When Carai was a child, he thought as a child, played and dreamed as a child. Now that he's an adult, he's put away his childhood dreams. And with the support of a Pell Grant, he's embracing a second chance for a new future.

"When I was younger, I was only good in athletics," he remembers. "As I got older and discovered a love for reading, I wanted to be an international business lawyer. I wanted to study history or philosophy and then go to law school."

However, one night in 2016 proved to be a tragic detour in Carai’s path. After bad choices led to a fatal car crash, he was sent to prison to begin a 30-year DUI sentence.

Valerie watched her son slide into a dark place after entering prison. "In the first couple of years, he was feeling hopeless," she recalls.

With such a long bid ahead of him, Carai needed a way into the bright future he once dreamed of. But how?

Prisons across the country are on lockdown due to COVID-19, and Bibles are one of the only ways to still get hope behind prison bars. And nothing provides hope like the living Word of God. The demand for Bibles is at an all-time high. Will you help us meet the need? Please give generously today and your gift will be doubled thanks to a matching grant!

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