CHOICE
CHOICE IS
CHOICE IS A FREEDOM WE ALL4@ H4@AVE AUTHOR C S LEWIS SAID
YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE
THE BEGINNING BUT YOU CAN
START WHERE YOU ARE AND
CHANGE THE ENDING TO A NEWS
ANCHOR BETH HAYNES INTRODUCES
US TO AN4@ UNLIKELY GROUP OF
MEN WHO ARE WRITING THEIR
WRONGS BY SERVING4@ OTHERS BLUE
SKIES4@ AND BARBED WIRE FENCE4@
THE UH UH AT THE BLEDSOE
COUNTY CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX
IT'S A VIVID4@ CONTRAST OF
CHOICE AND CONSEQUENCES4@. WHAT
I CAME INTO PRISON. YOU KNOW
BROKE MY MOM GRANDPA AND4@
GRANDMA ARE TWENTY TWO YEARS
OLD AND TWO IF THIS BUT WITH
A FRIEND OF MINE IN THESE
STATELY WALK FOR TWO INMATES
WHOSE IDENTITIES CAN BE
REVEALED4@. CURRENTLY SERVING A
LIFE. THERE'S A LOT OF TIME
TO THINK AND CHANGE4@. THIS IS
ONE MAN'S SOUL STRIVING TO
BETTER MAKE BETTER CHOICES4@
TEN MILES AWAY4@ CHILDREN AT
THE VAN BUREN HEAD START4@ IN
TEAM OUT PLAY WITH NEW TOYS
GIFTS FROM STRANGERS. THEY'RE
OBLIVIOUS TO A4@ HARSH REALITY
4@ WE LACK THE RESOURCES WE LACK
OPPORTUNITIES FOR4@ IN POINT
THE SEINE THE BREAD OF LIFE
RESCUE MINISTRY NOURISHES
DAILY FORTY FIVE MINUTES AWAY
IN CROSS PHIL. WE GIVE FOO4@D
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IF YOU'RE
HUNGRY. WE KEEP ANYWHERE
BETWEEN THIRTY TO4@ SIXTY FIVE
PEOPLE A NIGHT HERE. BOTH
DEPEND ON GENEROUS DONORS TO
HER AND THAT TAKES US BACK TO
THE BLEDSOE COUNTY
CORRECTIONAL4@ COMPLEX
CORRECTIONAL4@ COMPLEX PRESIDENT AND OUR TWO INMATES
WE TRY TO DO A LOT OF THINGS
LOCALLY RIGHT HERE BUT THIS4@
IS REALLY WHERE WE CURRENTLY
HAVE TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY
THREE4@ MAN LEAD A GROUP CALLED
THE LIFERS CLUB4@ LIFERS GROUP
A MAN HEARS HER IN4@ THAT THAT
GOT TWENTY FIVE YEARS MORE
CURRENTLY WE'RE ALL TRYING
TO GET BACK IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN LIFERS CLUB DONATED
THREE SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
TO BUY STAMPS4@ WAYS AT VAN
BUREN HEAD START AND NIGHTS
SPENT THE PRISON IS ONE OF
OUR BIGGEST4@ CONTRIBUTORS
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR
OUR OWN THAT WE DID LIFERS
CLUB ALSO4@ DONATED MORE THAN
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
THE BREAD OF LIFE'S CHRISTMAS4@
PROGRAM4@. WE TOOK CARE OF OVER
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
FAMILIES THIS YEAR WITH GIFTS
AND THIS IS THE PLANT ONE OF
SEVERAL WORK SITES4@ HERE IN
THE EVERY ENEMY AS A JOB AND
MEMBERS OF4@ THE WIFE WAS FULL
OF SHOES TO DONATE A PORTION
OF WHAT THEY ARE SEEING A
HUNDRED DOLLAR DONATIONS4@
SAYING THE DONATIONS AND NO
MORE WAS NOT MADE ANOTHER HOW
MUCH MONEY DID YOU WRONG RACE
WILL OVER TWENTY THREE
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TWO
THOUSAND AND TEN AT THE LAST
THREE YEARS THEY'VE RAISED
MORE THAN FIFTY SIX THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR A DOZEN
NONPROFITS ACROSS4@ THE STATE
TRYING TO BE GOD'S HANDS AND
FEET MOUTH AND IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT WE'RE NOT LOOKING
FOR A COMMISSION YOU NOTICE4@
WANT TO BE THERE TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE. LAUGHTER CLUBS DO
AND THANKS TO SOME CHURCHES
ARE NOT EVEN DOING WHAT YOU
WANT PEOPLE4@ OUTSIDE TO KNOW4@
ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FELLOW
MEMBERS OF THE LIFERS A LOT
OF PEOPLE HAVE A
MISPERCEPTION ABOUT PEOPLE IN
PRISON I THANKED EVERYBODY
HEARS4@ IS SCUM OF THE EARTH
THEY'RE ALL CRIMINALS I CAN
NEVER CHANGE4@ AND I THINK
THE LAST WITH LOVE IS A
TESTIMONY THAT MAN CAN CHANGE
THE ROUTE BREAKING OF B4@READ
4@ OF LIFE IS PROOF BEEN THERE
HE WAS AN INMATE AT SEVEN
FELONIES ON ME. FORMER
GOVERNOR BILL FULLY PARDONED4@
HIM4@ LAST JULY JUST BECAUSE
YOU'RE4@ A FELON DOES NOT MEAN
THAT THERE'S NOT4@ SOMETHING IN
THE WORLD STILL LIVE FOR YOU
TO DO. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE
ABLE TO HELP THE CHILDREN TO
HAVE A4@ MERRY CHRISTMAS. THIS
IS THE LETTER THE LIFERS CLUB
SENT THE VAN BUREN HEAD START
ALONG WITH THE DONATION
THEY'RE R4@EALLY AMAZING IN
OUR HEARTS ARE SO BIG AND
THEY'RE SO KIND AND CHRISTMAS
WOULDN'T BE THE SAME4@ WITHOUT
THE LIFERS4@ THE CHILDREN WOULD
BE THE ONES4@ THAT WOULD LOSE
AND I'M SORRY THE IMPACT THAT
PROVIDES PEACE WHEN YOU LAY4@
DOWN GO THE WAY YOU KNOW THAT
YOU HAVE SOME AREAS AND
MOMENTS OF FREEDOM FROM4@ THEIR
PAST YOU KNOW4@ EVEN IN PRISON
WOULD HAVE FOR YOU AND NEXT
YEAR THE LIFERS CLUB HOPES TO
DONATE THIRTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO