Here are some quotes from the participants during the weekend:
"I've never walked into a room that felt like this before. I was comfortable right away." [Thur evening]
"Kairos has opened a door for me and that door is Jesus Christ. I can't wait to sink this paper in the water."
"I came here for the food, but my mind has been opened to some new possibilities."
"This has been a truly refreshing time for my soul. I haven't felt this much love for a very long time."
"I came for forgiveness. A guy shot me 3 times and I finally forgive him from the bottom of my heart."
"I want to thank God. A soul was saved this weekend. Now I know what love is."
"Nobody could have told me this existed in this prison. Now I know what agape is and I'm taking it back to [my house]."
"I already had relationship with Christ, but agape love in here draws you closer. Kairos don't end here."
"Because of my choices I'm here. The wall I've built has been broken. I've seen more people cry here than in all my life. I know how to listen to God now."
"We're so blessed to have the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead."
"My life has truly been changed. I've been a wicked & hateful person. God called me by name to preach & I ran as fast as I could. I destroyed every person in my life, tried taking my own life, been in prison 5 times & God told me nothing had changed. As God as my witness, I'm going to preach. 'Why me?' I asked. 'Look at me.' He said, 'I'll take you just as you are.'"
"Someone said the weekend leader was making no sense. You're right. He wasn't making no cents, he was making dollars for cause he's working for Jesus Christ."
"I learned I wasn't judged for my tattos or who I walked with."
"I couldn't believe people could be this real in prison."
"I came with pride, hate, destruction and I had destroyed a lot of lives. When I came to Kairos I knocked all that down. I found forgiveness, my pride is gone and I'll take happiness. I just want to do the right thing and see my kids again."
"We found a community larger than we could ever imagine and we're taking love back to the dorms."
"I thought God couldn't forgive me but now I have hope."
"The forgiveness I've received has made me freer than I ever was on the outside."
"I'm leaving with a fixed heart."
"When I came in I was a cold cucumber but I'm going out a hot tamale."
"To be totally honest this is the first time I've really felt loved. I know God wants me to love everybody I can."
"You're right when you said you prayed for which family to assign us. [Another participant] and I have had a beef for 10 years and we worked it out at our family."
"Outside I was a gangster. Forgiveness? Could that come? For REAL?!? Why not. You made us feel human."
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