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PASTORS T O PRISONERS SUPPORT Click on th musical nots abov for music Volum 5, No. 1 Octobr 2005 d i s n i c n r f f i d h T Insid this issu: J sus pri son work T oday I st in a rstaurant across from a man (I ll call Al). Not long ago Al st across th dsk from m in a vry diffrnt plac, a prison chapl offic. H was thn a chapl clrk. What a dramatic chang for a rtird commandr from th U.S. Navy. Thr was a man who by his own admission DID NOT nd God. H took car of things himslf and h did not nd God. Today h is whr I long to s all th mn who srv tim. H was sitting across th tabl from m, a born again blivr, a child of God who knows h is born of God, agr to glorify God in attitud, action and word. His tstimony is that by taking car of things himslf and not trusting or bliving God, h put himslf in a plac so vil that h was drivn to God. H bcam convincd that h had to allow th Lord Jsus Christ to tak ovr his lif. H had mad a mss of it. H attndd a Kairos Wknd, and th unconditional lov of th voluntrs furthr brok down th barrirs that kpt him from faith. Aftr coming to faith in Jsus h immdiatly calld his wif and bgan sharing with hr his nw found pac and joy. His wif finally consntd to attnd th countrpart program for wivs, daughtrs, girlfrinds and mothrs who ar lft at hom, Kairos Outsid. Th rsult is that his wif cam Click on th to faith. pictur for a 2 Yard Pastor Rports 2-6 Organization Chart 2 Prayr Alrt 3 Day in th Lif 4 P2P Mailbag 4 Bits from Board Mting 5 Th Word Insid 6 Donation Form 7 Calndar/Statistics 7 Th Final Word 8 prsonal mssag Al told m that for him, th whol xprinc, th far and humiliation of incarcration, loosing th rspct of ministry s nwslttr bgan bing publishd in both a full-color digital format and a traditional B&W printd format. If you ar rading th printd nwslttr and would lik th nw full-color nwslttr dlivrd to your mail inbox, plas lt us know. All you nd to do is mail us at: info@pastorstoprisonrs.org with th subjct lin Add to mail list. Thn, you will find Th Diffrnc Insid dlivrd to your inbox rathr than your mailbox. You will b saving us printing costs and postag mony bttr spnt on T h D i f f r n c i n si d g o s di g i ta l! Evryday, things chang; and so it is with Th Diffrnc Insid. Pastors to Prisonrs has bn publishing an ongoing nwslttr for many yars. Bginning last yar, th Rv. Jack Oin, Foundr th community, frinds and family was worth it, bcaus it drov him to (Continud on pag 3) our ministry. W hop you njoy th nw look and th nw articls. Your contributions to Th Diffrnc Insid and fdback ar important and always wlcomd. God is Grat, All th Tim! Rod Stark, Ed.

P AGE 2 A fw words from th foundr... Prais b to th God and Fathr of our Lord Jsus Christ who has givn us vrything w nd for lif and godlinss in this prsnt ag. W hav th opportunity to shar this mssag with thos whom socity has cast asid. Ovr th past 12 months, w hav prachd ovr 500 srvics in two stat prisons hr in southrn California, just a drop in th buckt whn considring thr ar 32 prisons total. Most ministris involv praching and counsling but thr is anothr important aspct to this ministry. Th majority of ths mn hav nvr obsrvd a Christian handling th falln world. A Yard Pastor, what w call our Missionaris, has th opportunity to spnd many hours within th prison rlating th Gospl in mssags, counsling and showing trust in God with th vryday trials and challngs that th flsh and th dvil throw at th blivr. Call it th ministry of BEING not just praching that can t b accomplishd with a