I'm Going To Prison

Yep.  That's right.  I'm going to prison.  Several years ago, I heard God tell me that I should go into Prison Ministry.  I didn't think I heard Him right since the nearest prison to me, at the time, was 5 hours away.

I've experienced the joy in obeying God and THIS?!?!  The best.

In the process of moving to Denver, I knew it was in obedience to God, God's will for our life.  It was SO obvious.  I wrote down a number for my salary to be in order to pay for all of our bills on what I made alone.  Then Travis's unpredictable income would just be icing on the cake.  My offer came in at $10K over that number.  I had 8 interviews to get the job.  One of them was at the same time as a presentation my boss, Steve, and I had to our VP.  I just said, "OK God. You are bigger than my work schedule".  If it's meant to be, I'll make the interview.  The day before, our VP rescheduled our presentation.  Door remained open, so I walked through it.

The biggest God moment happened with Travis.  He knew the HR hiring rep and Brian Moses, the hiring manager.  All of the conversations with Brian and HR centered around Travis, and if he'd be okay moving.  Then, one day, late in the process.  Travis said, "I'm supposed to email them and tell them to hire you.  Give me their email addresses."  Oh boy.  Me, not in control?  And what husband contacts the new company on behalf of their wife?  Mid freak out, I heard God say, "Do you trust your faithful husband?" Yes.  Yes I do.  So I gave the emails to Travis and let it go.  Whew.  Not my normal!

Travis emailed them and said that if I was the best candidate for the job to hire me and we'd move in an instant.  I got the job offer that day.  ONLY GOD

I had been in Denver about 6 months when I heard "Prison Ministry" again.  It was on a Saturday.  I googled "Prison near me" and I live about 20 minutes from Denver Women's Correctional Facility.  NOT a coincidence.  But I can't just walk into a prison and ask to help.  So I googled what I heard.  Prison Fellowship ministry was the first result.  I filled out their short questionnaire.  On Monday, I was contacted and I've been volunteering ever since.

It's been incredible.  And all God. I wouldn't have thought to go to such a dark place on my own.  God wanted light to be there, so off I go!