we want to hear from Bob and his words of encouragement hi there yeah prison
ministry yeah first of all I just want to acknowledge what's going on in this
church for me and what it's been this church has meant so much to me I mean
you and you know my wife passed away in January and my grandson past away two days
later and and the support we had before she passed with the love I want to just
I just need to acknowledge us I mean and we had a team when they'd already said
they were gonna pull the life-support off my my wife that had the audacity to
come into that hospital room and pray pray for Resurrection I mean and I'll
tell you what and you know continue to be audacious continue to believe for it
because it's going to happen but but the love and everything that was poured into
my wife the support you've given me my granddaughter who lost her husband with
and their four kids you know I mean it's just it I love you guys and I love this
church and now on top of it you know I had a meeting with pastor Vlad the
friday before we had coffee together and I looked in his eyes and I said and
I recognized he became aware of the prison ministry and I recognized my
little vision was suddenly fit into his big vision and that was exciting that
was exciting you know so my little vision is the fact
there's four penitentiaries all around this area you know it's we're praying
for revival and we're going to see some are called out and going into the
nursing homes you're all there's a there's a there's a there's an
assignment for everybody here you know sometimes it's in the church sometimes
and many times it's outside the church and that the prison ministry for me was
what was was not only an assignment it was a direct calling so anyway right now
I mean I'm going in to a prison in Oregon called two rivers Correctional
Institute it's all out of Umatilla a lot of people aren't even aware is there but
there's a couple of thousand men there and and we got to move of God going on in
there and I've got testimony after testimony
there's not time to give them but I just wanted to let you aware there's a pastor
and and this is what there's a pastor who's who's actually an inmate prisoner
who's getting a mighty move of God there and his name is Shane Hall and
he's and he's a he's a professional musician he's a pastor and and it's like
you know he's David and I'm Jonathan all I can do is to encourage him he's
killing Giants in there and there's a move of God going on in that place and
it's really exciting and and you and you can get the testimony on Facebook
because he sends he sends you know we've been we were baptizing hundreds of
men and and now we started to the encouragement of hungry generation
getting baptized in the Holy Ghost as well and and and so you can go on your
facebook and and and and pull up reins of grace this this pastor I'm talking
about this inmate pastor is a cowboy from Oklahoma and so it's called reins
of grace like reins on the horse reigns reigns of grace you pull it up and
he's and he's putting testimony after testimony after testimony what's going
on in the prison in the meantime you know I'm at that point in my life where
I'm really seeking the Lord about what I'm supposed to be doing now and I'm
trying to give it all I've got you know and and he's showing me and it's he's
presenting visions to me but one thing is very important for me to go ahead and
and and take care of and and my age and everything I've been doing this for 27
years and and I'm gonna retire from my job
soon and when I do then I'm going to go ahead and pick up the ball again with
three other penitentiaries one in Pendleton the the big one in Walla Walla
and the one called coyote ridge in Connell
and my clearance is back and because he's showing me the vision he's showing
me is that there's there's people in here that I'm going to be passing this
baton to you know and there's three ways to look at this one
is some people I brought people in they only come in once or twice but
I bring them in as a guest and all of a sudden it's like wow and it's and it's a
life-changing experience for them it's like going to Israel everybody should go
there one time because it is a life-changing experience right well the
same thing but coming in so you can just come in as a guest or you might be assigned
there for a season but when I looked in pastor Vlad's eyes and I
and I began to see he saw the same thing I did that there's people who have a
specific calling to go into the penitentiaries that are going to go
ahead and really dedicate themselves and pour themselves into it between the four
penitentiaries I estimate about nine thousand people that's a fairly
good-sized town okay so as revivals breaking out all around us and going
these different directions go ahead and just just consider and and seek the
Holy Spirit because let him let him show you and reveal it to you but like I say
you can you can just come in look look me up I've got I've got these forms out
and out in the car and and and I can get you clear to come in as a guest just
just to see what happens in there because if this is I've seen moves of
God I've seen things going on testimony after testimony and uh and and and it
just just to come and be a part of it and to see the men's eyes and how
excited they are just to come to Chapel think about it I mean so many people
when they come to church out here they've got their their boat and car out
in the parking lot right and then they're looking forward Jesus when the
service is over with going out on the river well these guys are looking
forward all week this is what they got to look forward to so they're focused
and they're excited and they're worshiping and God is moving so anyway
that's that's just part of my vision I can go on and on
but I I'm sharing it and I thank pastor Vlad and the church for for
incorporating this my vision into their vision now and and I just love that so
anyway I've talked enough you did good Bob thank you so much you
did good