gospl tam going in onc a wk for an hour and On of th outstanding programs on Yard 3 is th Calvary Chapl Bibl Collg that mts wkly from 5pm until 7:45pm. Th lcturs ar tapd at th collg and snt in on DVDs. Prsntly thr ar about 25 mn who ar taking th courss for crdit. Thy ar taking nots which will b rviwd by a proctor, writing 3-4 15-pag trm paprs complt with footnots, and taking a final xamination which is rviwd and gradd by a proctor. Part of th final xam for th Roman s class was an oral prsntation on th subjct, Romans scriptur that has mad an impact Pastor Jack Oin, Foundr and Yard Pastor RJDCF San Digo thirty minut srvic. Thos srvics ar important and ncssary and so is th day-by-day, on-on-on ministry of th Yard Pastor, thr whn a rsidnt nds ncouragmnt from on whom trusts th Lord. Pray for th Yard Pastor, and th inmat who knows th awful consquncs of his sin, has rpntd and found forgivnss and who livs in th hll and turmoil of hat found on th yard. As I writ this, my hart braks for thos who liv in th misry of incarcration without hop. Thir hoplssnss fds thir burning hatrd and angr. You know th truth and hav th frdom of hop bcaus you know th lov of Jsus. I pray for your continud commitmnt to pray for thos in prison as though you wr imprisond with thm. Pray thy will not only b abl to har th truth, but s th truth livd out through th livs of Yard Pastors, accpting th truth for thmslvs, and finding nw lif in th Lord Jsus Christ. My futur plans ar to dvlop both prayr and financial support for Yard Pastors and look for mn and womn who ar haring th call to ministr on th insid as Yard Pastors. Thr ar svral chaplains who ar looking for hlp. Thank you for your prayrs. RJD Yard pastor Jack Oin on my lif. I listnd to ths mn as thy shard with ach othr how th truth has bn affcting thir livs. Each man had 5 minuts to shar with th othrs how th Word of God is mpowring him and hlping him grow in his faith. I was th only fr prson in th chapl and ths mn wr talking to th othr inmats. Inmats cannot fool othr inmats; thy liv too clos to ach othr with no scrts insid. Thr wr 25 powrful tstimonis, statmnts praising th powr of God and sharing th ffct that th Word of God is having on thm. Pray with us for this program and th total chapl pro- T HE DIFFERENCE INSIDE Pastors to Prisonrs Organization Board of Dirctors Rvrnd Charls M. Buzz Brwr, Chaplain, Rtird R.J. Donovan Corrctional Facility Rvrnd William O. Brown, Chaplain R.J. Donovan Corrctional Facility Maria Gladin San Digo Country Probation, Rtird Rod Stark, Ph.D. Dirctor of Markting IQ Scintific Instrumnts, Inc. Gorg Shlton, Esq. Attorny at Law Chris McKllar CEO Th McKllar Companis California Traditions, Inc. Officrs Rvrnd John D. Jack Oin Prsidnt Dan Shiffman, Ph.D. Attorny at Law Trasurr Rvrnd Bill Fink Scrtary Yard Pastors R.J. Donovan Corrctional Facility Rvrnd John D. Jack Oin Rvrnd Mik Travis Rvrnd Elna Hrnandz Pastor August Huntr Cntinla Stat Prison Rvrnd Clyd Huff Advisory Board Mmbrs Rvrnd Marcial Flan, Associat Pastor Shadow Mountain Community Church Rvrnd Stv Francis, Chaplain Cntinla Stat Prison Virgil L. Hugl, Enrolld Agnt Tax Consultant Th Right Rvrnd Gthin B. Hughs Bishop, Episcopal Diocs of San Digo Lt. Col. Raymond Pacock Program Scrtary, Wstrn Trritory Th Salvation Army John Ratll, Wardn, Rtird R.J. Donovan Corrctional Facility Russ Urquhart Oklahoma City, OK gram as w giv th mn th truth. Truth that givs thm tools to mak adjustmnts in thir thinking dmonstrating that in Christ thy ar truly nw crations. Your gifts and prayrs mak ths changs possibl.

