Letters From Prison (Part 3 of 6)

The first Summit at Southeast Correctional Center in Missouri was held last August with the sponsorship and the support of the team at La Croix Church. They caught a vision to serve prisoners, unleash potential and change the culture of the prison from inside out, using the tools offered by the Global Leadership Summit (read more about the event here).

We received letters from several of the prisoners who were able to attend, and we are blown away by the powerful impact the Summit has had on these men.

Over the next couple weeks, we will be posting a series on our blog called “Letters From Prison,” highlighting the impact that the Summit has had on these prisoners’ lives. We hope you’re as encouraged, challenged and inspired by their words as we were when we received them.

A letter from David, GLS attendee, Southeast Correctional

To all the leaders responsible for the GLS coming to Southeast Correctional:

First, I want thank you for your love for me and the men who took part in this special event. I also want to thank you that you allowed God to lead you and guide you to help those of us here become all that God has pre-destined for us to be in His son. I pray that our eternal Father prospers all of you in every area of your lives, especially spiritually.

The Global Leadership Summit meant a lot to me and really helps me to define the role of a leader in the Kingdom of God. I loved hearing, “Leadership is all about movement—moving people from one place to another effectively.” I realized—even more than I had—that God has to be the head of your life in every area in order for this movement to be according to His plan, not mine or anyone else’s. This one statement has helped me not settle for being a good leader. I must allow God to help me be a great one. Therefore I just humble myself even more to be able to learn from anyone because that is what great leaders do—learn. I can’t allow myself to miss blind spots in my life. When I think I’m good at leading, others know better, so I must be open to hearing others and their ideas and balance those ideas with God’s word, prayer and meditation.

Overall, I learned how to be a more effective leader and for that I’m grateful. I’ll end with this quote from the Global Leadership Summit, “You better know what wrecks you because it is probably also wrecking God.” I’m learning still.

P.S. Please bring this wonderful program back. I believe it can help others as it helped me and I pray to God I can participate again.

– David, GLS attendee, Southeast Correctional

Please pray for our prison sites in 2016. This year there will be 25 prisons experiencing the GLS teaching. Imagine what God might do?