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Loaves & Fishes Arrested and Sent off to Prison

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As I wrote earlier, the Lord has supplied our need for postage to mail another printing of Loaves & Fishes! Thank you, friends, for all your help.

The postage to mail all the subscriptions this time was nearly $14,000. Many of them have headed off to prison already, and the rest are leaving within the next week, Lord willing. The postage is paid, and we have money left for ongoing expenses. Praise the Lord!

Our Burden

We truly desire to see Jesus Christ exalted in the prisons of the United States. The Lord has shown us hungry hearts in prison and an open door to speak into their lives through printed literature. We have a burden to publish another issue of Loaves & Fishes soon. Please pray for God’s leading and the finances to make it happen.

There are many obstacles in this ministry, so let’s all partner together in prayer for God’s kingdom to be built in the prisons. Pray for Satan’s power to be bound at Lighthouse, for finances to publish Loaves & Fishes four times a year, and for God’s presence with each booklet that goes forth.

For Christ,

Lavern Gingerich

Postage Money Arrived!

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We desire to thank all our supporters and give praise and glory to the Lord for providing the money we need for postage to mail all the Loaves & Fishes subscriptions!

We’ve been busy printing address labels, binding books, ordering mail tubs and supplies, scheduling volunteers, and more. Our goal is to get all the subscriptions ready for the mail truck within a couple weeks.

Please pray for good progress in this project and safety as the magazines are mailed out to thousands of readers. We long to see Jesus Christ exalted in prisons all across the United States!

For Christ,

Lavern Gingerich

Loaves & Fishes Magazine Helps Prisoners Find Victory in Christ!

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Here are a couple testimonials from readers of the Loaves & Fishes magazine:

“I really enjoy the testimonies in the booklet and the prayers. They have really hit my heart.… I did have sin I had not overcome and reading this story I was able to find that sin and get rid of it.”
Danny Saldaña • Hamilton Unit • Bryan, TX

“[Loaves & Fishes] inspired me so much that I turned my life over to Christ, and repented of my sins, and asked for forgiveness.…

“I was enslaved by cigarettes, but I prayed everyday that God would take the habit away—and by the grace of God He did! Amen!! Now I’m smoke free. I would very much like to share Loaves & Fishes with my fellow inmates here, so they may turn their lives over to God as well.”
Robert M. Cook, Jr. • Valdosta Annex • Valdosta, GA

Is Jesus Christ Really the Only Way?

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Following is an excerpt from our September printed newsletter:

Dear Friend,

In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” The Scriptures make it clear that there is no way to have a relationship with God the Father except through Jesus Christ.

We have discovered there are thousands of hungry prisoners in our country who are searching for truth—something real that will lift them above a life of one failure after failure.

Today I found a letter from a prisoner who asked, “Just what is the ‘Gospel of Jesus Christ?’” Some have found Loaves & Fishes in a trash can or at the bottom of a stack of books and their lives are touched in a wonderful way. Occasionally I read a letter from a prisoner saying Loaves & Fishes helped him/her to repent of their sins and get right with God. (Glory to God!) A recurring theme in the feedback we get from prisoners is, “Please send me anything that can help me learn more about Jesus Christ.”

But even 85,000 copies of our Loaves & Fishes magazine can only touch a small percentage of the vast multitudes of prisoners in our country. Other religions such as those of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Muslims, and Eastern religions are thriving in the prisons. The Jehovah’s Witnesses, for example, are very diligent in some prisons with as many as five services a week in one prison. They see the open door and are busy making disciples of their religion.

My plea is to the church of Jesus Christ: Wake up and seize the moment. “The time is short (1 Corinthians 7:29),” and “the night is coming when no one can work” (John 9:4).

Today we still have the opportunity to send Loaves & Fishes into the prisons and to organize Christian prison ministries and share Jesus Christ with prisoners face to face. There are hungry souls waiting for Loaves & Fishes and longing for a friend. The harvest is great and the workers are few.

Do you really believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father? Let us work together to lift up Jesus Christ and exalt His name.

For Christ,

Lavern Gingerich