V OLUME 5, NO. 1 P AGE 3 Excrpts from an articl by a Point Loma Collg studnt visiting Yard 2 Sunday chapl srvics. It is raining outsid and Pastor Mik is thanking God for th liquid sunshin outsid and for th spiritual son shin on th insid. Pastor Mik is a formr Militant Black Muslim and h is tlling th mn, Oftims God ain t gonna calm your storms; H s gonna calm you. H wants you to know Him. You trid vrything ls and vrything and vrybody ls has faild you; you might as wll try Jsus. Aftr th srvic thr is a baptism and th man bing baptizd xposd a tattood body with th words whit prid Jsus prison work (continud) (Continud from pag 1) RJD Yard pastor mik travis Prayr Alrt As of July 1, 2005, tobacco products ar not allowd within th prison. It will giv som anothr tmptation to mak som xtra mony. Nrvs ar frayd Pray what h rally ndd: Jsus Christ in his lif. on his chst and a larg swastika on his back. As Pastor Mik brings th man out of th watr, h prays and dmonstrats his lov for this nw man in Christ. Pastor Mik is now 45. H bcam a singl fathr at ag 19. H rcivd Christ as Savior at 29 aftr watching Jsus chang th lif of a formr associat. Bcaus of th chang Pastor Mik saw in his frind and xprincd in his own lif, as Mik puts it, I was on th strts using drugs, daling and, as many staff us tobacco, thy ar irritabl as wll. Pray with us that th dvil will not b abl to kp things stirrd up nough to disrupt th schduls and programs. Today this God faring, born again blivr in th Lord Jsus Christ is trusting God to provid for him and his family, and you can find him hlping th Kairos Community on th outsid as wll as srving in his church. California has rcntly changd th nam of thir Prison Systm to California Dpartmnt of Corrctions and Rhabilitation. Pastors to Prisonrs is proud to b a part of th rhabilitation of prisonrs through th lif changing Gospl of th Lord Jsus Christ. Pastor Mik Travis, Yard Pastor, RJDCF drugs. And I didn t dal small drugs I usd to rob drug dalrs. Mik blivs in th chang Jsus can mak in a lif. Bcaus of this chang his passion is to ministr th saving grac of our Lord Jsus. Though it took som tim for Mik s prjudic to dissolv, h blivs th Grac of God and th lov of God has rmovd th hat and suspicion and that look that says, What s wrong with you? Spnd a fw Sundays with Mik in th prison and it bcoms vry vidnt that h lovs th popl h usd to hat it dosn t mattr who thy ar. I saw that dmon-stratd whn Pastor put his hand on th swastika and brought that man up out of th baptismal watrs praying God s blssing in his lif. Pastor Mik says, I should b right whr my congrgation is, th only rason I am not thr is that God in His grac has had anothr plan for m, and I am bing obdint to God s plan. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, Thrfor if any man b in Christ, h is a nw cration. With your prayrs and support w will continu to snd Nw Craturs back into socity to th glory of God. Pastor Jack Copyright Gospl Communications Intrnational, Inc - www.rvrndfun.com

P AGE 4 T HE DIFFERENCE INSIDE RJD Yard pastor August Huntr My lif bgan with an upbringing in Nw Orlans, Louisiana, whr my family livd until I was twlv yars old. During that part of my lif, I attndd church vry wk undr th dirction of my fathr, who was a dacon at th church. Aftr my parnts sparation, w movd to Long Bach, California, and church lost som of its importanc in my lif. Not long aftr arriving in Long Bach I was nlistd into th Rollin 20 Crips. Aftr svral yars of proving myslf within th gang, I vntually bcam th ladr. At ag 20, I was incarcratd for two yars at th Jamstown Consrvation Cntr for Mn. Aftr complting my stint at Jamstown, I rturnd to th strts of Long Bach and into th arms of my hood, whr I rsumd a lif of crim. My two yars of frdom A yard pastor s work at Cntinla Stat Prison bgins on Saturday with two 3 ½ hour srvics; Sunday rpats Saturday s schdul. Thus four yards hav srvics totaling wr again intrruptd with a trip to Consrvation Mn s Colony (CMC), Lvl 3 prison, whr I was dtaind for two yars, from 1984 to 1986. I was rlasd in arly 1986, and bfor th Nw Yar I violatd my parol and rturnd to prison. I rmaind in prison for 15 months; I was rlasd in 1988. It was during that last stint in prison that my fathr cam to s m whil I was lockd up. Th fact that h cam from Louisiana to s m showd m that h card. I flt that I wantd to bgin a rlationship with him. Whn I was rlasd, I wnt to Nw Orlans to s him and h baptizd m. That was th bginning of a spiritual transformation in my lif. As a rsult, I fl God I v... talkd and prayd with inmats who may nvr com to chapl. about 300 mn. Inmats lad singing and conduct a choir; on inmat givs a thirty minut xhortation, followd by my forty-fiv minut to an hour srmon. calld m to work with prison inmats as a Yard Pastor. In my tim as a youth, I did not always fl that I had appropriat mal rol modls or suprvision. Whn I ralizd that my nphw, Mark, was ncountring th sam things that I did on th strts of Long Bach, I brought him to San Digo to liv with m. H is a high school junior at Mors High School, and