LeaderBob Lovett

Adv. LeaderBrad Edenfield

Obs. LeaderMatt Pippins

Dec. 11–14, 2008

ASMP #44

LeaderLou Carreras

Adv. LeaderLeo Maniccia

Obs. LeaderJeremy Wall

Feb. 19–22, 2009

PULASKI #27

LeaderWanda Ellington

Adv. LeaderBarbara Smith

Obs. LeaderLias Essick

Feb. 26–Mar. 1, 2009

WARE #32

LeaderJack Mounts

Adv. LeaderAllen Dukes

Obs. Leader

Mar. 12–15, 2009

SCOTT #8

LeaderTom Atkinson

Adv. LeaderLyle Brooks

Obs. LeaderConn Fontain

Mar. 19–22, 2009

ROGERS #20

LeaderFred Daniel

Adv. LeaderTed Stockholm

Obs. LeaderJack Corderre

Mar. 26–29, 2009

CENTRAL #2

LeaderRobert Washington

Adv. LeaderSteve Rutherford

Obs. LeaderEd Hall

Apr. 9–12, 2009

AUTRY #20

LeaderCurt Scott

Adv. LeaderMikah Kimler

Obs. LeaderKenneth Jarrett

April 16–19, 2009

KAIROS OUTSIDE NORTH #23

LeaderMary Turner

Adv. LeaderSybil Hill

Obs. LeaderArtie May Storey, Lorraine Jetter

Apr. 17–19, 2009

D. RAY JAMES #14

LeaderPete Fayard

Adv. LeaderRandy Ashurst

Obs. Leader

Apr. 30–May 3, 2009

HANCOCK #32

LeaderPerkins Williams

Adv. LeaderPete Gonzalez

Obs. LeaderJohn Hughes

May 14–17, 2009

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Sadly, the Lord recently called two treasured members of our Kairos family home. We will miss them very much and ask for continued prayers for the families of Wray Kessel and Brenda Halford.

2009 - The Plan Psalm 46:10 – Be Still and Know that I am God

• If it is the Lord;s will, we hope to expand Kairos Inside to include two additional men’s prisons.

• It is vital to this ministry that we increase our volunteer base. The goal for 2009 is to increase this base by 25%.

• Kairos Outside provides support and comfort to the female family members of the incarcerated. Kairos Outside’s guests come directly from the participants who attend Kairos. In 2009, Kairos In-side will be asked to become more active in promoting the Kairos Outside experience to the par-ticipants.

• We have scheduled four Advisory Council training workshops in 2009.

• And lastly, we are creating an archival listing of all the men and women participants who have at-tended a Kairos weekend in Georgia.

To achieve any and all of the above we need to pray, listen, listen, love, love and pray. Merry Christmas to all and may God continue to bless you and your family.

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Kairos Outside North #22 — Oct 17–19

Kairos Outside South #5 — Sept. 26–28

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The title may be as far as some of you get in reading my contribution to this edition of our Newsletter, but please read on. 

Communications, and I mean good, two-way  com-munications is, vital in every large organization, especially since we aren’t sitting in a cu-bicle next to our fellow volunteers. 

Now that we have clawed, kicking and screaming, into the 21st Century, the internet and e-mail have become more of a way of life than ever before and I can guarantee you that this will only become more so, in time. 

So, how does this affect the volunteers of Kairos of Georgia?  First e-mail is a very efficient way of transmitting information to a large group of people faster than any other me-dium I can think of.  It is relatively instantaneous and very reliable (with a couple of issues, I’ll speak to shortly).

Modern e-mail programs allow users to build mailing lists catered to specific functional areas.  I have a Georgia State Committee List, and Advi-sory Council Chairs list a Valdosta Advisory Coun-cil list and an Executive Committee list. 

As I strive to keep our website information current, these lists are critical.  Advisory Council Chairs and State Committee representatives would be wise to maintain and use an e-mail list

for their respective community volunteers.  Most people have gotten to be experts at forwarding jokes to the 10,000 people in their e-mail address

book.  Let’s use those same tal-ents to spread the word through God’s Kairos ministry.

