Well, yet another addition to the flood of blogs. I thought I would add a little more than a few pictures. We have a few more to add after this blog.

On Sunday I had another opportunity to volunteer with three others in my ward as participants in sunday service at two prisons in our area. The prisons are both medium security, one an Idaho state corrections facility and the other a medium security private prison that is operated like a high security prison. Three of us were speakers and one a special musical number. I was able to do the same thing right after we moved here to Boise but we were only able to visit the Idaho prison due to some problems at the private prison the day of our visit.

The interesting thing about this visit was that Bro. Miller in our group was a local prosecuter for either the city or county for years. He politely waited until after both of our visits were done to tell us about one of the inmates that he recognized and what he had done to land himself in the bighouse. This was revealed to us during our discussion of how our human curiosity drags us to want to know what these men have done because the majority look like your neighbor(clean cut, respectfull, and very greatfull for our effort in speaking and visiting them) and not the foul, tattood, and grungy person that is stereo-typed. I was wondering which one of the inmates there in the LDS service had been on a mission and now found himself in that situation. All this is given that we were talking to the group of inmates that actually chose to attend church service. So with that understood, a very interesting experience to see some inmates from the Idaho prison that I recognized and to think that they have not left those confines since the last time I was there.

WOW! I love the freedom I enjoy. It was tough for me to be in the MTC for two months and not leave that small area. But to be in a much worse place and never leave. WOW! I also wanted to note the main topic of every one of the prayers that was said by an inmate that day... they wanted to bless, watch over and protect the family that they are separated from. Every one of those people has a family, probably children, that are affected so greatly by the choices that these men have made.

I am so greatful for the gospel and knowledge it gives me of who I am and where we all as a family want to be together. I think some may think that visiting these inmates is scary, but these brethren are what the gospel is for, to help those come to Christ and make use of the greatest gift of all, the atonement.