Nancy McGee

Nancy’s Testimony

 I was raised in the church and educated in Christian schools. I surely knew about Jesus, but I didn’t have a personal relationship with Him. I knew what the Bible said, but I didn’t allow it into my heart. In my teen years, I turned to the ways of the world. I realize now that I yearned to feel accepted. I longed to be popular and welcomed by the “In Crowd”. When I started using drugs, and became promiscuous I was embraced by the kids that I thought had it all. It was fun for a season, but I knew in my heart that I was doing wrong.

I’ve never been to prison, but there were many times that I would have been if I’d been caught. I was lost in the world of active addiction and all that involves. When my husband went to prison, I felt the shame of his crimes. I never felt so alone. I put myself in a self imposed prison in my own home.  I rearranged my life and my kid’s lives around visiting schedules and phone calls. And I numbed the pain and lonliness the way I always had, with drugs.

In 1998 I asked Jesus to help me, to keep me clean, one day at a time. I asked Him to cleanse me and use me… I dedicated my life to Him and to His service. I now have the inner peace that I always longed for, that only Jesus can give.

He has laid a burden on my heart; a burden for prisoners and also for their spouses and families. If I had that inner peace during the years my husband was incarcerated, my life and the lives of my children would have been much different. My prayer is that through the ministry God has given us, we can carry the hope of God’s promises to inmates AND their families.

I know now that only Jesus can change lives; all we have to do is ask Him. I know, He changed mine!