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Bible Study for 1/2 Day's Wages? |
What would you do if a postage stamp cost over half a day’s wages? Mail very few letters, I imagine. That’s exactly the situation that many inmates face as they decide whether to continue participation in CEF’s Mailbox Club. Although wages for in-prison jobs vary, it is not unusual for an inmate to make $0.70 per day.
The What Went Wrong? program gives inmates the opportunity to enroll
themselves and their children in CEF’s Mailbox Club, free Bible correspondence courses. If we are to
break the cycle of generational incarceration, it is important that the
parents, as well as the children, get to know the Savior. Return
postage is paid on children's lessons. However, we have asked inmates
to pay the postage on their return lessons. It takes budgeting to a
whole new level.
We saw a dramatic drop in the return of inmates’ lessons when we
discontinued business reply mail on inmate lessons, as a cost-cutting
measure. Funds are needed to pay postage on adult lessons, as well as
children's lessons, if we are to minister the transformational power of
the Gospel to the most high-risk families, the families of the
incarcerated.
Would you consider helping an inmate continue with their Bible study? See our donate page and designate your gift for "Prisoner's Postage" →
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