Visiting Lonely Moms in Prison

I was a missionary for Jesus. Today I went to visit a prison, with some of my friends. There where over 200 prisoners. The men and women were separated.

I helped give the prisoners some gifts, like sandals and soap. I sang songs with my brother, Dad, and some friends. We sang songs in English and even in Thai!

In the Woman's prison, I passed out prayer cards, and the ladies wrote down their requests to God. These moms are very lonely, and miss their kids.

One of the ladies made tiny hats & strawberries out of beads! She gave me one.

For my blog readers:

• Have you ever gone to visit people in prison?
• How would you feel if you were all alone, and no one to visit you?
• Tell me about your visit to a lonely mom in prison
  

Stains

From time to time, dark stains mysteriously appear on our clothes. This has puzzled me over the last two years. These are not just any stains, mind you. These are the toughest stains I have encountered. And as you mom's know...we encounter our share of stains. Even with the help of my mom; the master stain fighter, and the "Queen of Clean" books, I could not get these relentless brown marks off our clothes. So, our gardening work clothes entire is growing. Not knowing the origin of these stains makes it even more challenging. As you can see from the photo, not even bleach can touch these stains!

Well, today, the mystery was solved. As I was helping my son cut down banana leaves to cover our seedlings and protect them from the sun, he warned me. "Mom, don't let the juice get on you". In my concentrating efforts to reach for the banana leaves, I did not ask him why. I should have, for I have just taken a load of laundry out of the washer, when I was shocked to see yet another offensive stain on the pants I was wearing while cutting down banana leaves. Joshua's comment replayed in my mind...and I thought, "Aha!" Then I went to Joshua and asked him why we shouldn't get banana leaf juice on us. He told me he didn't know why, he just knew that it is not good. I said, I think I know why it is not good. We already knew that elephant slobber stains clothes in just the same way. We found that out on our first elephant ride. Hmmm, maybe it is because they eat lots of bananas.

I am so thankful that God has the 100% effective stain remover. "Though our sins be as scarlet, He will make them white as snow." Isaiah 1:18