The issues arise when people who have advertised an e-mail address do not check it regularly, and e-mail services that block those e-mails incorrectly identified as SPAM (unsolicited commercial e-mails).  The first issue I can’t do any more than encourage those in positions of responsibility to check their e-mail on a regular basis. 

E-mail and our website (www.kairosofgeorgia.org) are our primary means of communicating

time-sensitive information to the volunteers throughout the state. 

The 2nd issue is e-mail services themselves.  Some e-mail services block e-mail from people who were not previously in your address book (AOL).  Free services are notorious for attempting to overprotect their users from SPAM (Yahoo!, Hotmail, gmail, etc.). 

Here’s the offer!  Our website hosting plan al-lows us an unlimited number of e-mail accounts.  Should you desire a kairosofgeorgia.org e-mail ac-count, just let me know.  A link to contact me is at the bottom of every page of our website.  I’ll setup the account and then send you information on how to set it up in your computer and check it.

Kairos of Georgia E-mailBy Lee Turner, Webmaster

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My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: I am very happy to announce that Chris and

Corrie Burgett are now the Agape Chair for Kairos of Georgia. Chris has been involved in Kairos for six years and led the team for Phillips #4. Corrie has been at Metro for three years and Agape Chair for two years. Hopefully I will lead a team next year.

We officially would like to thank Ron Walling for his many years of service—I believe it was 15 years. He did a tremendous job and we hope to be able to do as well.

We are hoping to make a simple change that may save some money. We would like all the agape chairs from each prison to have the agape team for the weekend create an 8 by 11 poster that can be scanned to the computer. At present, we get many agape requests from all over the world. Please have the residents and team sign it and pray over it. You can make more than one if you wish. We are hop-

ing to get this twice a year so we can change what we send out.

We certainly are also accepting posters for local prisons in Georgia. We will exchange them when we attend the quarterly meeting. Again, we are try-ing not to send much by mail since it does become expensive. We do realize that some of the agape will need to be mailed. We also would like the agape chairs to check to see if any #1 Kairos week-ends are occurring and if so, we will be happy to mail posters to that prison.

Since we are new to the position, we are open to suggestions. You can contact either Chris or my-self at chrisburgett@bellsouth.net or coralieburgett@bellsouth.net. You can also reach us by phone at 678-297-9091. Our snail mail ad-dress is 110 Leeward Run Ct., Alpharetta, GA 30005.

Peace to you all. Chris and Corrie Burgett

INTRODUCINGOur New Agape Chairs

February 6-8, 2009 — NORCROSS, GA(Combined KI & KO AKT)Contact: Jan Thrower,plainjan@yahoo.com  352-473-7896,

April 3-5, 2009 — WAVERLY, GAContact: Jan Thrower, plainjan@yahoo.com, 352-473-7896

June 5-7, 2009 — JACKSONVILLE, FLContact: Jan Thrower plainjan@yahoo.com or 352-473-7896

July 10-12, 2009 — RALEIGH, NC (Kairos Inside, Outside and Torch)Contact:  Ted Cashion – TedCashion@nc.rr.com – 919 859 1709 or Bob Clinkscales – clinkscales@inteliport.com – 252 426 7720

July 29-Aug 2, 2009 — BRADENTON, FLContact: Chuck Bradley, hcikairos@tampabay.rr.com or (727) 214-7087

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The rewards of Kairos Prison Ministry service are endless and eternal. Perhaps the best part is the friends the Lord gives us in His service. Wray Kessel was a friend to every Kairos volunteer she knew, and the list of those she knew and served in the ministry is very long. She defined selfless service. Wray died about a week ago at this writing.

