Sonnie Day

Happy New Year and Welcome to 2023. I know I may be 8 days behind, but it's never too late. I chose this picture as the face of this blog post for a reason. These two words run across the…

It would be our first time working with the new Field Director for Illinois & Wisconsin. We spent 12 years going to Illinois every February with Mary Johnson, who retired this past summer. We talked back and forth via email…

It had been since 2019 since the Annual Christmas concert at Huron Valley Women's Prison in Michigan. It is the only women's prison in the State of Michigan. It was the team returning together after 3 years. Rufus Harris, Anointed…

Again, the lobby call was 6:45am, it's a good thing we are less than 10 minutes from the prison. I was sleeping good in the hotel room, with the heat at the right temperature. We arrived at the prison at…

The team comes in a day early to set up and prepare for the programs. It's been 3 years since Forgiven Ministry has been inside Michigan prisons. Since 2010, Forgiven Ministry has held their "One Day with God Camp" inside…

Do we really know how powerful God's Word is and how what we say has power? Well, I'm putting into practice what God has said for us to do using our mouth. I'm discovering daily interesting things and taking His…

First Time at The Women's Prison

It was my first time going inside Michigan's Women's prison since Covid. I knew there were some changes, I just didn't know what they were. I went inside with Prison Fellowship for "Angel Tree…

Today was the day we go back inside the prisons for the first time in Illinois. The guidelines had changed a lot than before. They were only going to allow a certain number of ladies to attend. We were going…

Mother's Day in Illinois Department of Corrections

I hadn't been inside of an Illinois prison since the February 2020. It was a month before the pandemic hit and the world started shutting down. We had just done our annual black…

Stevie Wonder wrote a classic song called, "These Three Words". The song was sharing how the words of "I Love You" are pure and simple. Society has taken those words and distorted what it means. Love defined by God is…

It had been 2 years since I had been inside a prison, and that's unusual. For the last 12 years, I have been inside a prison at least once a month. I never imagined a worldwide virus would be the…

Life is a series of puzzle pieces that lead you to the full picture. As you look at this picture here, you can imagine it being broken down into several different pieces. What you would not know is the beauty…

8 on 8- That's right, it's the 8th month and it is New Beginnings, New Creation, New Order. In case you didn't know, this is the meaning of the number 8. I love to learn the biblical meanings of…

Navigating Through 2021

Were you like majority of people throughout the world, ready for 2020 to be over with? With the excitement of a new year, anticipating a reset.  In our traditions many made New Year’s resolutions, set goals, and…

Did you ever believe you would live to see something of this magnitude? Well, I never thought I would experience a plague or famine in the land. I had someone say to me on Facebook that we don't have a…

Write the Vision. You probably have heard this several times throughout your adult life. And you've mostly heard it quoted by a preacher, referring to Habakkuk 2:2. I can honestly say, I never heard that phrase as a kid "write…

Well it's the last day of the tour, I can't believe how fast it went. 3 Prisons,so we will get back to the hotel late. Lobby call again was at 7:15am, our first event was at 8:30am. We arrived at…

Our lobby call was at 7:30am, and we had 3 prisons to do. We began at Vandalia Correctional in Vandalia, Illinois. We had a smooth time getting through security. The Chaplain was a nice cool young lady, her brother lives…

We kicked off the day with lobby call at 7:30am. This means I got to get up at least by 6:15am. Because I have to do my blog, get dressed, make-up, breakfast and chill. Today we have 2 prisons to…

It is the 8th Annual Black History Prison Tour in Illinois. I can't believe we've been doing these for this long. This years tour is the "2020 Vision Tour". We will hit 9 prisons in 4 days. We loaded the…

Did you know there is GREATNESS inside of you? You have more potential than you know, it just hasn't been awakened. When I think of GREAT people a list of names come to mind. Greatness can be carried in all…

The weather was absolutely beautiful, we couldn't ask for more perfect weather. The men had the equipment already set up on the basketball area of the yard and were just as excited as we were for the event. Prison Fellowship…

I realized I have not written a blog post about the camps when I go. Every year I blog about the Black History Prison Tour, and I thought why don't I do this for the camps. Well, this will be…

The week goes by so fast, our last day at the prison was bittersweet. The inmates always look forward to this time of the year, as we do. We had 2 prisons to go to, Robinson & Sheridan. One was…