BEHIND THE WIRE: ANGEL

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. ---Jeremiah 29:11

     Angel is a student in our MINTS Seminary in Prison program at Dade Correctional Institution DCI. He has been in and out of jail and prisons since he was 10 years old. He is 51 and has been incarcerated for more than 30 years of his life. He is now serving a life sentence without possibility of parole.

     It was while he was in solitary confinement that Christ came into that cell, met Angel, and regenerated him. His spiritually dead heart of stone became a heart beating with spiritual life. "I surrendered my life to Jesus, without realizing that it was actually all His doing--He calls, He justifies, and He ultimately glorifies!"

     Angel believes Jeremiah 29:11, that the Lord has plans for his welfare, for a future and a hope for him, even there behind the wire at DCI.

     Angel said, "It is my belief that the Lord has called me to minister in this place, and to give by grace what He has given me through His wonderful grace. MINTS Seminary has proven to be an important part of my walk with Christ. I have been provided with sound doctrine, and educated on important biblical truth, that I may also share them in the Great Commission.

     "I have found support and dedication to help me in my ministry of evangelism in this place of sorrow and pain. In the midst of this terrible place, I've been able to share God's sovereignty through these difficult circumstances. Yes, He walks with us, through pain and suffering."

     I recently wrote a reference letter for Angel's Department of Corrections file. I wrote that I have found Angel to be faithful, loyal, and a hard worker who demonstrates integrity, all of which are true. Today, with tears in his eyes, Angel told me that in his 51 years, no one has ever said anything like that about him.

     God is at work behind the wire at DCI.

     Angel is on track to graduate with an associate of arts degree in theological studies in June.

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