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New Life District SDA donates to Koforidua Local Prisons

DSP Ballans (left) receiving the items from Ms Kwadade

 The Young Ladies Ministries Department in the New Life District of the Seventh Day Ad­ventist (S.D.A) Church has donated items worth GH¢18,000 to the Ko­foridua Local Prisons last weekend.

The items included 40 bags of sachet water, religious and evange­listic books, assorted nonalcoholic beverages and drugs, kenkey, bottles of shito, fried fish among other un­disclosed items.

Presenting the items, the District Young Ladies Ministries Coordinator, Ms. Stella Afriyie Kwadade encour­aged the inmates to put their trust in God.

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She said in their last visit to the prison, the inmates requested for cooked food and some drugs to sus­tain them so the Young Ladies in the district thought of it and honoured their request.

The Pastor in charge of the Church, Ps. Osei Bonsu Sarpong ad­vised the public to embrace ex-con­victs with love to help them reform totally.

He noted that many incarcerated people worry about living situations beyond jail and added that anyone who is in jail or out of jail needs love and encouragement because they may look at the future based on their current circumstances.

He said most of the inmates found themselves behind bars through

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No fault of theirs but they could not get helpers to speak for them.

Pastor Sarpong, who is also the District Pastor indicated that there were characters in the Bible who were sent to prison but were able to endure and became victorious.

“Where you find yourself today is a correction centre to reform you; have this mindset and you will shine like a star when you come out”, he said.

The Staff and Duty Officer of the Koforidua Local Prison, Deputy Su­perintendent of Prisons (DSP) Joshua Ballans received the items and ex­pressed gratitude to the women for their generosity.

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He noted that the visit would bring happiness to the inmates and help their reformation process speedily.

He urged other churches, groups and organisations to assist the in­mates

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