Archive for August, 2009
Friday, August 28th, 2009184 Ft. Below Sea Level
That’s the elevation of the town of Calipatria, California. It is the LOWEST city in the Western Hemesphere. Guess they figured it would be a great place to buy over a thousand acres for a state prison. You’ve seen those funny post cards, “500 miles from nowhere and two feet from hell!” Yeah, they had Calipatria in [...]
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Worst of the Worst?
Spent the weekend at California’s infamous Pelican Bay State Prison. The super-max facility that supposedly houses the “worst-of-the-worst” in California.
Thankfully, there was no evidence of that statement in any of our meetings this past weekend. In fact, I was incredibly impressed with the inmate’s desire for more of God, their level of worship and their [...]