There is such joy in learning, and our student inmates are filled with it! In fact, they hardly want to take a “holiday” break from their studies. They asked to get next semester’s books NOW … so they don’t have to stop learning. Praise the Lord! When they walk through the doors to their classroom,…
DetailsToday is Christmas Eve, a time of joyous celebration of Christ’s birth. As you celebrate, will you please join me in praying this prayer for our 25 students? “Lord Jesus, I thank you that you have opened the door for Paid in Full Oregon (PiFO) and Corban University (CU) to offer a biblically-based education program…
DetailsPsalm 107:14…“He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness, and broke away their chains.” December 23, 2019 Dear Friend of Paid in Full Oregon, When you walk into the Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI), you enter into another world. Entry only comes through tight security. And as the solid steel doors clank behind you,…
DetailsPaid in Full Oregon has been given an opportunity to have its story told nationally. I was in New York City on December 3, taping for the Eric Metaxas show. It was a truly wonderful experience being at the TBN studios on E. 15th Ave in NYC. Eric was so kind and gracious. Eric has…
DetailsPaid in Full Oregon has been given an opportunity to have its story told nationally. I was in New York City on December 3, taping for the Eric Metaxas show. It was a truly wonderful experience being at the TBN studios on E. 15th Ave in NYC. Eric was so kind and gracious. Eric has…
DetailsSoon the nation will hear about the Paid in Full Oregon story. Right now, I am in New York city to tape an interview with national radio talk show host Eric Metaxas. I am not sure when my interview with him will air, but it will reach more than 1,400 stations nationally! I will let…
DetailsBeing sent to prison is not something most people would be grateful for. But in the “cold case” that ultimately led to Brad’s arrest, it was a relief. He’d been a fugitive from the law for many years. And during that time, he had a radical conversion to Christ. He got married, had three children,…
DetailsThe Paid in Full Oregon fall banquet happened on Saturday night, November 9. It was a great blessing to me, and I hope it was to all of the attendees as well. I felt God’s presence in a powerful way as Rey Reynolds, a Vancouver police officer inspired us in song, as Dr. Amit Bhatia,…
DetailsIf you’ll attend the banquet this Saturday night, you’ll be thrilled to meet my good friend Burl Cain. God has used him in an incredible way. When he became warden of the Angola Prison in Louisiana, it was the most violent prison in America. And when he left that job, 24 years later, Angola Prison…
DetailsAs I stood outside the gatehouse at the Oregon State Correctional Institution last Friday, there was a woman with a big smile and tears flowing down from her eyes. She was the mother of Jason, one of our students, who had experienced deep sorrow over her son’s criminal history and incarceration. But, this was a…
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