Prison Ladies' Testimonies

Jackie

Outside I did not read my Bible – now I read it. As I go out soon I will not abandon his word. I hope to be a witness to the people outside.

Coming to prison was a second chance for me to meet God. Thank you for praying for us. We need it. I won’t say prison is nice. There are many challenges here. But I have made it by God’s grace. I had migranes outside – but I have never experienced them once inside. It’s just God. I am survivor through God. I give him all the praise and honour.

Maybe as we go out and give our testimonies, people will perhaps be liberated from their own prisons.

When I came here I was angry with God. He did not listen to my prayers for a fine instead of a sentence. I was crying and and crying. But he had another purpose. Here I have found a joy that is overflowing.

This NETS course is such a blessing to us. I want to reach even my own family – they come from a very pagan tradition where we worship fire. They know nothing about Jesus.

Hilda

I am soon to be let out out. When I came here it was not easy. I did not even know how to open a Bible. But then I started to understand. I can even explain some parts of the Bible to people. I did not know how to pray. Now I know how to surrender myself.

How I started cope with the word of God was when I heard some pastors preaching on the radio. – through this I was touched. I had a lot of anger in my heart. I started read the Bible and asking God how I can change! As I was reading the Bible I started to be impacted. I started to accept my sentence and received the love of God through Jesus.

Anna

Let's look at Hebrews 6:4-8
I want to encourage the youth inside and outside prison

Outside I was a youth leader. Then I came in here – this side of the great line. I had been doing all the church things. I was a good leader of the youth. But the devil made me do bad things in the sight of God. Now I am just dependent on the word of God. I am free in my heart. Now I really am able to teach the youth and encourage them. I thank NETS for helping me in this way.

Bertha

Prison is not nice. But for us it is good. NETS helps us with these books, which guide us and help us. We are thankful for David and Alisan and others. We are VERY VERY VERY thankful. They teach us what is right and what is wrong. If NETS was not here we don’t know how we would survive. There would be no discipline, no love, no life. Now we have joy and peace because of NETS.

The devil was trying to destroy us, but God by his power turned it around! Only our bodies are in prison but our hearts are free.

The NETS teachers are nice people. They always come here smiling and joking. In Windhoek we were dangerous people. Now we are being made new, step by step. NETS teachers are different to so many other people. Some pastors come to prison – and they are only interested in our faces. They want us to come to their churches, so that they can find wives for some men.