My experiences ministering at the jail are so vast, so strange at times, as well as sorrowful, I doubt I can put words to my thoughts today. 

A young woman, 20? Has attended my Bible study, and it's the first Bible study she's ever been too. What a privilege for me!!! She is thin, petite, timid on the outside, always walks with her head down, her conversations are fragmented, she speaks with little more than a whisper, but when she does talk, she has no filter and just spills her thoughts out with no restraint. But surprisingly, she is very bright and her thoughts and questions always amaze me. 

She is cute, but seems to go to great links to hide it. She's shaved her head and her eyebrows, why, I have no idea? I've yet to learn her story, but in the years I've spent with men and women in jail, I know her past is harsh, dark, and whelming.

But this little person has captured this near eighty year old heart. And it appears there's something the Lord has done to give her a fondness for me. What a joy, how gratifying! 

I saw her last night and she said she had a note for me. Huh? That's interesting, I couldn't wait to read it. As I began trying to decipher it, I had to smile because I don't think I've ever read a note that so clearly illustrated the author! I wish she wrote it in darker letters, but, like I said, she speaks in a whisper. 

But within that whisper are these sweeping, bold and artistic letters, along with almost illegible thoughts and curious ramblings, again, illustrating her personality to a T! I had to read it over and over to come to the conclusion she was saying she enjoys the meetings, and when she is released she would like to hear me again and she wondered if I spoke at the women's shelter I recommended for her. I don't, but I think I'll ask her to friend me on FaceBook so we can continue to chat. 99% of the time, inmates never follow through, but I hope she does......

Here's her letter --