For Him and Them by Dean Cowles, YPN President

A monthly message from YouthPartnersNET President Dean Cowles.

For Him and Them by Dean Cowles

June 2005

I don't get many letters from prison, do you? Well, here's one I think you should hear about. This gentleman heard about YPN's urban youth bible and requested more for his fellow inmates.

It's with a very glad heart and joy filled spirit that I write you praising God our Father for your ministry and being able to come into contact with "My City, My God" The New Testament, New International Readers Version.

There are currently about 3,200 inmates here at the C.M.F. Prison. We have many that are dying in the hole and many young inmates that were in gang's, came from dysfunctional family settings, parents divorced, on drugs, using alcohol etc.

I myself wish I could have gotten a hold of a My City, My God before I got this 84 year to life sentence, with a release date of September 26, 2082.

We need to get more Bibles, and Bibles like My City, My God into the hands of the younger generation! In prison and out.

J.P. Lavery

I was very moved by this inmates letter last month so we immediately shipped them four cases from our current stock. I wish we could have done more but our supplies are limited and dwindling. We started out last year with 16,000 and only have 2800 left.

But praise God, in response to my May thank you letter, one of our faithful donors sent in an extra $1500 for "more bibles". That donation will allow us to purchase 750 more which we plan to give out this summer to kids in Chicago and Denver who will be served by thousands of volunteers as part of Urban Connexx and DenverLinx urban experience. (see www.youthpartnersnet.org for more information).

We could sure use your help to spread the word how your church or group can get these critical bible resources directly into the hands of children and youth who need them the most. Due to our YPN network of ministry partners, these bibles are handed out on site. You can be sure because of our national network that the scriptures and testimonies will impact hundreds of lives right away. Even school districts like NYC are asking for these.

I trust and pray that you will have a blessed summer as we continue to pour out blessings on those less fortunate who will be spending hot days on the streets.

For Him and Them,

Dean Cowles

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