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Inmate Family Encouragement

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Through you, God is bringing him unto Christ… and to you I am eternally grateful.

Occasionally God allows us to glimpse the fruit of our labors for Him. This letter came unsolicited from the fiancé of an inmate in an AZ prison who found a copy of Doing His Time devotional in Spanish. We are grateful to God for allowing us to be of service by providing the Gospel to these men and women through
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Dec 08 2014
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A Helping Hand This Holiday Season

Here is a little look behind the walls this Holiday Season…The Holidays are a joyful time for many of us, but a desperately depressing time for those in prison. More than 90% of all inmates NEVER get a letter or a visit while they are in prison. Over 90%…This is my friend Timothy Callis, who, since the age of 12,
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Nov 25 2014
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$6.00 Can Make a Difference

Is there a hunger and desire for the truth of Jesus inside prison walls? Inside Journal the in-prison newspaper published and distributed by Prison Fellowship Ministries ran an ad for our prison devotional offering to send it free of charge to any inmate who requested a copy. What you see in the picture is one day’s mail! Over 200 requests
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Nov 12 2014
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Meet Desiree, a woman blessed by God and a product of Doing HIS Time’s 72 Hour Fund.

Desiree was at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility when she attended a meeting sponsored by DHT to introduce 72 Hour Fund to ladies who were interested. At this meeting she met Suzy Mays, wife of our Operations Manager, Mr. Chris Mays. Desiree had completed the cosmetology training inside DWCF, so was getting out with skills to support herself upon her
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Nov 05 2014
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Kneeling With Those Who’ve Stumbled

Last week I had the privilege of being in the DHT HQ in Wheat Ridge for five days interviewing and speaking to the many Barn-A-Bus riders and 72 Hour Fund clients. There was Willy (all names have been changed) who was homeless and without good shoes. He was dirty, smelled like he could use a shower and had the ghost
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Oct 23 2014