This is a personal tribute, so I pray you will indulge my sto-ries. All of us have our own sto-ries of Wray and Walt Kessel, and those memories are pre-cious. And you cannot talk about Wray without talking about Walt. They are examples to me of many qualities to which I aspire, and foremost is their devotion to each other. Then their devotion to our Lord through this ministry. I joined my first Kairos team in 1996, and it was not long after that when I met them because I foolishly agreed to be the coordinator on the second weekend I worked. It probably was about that time that the phone rang, and I heard that soft voice on the other end: “Tom, have you thought about . . . ?” It was Wray, of course, reminding me of something I had forgotten to do, or did not know I was supposed to do, or had put off doing too long. Many of you know what I mean. Thus be-gan one of the richest friendships of my life.It was the next year or perhaps the one after that when I met Wray and Walt in person at the state

committee meeting. We served five prisons and, I think, one Kairos Outside community in those days, and Wray kept up with them all. Not just which prisons and the weekend dates and Reunion dates, but who the Rector was and who was ob-

serving and who was coordinat-ing and all that. All of it.

Soon Wray was our Secre-tary. I always thought Walt was our Archivist, but he tells me that Wray was also the Archivist for Kairos of Georgia and he did the physical labor of maintaining the data.

The ministry grew, and it was a bumpy ride. And Wray still kept up with all of it. Wray and Walt were faithful, good times and bad. Always serving, always in touch, always available with whatever information you

needed when you needed it. Sometimes with a word of correction so gentle that you didn’t know you had just been corrected, but thought it just a pleasant conversation—and, oh, by the way, I need to do this differently. Real humility. Wray never told me to do it her way; she always let me know how to do it the right way.

Wray was State Secretary for a long time. I remember the meeting when the committee was serious about rotation, until I pointed out to them that we would have to rotate Wray out of the Secretary’s job. Unthinkable! That was funny. But it also was a measure of the respect we paid her—and how much we needed her. She served Kairos

In Memoriam: Mrs. Wray KesselBy Tom Liner

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of Georgia literally until she could no longer do it physically, and far beyond the limits when most would have quit. And she and Walt continued to serve Coastal State Prison as volunteers every week in addition to their Kairos obligations until the week she went into the hospital. When she was asked how long she would keep going to Coastal, she said God had told her to go, and He hadn’t yet told her to quit. And they served their church and were recognized for outstanding lay service to the Catholic Diocese of Savannah.

If you have not known the Kessels personally, you may not be aware that these two selfless ser-vants, who volunteered to do so much for Kairos of Georgia for so long, were never able to work a weekend. Wray was the victim of a disease that resulted in her losing her sense of balance. In that regard she was almost physically helpless. Every-thing she did, Walt helped her. Everywhere she went, Walt took her. And they went to many places and did many things. All the years I knew Wray, she used a walker or was in a wheel chair. Walt’s attention to his wife’s needs made him a humbling example to me. They are both my he-roes.

But what I shall miss most is Wray’s quiet voice on my telephone.

“KAIROS – God’s Special Time”“WRAY KESSEL – One of God’s special people.”

By Tom CrankshawI first came to know Wray Kessel back in 1990

when WARE STATE PRISON was opened for weekend number one. It did not take very long for me to realize that she was truly “One of God’s Special People“ To know her was to know HIM.

There may be some just as dedicated to Kairos as she was but none more than she was. She served the role of secretary for six years or more keeping all of us on the State committee “be-tween the banks” at the same time realizing that we were all volunteers.

But what I most want to share with you is what happened recently at her funeral at her church in Savannah. You would have really had to know Wray and Walt Kessel to fully understand what I am about to tell you.

About half way thru the funeral service the lights flickered and than went out leaving the room somewhat darker and the organist unable to play the organ. I thought to my self Hmm! Must be God’s way of showing us that one of HIS brightest lights had gone out when she left us.

The service music was finished on a baby grand piano that sounded very clear and beautiful. After the service was over the Priest announced that the piano in the church was donated to the church by one Wray Kessel just last year. Another thought came to my mind “GOD does work in mysterious ways.

After the service we were invited to lunch at the organist’s home, as Walt had asked Carol if we would attend as he would like to spend a little more time with us before we returned to Bruns-wick.

While talking with and sharing with Walt about Wray I brought up the fact about the lights going out and what a coincidence that the lights would go out and the music would be finished using her piano.

Walt looked me straight in the eye and said that was no coincidence “she had HIM turn out those lights so we would use her piano for her going away music.”