I am rsponsibl for his rligious, social and custodial car. Prison Ministry, as my srvic to th Lord, has bcom my passion and my way of lif. It is my lif. It is what I will do for th rst of my lif, for as long as God wants m to. It is His will. Pastor August Huntr, Yard Pastor RJDCF A WEEK in th lif of yard pastor Clyd Huff I m hom on Mondays, but Tusday finds m on Yard A. Th chapl is opn from 8 AM to 4:30 PM, xcpt for a short lunch brak. Th mn us th library, hav Bibl studis, or com to gt off th yard or away (Continud on pag 5) From th P2P Inbox and Mailbag Dar Pastor Jack, I hav bn in prison for ovr 17 yars, sinc th ag of 18. I was raisd in a Christian hom and attndd church with my family. Howvr, I was a rbllious youth and got into troubl at hom, school, and abroad. My parnts trid numrous ways of corrcting my bhavior, but to no avail. My drlict attitud grw wors and wors bcaus I rblld against God and dspisd His council. Tragically, at th ag of 18, I was involvd in a circumstanc in which a drug dalr lost his lif. I was a lost soul. Two yars into my incarcration, I had a prsonal ncountr with God. I finally saw myslf as a sinnr in th hands of th Lord. I knw I dsrvd dath for my sins. God rvald His unconditional lov to m in th dath of His Son on th cross for my sins. I rpntd and askd Jsus to b th Lord of my lif. I plad guilty and rcivd, what I bliv, is mrcy. Sinc that tim my lif has bn (and is bing) Kp th mails and lttrs coming! transformd. I bgan to shar my tstimony with anyon willing to listn. Bibl studis and groups hav bcom a way of lif for m. In His Lov, Dvin Ed. Not: Pastor Jack rports this blovd brothr has mmorizd Matthw, Galatians, Ephsians, Philippians, Colossians, 1&2 Thssalonians, 1&2 Timothy, Titus, Jams, 1&2 Ptr, 1,2,&3 John, and Jud. H is wll rcivd by inmat and staff alik. H has larnd to play th guitar and now tachs othrs. and has bn rsponsibl for many coming to Jsus.

V OLUME 5, NO. 1 P AGE 5 RJD Spanish yard pastor Elna Hrnandz I thank God for th opportunity of srving in th prison, whr I har th most incrdibl storis, lik this man who walkd into th Chapl ystrday so incrdibly mad with God. H is an x hit-man, and as I was listning to him, I was thanking God at th sam tim for allowing m to b thr for that particular inmat and b an ambassador of His Kingdom to bring good nws of salvation to this soul. This man has a sntnc of 184 yars to lif, lost his wif and childrn and has bn in Pastor Elna Hrnandz, Pastor Spanish Ministry prison for 20 yars. How can h not b angry at God? Not only is h angry at God, but also at th whol world for having this kind of sntnc. H challngd m with som vry difficult qustions that mad fl inadquat for on minut, but thn th Holy Spirit took control of th situation and as w prayd, h startd crying. Th prsnc of God was vry tangibl. At th following srvic, two young brothrs from th Gym showd up happy to discovr that I was coming in during th day tim whn thy could com. Thy startd sharing thir storis, and soon thy both burst in tars sharing thir motional criss and th distrss of thir familis lft bhind in th strts. A Yard Pastor is lik a Doctor in an Urgnt Car facility whr sick popl com for mrgncis th only diffrnc is that th doctor prscribs mdications and th Yard Pastor prscribs JESUS th Halr to th woundd patint. Thank you for continuing to support m in this ministry so that I can continu going during th wk and b prsnt for ths mn. Bits from th Board of Dirctor s Mting Pastors to Prisonrs is xprincing growing pains! With th Lord s hlp, P2P is prparing for an audit by th Evanglical Council for Financial Accountability. Th ECFA is an accrditation agncy ddicatd to hlping Christian ministris arn th public s trust through adhrnc to svn Standards of Rsponsibl Stwardship. ECFA s Standards focus on board govrnanc, financial transparncy, intgrity in fund-raising, and propr us of charity rsourcs. P2P is also updating th accounting systm, dvloping a Prsonnl Manual, and finishing a nw sris of vido prsntations to b usd with prison alumni and voluntrs for prsntations at local churchs and mn s organizations. Along with all this, applications ar bing considrd for additional nw Yard Pastors. Pray for th upcoming ECFA Audit. Day in th lif (Continud (Continud from pag 4) from thir cll mats. I m availabl for qustions and answrs, or counsling. Thr ar oftn two to six inmats discussing a Bibl passag with m. Also, a two hour vning Bibl Study is conductd. Sinc th prison chaplain dosn t work Th Holy Spirit is working bhind ths fncs and walls through P2P on Tusday, if a family dath notic nds to b givn to an inmat, prison prsonnl will ask m to dlivr th mssag and giv whatvr support th inmat may nd. I v dlivrd many such mssags and thus talkd and prayd with inmats who may nvr com to chapl. Wdnsday I hlp th chaplain in his offic until 11:45 AM; thn I m in C Yard s chapl until 4:30 PM. A two hour vning Bibl Study is hld for th inmats on Yard E. I m hom on Thursdays and Fridays. Thus go my wks bhind an lctric, barbd wir fnc srving mn incarcratd for various rasons and lngths of tim.

