Progress report, March 17, St. Patrick's Feast.

Had a marvelous day at the county jail this a.m., reviewing progress with four of our "Fierce Landscape" inmates their progress, plans and response to our program. The group itself played Gospel music while I interviewed these four who had been there for at least one month.

Personal progress reports were powerfully positive. Our program and their use of it, particularly in their own meetings every afternoon, taking leadership turns, has turned the program into a powerful spur for self-examination, sharing and healing. I felt really affirmed by all the work that has gone into this during the last 3 years, building a program, creating worksheets, recruiting volunteers, and using my experience to help develop this program. The regular Afro guard in FF also told me today that this program has also brought a blessing to him. When the guards report something like that we then something is working right.

They affirmed what they are learning from one another, the diversity of the volunteers' approaches, the use of the workbook, the afternoon sessions, and they all liked very much the new scripture study with Marjoe Thursday evening. So we now have a new lesson each day, six days per week, by volunteers, with Chaplain Howell taking the Friday session.

Paschal.