There was no mistaking the smile of Love on Walt’s face for he truly loved her as much as any man has ever loved and respected his wife.

Knowing Wray as I did, and you may have known her also, there was no doubt in my mind that what Walt said was true. She will be sadly missed but not forgotten for a long, long, long time.

GOODBYE WRAY KESSEL

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VOLUNTEERINGThere are several ways that you can get involved in Kairos of Georgia. One of the most important ways is to volunteer to be on a team that will go into the prison to share Christ’s love with inmates. You don’t have to have been on a street weekend (Walk to Emmaus, Tres Dias, Cursillo) in order to participate in Kairos, but you will need to attend your first Kairos weekend as a participant as well as a team member so that you will have participated in a weekend yourself. For information contact:

Kairos Prison Ministry Box #212

12460 Crabapple Rd. STE 202 Alpharetta, Ga. 30004-6646

DONATINGKairos Prison Ministry International, Inc is a 501c(3) non-profit tax-exempt organization. Contributions may be deductible on your tax return. Please check with your accountant. A large part of what allows us to reach new prisons and maintain the ones we are currently ministering in is through the giving of businesses and individuals. It takes between $3,000-$5,000 to put on a Kairos weekend in a prison. It takes around $10,000-$12,000 to start Kairos at a new prison.

Donations can be made through The United Way and designated to Kairos. Anyone that is making or wants to make a donation to United Way can des-ignate it to go to KPMI, but please be sure to use our State Treasurer’s address, otherwise it will go to the International Office. You can even designate which Kairos prison community the money will support.

Your gift will go to minister to men and women who need to know the love of Christ. Please con-

tact Beth Maycumber, Treasurer if you would like more information or to make a donation.

Beth Maycumber/ Georgia State Treasurer Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. 346 Berry Ct. Villa Rica, GA 30180 678-234-3359

If your gift is in memory of or honor of someone, please include the name of the person you are honoring and the name and address of the person to be notified of your generosity.

“Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good founda-tion for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.”

—1 Timothy 6:18-19Please make checks payable to: Kairos Prison Min-istry International, Inc.

GETTING INVOLVEDIN KAIROS

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The measure of a man is not the number of servants he has, but

the number of people he serves.

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KairosDonor is a windows based software pro-gram that is written specifically to assist the Kairos Advisory Council Financial Secre-tary in implementing the ministry’s Financial Policies & Practices. Every Advisory Council, whether Kairos Inside, Kairos Outside, or Kairos Torch should be using KairosDonor for nurtur-ing the donor base that supports the local minis-try, and for conducting the ministry’s financial steward-ship in a consistent manner across the ministry.

We have distributed the Donor Software pro-gram to 21 of the 27 advisory councils within the state of Georgia and most of the councils have in-stalled the software and have reported that it is working.

We have also sent deposit slips to each of the Advisory Council Financial

Secretaries that have suc-cessfully installed the software and several of them are now making deposits directly with

the bank. The Advisory Council Financial Secretar-

ies are also now issuing ac-knowledgment letters to con-

tributors through the Donor soft-ware program and are submitting de-

posit reports to the State Financial Secretary.Please continue to deliver contributions to your

Advisory Council Financial Secretary or to the State Treasurer, Beth Maycumber, and ask the con-tributors to post the appropriate prison in the memo section of the checks they provide. This will allow us to accurately assign the contribution to the appropriate Prison Advisory Council.

KairosDonor Software UpdateBy Leonard E. Cole, State Financial Secretary

EZRA – Chapel Speaker’s GuideEZRA is a tool to assist in organizing the weekend and the weekend leader. One of the

most effective tools EZRA provides is the Chapel Speaker’s Guide.First a leader must assign all the clergy meditations, talks and the Isaiah homily. Next the leader must enter this information in EZRA. Once these steps are complete, the leader prints the pages and inserts them into a 3-ring

binder. This book contains all the chapel meditations and talks assigned to the designated clergy.

The material is printed in the order it is to be read throughout the weekend and even provides a reminder for clergy to turn the page for the next reader.

