Here are some quotes from the participants during the weekend:
"I've been truly amazed. I've never felt anything like this before. More loved, more at home and more drive to be a disciple here in prison."
"It's shown me I'm a child of God, that there is a God. I always thought I was king of the world, but I realized there's nothing there. I'm nothing without Christ."
"I thank God for allowing me to take some bricks off my wall."
"I've never witnessed the type of love I have here - I had to hold back tears. From my environment the things you put love into never gave back. This makes me want to love someone else."
"The only way I'm able to leave this room is that I know I'm clearing a spot for someone else to experience what I did."
"I want to thank God for the love we received - cookies, food, letters and the time to show me what love is all about, to allow me to be a stronger child of God. If you see me do wrong, let me know."
"I've been struggling the past couple weeks cause my mom passed. I like fast cars so it's like I've been running from God for a long time and He's draining the gas tank, telling me to slow down. This morning He filled the gas tank up and got in the driver's seat."
"He'll never give you more than you can bear. He put me in here to replenish what the system has taken out of me the past month."
"I never went to church but believe in God, and He brought me here for a reason. I've only been here 2 months and I got on the list ahead of guys that been here for years. I didn't know nobody and on my way in here Thursday I met a guy I knew from 10 years ago."
"You don't know God is all you need until God is all you got."
"I felt 'woe is me' but came to find out it's not about me, but something that's much better. I've always kept people away from me but I told people today things I've never told anyone. I'm cracking the door."
"All I had on my mind was good food. I started here 16 years ago and I've got 22 to go. All that's kept me going was my daughter. But this weekend I opened the door and put my feet in."
"I was always grown up to be hard and didn't want to let nobody in. I was mad at God for letting people die. I was taught men don't cry. Well, I'm a baby then."
"I've had walls up since 66, but as of today I think those walls are torn down."
"I found the greatest purpose in life."
"We have a golden opportunity to be the men God called us to be."
"We were exposed to the Truth whether we liked it or not!"
"I thank Kairos for giving me my job description - to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ!"
"They explained everything to me but they didn't force it on me. They showed me they didn't want nothing. They just listened to me. And that was good."
"I learned the things I loved, didn't love me back. You men of Kairos are love."
"I walked with the Lord from an early age, and I decided to walk away. We're often like Jonah and this is my 'belly'. Kairos is all about the love of Christ that's demonstrated through action."
"This was the greatest demonstration of love that God has shown to us."
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