Wildwood Correctional Complex
2010 Kairos #4
Participant Reflections written 6 days after Closing
What has this Kairos experience meant to me?
• It meant to me that a lot of people care about me, and there are a lot of really good people all around out there that really have the love of God in Them and I ‘m so grateful for them. God bless them all.
• What I experienced was the Holy Spirit. Love, peace within, friendship with my new family in Christ. I’ve finally found the Lord and what Kairos means is a learning experience about how God knows me had has always been my friend. Kairos is very spiritual to me.
• It has given me a purpose and direction and understanding of the true meaning of being a Christian, which is to be like Christ and have unconditional love. I understand that the gifts we have are to be used in building the Church and that the people are the Church. My eyes have been opened up to God’s love for me and I understand what Jesus has done for all of us. Amen. God bless you all with Agape love.
• For me Kairos has been the beginning of my life of Christ. It really showed me that people care and Jesus cares. I appreciate all that you have done for me personally. I will pray for each and everyone of you daily for showing me the way of the Lord. May God bless you all as you have blessed me.
• Kairos has meant to me that I am reminded that GOD loves me no matter what and there is a good life. (Christian life)
• I am glad that you all cared enough to come and show us your love. The experience I had will never leave my heart. You all have planted in my heart that all things are possible. Thank you for loving me for who I am and to let me see who I really am.
• It has meant and still means love and compassion. It is exactly what Christians are called to do for others. For me it was a wonderful time to fellowship with other believers. It was very encouraging to see other denominations come together with absolute unity and share God’s love. For me, it was the most wonderful time spent in prison. I hope to do the same someday.
• That a lot of people do care and so many people took the time to come to prison and share the word of God. Not just the volunteers, but the people from all around the world. There is only one love and that is God’s love.
• I just want you to know that this weekend of Kairos has lit a fire in my heart that was not there before. This was a life changing event. I now cn go forward in life because I have learned the joy of being able to forgive and being forgiven. Your brother in Christ
• I have found forgiveness in Kairos. It has shown me that I have a life to live, still. Jail is not the end, it is now the beginning to me. I have found a new freedom through this experience of Kairos. The love that every one showed through this is hard to show in my own life. It will always be with me. You all have shown me that I can be forgiven and I can forgive too. Thank you all.
• That God’s love never ends!!!! God loves me (us) no matter what has happened in my life and that I can forgive myself. And to spread God’s love to others the best way we see fit. We can. Thank you Lord.
• I discovered God’s love through brotherhood. A spiritual and rewriting experience. More love and good food. What a treat! I felt really important.
• It has brought me closer to Jesus. It has reopened a door that I had shut. It has made me feel the love of God that I have not felt in a long time. I am very thankful for the men God sent here to share with us. Thank you.
• I would like to thank you for helping me in working on “faith” which I needed. People that came here last week, were very inspirational and a help to many of us. We need these events more. Thank you for doing this for us inmates. I will keep praying for you and your families as we all need prayers. In one accord, James
• Kairos has meant so much to me. It has made my relationship with Christ so intense that when I leave this place I will be leaving with so much more than what I came in with. And it made me appreciate my brothers and sisters in Christ and renewed my walk with Christ. Thank you so much. Terry
• It has meant a lot to me through the constant fellowship and the talks given. It has opened up a new support of fellow Christians to be around. It has also proven once more that God’s love is everywhere. And all of the material and prayers and volunteers have shown me that I am not just another number or statistic. God bless.
• Coming to prison devastated me. All the passion, faith, love and joy that I had in God was utterly squashed by the condemnation, guilt and shame that the devil piled on me. I felt that, because of my devastating choices and the pain they caused so many people, that I did not deserve love, joy and acceptance of God or the church. Kairos revealed to me that God is still loving me passionately and that the church is still behind me. Kairos showed me that I am forgiven and redeemed by Jesus Christ. The Lord has renewed my passion, faith, hope, love and joy through the tangible love expressed by the Kairos team and all that committed to pray and serve. Praise God for what he has done. Thank you.
• Kairos has wonderful food! The food of Christian fellowship, homecooked and savory! The sweetness of fresh baked, unconditional love that God’s people share! Oh, and the cookies were good too! It means a start for some on the rood to a personal relationship with God and His son, Jesus Christ. I am gladdened by this and my hope for humanity is restored. My thanks to god and the people of Kairos for the wonderful experience.
• What I got out of Kairos is a new life and faith that God is right here with me and will guide me down the right path. I have found love from strangers. Amen.
• Kairos has shown me how many good, caring and loving people there are in this world; who care about me even in the situation I am in here in jail. I see what God has done in their lives and how they are. I have hope in my life by their example. Thank you.
• It meant that God’s greatest love is being spread through God’s holy people. Giving, respect, honor, trust, openness, honesty, sharing, peace, warmth – God’s word is spread like a chain reaction through Kairos. It is not going to stop here because we will spread the work and the others will spread the Word of God. Because God is love.
• It means to me that I am the church and am my brother’s keeper. I’ve learned that I have an everlasting fellowship of brothers and sisters in Christ our Lord. I pray for our other brothers and sisters who pray for me. Great Spirit, watch over my new brothers and sisters of Kairos.
• A close bondness between prison life and freedom life which only Jesus has made happen in my life through Kairos.
• It is like the beginning, that is, the growth of each man. What will happen with them will all be of God. All you can do is plant and another water, all else is of god. You do this “all” out of the love within your heart. You have many questions of the vessel of dishonor. This needs to be answered as well as the one of honor. Do you understand God’s will in this to do so?
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