USA (MNN) — Are you looking for a new ministry to get plugged into? Crossroads Prison Ministries is in need of more Spanish-speaking mentors who can write letters to students in their prisoner Bible study program.
Jose Pichardo, Crossroads’ mentor support team manager, says last year, “We had a backlog where over 900 lessons [from Spanish-speaking students] were sitting in our office for several weeks.
“These are completed lessons from men and women behind bars that were interested in studying God’s Word with us. But because we didn’t have enough Spanish-speaking mentors to review those lessons and write those men and women letters, there was a delay of over two months.”
(Photo courtesy of Crossroads Prison Ministries)
Eventually, Crossroads had to stop enrolling new Spanish-speaking students in their prisoner Bible study program. From March to September, they turned away over 840 Spanish-speaking students.
“It’s just really discouraging when you have to turn people away because you don’t have enough people available,” says Pichardo.
Crossroads has resumed Spanish-speaker student enrollment, but the backlog is piling up again.
“Our ministry currently needs Spanish-speaking people to come alongside us to take on their lessons and write them letters so that they can, again, receive that encouragement from someone on the outside and just continue growing through their Bible studies.”
God can use you just by writing letters with a Bible study student in prison.
If you or someone you know speaks Spanish and is interested in becoming a mentor, visit Crossroads’ website here!
Header photo courtesy of Crossroads Prison Ministries.
