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April 4, 2013

Dear Friends,

 It is the Easter season—springtime, when dead things get new life!  At  the Miramar Brig, we’re studying 1 Peter on Thursday nights. This week, we’ll be  looking at 1 Peter 3, with that great resurrection truth in verse 18: For Christ  also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might  bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit  (ESV).  On Easter Monday, I was visiting with Jason at East Mesa Reentry  Facility (formerly East Mesa Detention Facility).  He had shaved off his
beard to represent the new life that we celebrate at Easter.  Jason is one  of four men in our PRO Mentors class at EMRF who will be released this week and  next.  Jason and Rudy will be going to local treatment facilities; Rob is  being released on his own (and will live with family) and Martin has permission  from his parole agent to live where he works for the time being.  Pray for  these men to walk closely with their Lord as they are released.  I will be  mentoring Jason and Rob; my colleague Tom will mentor Rudy, and we’re still  recruiting a mentor for Martin (preferably, someone who is fluent in  Spanish).

Tom and I have scheduled a training session for new mentors on Saturday, May  4.  Please pray for us as we recruit men to invest in the lives of  reentering offenders—that their reentry will be permanent.  We have a  steady 12 men attending our bi-weekly 90-minute class at EMRF, with a new man or  two showing up each meeting.  As of now, we have two men being released in  May, two in June, and two in July.

In addition, I offer the PRO program to recently-paroled men at three or four  meetings per month.  On Tuesday of this week Guillermo and Mario asked for  help.  Last month, Chris and Greg asked for help.  I’ve already met  with Greg twice.  Can you tell we need more mentors?  Please pray.

At the Miramar Brig, we have had as many as 16 men attend our study in 1  Peter.  The youngest man attending, Jon, has been bringing two or three  friends each week.  Keep praying for growth in these men.

Bruce (released in February of this year) reports from New Jersey that he has  found a church and has housing and food, but needs to find a job.

I was able to visit Clark in Arizona last month.  (Clark is a former  Army medic serving life without parole) He is still anti-Christian, but he is  showing signs of beginning to understand the Truth.  He is fascinated with  the writings of C.S. Lewis.  We correspond a couple of times each  month.

Your financial contributions to this ministry will help keep men out of  prison, which will save taxpayers at least $25 a day!  Experts agree that  providing treatment, housing, and jobs for ex-offenders helps, but what is  really needed is to change the way they think.  In other words,  ex-offenders need Jesus, and they need to know how to think and act Christianly.  Thank you for your prayers and donations!


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