RUSH—
Rewriting Ur Story Here:
RUSH is the youth version of God Behind Bars and what I’ve worked on for the past few months.
It’s about introducing youth to Jesus through a weekend worship experience on the inside; helping them deal with life’s issues through Freedom (Celebrate Recovery for students) and then disciple them when they get out through our mentorship program (Project 22)
We provide mentors who walk with them, check up on them, do stuff together and care. The mentorship program includes things like sports camps, rap/dance studio and more. It’s amazing!
We are getting ready!!!
Twelve volunteers came and got trained (a full day operation) and we were able to video the training to be shown in Vegas, as the center we are working with is 3 hours away.
Needs to be able to launch (please pray)
· Equipment such as projector, screen, sound system etc.
· Games such as Basketball hoop, balls etc
· About 20 more volunteers
My Day with God
At one point I realized I was quite worried about a number of things and to get some perspective I was able to take a day and spend it with God at Mt Charleston. (I’m really blessed that I can even do that kind of thing)
It was a great day filled with good talks with Jesus, new ideas, sorting out my head and gaining new insights and perspective.
Things I learned:
· Psalm 91 still blows my mind
· Things are not as bad as I sometimes think they are
· I came out of the day with a renewed passion for God and going deeper with Him.
Random exciting stuff in short:
· We just recently trained 30 volunteers (getting ready to reach more inmates)
· We also partnered up to put on a huge sports day for kids and youth
· We’re close to launching another adult campus in Colorado
· RUSH launched in the youth unit at the jail 3 weeks ago!!
Random stuff I do and love
· My church small group rocks
· My Junior High Small group has been challenging, but it’s been good. I get to hang out with JH girls… How much better can it get?
· Love going to Midnight Hockey games (game starts at midnight. Oh and I LOVE the mascot!)
· I’m part of the medical team at church again. Because I can and I love it
Random stuff I need or want:
· German Bread (it’s just THAT good)
· Learn Spanish for real
· $$$ for my flight to Germany ($1,500!!! Yikes!)
· Be more positive (that’s a need AND a want)
Website you should check out sometime:
Cyber hang outs:
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Yes, you can support me:
For online giving go to: www.godbehindbars.com and find the ‘donate now’ button on the bottom.
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God Behind Bars
c/o Jackie's support
129 W Lake Mead Parkway
Suite 22
Henderson NV 89015
USA
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If you have any questions about why, how or how much you can send an email to jackiegotmail (at) gmail (dot) com
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