Prayers

So,

I don't know how many people are actually reading this thing, but I have a favor to ask of you...

One of the guys that I have been mentoring since December is looking at 20-120 years in prison. It's probably best not to say why, but I know he could use your prayers right now.

There is a possibility that his case will be thrown out of court for some things the D.A. did, and he is going to court on May 2nd for a hearing to have his charges dismissed. He is fully aware that he has made many mistakes and done many horrible things, but he has made a 180 turn in his life.

Last Friday he was told that he needed $7-10K to be prepared for his trial this week. He doesn't have that much money, and had resigned himself to going to prison.

Just before he was told this by his lawyer, he went and spoke to a private school for at risk and homeless kids about how Jesus was/is working in his life. The kids stayed and talked to him for 2.5 hours, and he was really convicted that he needed to continue conversations with them.

This morning he received a phone call from a family friend that they were going to give him $8K for lawyer fees. Praise God!

The prayer request, then, is that God would continue to work in him. He wants to stay out of prison so that he might impact people before they get there and help them turn their lives around. We have both submitted my friend's future to God, who is all-knowing and sovereign. Pray that God would continue to sustain my friend in this process as God reveals to him what is in store for the future.

Blessings.

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