P AGE 6 T HE DIFFERENCE INSIDE Cntinla yard pastor clyd huff An Encouraging Encountr As I was laving Cntinla Stat Prison just a fw days ago, on of th associat wardns fll into stp with m. Sh told m that sh attnds a Bibl Study group that is studying th prophts with th currnt study bing in Hosa. Sh commntd that Hosa knw bfor h marrid his wif that sh was a prostitut. Sh askd my viw. My rply was, Ys. But you know that through that incidnt God was showing how Isral had prostitutd thmslvs in thir rlationship to Him. Ys, sh said, but look at how gracious God was to Isral. Pastor Clyd Huff, Yard Pastor, Cntinla I answrd with, And look how gracious H is to us. H crtainly is! sh rplid. What a joy to know that at last on of th associat wardns sympathizs with th work God s chaplains do among thos sparatd from socity bcaus of th mistaks thy hav mad. Th Word from insid civ; and to all th goals I was striving for and would nvr achiv. Ys, I crid this singl tar. I thought it was my vry last as th tim for crying had long sinc past. I thought I had no motions but I hav mor than my fair shar, and an motion unchaind is not so rar. It was my thought that if you saw this tar tattoo by th cornr of my y, you could say, That man playd th gam, paid his dus and his soul is on public display. But aftr th yars of this misry and a lif full of sin, on day a light pircd dp within xposing motions that I had not known, and hart of flsh and not of ston. Th light of Christ now shind upon m, taking th scals from my ys so I could s, xposing vry waknss, for- Walking with Christ, th handcuffs ar opnd and our brothrs and sistrs ar Fr on th Insid Tattood Tar by Robrt E. Bobby Ojala Hav you vr sn a man with a tar tattood by th cornr of his y? Did you stop and ask why? Wll, I m a man with a tar tattood upon his fac, a vtran of yars in prison, animal humiliation and public disgrac. I had ddicatd that tar to convicts throughout th land, who had hld thir mud undr th prssur of socity s iron hand; to all th blood that had flowd on ths prison yards ithr by th knif or undr th guns of kill-crazy guards; to all th fathrlss childrn and mothrs with nowhr to turn; to th dad man a walking, who at th govrnor s whim was dstind to burn; to th lttr I was awaiting and would nvr rgiving vry sin. All I had to do was lt Jsus in. Jsus told m I was nvr alon vn whn I livd in sin with a hart of ston. Through all th drugs, murdr and strif, Jsus lovd m nough to giv m a nw lif. Now I know a frdom fw hav known and it is by faith in Christ I hav grown. I now hav librty as long as I lov, just lik th Fathr in Havn abov. Loving all othrs and sprading th nws. Laving it up to th Spirit to hlp you choos Lov, Joy, Pac. Look what God has don. H lovd us so much H gav His own Son. As for th tar tattood at th cornr of my y? Jsus assurs m, that, for that tar h did.