The chapel speaker’s guide should remain on the lectern at all times for the clergy’s use during the weekend.

The Chapel Speakers Guide is one more tool EZRA provides making the job of weekend leadership easier while at the same time, making it easier on the clergy.

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What an exciting opportunity to improve our Kairos communities!

Kairos National has observed that across the country, as here in Georgia, the health and vibrancy of Kairos communities is directly related to the health and vibrancy of their Advisory Councils.

Where the Advisory Council is fully staffed and fully functioning, teams also are fully staffed and the community has stability and consistency.

National believes this so deeply they are conducting Advisory Council Training across the country. Only a few key National Office people are authorized to do this training.

Bill Rushing, who is responsible for all Kairos Inside functioning in the entire country, will be here to conduct this training.

The meetings will be held in four different locations to make it as convenient as possible for a maxi-mum number of people to participate. Each meeting will start at 9:00 AM and will end by 1:00 PM.The locations and dates will be as follows:

January 10th – Roswell, Zion Missionary Baptist Church, January 17th – DublinFebruary 21st – ValdostaFebruary 28th – Albany

It is crucial that we have representation from ALL Advisory Councils, and that we have as many mem-bers of our Kairos communities as can possibly make it, whether a member of an Advisory Council or not.

Please read the Advisory Council Operating Procedures (ACOP), available on both Georgia and Na-tional websites,* in preparation for the meetings. Bring your questions, concerns and issues. Bill Rushing is an excellent group leader, and will help us get the maximum from our time together.

As time gets closer we will ask for an RSVP so we have an idea of how many people to prepare for.Let’s take good advantage of this unique opportunity!

Questions? Contact Pete Pfeiffer or Bob Astalos

* < http://kairosofgeorgia.org/>

ADVISORY COUNCIL TRAINING

The latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population.

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Hello KAIROS Sisters & BrothersI’ve been attending KAIROS for a long time

now. I was first introduced to KAIROS in 1985 or a little later, at GWCI. GWCI stands for Georgia Women’s Connectional Institution. During that time that was the only female prison in the State of Georgia. Since then, I’ve had many opportuni-ties to attend KAIROS.

KAIROS isn’t a group that is here today and gone tomorrow and we never see them again. Because of that fact, KAIROS has left an everlast-ing impression on my heart.

One scripture that comes to mind when I think of my visit from my sisters-in-Christ is: Mat-thew 25:35 & 36, but I’m focusing on the verse that states, “ I was in Prison and you came to me.”

Now that particular scripture was been made alive to me for years and still is now. God supplied just what I needed. When my family isn’t able to visit, at lease I know I will get visits from my KAIROS sisters.

I believe for people to invest themselves and their money on someone year after year, after year is certainly nothing but the faithfulness and the compassion of God. Thank you for deeming me to be just that special. With all that love you bestowed upon me, I just had to pass it on.

Just recently, I met this young lady. We’ve

moved three different times and we have always ended up in the same dorm. So we have become friends. I’m trying to be the best friend I can be to her and help her in anyway I can. I haven’t intro-duced her to Jesus, but I’m working on it.

In stressful times God has enabled me to help lighten my sisters’ loads. Sometimes by giving them a stamp, a soup, or sharing the whole works. Now the whole works is a soup, cheese crackers, chips, and a Prison made pie, along with my great com-pany. Oh yes! and something to drink, Kool-ade, tea or a soda. Other times I’m praying for others’ needs or encouraging someone along the way.

It’s a blessing for people to stand in the gap for others whether it’s financially providing food, clothes or just praying for one another. I thank God for using me to be able to stand in the gap for others. For it’s been only by His grace and mercy that I’m alive. Man wanted to put me in the electric chair, but God did not allow that to happen. That wasn’t his plan, nevertheless, I’ve been in Prison 23 years but 23 years beats the chair any day. God has a purpose for me and it’s to tell others about Him and to share His loving kindness with others.

Thank you for allowing me to be the speaker today.

Man wanted to put her to death,

but God said “NO”

A Fourth Day Talkfrom a

Recent Women’s Weekend

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