Prison Outreach
by Alan Miller

Robin and I traveled to Perry, Georgia where we spent two nights in a campground with a dual mission of visiting John Creamer and a day at the Georgia National Fair.

John now lives in the "faith based dorm" where all profess a desire to live their lives for a greater good and a belief in God. Macon State prison is one of only four Georgia facilities that have this program. For John, this means life in the dorm is a lot more relaxed with much less violence. He is doing well with a clean record. He has a full-time job that uses some of the electrical skills that he gained while at Arrendale State Prison.

John’s personal life has had its ups and downs. His mother and younger sister visited a few times in the last year. He was happy to see his mother out of jail and off drugs. She told him she was reading her bible and trying to move ahead with her life. She was living with John's father’s mother, as was his sister. Then tragedy struck.

His grandmother is now dead with his mother in jail charged with her death. His sister moved in with friends and is no longer able to visit him. The families are now polarized with John again left all alone.

John’s other grandmother has had a steady decline in health. She is the one family member who has stayed by John and talked to him weekly. She is on oxygen and hospitalized with pneumonia. John asks for your prayers.

Robin recently sent John socks, underwear and a few other things. This box is important because it contains items you can only send in the December box. Longjohns, candy, cookies, soap, and shampoo are just a few of the items they cannot get the rest of the year. We are happy to be able to do this for John. This is as much a therapy for Robin and I as it is a blessing for John.

There have been some changes in the Georgia Parole Board policies. Their rule requiring inmates to serve 90% of their sentence before being eligible for parole has been ruled illegal. John should now be eligible for parole consideration at 2/3’s of his sentence. He refuses to focus on a parole date so as not to be disappointed but it does give him new hope. Please pray that God and the State of Georgia give John a second chance and he is successful. We hope you all have a blessed Christmas.

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