Goodman Correctional Inst.

Jim reports:

Saturday evening Tamara led her team into the Goodman Correctional Inst. for women in Columbia, SC for our first service under The Father's Heart Ministries banner, several of us have been involved in services there in the past under another ministry's covering but this was the first one for us.

We started off with the chaplain opening the service and welcoming us, then their choir sang a selection for us.

Perry was our MC for the evening and after encouraging the women, Perry introduced me as the founder (actually it was the Holy Spirit), and director of the ministry. I shared some on who we are as a ministry and when we started, along with trying to encourage the women who were present.

Perry and Joy did a skit on "The Lords Prayer" that exposes religion and our lack of understanding of how important prayer really is and how we take prayer for granted.

Cheryl, gave testimony concerning where she came from and what led her to her former lifestyle, when she committed her life to Jesus, and where God has been taking her in her walk with Him. The women were able to truly identify with Cheryl's testimony as some of them have been where Cheryl had been before Jesus led her out of sin, into a life of victory.

Perry introduced Tamara and she ministered powerfully on the love that God has for us as His children. When Tamara gave the alter call the alter was full, Tamara, Joy, Lynette, and Cheryl ministered to each of the women who came up for prayer.

Chaplain Lewis then closed out the service after letting us know how much he enjoyed the service and welcoming us back for future services.