Tooting Our Horn

We had a busy day today with lots of volunteers and all went well except I forgot the camera. The phone was used for a few pictures.

This office just processes the studies and the Bible requests. There are many other parts to this prison ministry of which sometimes the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Even so it is amazing at how many people are touched by Berean Prison ministries from the local jails and prisons all over the United States, Russia and Romania. If I would start to list them or IF I even knew it would be like tooting our own horn.

Mail Call

We had a good amount of studies come in today. Lots of the first set of 4 which is wonderful. That means the prisoner that received his or her Bible also took the time to do the study and send it back.  We were thrilled this week to welcome back some of our volunteers that had been missing awhile.
Mark was able to come back after his unexpected surgery in Arizona. We put him right to work on the computer.

Robin was hard at work getting the studies all folded and ready to be mailed out. 

 Glenna (the volunteer in red) was welcomed back with open arms. We were thrilled to see her, especially today when there was plenty to do. Chuck and Glenna went right to work opening the mail. 

 Shirley (volunteer in yellow) was back after missing first for her total knee operation and then last week the unexpected triple bypass surgery her son had.

Vonnie arrived to help with the mail while Robin checked out what we were doing in this room. 

 Marvin came in to help Chuck with the labels.  

 Megan was big help today.

We know she won't be here long as she will be heading to Mexico soon but we were thrilled she stopped in today. She was put to work organizing the letters and studies keeping everything flowing smooth. Mom was back from her trip to China. Below she is sealing envelopes.

 Jeanette is always so willing to do what ever is needed. Below she is sweeping up the computer room. 

As soon as the mail was all opened and labeled, Robin put them to work stuffing envelopes.  

 Leila, Glenna and mom had a lot of catching up to do once all the work was done.  

 We had a very productive day and thank everyone for generously giving their time to process the studies, letters and mail out the Bible requests. The prisoners anxiously wait for mail call and for some of them this is the only mail they receive.

Another Good Morning

We had another good morning at the Berean office today.  We were able to get pretty much everything done.  Below are a few pictures of the volunteers today.

The Chair

We had a fun group of volunteers today and the office was filled with laughter as we worked on the Bible studies. It was really Jeanette's fault. She came in and promptly sat in Chuck's chair to apply labels.

It wasn't really her fault, Chuck came in early and sat at the other table to help get the studies opened leaving his chair at the back table.

Marvin was given an almost impossible job of finding an address. We got a Bible request from a man that only had his name and number on the request. The envelope was blank. Marvin got on-line and found the man's address.

Marvin and Kathy were the only readers for a while.

When Joyce and Jan arrived Jan was put to work reading letters to help them out while Joyce worked on the studies.

As soon as the studies were finished the volunteers went into the other room to wrap Bibles. We sent out  179 Bibles today.

Not pictured was Vonnie who worked on stuffing boxes.  We finished with everything by noon and had a nice meal together.  It really was a good morning's work. Thanks everyone for making this office a cheerful place of work. 

90 Requests

We had 90 Bible request today. Robin, Chuck and David came in early and got those Bibles stuffed and wrapped which made it easy to finis the weeks work all today. Once the Bibles were wrapped Marvin and David came in the other room to read letters. Kathy came in and joined them. She not only reads letters but also writes the letters we need to send out.

 Marvin and Vonnie were kept busy opening the studies that came in today. 

 Chuck and mom were also kept busy not just opening the mail but applying labels. 

 Stephanie brought the lunch today which meant we also got to see Israel and Elisabet. 

They got to eat lunch with us. 

 We enjoyed the food but the fellowship at lunch is almost as good as Stephanie's meal.  

After lunch the rest of the Bible requests were finished so the rest of the Bibles could be labeled and ready for mailing. We had a great day!

Another Productive Day

The volunteers for Berean Prison Ministry are all top notch. It is a JOY to show up at that office each Tuesday to spend time working along side each and everyone. Today was no exception. We got everything done, the studies processed the letters read and the requests filled.

 Above Vonnie is opening and sorting the studies and below Jan is applying postage to the envelopes using our postage machine. 

 Above mom, Vonnie and Joyce are working on the studies and below Jeanette is applying the address labels to the envelopes then the envelopes to the studies while Dave and Kathy read the letters. Marvin is working on the computer printing out certificates for those that have finished all 50 lessons. 

 Above Chuck has just grabbed a cup of coffee before sitting back down to work on labels. Below the volunteers are wrapping and addressing the Bibles that went out today. 

 Above Bill is printing out the Bible postage and Below Kathy is smiling as she reads. 

 Above they are just finishing up the Bibles and Below Robin is finishing the studies. Robin keeps this room organized and gives everyone a job keeping them all busy doing the work correctly. She is a big reason why we have been able to get two days work done in just 1 morning. We are very thankful for Robin!

 It is amazing the work that gets done when everyone is working together. 

The saying "many hands make light work" is SO true. A big thank you to all who came today.