very confusing, Gypsyrose54. I'm sure there is a back story to this all. Please don't give up...there is SOMEONE who will benefit from your care. I know this to be a fact.
I received your letter the other day. I did not however get a chance to get on this site until now 10/6/15. I will be sending you a letter, but wanted to post something on here too.
I actually do write a few inmates from the prison in Florida that I worked at. One of them asked me if I was sure that I had not ever been in prison because he was so surprised that I completely understood the "no mail blues". If I go to the ministry PO Box and there is nothing from "my guys" it hurts. I get concerned and honestly sad too.
What I can tell you from the outside is that it is a real roller coaster ride. Some days I feel like I wish I did not care. It would be so much easier. I have 2 inmates that I thought cared about me too who were transferred out and never responded to the several letters and cards I sent. It's tricky. The whole process is frustrating. Sometimes you just don't even know what to say. I wonder sometimes too if I am really helping or sort of "setting them up for pain" if one day I can't write for some reason. So many crazy things go through your head. But, I do try to make sure there is a piece of mail from me every week or so. I have five men that I write consistently. They so appreciate anything I send. Most people don't realize what it is like in there. They assume someone else is writing, or that there is not much to say that you might consider worthwhile.
Anyway, I am going to write you a letter about it. For those who have no one to write or vent to I am sorry and I pray that someone will come your way to fill that need.
You do matter. You ALL matter. I am sorry that you have been made to feel insignificant. You are not.
Be Blessed in your coming and going, Chaplain Levay PO Box 347402 Parma, Ohio 44134
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I received your letter the other day. I did not however get a chance to get on this site until now 10/6/15. I will be sending you a letter, but wanted to post something on here too.
I actually do write a few inmates from the prison in Florida that I worked at. One of them asked me if I was sure that I had not ever been in prison because he was so surprised that I completely understood the "no mail blues". If I go to the ministry PO Box and there is nothing from "my guys" it hurts. I get concerned and honestly sad too.
What I can tell you from the outside is that it is a real roller coaster ride. Some days I feel like I wish I did not care. It would be so much easier. I have 2 inmates that I thought cared about me too who were transferred out and never responded to the several letters and cards I sent. It's tricky. The whole process is frustrating. Sometimes you just don't even know what to say. I wonder sometimes too if I am really helping or sort of "setting them up for pain" if one day I can't write for some reason. So many crazy things go through your head. But, I do try to make sure there is a piece of mail from me every week or so. I have five men that I write consistently. They so appreciate anything I send. Most people don't realize what it is like in there. They assume someone else is writing, or that there is not much to say that you might consider worthwhile.
Anyway, I am going to write you a letter about it. For those who have no one to write or vent to I am sorry and I pray that someone will come your way to fill that need.
You do matter. You ALL matter. I am sorry that you have been made to feel insignificant. You are not.
Be Blessed in your coming and going,
Chaplain Levay
PO Box 347402
Parma, Ohio 44134