V OLUME 5, NO. 1 P AGE 7 Evnts for Prayr and Action Mark your Calndar Sunday 9am Worship Srvics in Facilitis 1, 2, 3 & Min. Sunday Gust Ministris Aftrnoon and vning srvics in Facilitis 1-3 Sunday Spanish Srvics Facilitis 1-3 Tusday Friday 4:30 to 6:30pm Bibl Study and Intrcssory Prayr in Facilitis 1-3 Wdnsday 5pm Calgary chapl Bibl Collg Classs Facility 3 Octobr 15th Board of Dirctors Quartrly Mting @ Dan Schiffman s Hom. RSVP All ar Wlcom Dcmbr 1st Submission dadlin for nxt issu of Th Diffrnc Insid Statistics to Dat 2005 Activity Conductd Attndanc Worship Srvics 240 40 pr srvic Yd Pastor Srmons 238 40 pr srvic Holy Communion 56 2240 Bibl Studis 100 20 pr study Prayr Mtings 162 20 pr mting Pastoral Counsling 27 Inmat Cll Visits 98 Baptisms 85 Community Church Visits 17 W nd your hlp! Pastors to Prisonrs is a non-profit organization. W thank you in joining with us to bring th Lord s work insid California Prisons. Hlp us light th dark rachs of th prisons with Christ s Light and Lov PASTORS TO PRISONERS SUPPORT Chck Pastor Prison Donation Mthod of Paymnt Chck Enclosd (Mail Only) Pay Pal CLICK HERE Vis a/mc/amex Crdit Card # Signatur X Pastor Jack RJD $ X Pastor Elna RJD Spanish $ X Pastor Mik RJD $ X Pastor Clyd Cntinla $ X Pastor August RJD $ X Spcial Projcts Nam Addrss Phon E-Mail Addrss Mail Donations to: Pastors to Prisonrs PO Box 3065 Dl mar, CA 92104-6065 All Prisons $ Exp. dat Undsignatd donations will b placd in th Oprating Fund and distributd quartrly on a shortfall basis.

PASTORS TO PRISONERS SUPPORT Hlping brokn popl put th pics togthr... Th last word Chaplain, whr s our pastor? Last wk a lon inmat cam to our wkly intrcssory prayr and Bibl Study on Yard #2. Rcntly as larg numbr of inmats had bn movd to anothr facility, and h was distrssd about th loss of so many dar brothrs whom h may nvr s again. For a long tim th fllowship in that facility had grown togthr in th lov of Jsus, praising and worshipping togthr, growing and struggling with sin, suffring th bittr consquncs of it. Now th community had bn abruptly rippd in two, and ovr half wr ld off to liv in anothr facility. Sadly, this is not an uncommon xprinc for inmats, although usually it happns on by on as thy go to committ and ar rassignd for a varity of rasons. Hurt by th impact of such dislocations inmats turn to th Lord and thir pastor for comfort and guidanc. As w shard togthr it was my privilg to suffr with and ncourag this brothr in Christ. W prayd togthr, and h will b OK. But, somthing sticks in my mmory of this ncountr. H askd about his pastor. Although I am th chaplain, I am not his pastor; I com only onc a wk to pray and study with th brothrs thr. But all thos days that I am not thr th mn xprinc drama and trauma in thir prsonal and collctiv livs, and thy nd a pastor to whom thy can go, somon who will listn, ncourag and pray with thm. So, h askd m, "Whr's our Pastor?" W nd him almost vry day, and w only gt to s him occasionally. What can I say? With ovr 4,700 inmats scattrd on fiv facilitis, I cannot b thr for vry on who has a nd vry day. Ths ar nds that can only b mt with a giftd, calld and committd Yard Pastor, mn who many tims ar just "thr", availabl for whatvr crisis may rupt in th livs of th mn, and thy occur daily. Thr is a wondrful Yard Pastor who rgularly ministrs to th mn in that facility, but h cannot b thr as much as h is ndd bcaus h must work and support himslf and his family. H is a faithful "tntmakr", lik Paul, supporting himslf and srving whn h can. But, th nd is for mor tim than h can giv. H is a local missionary to th mn in prison, and h nds financial support so that h can work lss in th world and mor in th kingdom. W prais and thank God for snding us such godly srvants and for thos who provid prayr and financial support for thm. This pisod on Yard #2 rminds m that w nd mor of God's popl and churchs to stand with us in prayr and financs for th ministry of Yard Pastors. Will you hlp? This publication is maild to you courtsy of Eastlak Community Church for: Pastors to Prisonrs PO Box 4381 Chula Vista, CA 91909-4381 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Non-profit Organization U.S. Postag Paid Chula Vista, CA Prmit No. 194 Info@pastorstoprisonrs.org Visit us on th wb at www.pastorstoprisonrs.org Digital Radrs nd only to click on th link abov