Prison Ministry

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="196dcde1ddualp.gif"> <div> Prison Ministry   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CCCC99" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="default.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Borgans Heavenly Home Page"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=160 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="196dedc2ddualp.gif"> <div> <A HREF="id239.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Easter Baptism 2000"><U><B>Easter Baptism 2000</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=396 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="19764643.gif"> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="360f40c0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="268" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>March 2001</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Gordon, Amy and Jamie Moore visit the prison unit with us.  Gordon sings an outstanding</div> <div> solo.  Men and women pray to accept Christ and many plan to be baptized Easter Sunday.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>May 16, 2000</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Our most recent blessing is that on May 7 when we arrived at the prison we</div> <div> were given a bundle of papers which were official requests made by inmates</div> <div> to be allowed to come to our class.  Among these requests were six from the</div> <div> new, women's unit at the prison.  (Women were only admitted a few weeks</div> <div> ago) We were asked if we could start a new class for them.  So with</div> <div> gratitude to the Lord for opening up another door of opportunity to serve</div> <div> Him, we had our first class with the women.  They sang with all their</div> <div> hearts and  thanked us so much for coming to teach them about Jesus. What a</div> <div> blessing for us!  At both services there were several who prayed to ask</div> <div> Jesus into their hearts, one of  whom was a Muslim.  We thank the Lord so</div> <div> much for his grace to us all. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="362c2870.jpg" border=0 width="706" height="391" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> March 2001 visit to the Women's Unit with the Gordon, Amy and Jamie Moore</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>April 23, 2000</B></I></div> <bR> <div> On Easter Sunday we celebrated the Resurrection with seven men following</div> <div> the Lord in believers' baptism.  It had been raining all week but on Sunday the skies </div> <div> cleared in perfect timing for the outdoor service.  David gave a message on how </div> <div> baptism is the symbol of our identification with Christ's death and resurrection.  </div> <bR> <div> The men were full of joy as they gave public testimony to their faith in Jesus Christ</div> <div> before the assembled inmates and guards.</div> <bR> <div> Click here to see photos of <A HREF="id239.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Easter Baptism 2000"><U>Easter Baptismal service</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> On Easter Sunday we baptized seven men at our local prison.  It was a</div> <div> wonderful day in every way.  It had rained for two weeks beforehand and had</div> <div> been very cold.  Since the baptisms are always out of doors, good weather</div> <div> is essential.  The Lord blessed us with a warm, sunny day and not a drop of</div> <div> rain.  Many guards stayed to watch the baptisms and hear David's message. </div> <div> Last week we presented each of the men with a Bible and baptismal</div> <div> certificate.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>February 6, 2000</B></I></div> <div> We praise the Lord that tonight four men at the prison prayed to ask Jesus</div> <div> to forgive them and be their Saviour!  It was really exciting to see these</div> <div> men listen intently to Jesus' words "I am the Good Shepherd" and "I am the</div> <div> door" and respond so eagerly to David's invitation.  Please pray this week</div> <div> for  Manuel, Joaquín, Juan José and Jesús in their new-found faith.  Pray</div> <div> that the Lord would be very real to them as they read the Scriptures we</div> <div> gave them.</div> <bR> <div> Thank you so much for your faithful prayers,</div> <bR> <div> Joy & David</div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=34 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="196dcde1ddualp.gif"> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Meetings"><U><B><IMG SRC="13b16180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History"><U><B><IMG SRC="13a16180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ministry"><U><B><IMG SRC="13916180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id239.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Easter Baptism 2000"><U><B><IMG SRC="13c16180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="down" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>