PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: incarcerated mothers

  Kellie has come a long way in the last few years, but getting clean has not been easy.

Before co-founding the women’s prison ministry Daughters of Destiny with her husband Mel, Annie Goebel was looking for a happy ending in all the wrong places.

Peaches followed her families footsteps all the way into prison. After having her first child while she was incarcerated she knew something had to change.

" I'm going to be OK if I just trust in God with all my heart."

  "I had three beautiful children—the perfect neighborhood, the perfect job, the perfect car."

Charnell's desire to make her kids feel extra special blinded her from seeing the consequences of her decisions.

  "Everybody makes mistakes, and everybody can be forgiven."

The children were headed to the prison's gym where they would meet their incarcerated mothers for a day of fun and memory-making.

Crack cocaine. Prostitution. Murder. Lisa was running from a past haunted by her crimes. And the fear and guilt were overwhelming.

"Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!"