One That Got Away

Posted by on Apr 10, 2010 in Prison Ministry, Welcome, Zack Moody | 0 comments A letter from the Superintendant “Jeff and Brryan, Thanks for your visit to Broward Regional Juvenile Department of corrections.   The presentation shared with the youth was terrific.  The kids eyes were really riveted on you and I do believe they came away with some thought provoking ideas, solutions and comments. I will be writing a brief article to be posted on the FDJJ...
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Juvenile Justice Centers in Florida

Posted by on Apr 10, 2010 in Jeff Moody, Prison Ministry | 0 comments So Many New Opportunities God continues to provide opportunities I could not have imagined for myself. Perhaps the greater blessing is the boldness to walk through the doors He opens. In January we shared with five churches and twenty-two Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Facilities. (FDJJ) Brryan, Chris and Zack traveled with me and through our first experience in this setting, it was first...
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A letter from a boy at one of the facilities

Posted by on Apr 4, 2010 in Chris Keith, Prison Ministry, Welcome | 0 comments “March 24, 2010 Dear Upward Bound Outreach, I just wanted to drop a few lines to you and thank you for coming to Bay Point on last Tuesday, March 23, 2010. My name is Telvin and I am 13 years old. I have been here for seven months and never had anyone come speak with us like both of you did. I really felt bad for Brryan and what his father did to him. I especially want to thank him for his...
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Heart Broken by Zack Moody

Posted by on Mar 25, 2010 in Prison Ministry, Welcome, Zack Moody | 0 comments It is Thursday night and we have completed 8/25 Juvenile Justice Facilities and Detention Centers. We thank God for these opportunities here in Florida. There are so many broken teens, it is unbelievable. On Tuesday, a boy was sitting in the front, near the end where Brryan and my dad were shaking everyone’s hand and he did not want to receive it. My dad asked him if he could at least tell him...
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Florida Trip Juvenile Justice Facility #1 by Chris Keith

Posted by on Feb 16, 2010 in Chris Keith, Prison Ministry, Welcome | 0 comments This was my first detention center so I was a little nervous, the rest of the guys had already done a weeks worth of engagements so they were more prepared. As we walked into the juvenile detention center the director took our keys and cell phones before we could enter (as it was in all facilities). I would later learn that some facilities would let you bring in items to record the program but...
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Coming to an End (January 29)

Posted by on Jan 30, 2010 in Prison Ministry, Zack Moody | 0 comments This morning, we finished our last two Juvenile Facilities. It has been a lot of fun. God is doing some cool stuff in these places.  Yesterday, we were able to have lunch at the level ten, Maximum Security facility.  It was our first lunch with the youth this whole trip. We ate in a board room kind of place on a huge table. I felt like donald trump. We ate with 8 boys and each of them was the...
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