ADOPT-A-SOUL
WITH ADOPT A SOUL PRISON MINISTRIES
From Darkness to Victory My Come Back Apostle Demetric A. Johnson / Previous Adopt-A-Soul Participant
“As I was walking out, I glanced at the magazine rack and saw something that caught my eye and tugged at my spirit a feeling I had not felt in a very long time. A magazine I will always believe changed my life that day-The Christian Outlook.” PART 2: continues from Nov/Dec 2022 issue
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n September of 2018, I was released from Liberty Correctional Facility. Excitement some would say to be understatement to the feelings for which I felt that glorious day. Finally free from that dark place full of hope and aspirations for my future. Sadly, within a 24-hour period reality hit me like a brick. As I thought, not only was I a convicted felon but also was wrongfully labeled for a crime I didn’t commit. A label I would now wear for the rest of my life. My former friends and colleagues no longer spoke to me, some even whispered behind my back when they saw me. I had been in the restaurant management business prior to incarceration for over 20 years, yet couldn’t even find a job there, because
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of this label. I was finally hired by one restaurant General Manager based on my experience. Yet when it was sent to their HR Department, I received an email saying they’d chosen to rescind their offer of employment but wished me the best in my continued job search. These types of emails flooded my inbox and suddenly that feeling of despair began to sit in again. As if sensing it I received a brown envelope one day in the mail from Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. inside it was The Christian Outlook and within these pages I found once again the Adopt-ASoul segment. But this time the article was a letter for which I had written while incarcerated. I must admit the words did not seem like my own and took
“AND THEY CONTINUED”
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2023
