THE SCARS ON HER ARMS WEREN’T THE END OF THE STORY
“I wanted to have a new life and be a new creation. That’s why I wanted to start going to church, and I wanted to be in the presence of others who were following Him.”
—Nancy
The night before Nancy turned herself in for robbery, she could barely think straight. She was malnourished. She hadn’t slept in more than a week. Track marks on her arms traced a long struggle with addiction.
She reached up to the sky and said, “Lord, please help me, because I can’t do this to myself anymore.”
By the time she arrived at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility near Portland, Oregon, she had lost her partner to a drug overdose. She mourned the loss of her own life, too, due to all her destructive choices and wasted years. She was ready to try anything if it might help her change.
By reaching men and women in prison and their families with the message of God’s unconditional love, you help heartbroken families know they are precious and valued in God’s eyes. With your help, we can bring the hope of the Gospel to even more people in prison and their families—and transform more lives for eternity!
God is moving in the lives of incarcerated men at Washington State Penitentiary and Snake River Correctional Institution, where people are learning how to lead purposeful and productive lives through a transformative program called Prison Fellowship Academy®. Watch God’s power at work.
