A Closer Look:
@ State School
A boy at State School
wrote this letter to
his friends at Tejas
thanking them for
believing in him.
Dear Camp Tejas,
I thank ya’ll for taking time out of your schedules just to make us happy and glad that at
least somebody cares about our incarcerated lives. All of you have made me happy. I have a sentence
of three to ten years so if you come next summer, I will still be here at Giddings State School. My life is
slowly being torn apart because my family is starting to visit less and less throughout the year. I can’t
go home because my mom thinks that I might reoffend if I live there. Please write me back. I am trying
to get my credits in school as well as my completion stage. If you don’t know what that shirt looks
like, it is a light blue button up. I wish I could go to my halfway house and start a new life. I want to see
what Camp Tejas looks like. I bet it is huge with lots of kids and picnic tables in the woods. Thank you
so much for having fun with us as well as picking our spirits up and helping us see that we really can
make something of ourselves. I love you all my tall, outgoing, energetic, funny, caring, and hardworking
friends.
Sincerely your brother,
C.P.
“
Community Ministry was always
a fun time with the adorable kids! Even
though we were the ones teaching them, I
ended up learning a lot from them, too.
- Youngjin Park, International SMT
MONDAY-THURSDAY >>
SUNDAY >>
Kids Corner
>> Every
”
Tales of the Kingdom
Crossroads >> On
Sunday night at
Fellowship in Giddings, Discipleship Intern
Allie Brown, and Community Ministry Intern
Leslie Harris went to lead a Sunday school
class for the children.
weekdays, Tejas staff went to
Westwood Villa, Shade Tree, Sun Valley,
and the City Park to teach the children of
Giddings about God. Staffers would play
games with the kids, have worship, teach
them a lesson, and have a snack each day.
WEDNESDAY >>
SATURDAY >>
Week at a Glance
Meals-on-Wheels
State School
>> Every
>> Every Saturday, supervisor Logan Doak,
other Wednesday, Community
Ministry Intern Leslie Harris and
Discipleship Intern Allie Brown delivered
hot lunch meals and built relationships
with elderly people in the community.
Team Leaders Mark Bradbury, Alan
Horton, Patrick Swilley, Sam Gutierrez,
and SMT Phillip Yellott, went to the
Giddings State School to minister and
build relationships with the boys there.
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