jail ministry books that contain real-life stories of many prisoners

1. Jail Ministry Books That Contain Real-Life Stories Of Many Prisoners - Healing Testimony My name is Ernest. I was sentenced to a life sentence in 1979. I was sent to Retrieve Unit, and I worked in the kitchen on the slop wagon. I picked up the food waste for the animals to feed. One day my helper did not show up. I lifted these 300 pound cans by myself, up the stairway to the slop wagon. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain all over my body! I just stood still until the pain went away. I went in the kitchen to speak with my supervisor about giving me a helper to work with. He said that he would send me one. As I turned around to go back to work, the Sgt. called me back and asked why I had red color all over the back of my pants. I told him I didn’t know, so I went to the restroom to check on myself. I saw that I was dripping blood from the anus. So I went back to speak to the Sgt. and told him I think I tore something inside of me. He told me to go to the Infirmary and not come back until I was well. I went to the Infirmary, and the nurse said that I was having problems with hemorrhoids. I came to find out that he was wrong. That was not the problem. So I just lay in my bed hoping that the bleeding would just stop. For days, I did not eat or drink anything. I just lay in bed, bleeding. I had lost so much blood, and I felt so weak. The inmates around me called the officers and told them I was bleeding too much. The hospital staff came and carried me away.

2. I was seen by a doctor. He told the nurses that I was losing too much blood, and I was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. I was admitted and attended to. The next day, I was seen by a doctor and was told that I had a rupture and was going to be examined to look for it. I was taken to a room to be examined by the doctor and they could not locate the rupture. I was sent back to my room and was told that I was going to be back later on that evening. The time came for me to be taken back to the examination room. The doctor worked on me and kept saying, “I can’t find it. I don’t see it anywhere.” It was getting late, and I was told that I was going to be back tomorrow. Morning came, and I was taken back to be examined again. The doctor was getting a little disturbed because he could not locate the rupture. It was getting close to lunch time. I was told that I was going to be back that evening to look for the rupture and get sewed up and sent back to my Unit.

3. As I was wheeled back to my room, I asked my roommate if it would bother him if I turned on the TV. He said it was okay. As I got the remote control and turned it on, there was an Evangelist Minister speaking. He was saying these words, “There is a prisoner this very moment at a Prison’s Hospital that has an internal rupture. The doctors haven’t been able to locate it. God has spoken to me to tell you where you are going to find it. It is on the right-hand side of the colon. Right beside it you have full blown cancer. God said to tell the doctor this - that he needs to take that cancer out today or else you are going to die.” I could not believe what I was hearing. How did he know about my problem? As I was listening to the man of God, a doctor walked in and with him were eight Texas A & M students. He was telling them about my problems. I looked at the TV.

4. For some reason, the TV was off. I interrupted the doctor’s conversation. I said, “Doctor I havesomething very important to say.” He asked, “What is it?” I told him about the man of God that I had heard on TV and what he said as to where he was going to find the rupture. He then asked me, “Okay, where am I going to find it?” I told him what God had said- that it is on the right-hand side of the colon, and that right beside it I had full blown cancer- and that God said he needed to take it out today or else I was going to die, that the cancer was in its last stage.

5. The doctor looked at me kind of funny, like he didn’t really believe what I was telling him. The doctor then had one of the students take me to a room where I was going to have surgery and Jail Ministry Ideas for improvement of lifestyle of prisoner. I waited on the doctor to show up. He walked in and started washing his arms and hands and putting on rubber gloves. He gave me several injections to deaden the parts. Then he started the surgery. He looked for a while. Then he stopped, got up and walked to the other side of the room. He was talking to some other doctors and nurses who were in the room. Finally, I called to the doctor, and He came back to where I was and said, “I need to speak with you.” I asked him, “Did you see the rupture?” He said, “Yes.” I asked him, “Did you see the cancer?” He nodded his head, saying yes. I said, “What’s the matter, why did you stop?” He said, “The problem is that you’re not here for cancer surgery. The cancer is so close to the rupture that, if it should burst, you are a dead man. You have a 50/50 chance that you might make it, and you might not.” He said the only way he would be able to work on me is if I would sign some papers stating that he wouldn’t be responsible if anything goes wrong. I said, “Give me the papers and a pen. I’ll sign them.” I went ahead and signed the papers and gave them back to the doctor. I said, “Doctor, you just do the best you can. I believe God is going to use your hands for His glory.” So he started the surgery. He sewed the rupture, and then he asked, “Do you want the cancer gone? Do you want it cut off or burned with a laser?” I told the doctor that he could go ahead and cut it off. He started cutting and got it out of me. He put the cancer in a little tube that they use to get blood out of you. He put the cancer in the tube, showed it to me, and said, “You are a lucky man. Someone up there is looking out for you.” I told the doctor, “You are

6. sure right! That someone is God Almighty!! I thank Him so much for giving me another chance in life.” That has been about 32 years ago. About three years ago I was sent to the hospital for examination of any cancer growth. The examination came out negative! There is no sign of cancer in my body- Praise God. I am so thankful that He let me live. God is good, and He is still in the miracle-working business! PRAISE HIS NAME! Thank You, Father God, for Your Loving Kindness.